Eofauna figures questionnaire (Collector wishes)

[Sim]

I filled in Eofauna's questionnaire again this evening as my wishes have changed quite a lot.  This is what I asked for:

Theropods: Saurornithoides mongoliensis, feathered Cryolophosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Herrerasaurus, Buitreraptor

Sauropods: Apatosaurus, Shunosaurus lii, Plateosaurus, Eoraptor, bipedal Lufengosaurus

Ornithischians: Chasmosaurus belli, Parasaurolophus walkeri or tubicen, Muttaburrasaurus, Anchiceratops, Pentaceratops

Other: Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, Styxosaurus snowii, Plesiosuchus, Scaphognathus, Saurosuchus

[GojiraGuy1954]

I also did it again

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, Maip macrothorax*, Gigantoraptor erlianensis, Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis, Torvosaurus tanneri

Plateosaurus trossingensis, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, Brachytrachelopan mesai, Nigersaurus taqueti, Amargasaurus cazaui

Borealopelta markmitchelli, Edmontosaurus annectens, Einiosaurus procurvicornis, Ankylosaurus magniventris, Iguanodon bernissartensis

Moeritherium lyonsi, Stegotetrabelodon syrticus, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammut americanum, Gomphotherium angustidens

Thylacoleo carnifex, Megatherium americanum, Kelenken guillermoi, Elasmotherium sibiricum, Titanoboa cerrejonensis

*Fragmentary, but the largest Megaraptoran (and thus the most likely for EoFauna to tackle,) a recent discovery, and can be restored using close relatives like Aerosteon and Australovenator

[Sim]

Do you think Eofauna, who claims to make "scientific" figures, would really make species with unknown appearances which also don't have close relatives with known appearances?

[Concavenator]

I think the most likely sauropod to come next from Eofauna is either Giraffatitan or Brachiosaurus, but one I would be interested in seeing from them is Turiasaurus. They even have a skeletal, and a skull model of it:





It also helps that this sauropod (unlike most titanosaurs  ) has good remains to work with, and there isn't a good figure of it available. It's also a Spanish dinosaur, and Eofauna haven't released any figure of a Spanish dinosaur yet!

[PoptartDoodle]

I'd love to see Eofauna tackle more proboscideans outside Elephantidae, perhaps a brevirostrine gomphothere like Anancus or Cuvieronius, Stegotetrabelodon or Primelephas would be great too.

[PoptartDoodle]

The teeth are a huge diagnostic feature for Proboscidea, how would y'all feel if they made replicas of molars?
There are plenty of options for mammoth, mastodon, and extant elephant replicas, however outside those three I've only found 2 unnamed Gomphotheres and a Platybelodon...and that's kind of it. On top of that, most do not have info on the specimen the replica is based off.
There are a lot of offerings on Ebay for actual molars, but I don't have $500 laying around to buy a Deinotherium molar. I do however have $30-60 I'd easily use to buy a replica from Eofauna. I can imagine Eofauna would also provide the info of the specific specimen of their replica, which can be better used as an education tool if reading whatever paper describes the specimen. This also gives them an opportunity to include smaller proboscideans they likely won't make models of such a Moeritherium, Paleomastodon, and Phioma.
Anancus, Tetralophodon, and Stegodon would be most welcome.

[BlueKrono]

I'm a dino toy collector. I would not buy a molar.

[thomasw100]

The teeth are a huge diagnostic feature for Proboscidea, how would y'all feel if they made replicas of molars?
There are plenty of options for mammoth, mastodon, and extant elephant replicas, however outside those three I've only found 2 unnamed Gomphotheres and a Platybelodon...and that's kind of it. On top of that, most do not have info on the specimen the replica is based off.
There are a lot of offerings on Ebay for actual molars, but I don't have $500 laying around to buy a Deinotherium molar. I do however have $30-60 I'd easily use to buy a replica from Eofauna. I can imagine Eofauna would also provide the info of the specific specimen of their replica, which can be better used as an education tool if reading whatever paper describes the specimen. This also gives them an opportunity to include smaller proboscideans they likely won't make models of such a Moeritherium, Paleomastodon, and Phioma.
Anancus, Tetralophodon, and Stegodon would be most welcome.

You could talk to Dinosauria Creatures. They have been 3D printing a lot of replicas of skulls and skeletons recently, and they work with a company named Nova Studios.

[Flaffy]

The teeth are a huge diagnostic feature for Proboscidea, how would y'all feel if they made replicas of molars?
There are plenty of options for mammoth, mastodon, and extant elephant replicas, however outside those three I've only found 2 unnamed Gomphotheres and a Platybelodon...and that's kind of it. On top of that, most do not have info on the specimen the replica is based off.
There are a lot of offerings on Ebay for actual molars, but I don't have $500 laying around to buy a Deinotherium molar. I do however have $30-60 I'd easily use to buy a replica from Eofauna. I can imagine Eofauna would also provide the info of the specific specimen of their replica, which can be better used as an education tool if reading whatever paper describes the specimen. This also gives them an opportunity to include smaller proboscideans they likely won't make models of such a Moeritherium, Paleomastodon, and Phioma.
Anancus, Tetralophodon, and Stegodon would be most welcome.

Unfortunately they would probably struggle to find a big enough audience to justify a full scale PVC production for obscure stuff like this. Extinct proboscideans are niche enough as is, and I don't doubt the dinosaurs (or well, the Tyrannosaurus specifically) were made in part to fund the production of less popular/well known species.

Fossil replica makers like Scaled Beast would likely be your best bet in terms stuff like this.

[Concavenator]

At this point I think it's safe to say that, unless one wants Eofauna to make the most famous and mainstream dinosaurs, any other species that gets requested through this questionnaire doesn't stand a chance (in case Eofauna are still accepting suggestions; I'm not sure about that). All their dinosaur releases but the Atlasaurus until now have been nothing but the most famous dinosaurs.

I'm not that upset though, considering they do such a good job at anything they tackle. There's a number of popular species I'd be interested in seeing Eofauna making, like Apatosaurus, Carnotaurus, Parasaurolophus or Allosaurus jimmadseni. I can only imagine how an Apatosaurus by them would look like, that's got to be the species I am most interested in seeing them making. Their Diplodocus is still my collection's favorite piece, it's just that stellar.

When they get around to making a Stegosaurus (I think it's inevitable), hopefully it'll be S. stenops. If that happens, I'm confident I'll replace PNSO's ML version with it.

[Jorgesaurus]

Stegosaurus ungulatus please (apex)

[SidB]

Stegosaurus ungulatus please (apex)

I wonder if and how they could top HLG's superb one.

[thomasw100]

At this point I think it's safe to say that, unless one wants Eofauna to make the most famous and mainstream dinosaurs, any other species that gets requested through this questionnaire doesn't stand a chance (in case Eofauna are still accepting suggestions; I'm not sure about that). All their dinosaur releases but the Atlasaurus until now have been nothing but the most famous dinosaurs.

I'm not that upset though, considering they do such a good job at anything they tackle. There's a number of popular species I'd be interested in seeing Eofauna making, like Apatosaurus, Carnotaurus, Parasaurolophus or Allosaurus jimmadseni. I can only imagine how an Apatosaurus by them would look like, that's got to be the species I am most interested in seeing them making. Their Diplodocus is still my collection's favorite piece, it's just that stellar.

When they get around to making a Stegosaurus (I think it's inevitable), hopefully it'll be S. stenops. If that happens, I'm confident I'll replace PNSO's ML version with it.

I agree that Eofauna produces superb figures. I just got the new Ankylosaurus and the sculpt and overall paint design are lovely. The Diplodocus is also great but I did not get it because I collect essentially 1:35 scale figures. If Haolonggood releases a Diplodocus in 1:35 scale at some point, I may get the Eofauna one as representing a subadult or just a smaller individual. I would be definitely interested to see their take on Stegosaurus although we have good options already with the PNSO S. stenops and Haolonggood S. ungulatus. But for such iconic genera I am fine with getting 2 or 3 different representations.

[Concavenator]

T @thomasw100 Congrats on the Ankylosaurus!

I'd highly recommend the Atlasaurus too. Yes, it may be 1:40, but it's a distinctive-looking sauropod known from a good amount of material, and a species very unlikely to be coming from any other company. I had it and was super happy with it, only sold it because I admittedly don't care that much for the species and I'm super selective regarding which species I collect figures of. But really I do consider it to be a masterpiece that truly belongs in any sauropod fan's collection.