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What three Prehistoric Sea Creatures should SafariLTD make?

Started by Takama, June 02, 2015, 03:16:48 PM

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What three Prehistoric Sea Cretures should SafariLTD make?

Archelon
12 (26.1%)
Basilosaurus
14 (30.4%)
Cymbospondylus
8 (17.4%)
Drepanaspis
0 (0%)
Edestus
0 (0%)
Henodus
1 (2.2%)
Helodus
0 (0%)
Iniopteryx
1 (2.2%)
Leedsichthys
9 (19.6%)
Materpiscis
0 (0%)
Mawsonia
2 (4.3%)
Nothosaurus
19 (41.3%)
Ophthalmosaurus
7 (15.2%)
Odobenocetops
3 (6.5%)
Polycotylus
2 (4.3%)
Placodus
6 (13%)
Pachycormus
0 (0%)
Prognathodon
2 (4.3%)
Rhomaleosaurus
6 (13%)
Santanichthys
1 (2.2%)
Serenoichthys
1 (2.2%)
Shastasaurus
2 (4.3%)
Tanystropheus
6 (13%)
Tylosaurus
5 (10.9%)
xiphacthinus
18 (39.1%)
Mosasaurus
6 (13%)
Helicoprion
5 (10.9%)
Rhizodus
1 (2.2%)

Total Members Voted: 46

Sim



SBell

Quote from: Sim on June 04, 2015, 09:11:44 PM
Is "Iniopterygius" a real animal?  I ask this as searching for it on Google gave me only 2 results and they are...: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Iniopterygius&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=dKlwVeTOO4GtUKy8gbAF#safe=off&q=Iniopterygius&nfpr=1

Good catch. It should be Iniopteryx.

Members of the group are iniopterygians or iniopterygiformes.

Takama


Halichoeres

Ha, oops. I think that was my fault from the original suggestion thread. Imagine my embarrassment.
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Sim

Mosasaurus would be a remake for the Wild Safari line, although it's not listed as such in the poll.


Quote from: Halichoeres on June 05, 2015, 02:50:29 AM
Ha, oops. I think that was my fault from the original suggestion thread. Imagine my embarrassment.
Ha ha, when I looked it up on Google a thought I had was, "I wonder if it's an animal Halichoeres very recently named?"  Then when I saw SBell voted for it, I wondered if he might be one of the very few other people who knew about this 'new discovery'.  I did also think there might've been a mistake!  Hehe!

suchomimus

The Toob's nothosaurus shows much potential already! Perhaps the fishes like xiphactinus and iniopteryx could do with a toob first, much like the prehistoric shark one, to show their accuracy.

triceratops83

I was lamenting the lack of Shonisaurus and didn't even notice Shastasaurus. Oh, well. We need more Ichthyosaurs in general.
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Libraraptor

Archelon, Leedsichtys, Placodus. Classic choice. Nothosaurus wouldn´t be bad either.

Shonisaurus

Although I have not voted the Nothosaurus I think an excellent idea what realizase Safari, the Triassic is poorly represented compared to other times of the Mesozoic (Jurassic and Cretaceous).

Moreover I think that would be more successful than other figures especially among people who are not collectors.

It seems insufficient Nothosaurus Safari mini toob intended prehistoric creatures.

Halichoeres

I bet you're right that Nothosaurus would be one of the more commercially successful options. I'm surprised at the votes Xiphactinus has gotten! Both pleased and wary. I don't know how much it would affect production cost, but I would really hope it would come with a detachable base (like their ocean sunfish figure). Honestly I think all aquatics should come with bases, but with something that has four proper limbs, like Nothosaurus, it matters a lot less if there isn't one. A Xiphactinus is narrow enough that it might just have to lie on its side without a base.
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Shonisaurus

Quote from: Halichoeres on June 21, 2015, 02:29:53 PM
I bet you're right that Nothosaurus would be one of the more commercially successful options. I'm surprised at the votes Xiphactinus has gotten! Both pleased and wary. I don't know how much it would affect production cost, but I would really hope it would come with a detachable base (like their ocean sunfish figure). Honestly I think all aquatics should come with bases, but with something that has four proper limbs, like Nothosaurus, it matters a lot less if there isn't one. A Xiphactinus is narrow enough that it might just have to lie on its side without a base.

I agree with you that prehistoric marine animals should go to a foundation. I do not know if anyone remembers the blue whale and Invicta ichyosaurus were provided with bases.

On the other hand I am also surprised that it has voted both Xiphactinus being a prehistoric marine animal less known than other figures outlined in the list.

Takama


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