Papo- new for 2014

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The Archeo certainly looks much better now, though I had intended to buy it anyway ..lol

Yeah when the same artist creates multiple pieces you end up with a lot of similarity in them. The pose for the Allo allowed it to ( mostly ) stand on it's own so it makes sense they went with something similar.  I do still wonder about the tail thickness though.

[Roselaar]

Archaeopteryx looks great from a top angle too. I'm not complaining about any inaccuracies and I'll definitely go get one.

[Concavenator]

The Archaeopteryx looks lovely now.The coloration is very beautiful (though inaccurate),and looks pretty sweet.A must have for me,I love feathered dinosaur and mesozoic birds figures.This one is really nice.Sadly,I don't think Papo will release more feathered goodies.They had to release something feathered at some point,do they were conservative and released a bird (Or is Archaeopteryx a dinosaur,perhaps,an early dromaeosaur?  )

[Yutyrannus]

The Archaeopteryx looks lovely now.The coloration is very beautiful (though inaccurate),and looks pretty sweet.A must have for me,I love feathered dinosaur and mesozoic birds figures.This one is really nice.Sadly,I don't think Papo will release more feathered goodies.They had to release something feathered at some point,do they were conservative and released a bird (Or is Archaeopteryx a dinosaur,perhaps,an early dromaeosaur?  )

Actually, Archaeopteryx was reclassified as a deinonychosaur aa few years ago .

[Gwangi]

The Archaeopteryx looks lovely now.The coloration is very beautiful (though inaccurate),and looks pretty sweet.A must have for me,I love feathered dinosaur and mesozoic birds figures.This one is really nice.Sadly,I don't think Papo will release more feathered goodies.They had to release something feathered at some point,do they were conservative and released a bird (Or is Archaeopteryx a dinosaur,perhaps,an early dromaeosaur?  )

Actually, Archaeopteryx was reclassified as a deinonychosaur aa few years ago .

Actually, I don't think it was but I know there have been a lot of debates over what it should be classified as. At the moment though, it is still classified as a bird I think.

[Concavenator]

It's an implication, not a fact. Every other hinged item in the catalog has special graphics showing the open/close positioning. Even last years. But nothing on the new ones which is odd. I could see if the new graphics did not highlight the option on any, but to still go out of their way to show that for all but the new ones is suggestive.

Everything Dinosaur team members had a meeting with Papo senior management recently, we will post up picture of the new Archaeopteryx shortly, but an update on the articulated jaw issues, for anyone that has raised this point.  The Dilophosaurus model will have an articulated jaw, with the Archaeopteryx although it was proposed to have one, the jaw is not articulated, it just proved too fiddly to sort out as the production began in earnest.  However, the beak/mouth is very well painted.  Papo seem to have really gone out of their way to give their Archaeopteryx a really good paint job.

Could you post a pic of the Dilophosaurus please?

[Takama]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Looks good to me...and for anyone that doesn't like the paint..that's only skin deep.

[Concavenator]

Thank you very much for the pic!Wow,it's lovely! 
Was there a photo of the Dilophosaurus?

[Takama]

Thank you very much for the pic!Wow,it's lovely! 
Was there a photo of the Dilophosaurus?

I didn't see one

[tyrantqueen]

I have to say...I do not like the paintwork on the head. The rest of the model is fine, though.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Should easy to repaint that one part and match it up.

[Gwangi]

I would like to see someone just take off the entire head and neck and sculpt a new, more avian one. Still, based on these new pictures the model does not look as reptilian as I had initially feared.

[Megalosaurus]

I would like to see someone just take off the entire head and neck and sculpt a new, more avian one. Still, based on these new pictures the model does not look as reptilian as I had initially feared.

Indeed.
Still this is not the way I imagine this creature. I think that if you took the correct modern bird toy, give it a vertebrated feathered tail, teeth & visible hand claws, it will be more similar to the real look of Archaeopterix.

[amanda]

I am a little confused. Do we not have very, very good specimens for Archy? So the exact skull shape anyway is known. I am not suggesting Papo even bothered to look, but didn't the first one not show feathers and appeared reptilian, until another with clear feathers were found? But the skeleton and skull appeared clearly more reptilian than bird? So, imagining at as more bird-like is...? And do we know the exact color, or the color of similar species?

[Gwangi]

I would like to see someone just take off the entire head and neck and sculpt a new, more avian one. Still, based on these new pictures the model does not look as reptilian as I had initially feared.

Indeed.
Still this is not the way I imagine this creature. I think that if you took the correct modern bird toy, give it a vertebrated feathered tail, teeth & visible hand claws, it will be more similar to the real look of Archaeopterix.

I totally agree. I'll still get the figure though, it is the best the market currently has to offer.

[tyrantqueen]

I believe Archaeopteryx and its kin acted very much like birds of today. I would like to see a reconstruction of such an animal with its wings folded instead of seeing its arms and legs flailing in the air and its mouth open. Even the Carnegie Microraptor suffers from this. That's why I like this image:



In other words, less of the monstrous reconstructions, and more of the bird-like ones. But that's just me

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The skull seems about right from reconstruction pics I've seen..maybe a bit wider.

The attack pose works for a toy where kids will want to get it and play with an active pose.  I can't say I've seen an Archeopteryx figure in an attack pose before either so it works my collection.  The Bully figure is just kind of standing there.

The Microraptor by Carnegie I think was done in that pose to show off the wings better..hang it like it's climbing a tree and it looks pretty cool.

[Yutyrannus]

I believe Archaeopteryx and its kin acted very much like birds of today. I would like to see a reconstruction of such an animal with its wings folded instead of seeing its arms and legs flailing in the air and its mouth open. Even the Carnegie Microraptor suffers from this. That's why I like this image:



In other words, less of the monstrous reconstructions, and more of the bird-like ones. But that's just me

I completely agree. In fact, I'd like to see a Velociraptor similar in style to that pic by some company. Let's hope .

[Patrx]

I believe Archaeopteryx and its kin acted very much like birds of today. I would like to see a reconstruction of such an animal with its wings folded instead of seeing its arms and legs flailing in the air and its mouth open. Even the Carnegie Microraptor suffers from this. That's why I like this image:



In other words, less of the monstrous reconstructions, and more of the bird-like ones. But that's just me

I completely agree. In fact, I'd like to see a Velociraptor similar in style to that pic by some company. Let's hope .

Hear, hear! That is something I've been hoping to see for quite some time.