Paleozoo - New for 2024

[Halichoeres]

New Sanctacaris looks great!

[Faelrin]

Wonderful little guy. The little balls next to the limbs, and antennae are the eyes right? I'll get the op updated with this one. Edit: Added both this one and Marrella to the op as well.

@Halichoeres A bit late responding to this, but I would hope to get some of the color variants for the Ediacaran sets to be able to mix and match. That said I'm curious what folks primary color preferences based on the current options available are? For example I really like the Primocandelabrum and Haplophrentis in Amber.

[Halichoeres]

Yeah, I think those are the eyes. I haven't seen them reconstructed as stalked before, but Currie might know something I don't, and anyway, the fossils are a little smeary and could be open to some interpretation.

As for colors, I hadn't really thought about preferences for individual ones, but I do think a mix-and-match would look really nice, generally speaking.

[Halichoeres]

Arandaspis!

[Faelrin]

This one is a wonderful surprise. Arandaspis my beloved. I wish it was available in the opal coloration though. Arandaspis in blue is like my headcanon tbh (likely due to one of my favorite childhood books representation of it). Anyways I wonder if more Ordovician creatures will get some treatment here?

Also the shop is massively revised once again. Lots of individual creatures available, but only in the Amber Lux coloration atm.

Those include:

-Anomalocaris
-Bradgatia
-Dickinsonia
-Hallucigenia
-Marrella
-Opabinia
-Ottoia
-Pikaia and Vauxia
-Siphusauctum
-Wiwaxia

I'll get the op updated later today with all of these.

I'm also sad to see the rangeomorph set is no longer available. I was hoping to save up for those at some point. At least Primocandlebrum and the Ediacaran sets A and B are still available.

[Halichoeres]

I bet he'd make the rangeomorph if you asked him, though.

[Faelrin]

OP should finally be updated. Let me know if I forgot anything, or something's incorrect.

[Faelrin]

Eurypterids join the fray with Hibbertopterus and Eurypterus. I'm very excited for the former in particular. Long have I waited for a model of this eurypterid to hit the market in some way.

https://www.paleozoo.com.au/gallery.php#!/Hibbertopterus-Carboniferous-Eurypterid/p/674272168/category=0



https://www.paleozoo.com.au/gallery.php#!/Eurypterus-Silurian-Arthropod/p/674398785/category=0

[BlueKrono]

Man, these look great. I wish they had more fish, or at least more available for sale.

[Halichoeres]

The Hibbertopterus is a particularly cool addition. @BlueKrono if you got one, would you paint it?

[BlueKrono]

The Hibbertopterus is a particularly cool addition. @BlueKrono if you got one, would you paint it?

If they're as colorful as they appear then probably not. I usually paint standard resin models and pewter. If money were no object I'd buy two of each and paint one, but I think you know my current situation.

[Flaffy]

These cheaper unpainted releases are very very tempting... I still have yet to order something from their website due to high shipping fees. But since Paleozoo seems to be pivoting away from the expensive coloured versions, this somewhat offsets the international postage costs.

@Faelrin Do you recall how much Bruce was selling the discontinued rangeomorph set at?

[Faelrin]

@Flaffy AU$125.00. Hope he brings them back.

Edit: I may have spoke to soon. Looks like they might be available individually. For now there is Beothukis (AU$34.00).

https://paleozoo.com.au/gallery.php#!/Beothukis-Ediacaran-Rangeomorph/p/674882415/category=0



Edit: I've updated the op once again, and this time I have sorted all currently available models separately from the discontinued ones. Hopefully this makes it easier to find something.

[Faelrin]

Mandageria is now available. And it looks like the two Ediacaran sets have been discontinued sadly.

https://www.paleozoo.com.au/gallery.php#!/Sarcopterygian-Mandageria-fairfaxi-NSW-State-Fossil/p/678035749/category=0

[Flaffy]

@Faelrin Unless if you mean the rangeomorphs, I can still see Ediacaran Sets A & B on page 2 of the shop.

[Faelrin]

@Flaffy Oh that's my bad. I didn't notice there was another page before. I guess I'll correct the op then.

[Halichoeres]

Good to see the Mandageria back in some form. I'm glad I have the full-color edition, though.

[Faelrin]

Tiktaalik is back:

https://paleozoo.com.au/gallery.php#!/Tiktaalik-Devonian-Fishapod/p/682669542/category=0

[Halichoeres]

Hey, that's good news! I think the sculpt has also been improved compared to the original that I reviewed for the blog.

[SBell]

Hey, that's good news! I think the sculpt has also been improved compared to the original that I reviewed for the blog.

Indeed. Although I am happy that I have the full colour print one