CollectA: New for 2025

[suspsy]

Nevertheless, the Phorusrhacos is clearly not at all intended to be a remake of the Kelenken, nor should it be construed as one.

[dinofelid]

"Tyrannosauridae" is a clade. There is no "Terrorbirdidae" that involves Gastornis, Kelenken, Phorusrachos, and Titanis. It's a colloquial, and the actual genus of the bird doesn't matter as much to people.

I think nowadays "Terror Birds" is often understood as a shorthand for the Phorusrhacids by people who are a little more in the know, and that these people would now exclude Gastornis from that group. This is a group that's not only a clade but also all had a similar ecological role as large ground-dwelling predatory birds (also probably unlike Gastornis), either all flightless or possibly with very limited flight in the case of the smallest known member Psilopterus.

I wonder if people are just using the word "remake" differently here, like some may treat it as meaning a new sculpt of a nearly identical looking animal and others may treat it just being something sufficiently similar it would appeal to fans of a specific group, like a Gorgosaurus model being treated as a remake of a Tyrannosaurus or something.

[Sim]

I don't think the Phorusrhacos is a remake of the Kelenken.  A remake by definition is a new version of something that's the same.  CollectA's two phorusrhacids are different genera.  So one isn't a remake of the other.  If one was a remake of the other because they're both phorusrhachids, then CollectA's tyrannosaurids could almost all be remakes.  Just like the Kelenken and Phorusrhachos are both terror birds, the tyrannosaurids are all "tyrannosaurs".

[GojiraGuy1954]

Nevertheless, the Phorusrhacos is clearly not at all intended to be a remake of the Kelenken, nor should it be construed as one.

I think it depends on whether they retire the Kelenken or not. They can coexist, but if the older one stops being made because of the new one than I would see fit to describe it as a replacement or remake.

[Halichoeres]

Only 43% theropods this year, better than most companies! I'm not feeling the crest on the Maip.

There's also this little "play book," with a mini T. rex and Triceratops and a tiny diorama. This is the best picture I could find, where it's hilariously attached to a horse paddock.

[BlueKrono]

Does that mean they're approaching the tyrannosaur paddock?

[Halichoeres]

Does that mean they're approaching the tyrannosaur paddock?

Ha ha, maybe they were, but now I think they're making haste in the other direction. Must go faster!

[Nyr0r0saurus]

Don't think it's been mentioned here yet, but Everything Dinosaur has confirmed on Facebook that both the Phorusrhacos and Maip will have articulated jaws, unlike the prototype in the released images

[SidB]

Don't think it's been mentioned here yet, but Everything Dinosaur has confirmed on Facebook that both the Phorusrhacos and Maip will have articulated jaws, unlike the prototype in the released images

I'm often (if not always) okay with articulated jaws on theropods, if well done. But NEVER on cerstopsians.

[Halichoeres]

Good to know. As always, figures look better without articulated jaws, but lots of people seem to like them. Maybe kids using them to 'bite' their younger siblings.

[SidB]

Good to know. As always, figures look better without articulated jaws, but lots of people seem to like them. Maybe kids using them to 'bite' their younger siblings.

I suppose that's one way to keep them in line. I remember that my younger brother used to bite my sister on the ankle. That went on until he was bitten in turn! That ended it.

[Halichoeres]

Good to know. As always, figures look better without articulated jaws, but lots of people seem to like them. Maybe kids using them to 'bite' their younger siblings.

I suppose that's one way to keep them in line. I remember that my younger brother used to bite my sister on the ankle. That went on until he was bitten in turn! That ended it.

And they say violence never solves anything.

[Concavenator]

Just the Gallimimus for me next year.

I say "just", but don't think I'm disappointed. I feel the same way about CollectA's 2025 lineup that I do about Safari's 2024 one, in that, in both cases, I'm only interested in 1 figure (Gallimimus and Austroraptor, respectively). However, I've been anticipating figures of both genera for so long, that I'm super satisfied to see them finally receiving good figures.

Not that I think the other figures are bad, they're just taxa I'm not interested in collecting.

[Concavenator]

Does anybody have any tips on how to prevent the CollectA figures that are mounted on a base from warping?

I used to have CollectA's Sciurumimus, and if memory serves me right, it didn't suffer from the warping issue, because the plastic was stiffer. But I had the Lythronax as well, and my copy clearly experienced some noticeable warping to a side.

Any tips for this would be appreciated, I'll be considering them for the Gallimimus.

[Halichoeres]

@Concavenator I had that same problem with CollectA's Ichthyovenator. So when I got the Lythronax, I just left the clear plastic saddle that they ship with. It's not especially atrractive but it hasn't warped and it's obviously just the right size. You could cut a length of clear acrylic rod and wedge it under the chest if you want something simpler.

[Concavenator]

@Halichoeres Thank you! 

[Prehistory Resurrection]

[Flaffy]

Looks a bit better than the promo pics, but not enough for me to be interested in purchasing. CollectA's method of doing articulated jaws still needs refinement imo.

[Pliosaurking]

This figure is a lot better looking in hand, definitely will grab one the year!

[JimoAi]

where's the lips tho