Recent Acquisitions (Archive, March 2012 - July 2018)

[SBell]

Kaiyodo:
Two Generations of Tyrants!

The irony being that the early generation is the more modern interpretation! That retro one wasn't released for at least 3 or four more years!

[FUTABA]

Do you know when they were both released? The retro looking Tyrannosaur looks really deliberately old school, was that Kaiyodo's intention, in order to pay homage, or was it just a bad sculpt? (Which would be a rarity for them).

[tyrantqueen]

Do you know when they were both released? The retro looking Tyrannosaur looks really deliberately old school, was that Kaiyodo's intention, in order to pay homage, or was it just a bad sculpt? (Which would be a rarity for them).

I believe it was a deliberate intention. Kaiyodo has done retro sculpts for their line before, as well. See here



The Tyrannosaurus isn't part of the bottlecap line, but I think it might be a celebration figure or something like that. Showing a modern interpretation vs an old, discarded one.

[postsaurischian]

  Finally Judith!



Better pictures as soon as better weather .......

[tyrantqueen]

Lovely display

[FUTABA]

Finally Judith!



Better pictures as soon as better weather .......

Wow they're stunning. Who are they by?

[postsaurischian]

Wow they're stunning. Who are they by?

from left to right: Shapeways Velociraptor, Chirostenotes, Deinonychus by Aaron Doyle - all painted by copper
                            Gorgosaurus 'Judith' by David Krentz, painted by Martin Garratt
                            Kaiyodo Dinotales Archaeopteryx & Kaiyodo Dino Expo Microraptor

[sauroid]

Finally Judith!



Better pictures as soon as better weather .......

beautiful display of high end models

@SBell
not sure which brand that Mosasaurus is, it came in as a freebie/contaminant among my Kaiyodo boxes

[Nebuloid]

Wow I ordered the shapeways deinonychus myself, might have to add those other two ! They really go great together.

[Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus]

Lovely models!

[sauroid]

some more kaiyodos

[Roselaar]

Just picked these up in my new regular Papo store:

Collecta Deluxe Ginkgo Biloba.

Original green Papo T-Rex. A side effect of the store's search for a brown Papo Running T-Rex. A search they assure me is soon over... I might sell this green Rex some time, but for the moment I'm hanging on to it. They still have some more of these by the way.

Papo Dimetrodon! A real beauty, one of Papo's best figures so far. Also a reassurance they CAN make exquisite non-dinosaurs too. Let's hope they master marine reptiles soon as well.

[FUTABA]

Wow they're stunning. Who are they by?

from left to right: Shapeways Velociraptor, Chirostenotes, Deinonychus by Aaron Doyle - all painted by copper
                            Gorgosaurus 'Judith' by David Krentz, painted by Martin Garratt
                            Kaiyodo Dinotales Archaeopteryx & Kaiyodo Dino Expo Microraptor

Thanks for the info. Might have to put some of those on my 'to get' list for future reference.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Beautiful paint work by Martin on Judith..I'm thinking to have mine repainted. I bought her already painted and she looks a bit like a JP Raptor. lol

[SBell]

Do you know when they were both released? The retro looking Tyrannosaur looks really deliberately old school, was that Kaiyodo's intention, in order to pay homage, or was it just a bad sculpt? (Which would be a rarity for them).

I believe it was a deliberate intention. Kaiyodo has done retro sculpts for their line before, as well. See here



The Tyrannosaurus isn't part of the bottlecap line, but I think it might be a celebration figure or something like that. Showing a modern interpretation vs an old, discarded one.

It was indeed deliberate--they were the Secret figures from the Dinotales 3 line (I think around 2002). The other one is the original Dinotales T.rex (before the v2 resculpt and all the repaints) from about 1998-1999.

And it is separate from the retro series, which was very intentionally meant to reflect older ideas of dinosaur reconstruction.

[radman]

I'm a big fan of Galileo (of Geene Models), so I was very happy to acquire this beautiful 1:35 Saurolophus model, last one he had, apparently.  He was kind enough to throw in this awesome Hypacrosaurus carcass from a discontinued kit as a gift as well.  Look forward to seeing both of these in some upcoming dioramas!

[Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus]

Nice models!

[FUTABA]

Do you know when they were both released? The retro looking Tyrannosaur looks really deliberately old school, was that Kaiyodo's intention, in order to pay homage, or was it just a bad sculpt? (Which would be a rarity for them).

I believe it was a deliberate intention. Kaiyodo has done retro sculpts for their line before, as well. See here



The Tyrannosaurus isn't part of the bottlecap line, but I think it might be a celebration figure or something like that. Showing a modern interpretation vs an old, discarded one.

It was indeed deliberate--they were the Secret figures from the Dinotales 3 line (I think around 2002). The other one is the original Dinotales T.rex (before the v2 resculpt and all the repaints) from about 1998-1999.

And it is separate from the retro series, which was very intentionally meant to reflect older ideas of dinosaur reconstruction.

Ah thanks guys.

Also a couple of days ago I bought the last 3 issues of the Gon Manga by Masashi Tanaka, which means I have the full series now.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Gogonzola's 1/72 Cryos, paired with Martin Garrat base and paint....stunning piece.

[FUTABA]

The poses on those Cryos look so natural and realistic. I much prefer that to the ones that just stand there seemingly roaring for no reason because "dinoswars go rawr" and wanting to kill everything around them in a blind rage.