Stoneage Collection - Weird Scenes inside the Goldmine

[Metallisuchus]

Yeah, I'm thinking about getting Mac myself. Does anybody know what modern animals Mac is most closely related to? I'm seeing Tapir, at least in terms of it's face.

Nonetheless, great-looking piece. I'd actually like see what other brands could do with a Mac of their own.

[ZoPteryx]

Yeah, I'm thinking about getting Mac myself. Does anybody know what modern animals Mac is most closely related to? I'm seeing Tapir, at least in terms of it's face.

Nonetheless, great-looking piece. I'd actually like see what other brands could do with a Mac of their own.

The Mac is definitely one of their best mammals!   It's not really closely related to anything living though, it part of a group of unique South American mammals that all died.  Closest living relatives would probably primitive ungulates, like a tapir.

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[Metallisuchus]

Yeah, I see a bit of Llama there too, in the body.

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[postsaurischian]

  Don't let it die!

[stoneage]

Don't let it die!

Okay!

[SBell]

Yeah, I'm thinking about getting Mac myself. Does anybody know what modern animals Mac is most closely related to? I'm seeing Tapir, at least in terms of it's face.

Nonetheless, great-looking piece. I'd actually like see what other brands could do with a Mac of their own.

The Mac is definitely one of their best mammals!   It's not really closely related to anything living though, it part of a group of unique South American mammals that all died.  Closest living relatives would probably primitive ungulates, like a tapir.

Tapirs are no more primitive than rhinos or horses--they all showed up about the same time.

Macrauchenia is a Litoptern.  Their overall group--meridungulates--diverged very early on, isolated in South America. So in terms of closest living relatives, that would be cetungulata--the whales + hoofed mammals. But it's very distant. And some people have determined that they may not be--it's tough since they're all extinct.

And if you want one, you need to hurry--Schleich discontinued it in 2010, and it is pretty sought after (I don't think it's gotten too expensive).  Or, there is a very nice small one in Safari's prehistoric life toob.

[Metallisuchus]

Yeah, I'm thinking about getting Mac myself. Does anybody know what modern animals Mac is most closely related to? I'm seeing Tapir, at least in terms of it's face.

Nonetheless, great-looking piece. I'd actually like see what other brands could do with a Mac of their own.

The Mac is definitely one of their best mammals!   It's not really closely related to anything living though, it part of a group of unique South American mammals that all died.  Closest living relatives would probably primitive ungulates, like a tapir.

Tapirs are no more primitive than rhinos or horses--they all showed up about the same time.

Macrauchenia is a Litoptern.  Their overall group--meridungulates--diverged very early on, isolated in South America. So in terms of closest living relatives, that would be cetungulata--the whales + hoofed mammals. But it's very distant. And some people have determined that they may not be--it's tough since they're all extinct.

And if you want one, you need to hurry--Schleich discontinued it in 2010, and it is pretty sought after (I don't think it's gotten too expensive).  Or, there is a very nice small one in Safari's prehistoric life toob.

I thought that, but wasn't sure (tapirs, rhinos, horses, etc.). Thanks for the info. The relation of whales to land animals blows my mind because they're so different nowadays. I really should study post-Mesozoic paleontology more. I always neglected it because there's still so much I don't know about the Mesozoic itself.

I haven't gotten into the Safari Toobs yet, but hopefully there will be a full-sized Safari Mac. A "Big Mac", if you will 

[SBell]

Yeah, I'm thinking about getting Mac myself. Does anybody know what modern animals Mac is most closely related to? I'm seeing Tapir, at least in terms of it's face.

Nonetheless, great-looking piece. I'd actually like see what other brands could do with a Mac of their own.

The Mac is definitely one of their best mammals!   It's not really closely related to anything living though, it part of a group of unique South American mammals that all died.  Closest living relatives would probably primitive ungulates, like a tapir.

Tapirs are no more primitive than rhinos or horses--they all showed up about the same time.

Macrauchenia is a Litoptern.  Their overall group--meridungulates--diverged very early on, isolated in South America. So in terms of closest living relatives, that would be cetungulata--the whales + hoofed mammals. But it's very distant. And some people have determined that they may not be--it's tough since they're all extinct.

And if you want one, you need to hurry--Schleich discontinued it in 2010, and it is pretty sought after (I don't think it's gotten too expensive).  Or, there is a very nice small one in Safari's prehistoric life toob.

I thought that, but wasn't sure (tapirs, rhinos, horses, etc.). Thanks for the info. The relation of whales to land animals blows my mind because they're so different nowadays. I really should study post-Mesozoic paleontology more. I always neglected it because there's still so much I don't know about the Mesozoic itself.

I haven't gotten into the Safari Toobs yet, but hopefully there will be a full-sized Safari Mac. A "Big Mac", if you will 

Whale phylogeny has made some huge strides in the last 10 years--as have many things of course. It's impossible to keep up with everything to an equal degree, try as some of us might.

I doubt Safari will have a Macrauchenia--it is the only one in the toob that wasn't done as a large figure (possibly because the toob one is a dead mini ringer for the Schleich one) and they never released more mammals than the first wave--almost all of which are now discontinued.

But we continue to hope that Safari will grace us with more some day.  The Inostrancevia is a nice taste of what they can do with synapsids.

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[Metallisuchus]

SBell - I must agree, that Inostrancevia is amazing, and it's a less-obvious choice. I don't think I've heard of it before seeing the figure.

[DinoFan45]

Oh noes! Will the machruchenia see the danger in time?

[SBell]

SBell - I must agree, that Inostrancevia is amazing, and it's a less-obvious choice. I don't think I've heard of it before seeing the figure.

Well, it's actually the gorgonopsid from Walking with Monsters, they just never named it.

Oh noes! Will the machruchenia see the danger in time?

I hope so--the main danger that it's being faced down by a European bear that mostly ate plants!

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Schleich prehistoric mammals

[DinoFan45]

The mammals look great, need to add on to mine.

SBell - I must agree, that Inostrancevia is amazing, and it's a less-obvious choice. I don't think I've heard of it before seeing the figure.

If you haven't gotten it yet, it is spectacular! Better than the image has it made out to be.

[Metallisuchus]

Oh it's on my list. If I would've seen it last weekend when I was buying, I would've picked it up for sure. I'll probably have to break down and buy online again.

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[Explorer]

The vastly improved 2008 Schleich Spinosaurus!

Hi guys, does anyone recommend the 2008 schleich spinosaurus? It's a tripod but can't resist as I see it often in my local store.  Or am I better off ordering the papo version online? Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Many thanks