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Greetings!

Started by ricbrig, October 06, 2017, 10:48:13 AM

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ricbrig

October 06, 2017, 10:48:13 AM
Hi everybody,
I discovered dinotoyblog during the summer, after my three years old started being interested in pterosaurs and thus revamped my old passion for giant reptiles. I have to say that I got disconnected with the advances in research of the past 20 years or so and, being a researcher myself, I was amazed about the progress in the knowledge of dinosaurs. I went back to my old books of dinosaurs and I found one dated 1984 in which:
-Among the most accredited theories for dinosaur extinction it was mentioned that dinosauria was becoming old as clade with impoverished DNA.
-There were two arms of a mystery dinosaur called Deinocheirus. It was with very little doubt the biggest predator ever lived.

Things have changed since then :)
So after revamping the passion for the science, it was only natural to start collecting some figures. Things have changed in the field as well. My best dinosaur toy as a kid was the Dor Mei T.Rex that you recently reviewed, when I bought the first figure I understood that I was really living in a bubble!
As I am a scale modeller the next step will be spending a fair amount of money in resin kits!

So, greetings to everybody and thank you for the great reviews although my wallet is in peril!

Ric

 

Uncle Rex

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October 06, 2017, 11:20:15 AM
Welcome, Ric. You'll enjoy your time here.

Libraraptor

#2
October 06, 2017, 11:29:20 AM
Interesting to see how you found us! Hello and welcome to the forum!

BlueKrono

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October 06, 2017, 01:23:12 PM Last Edit: October 06, 2017, 11:30:45 PM by BlueKrono
Ric - Hang onto that wallet! You're down the rabbithole this time for sure.
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." - King Kong, 2005

DinoToyForum

#4
October 06, 2017, 02:40:39 PM
Welcome to the forum, glad you found us!  8)

Jose S.M.

#5
October 06, 2017, 03:44:50 PM
Welcome! Last couple years have been great for started collecting, well in terms of increments on figures and accuracy, but not safe for our wallets! I hope you enjoy the forum.

Bowhead Whale

#6
October 06, 2017, 10:21:33 PM
Hello from French Canada!

Lanthanotus

#7
October 06, 2017, 11:43:02 PM
Welcome to the forum... the books you describe sound like something I read too back in the days :D .... if you are into scale modelling I recommend having a look in this thread.

ZoPteryx

#8
October 07, 2017, 01:23:06 AM
Welcome to the forum, Ric!  :)

Everything_Dinosaur

#9
October 07, 2017, 05:08:41 PM
Welcome to the Dinosaur Toy Forum, look forward to hearing more from you.
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