The best models

[petebuster1]

Ok so wondering what people think the best dinosaur models are excluding sideshow in terms of sculpting and paintwork, i've just started collecting again so at the moment i have the 2 Rebors and a papo Triceratops

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

models as in toys/replicas or as in model kits ?

[Megalosaurus]

As this thread is in "Dinosaur toys (general)" I assume you are talking of toys.

My vote is for Papo "in terms of sculpting and paintwork". REBOR is close, but we have seen only 3 figures of them.

Kaiyodo dinotales are very good "in terms of sculpting and paintwork" but they are so small.
Safari lacks detail & the poses are mostly unispired.
CollectA lacks detail and their paintwork is a painwork.
Yes, every company has excelent figures.

[petebuster1]

already made and painted  toys or models not kits

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Some companies:
Faunacasts
Safari/Carnegie
Papo
CollectA
Dinostoreus

Examples:
Faunacasts Ceratosaurus
Carnegie Tylosaurus
Safari Postosuchus
Papo Allosaurus
CollectA Therizinosaurus
Dinostoreus Stegosaurus


If you read through the Dino Toy Blog entries you can get a good grasp on what is liked.

[Arul]

Papo and rebor is my favorite, i love a figure from its detail paint job gesture and head sculp. Untill now, papo running trex is my favorite toys.

[petebuster1]

what i should have asked was particular models not companies

[DinoLord]

Hm, if I had to list a few favorites I guess they'd be:

Battat:
Ceratosaurus
Triceratops

CollectA:
Olorotitan
Tsintaosaurus ()

Kaiyodo:
Protoceratops
Siamotyrannus
Shantungosaurus
Collect Club Tarbosaurus
JP3 Parasaurolophus

Papo:
Dilophosaurus
Spinosaurus (or at least my custom painted one)

Safari/Carnegie:
Anatotitan
Gryposaurus
Postosuchus
Torosaurus

Sega:
Both the big vinyl T. rex

[Manatee]

I would have to say that newer CollectA models, Wild Safaris, Kaiyodo Dinotales, Favorite soft models, Battats, and Carnegie sauropods are all very good.

[Paleogene Pals]

I collect resin/vinyl model kits. For me the best are the old Kaiyodo Dinoland vinyl and resin dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Paleocraft and Lu Feng Shan are very good sources for my resin prehistoric mammals. Other established artists such as Shane Foulks, David Krentz, and Keith Strasser produce very good resin kits. And, on this forum, there are several up and coming artists that produce good resin models.

[Arul]

Trex is a good start from rebor, very curious with the feather one feels like its gonna be amazing