Two variants of the Toyway Ophthalmosaurus?

[Reuben03]

So the other day i was browsing ebay looking for Ichthyosaur paraphernalia. i'm an ichthyosaur guy, everybody knows that.
I saw what i was hoping for, as well as one pristine, still in the Box and obviously very expensive, i saw a toyway Opthalmosaurus, with a best offer option, starting pretty cheap!
it wasn't in very good condition, but beggars cant be choosers. so i was considering it when upon closer inspection, something seemed strange. the figure itself seemed to have a tail curving round like the new safari ichthyosaur, and that to me is odd, as the WWD Opthalmosaurus appeals to me BECAUSE of its perfect default position with no unnecessary pose to hinder playability.

those are the pictures. weird right?
heres how i thought they all looked (one image belongs to the dinosaur toy blog obviously)[/url[url=https://imgbb.com/]



so yeah. i think perhaps it looks like two near identical moulds!

[CityRaptor]

Have you considered that the tail might have been warped?

[Reuben03]

Have you considered that the tail might have been warped?

yes, but it looks to fixed and also slightly elongated, the tail shape also looks ever so slightly different, it just looks like a different tail

[Ikessauro]

To me it looks like the figure might have been heavily played with, and somehow the tail was bent. To be sure if the tail is actually longer on yours you would have to have both versions in hand, because pictures sometimes deceive our eyes. Angle of the camera, lighting, it all changes our perspective and can create illusions. I myself collect variants and several times I was mistaken when comparing things only through pictures. I had a figure, saw another that seemed a bit different and in the end it was just photo distortion of color or perspective.

I imagine that someone played a lot with this toy, since it is very scuffed. It could have been stored in a toy box for a long time and under the weight of other stuff it could have bent the tail, specially in hotter summer days. Also, some kids just abuse their toys, while playing, forcing limbs and tails that are not bendable to flex. Repetitive stress could permanently deform the toy.

But I could also be wrong, as I said, only way to tell would be to have two of the same toy side by side in person.

[Reuben03]

To me it looks like the figure might have been heavily played with, and somehow the tail was bent. To be sure if the tail is actually longer on yours you would have to have both versions in hand, because pictures sometimes deceive our eyes. Angle of the camera, lighting, it all changes our perspective and can create illusions. I myself collect variants and several times I was mistaken when comparing things only through pictures. I had a figure, saw another that seemed a bit different and in the end it was just photo distortion of color or perspective.

I imagine that someone played a lot with this toy, since it is very scuffed. It could have been stored in a toy box for a long time and under the weight of other stuff it could have bent the tail, specially in hotter summer days. Also, some kids just abuse their toys, while playing, forcing limbs and tails that are not bendable to flex. Repetitive stress could permanently deform the toy.

But I could also be wrong, as I said, only way to tell would be to have two of the same toy side by side in person.

yeah! very true, shame i'll probably never know...

[DinoToyForum]

It has obviously just been warped. The plastic is quite flexible. The figure was probably sat in a tub with other toys on top of it and has clearly been well played with.

[Halichoeres]

Yeah I agree this is warped. These were sold on blister cards, so it's hard to imagine they would have made a variant that would increase the packaging volume.