Safari Ltd - New for 2022

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

What I'd really like with regard to the dire wolf is for either Safari or CollectA to make an entire family. They do it for many of their modern animals, so how about a male and female in different poses along with one or two pups?

They used to do that, like with the old Lions, Tigers, and wolves.  They could I guess not surewhy they wouldn't unless it wouldn't sell.

[Pliosaurking]

A patagotitan sounds awesome. I still do hope we get a crocodylomorph or pliosaur of some kind though

[Halichoeres]

The listing comes out to about $34, which is more than any dinosaur currently on Safari's website, but less than the big Carnegie sauropods. I'm thinking it'll probably be bigger than the amargasaurus.

A Patagotitan at 30€ will be almost certainly huge! I want it huge like the Camarasaurus, I cross my fingers ... 

The Camarasaurus is listed on the same site at 16€ so it might be quite large. It's possible that the Camarasaurus was somewhat more when first released, however. I would have guessed similar in overall bulk to the Camarasaurus, perhaps somewhat longer but not as tall, but who knows...

(with an expected delivery date of June 2022!).

Oh wow, I wonder if the official reveal will be that late then. As it seems that Safari ltd likes to reveal things as they become available for sale.
Contrary to most other companies that reveal new products a couple months before they're available.

It could be just a placeholder date to hedge their bets. I think that in general Safari figures are available a bit earlier in North America than in Europe. I imagine they're available earlier in China too given that they're made there.

[Shane]

The Camarasaurus is listed on the same site at 16€ so it might be quite large. It's possible that the Camarasaurus was somewhat more when first released, however. I would have guessed similar in overall bulk to the Camarasaurus, perhaps somewhat longer but not as tall, but who knows...

It could be just a placeholder date to hedge their bets. I think that in general Safari figures are available a bit earlier in North America than in Europe. I imagine they're available earlier in China too given that they're made there.

Hmmm interesting thoughts.

[Concavenator]

Thanks for starting the thread, @Halichoeres

If a Patagotitan is indeed coming, that's exciting news. I also hope they keep updating some of the genera from the Carnegie line. I would gladly take a new Maiasaura and Albertosaurus.

[Jose S.M.]

They revealed their "new" tancho koi on Facebook. That was one of the new listed figures right on the ATF right? Maybe they will start the reveal this weekend

[Sim]

A patagotitan sounds awesome. I still do hope we get a crocodylomorph or pliosaur of some kind though

I think there's more need from Safari for a new long-necked plesiosauroid than a short-necked pliosauroid.  The Wild Safari line has two short-necked pliosauroids and only one long-necked plesiosauroid.  The most recent pliosauroid is from 2017, the most recent plesiosauroid is from 2013.

[Faelrin]

I think you make a good point there @Sim. That also got me thinking about how strange it is that most companies these days don't even offer a figure of one of the most iconic plesiosaurs, Plesiosaurus itself.

[suspsy]

Cryptocleidus would a great choice for a long-necked plesiosaur. So would Plesiosaurus itself.

[Gwangi]

I think you make a good point there @Sim. That also got me thinking about how strange it is that most companies these days don't even offer a figure of one of the most iconic plesiosaurs, Plesiosaurus itself.

I was recently thinking about this myself, we could use an actual Plesiosaurus. I've been contemplating getting Favorite's.

[Fembrogon]

I'm also rather surprised there aren't more Plesiosaurus figures, or ANY Cryptocleidus toys. You'd think at least someone would have considered it after Walking With Dinosaurs, but I guess it just wasn't a high-profile enough genus in the show.

[CarnotaurusKing]

I can't wait. If it is indeed Patagotitan, it's a day 1 purchase for me (metaphorically, I'm not in a position to be throwing money around like that  ). I'm glad Safari's doing another sauropod, they're always homeruns. One thing I like that Safari does is give their sauropods the "walk" style gait.

Recent elephants (and other land dwelling, tall and heavy weight mammals) use a four beat gait, called walk, where the limbs of one side move, before the ones on the other side move. This is in stark contrast to the trot, where two diagonally limbs move at once before the other two have their turn. This kind of locomotion is seen in lizards for example

(from Lanthanotus's review of the EoFauna Deinotherium)

Even EoFauna's sauropods (both in print and in plastic) are pretty much always depicted in a "trot" (though they're still near perfect reconstructions). It may not be wrong, but the "walk" looks more natural to me.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

EEEEEE I'm so hyped for the Patagotitan rumor!!

They revealed their "new" tancho koi on Facebook. That was one of the new listed figures right on the ATF right? Maybe they will start the reveal this weekend

lol, I got an email notification about the Koi, which made me rush straight here to the forum to see if there were any more reveals. 

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

An I'm waiting for safari ltd 2022 prehistoric collection for list of sculptors

BTW @profnik we generally have seperate threads for guesses/wishlists:
http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=9423.0

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

I'm trying to temper my hype so I'm not disappointed by a half-sized version, but the Spielzug price tag has me dreaming that this comparison pic I took with the Patagotitan children's book "Titanosaur" might come true...
I was inspired to take this when I realized that if you hold up the little 1:40 Collecta dude to the page, he's about the same size as David Attenborough in this picture.
(It's a pretty cool book, btw. I recommend it.)
https://dinodadreviews.com/2020/01/05/titanosaur-discovering-the-worlds-largest-dinosaur/

[GojiraGuy1954]

Even EoFauna's sauropods (both in print and in plastic) are pretty much always depicted in a "trot" (though they're still near perfect reconstructions). It may not be wrong, but the "walk" looks more natural to me.

Sauropods would have the ability to go surprisingly fast for their size
(Last 2 columns are KMPH and MPS)

[Patrx]

If other recent Safari sauropods are any indicator of what we'd be in for (especially Doug's absolutely beautiful Camarasaurus) I would definitely be interested in a Safari Patagotitan. As to its scale, I personally couldn't care less as long as it's a well-researched sculpt — which, again, it likely would be.

[CarnotaurusKing]

Even EoFauna's sauropods (both in print and in plastic) are pretty much always depicted in a "trot" (though they're still near perfect reconstructions). It may not be wrong, but the "walk" looks more natural to me.

Sauropods would have the ability to go surprisingly fast for their size
(Last 2 columns are KMPH and MPS)

I'm aware of that. What I'm referring to is the position of the legs while walking at a normal pace, with the front leg at an almost complete stride, while the back leg is still behind the back leg of the opposite side.

Like this:


Instead of this:


Or this:


That said, after flicking through the Facts and Figures book again, it's not as prevalent as I might have made it seem, and it doesn't detract from the reconstruction at all. And it's really just a silly personal preference.

[Brocc21]

I'd just like to see a Scutosaurus. The old Carnegie figure is very hard to come by, and when I do find one up for grabs its always out of my price range. I've been a fan of Scutosaurus since seeing it in WWM as a kid but I was never able to get my hands on a good figure.

[microraptorgui]

Speaking of Patagotitan, back in August of 2017, Safari posted about its discovery on their Facebook page. I wonder if they started making plans to produce a figure of it way back then...

Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/safariltd/posts/amazing-discovery-the-patagotitan-mayorum-was-the-largest-known-dinosaur-ever/10154855707448193/