Re-issue of Battat former Museum of Science Boston Series

[Shuvuuia]

So I went back to the Target where I saw the Amargasaurus, Ceratosaurus, and Carnotaurus. The Ceratosaur had sold, but the Amargasaur and Carnotaur were still there. I remembered to take pictures this time!



This is the sloppy paintwork on this particular Amargasaurus' neck spines. The mouth was also slightly warped, but that looked like shipping damage rather than mold damage. I'm holding off on buying an Amargasaurus until I can see if the paint job is only off on this one particular model.



Here's the Carno I was moments from buying before I noticed that his horns left him with this quizzical look. Has anyone else managed to find a Carno? If you have, are the horns uneven like that? Just curious if this is another individual flaw or one spread throughout the remade Battat Carnos.

[Sim]

Will Battat consider using a stiffer plastic though? I hope that the feedback here reaches them so they can do something about the balance issues of the models. Such a shame because these are still some of the best dino figures ever made.

Have you asked Battat about this?

[Dobber]

That kink in the tail ... Is that from the packaging's ties?

I'm afraid so, yes. It is a little bit distracting.

Hmmm, thankfully mine doesn't have that kink at all. Though, it definitely won't stand on its own. FAR to front heavy + soft legs. Like someone else said, it makes the tripod feature kind of pointless. Amazing figure though, that is only let down by the choice of soft plastic.....but for $9.99 it's a steal! It too was suprised by its size, about the same size as the Papo running T-Rex.

Chris

[Sim]

Since Battat appears to have re-issued the Stegosaurus with its sculpt unchanged, I wonder if any of the dinosaurs that were in the MOS line will ever get updated models.  I still had some hope that the Stegosaurus would be updated at least, perhaps through a "factory fix", as it's such a famous and well-known dinosaur.  That hope feels like it's been shattered by a strike from the spiked tail of a Stegosaurus...  Honestly, I don't like how a Stegosaurus looks with 8 tail spikes.  As Stegosaurus is one of my favourite dinosaurs, I would've really liked a Battat version that does Stegosaurus justice.  Sigh...

[Takama]

If Battat has no plans on Feathering the Galamimus and Utahraptor, then I will get them.  However if they are released, and then there's news that they will let Dan Feather them, then im not going to bother on getting the Naked versions

[Meso-Cenozoic]

BTW, Takama, can you post a link to the website you're referring to? When I looked up the Battat website, I only find toys on there for very young children. Hmm.

As far as room for the Dippy, they could easily stand them up on the top shelf. But with kids always looking through these, it would be a long fall down to the floor! That's the problem Walmart is having with their Schleich figures. They put all the larger figures on the top shelf of their display. And inevitably every time I'm there, I see a couple of them on the floor with something chipped or broken off.

Theres a Separate Website for The Terra Series

http://www.terrauniverse.com/dinosaurs

Thanks!

I wonder what ever happened with the Gigantoraptor and Gastonia. They were listed in the very first group of Terra's last year.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Since Battat appears to have re-issued the Stegosaurus with its sculpt unchanged, I wonder if any of the dinosaurs that were in the MOS line will ever get updated models.  I still had some hope that the Stegosaurus would be updated at least, perhaps through a "factory fix", as it's such a famous and well-known dinosaur.  That hope feels like it's been shattered by a strike from the spiked tail of a Stegosaurus...  Honestly, I don't like how a Stegosaurus looks with 8 tail spikes.  As Stegosaurus is one of my favourite dinosaurs, I would've really liked a Battat version that does Stegosaurus justice.  Sigh...

You could carve off the extra ones easily enough.

I also found the Rex and Acro today, pretty sweet sculpts. No sign of any of the others though.

[Tyrannosauron]

Here's the Carno I was moments from buying before I noticed that his horns left him with this quizzical look. Has anyone else managed to find a Carno? If you have, are the horns uneven like that? Just curious if this is another individual flaw or one spread throughout the remade Battat Carnos.

I still haven't found the Carno myself (but not from lack of trying), but it looks like even the picture on Battat's website has the horns skewed like that (although maybe not to the same degree):

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

After looking at these two I'm increasingly tempted to go back for the other pair. They display great in package but i sorta want to play with them now...lol

[triceratops83]

Can't wait for Dan's to get these. I might get a second Triceratops to keep in the box - the packaging really is cool.

I wonder what ever happened with the Gigantoraptor and Gastonia. They were listed in the very first group of Terra's last year.

I'm guessing they're releasing the repaints before the other Terras like Gastonia simply due to popular demand.

[suspsy]

BTW, Takama, can you post a link to the website you're referring to? When I looked up the Battat website, I only find toys on there for very young children. Hmm.

As far as room for the Dippy, they could easily stand them up on the top shelf. But with kids always looking through these, it would be a long fall down to the floor! That's the problem Walmart is having with their Schleich figures. They put all the larger figures on the top shelf of their display. And inevitably every time I'm there, I see a couple of them on the floor with something chipped or broken off.

Theres a Separate Website for The Terra Series

http://www.terrauniverse.com/dinosaurs

Thanks!

I wonder what ever happened with the Gigantoraptor and Gastonia. They were listed in the very first group of Terra's last year.

I asked Dan about that a few days ago and he said he didn't know what the status was of the unreleased toys. As I've stated in the past, I'm more excited about them than I am about the reissues. Especially the ones that haven't been revealed yet.

[Takama]

Has anyone taken there Ceratosaurus out of the package? if so, how does it stand?

[Don B.]

Has anyone taken there Ceratosaurus out of the package? if so, how does it stand?

The one I got for my grandson stood just fine.

[Sim]

Since Battat appears to have re-issued the Stegosaurus with its sculpt unchanged, I wonder if any of the dinosaurs that were in the MOS line will ever get updated models.  I still had some hope that the Stegosaurus would be updated at least, perhaps through a "factory fix", as it's such a famous and well-known dinosaur.  That hope feels like it's been shattered by a strike from the spiked tail of a Stegosaurus...  Honestly, I don't like how a Stegosaurus looks with 8 tail spikes.  As Stegosaurus is one of my favourite dinosaurs, I would've really liked a Battat version that does Stegosaurus justice.  Sigh...

You could carve off the extra ones easily enough.

I also found the Rex and Acro today, pretty sweet sculpts. No sign of any of the others though.

I did think of cutting off the extra tail spikes.  When I was a kid I sometimes customised some of my toys.  For example, I had both a painted and unpainted Invicta Pteranodon, so I removed the crest from the unpainted one to make it into a Pterodactylus.  I also had two Panini Pteranodon, so I removed the crest from one of them and superglued a Rhamphorhynchus-shaped tail I'd cut out of green plastic to it to make it a Rhamphorhynchus.  Now I know more is required to make those Pteranodon fully into Rhamphorhynchus/Pterodactylus, but what I did was good enough for me back then.  I also removed the fish from under my Invicta Baryonyx's hand.  I find it difficult to understand why someone would think it's a good idea to permanently attach prey to something designed to be a children's toy.

If I had the Battat Stegosaurus when I was a kid and I found out it had too many tail spikes I might've cut the extra ones off and have been happy with that.  If I were to cut them off now though, I'd be bothered by the smooth area that would be left where the spikes attach which would be conspicuous as the skin of the figure is very detailed.  To get similar detail on the area where the removed spikes were looks like it would be hard to achieve...

Congratulations on getting the Tyrannosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus!   I think you're one of the few people on this forum who currently has all the available Battat Terra dinosaurs!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Since Battat appears to have re-issued the Stegosaurus with its sculpt unchanged, I wonder if any of the dinosaurs that were in the MOS line will ever get updated models.  I still had some hope that the Stegosaurus would be updated at least, perhaps through a "factory fix", as it's such a famous and well-known dinosaur.  That hope feels like it's been shattered by a strike from the spiked tail of a Stegosaurus...  Honestly, I don't like how a Stegosaurus looks with 8 tail spikes.  As Stegosaurus is one of my favourite dinosaurs, I would've really liked a Battat version that does Stegosaurus justice.  Sigh...

You could carve off the extra ones easily enough.

I also found the Rex and Acro today, pretty sweet sculpts. No sign of any of the others though.

I did think of cutting off the extra tail spikes.  When I was a kid I sometimes customised some of my toys.  For example, I had both a painted and unpainted Invicta Pteranodon, so I removed the crest from the unpainted one to make it into a Pterodactylus.  I also had two Panini Pteranodon, so I removed the crest from one of them and superglued a Rhamphorhynchus-shaped tail I'd cut out of green plastic to it to make it a Rhamphorhynchus.  Now I know more is required to make those Pteranodon fully into Rhamphorhynchus/Pterodactylus, but what I did was good enough for me back then.  I also removed the fish from under my Invicta Baryonyx's hand.  I find it difficult to understand why someone would think it's a good idea to permanently attach prey to something designed to be a children's toy.

If I had the Battat Stegosaurus when I was a kid and I found out it had too many tail spikes I might've cut the extra ones off and have been happy with that.  If I were to cut them off now though, I'd be bothered by the smooth area that would be left where the spikes attach which would be conspicuous as the skin of the figure is very detailed.  To get similar detail on the area where the removed spikes were looks like it would be hard to achieve...

Congratulations on getting the Tyrannosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus!   I think you're one of the few people on this forum who currently has all the available Battat Terra dinosaurs!

I do some modeling and custom work, if interested I could do it pretty easily i think.

Really? Wow..I'll have to get a pic of all of them together tonight!

[Takama]

Heres mine,

[Jetoar]

Wow, really nice acquisitions

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Here we go:

[Kayakasaurus]

You could open up a little gift shop!   

[Takama]

You could open up a little gift shop!   

He has one, Got anything Dinosaur you want to Donate?   He will take it.