Recent Acquisitions (Archive, March 2012 - July 2018)

[Simon]

There's something very wrong with my bookshelf...
Or, at least, there was, until I finally got my hands of a copy of this, the most influential work of the Dinosaur Renaissance! It's flat-out weird that I never owned a copy until now.

*snip*

That is a wonderful book.  I remember buying it in 1988, and being "blown away" by Bakker's theories and his drawings of muscular, lithe, active, dinosaurs.  It is the book that rekindled my childhood interest in dinosaurs ...

[Katieraptor]

It's a Kaiyodo allosaurus!

I have another one but I haven't photographed her yet.

[Neosodon]

There's something very wrong with my bookshelf...
Or, at least, there was, until I finally got my hands of a copy of this, the most influential work of the Dinosaur Renaissance! It's flat-out weird that I never owned a copy until now.

*snip*

That is a wonderful book.  I remember buying it in 1988, and being "blown away" by Bakker's theories and his drawings of muscular, lithe, active, dinosaurs.  It is the book that rekindled my childhood interest in dinosaurs ...

I knew Bakker was influential in the dinosaur renaissance but did he actually do illustrations?  I've not yet seen or noticed seeing any by him.

[Patrx]

That is a wonderful book.  I remember buying it in 1988, and being "blown away" by Bakker's theories and his drawings of muscular, lithe, active, dinosaurs.  It is the book that rekindled my childhood interest in dinosaurs ...

I can see why! These illustrations must have been something to see in their original context. I didn't encounter Renaissance-style dinosaurs until I saw Jurassic Park, which, of course, wouldn't exist at all without this book.

I knew Bakker was influential in the dinosaur renaissance but did he actually do illustrations?  I've not yet seen or noticed seeing any by him.

Sure! He actually illustrated Ostrom's original description of Deinonychus, so I'm sure you'll have seen his work before. One can sort of identify his drawings by the distinct stippling technique he uses for shading.

It's a Kaiyodo allosaurus!
I have another one but I haven't photographed her yet.

Nice acquisition, Katieraptor! I've always like the patterns on that particular Allosaurus. I made a small correction to your post so that the image would display properly!

[Katieraptor]

Oh, thank you. Was there something keeping it from displaying?

[Patrx]

Oh, thank you. Was there something keeping it from displaying?

Just that the format notation at the end was missing, in this case ".png". 

[Megalosaurus]

Nice adquisitions everyone.

Its great your kaiyodo collection is growing Katieraptor.

I received the Favorite mini dioramas.


Sorry for the blurry picture. But you have individual shoots in my collection thread.
http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4916.msg193805#msg193805

[CityRaptor]

Great stuff everyone!

As for myself: Got the currently only version of the Schleich Mini Carnotaurus. Was kinda hard to find, as most stores seem to either have old issues ( and by old, I mean a year old ) or no issues at all of that magazine.
Also got two Ixalan Boosters. Really wish there were more Dinosaurs and less junk like vampires, fishpeople and pirates in there.

[Dyscrasia]

I've just received some of the new Schleich dinosaurs.

Tawa



Oviraptor



Psittacosaurus (the sculpt is absolutely gorgeous!)

[Bokisaurus]

Ohh Myyyy, maybe because of the high gloss, but that Tawa almost looks like it's been skinned!
I like the other two a lot ( I can't believe I said that )

[IrritatorRaji]

Congrats on the new figures but...

That Tawa O_e

[Katieraptor]

Great stuff everyone!

As for myself: Got the currently only version of the Schleich Mini Carnotaurus. Was kinda hard to find, as most stores seem to either have old issues ( and by old, I mean a year old ) or no issues at all of that magazine.
Also got two Ixalan Boosters. Really wish there were more Dinosaurs and less junk like vampires, fishpeople and pirates in there.

You play mtg?

[CityRaptor]

No, I just collect Ixalan Dinosaur cards, although given how much junk one gets with every booster instead, I might stop.

[stargatedalek]

No, I just collect Ixalan Dinosaur cards, although given how much junk one gets with every booster instead, I might stop.

A lot of stores that sell Magic cards also sell used ones, so you can probably sell them back or at least get some value in trade for new decks.

[Katieraptor]

The easiest way to do it is to go to an online site that sells magic cards and buy the singles you want.

[sauroid]

if Schleich could make their Oviraptor with moderate sized feet, why couldnt they with the Tawa? i could accept a tripod Tawa than one with deformed huge feet. an unusual species wasted. oh well...

[Shonisaurus]

Favorite 2017's miniatures are the best that this company has done. I have them since August and I can assure that apart from being practical (they occupy little space) they are very detailed. I am glad that Megalosaurus has it too. They are very nice 

[Reptilia]

if Schleich could make their Oviraptor with moderate sized feet, why couldnt they with the Tawa? i could accept a tripod Tawa than one with deformed huge feet. an unusual species wasted. oh well...

I think that this figure is getting an undeserved attention just because it is called Tawa. It has glaring anatomical flaws that are forgiven only for exclusivity sake. If Schleich had called it Coelophysis, for example, people would have ridiculed it.

[Faelrin]

My BotM Wetlands and Forest Environment accessory packs came today, so now I finally have all four of them. I took pics of them on my dad's bed since after dark I have little/poor light in my room, but now they are back in my room, all setup next to my bed. I'll add more pics to the BotM thread too.

[Halichoeres]

if Schleich could make their Oviraptor with moderate sized feet, why couldnt they with the Tawa? i could accept a tripod Tawa than one with deformed huge feet. an unusual species wasted. oh well...

I think that this figure is getting an undeserved attention just because it is called Tawa. It has glaring anatomical flaws that are forgiven only for exclusivity sake. If Schleich had called it Coelophysis, for example, people would have ridiculed it.

I'm definitely among those who are more forgiving when a company tries a new species out. But if the figure had been called Coelophysis, it would be worthy of a lot more ridicule because it has some Tawa-specific features that would be incorrect on a Coelophysis figure. You're certainly right that it has flaws, but it's recognizable as Tawa.