CollectA Deluxe General Discussion

[Over9K]

I got my first couple CollectA Deluxe figures recently, the Carcharodontosaurus and the Acrocanthosaurus, and at first I was a bit weirded out by the texture of the figures, the way they feel in your hand, more plasticy than other figures. They must use a different kind of varnish or something.

Then, I was struck by how girthy these figures are, especially around the hips and base of the tail. Compared to pretty much everything else in my collection, these two have big bootays. Have a look, comparing with the narrow-hipped Safari Giganotosaurus...






Now I'm looking at all these other figures and it feels like they're just wrong with their narrow hips and tails. The CollectAs feel right somehow. I really am suprised at how much different just that change makes these figures feel.

The crouching stalking pose of these two CollectA figures certainly wouldn't have been how these animals walked around normally, due to the energy required to maintain such a stance, but I would think that it's accurate for stealthy stalking/hunting behavior.

Thoughts?

[Leyster]

Now I'm looking at all these other figures and it feels like they're just wrong with their narrow hips and tails. The CollectAs feel right somehow. I really am suprised at how much different just that change makes these figures feel.

Nope, they're wrong. Here you have upper view shiluettes of two of the most massive theropods around...

As you can see, the hips are quite narrow. Theropods in general are thin when seen from above, with some (Ceratosaurus, Yangchuanosaurus) taking it to extremes.

[Over9K]

Now I'm looking at all these other figures and it feels like they're just wrong with their narrow hips and tails. The CollectAs feel right somehow. I really am suprised at how much different just that change makes these figures feel.

Nope, they're wrong. Here you have upper view shiluettes of two of the most massive theropods around...

As you can see, the hips are quite narrow. Theropods in general are thin when seen from above, with some (Ceratosaurus, Yangchuanosaurus) taking it to extremes.

The two skeletals look like they give no area for leg/tail muscles...

[stargatedalek]

And even that lacks a lot of the vertical depth the tail would have had in life.

The torsos and tails on the big CollectA theropods do a great job of looking naturalistic, like real animals, but have some of the underlying skeletal structure wrong. Basically they have a good amount of flesh on them but then they stuck the legs on outside of that flesh, extending it further to the sides than it should be, rather than having the legs start within that flesh.