Tomy New for 2017

[sauroid]

i wonder if that TOMY recast Styracosaurus has teeth like the original FameMaster...
(i have all the original painted FM so these TOMY recasts are easy pass)

[Halichoeres]

My mistake, I saw these on a page with a bunch of Takara Tomy gashapon releases (extant animals), and I thought these were from them as well. I don't think that's true, however. Was the sauropod produced by Fame Master? I looked through a bunch of photos of FameMaster puzzles just now and I didn't see one with that particular stance (or any labeled Ampelosaurus).

[sauroid]

im curious why the ad is in Japanese though? are the FM monochromatic puzzles just being sold through a Japanese seller or recast by a Japanese company?

[CityRaptor]

If it is not Tomy it is probably one of the many, many recasts of those figures, usually sold under generic names. I know that something similar happened to the Megabloks Plasma Dinosaurs.

[SBell]

My mistake, I saw these on a page with a bunch of Takara Tomy gashapon releases (extant animals), and I thought these were from them as well. I don't think that's true, however. Was the sauropod produced by Fame Master? I looked through a bunch of photos of FameMaster puzzles just now and I didn't see one with that particular stance (or any labeled Ampelosaurus).

It is indeed:



Except that they called it a Diplodocus at the time. And it appears reversed. There are a lot of discontinued FameMaster puzzles. And a lot of variant recasts.

[CityRaptor]

There are many copies...even in Japan.

I really think we need to make a "Common Re-Cast" thread at one point.

[BlueKrono]

Oh, now that I see it in non not-camera-friendly red hue... looks like I can save my money. How is that an Ampelosaurus?

[Halichoeres]

Thanks, Sean! I hadn't seen that one before. It definitely does not look like an Ampelosaurus. I sometimes see Papo Brachiosaurus knockoffs on eBay labeled "Sauroposeidon." I guess this is a similar sort of situation.

[CityRaptor]

That at least sounds more accurate than calling the Carnegie Brachiosaurus ( second sculpt ) Tanystropheus.

[Victoria's Cantina]

I bought a 3-pack of these Takara Tomy Ania Animals Dinosaurs at Bic Camera in Japan last week. It has a red repainted version of the T-Rex, a green Velociraptor, and a very Jurassic World looking blue Mosasaurus. These are quite fun. I like how they integrated the articulation. I'd love to complete the set one day.