Triceratops83's Ornithischians- Rebirth from page 14

[triceratops83]

Nice collection of ornithopods is very complete I congratulate you on your collection

Thanks, there's still a couple of oldies on my wishlist, though.

Who makes are the palms on the left of the Maastrichtian scene? In fact, can you list all the plants there plus the baobabs in Skull Island.
Are those palms growing by the road in the background of your outdoor photos?

All the toy trees are by Collecta, except for the tree fern on Skull Island, which is by Safari. Behind the Cretaceous Dinosaurs are a Cococnut Palm and a couple of Ginkgo Bilobas. The Baobabs are also Collecta and scattered about are the Collecta Williamsonia and Monanthesia Cycads. The big ones outdoor are Travelling or Traveller's palms. They can grow quite tall and hold heaps of water.

Good to see you back with a renewed interest.

Thanks, I've stuck around all this time, but never felt really involved. Having a new image hosting site will be really useful - Had I been using one I would have at least joined in on the "Spring Is In The Air" thread. There's always good nature photos to be had here.

I love ornithopods, the Anatotitan and Parasaurolophus models are beautiful!

Thanks! I've always liked those colours on the Tamiya Parasaurolophus.

[Halichoeres]

I'm so glad to see this thread revived! I like ornithopods as a thematic focus, such elegant animals. Your Tamiya pieces turned out very nicely, I think I detect some antelope influence on the palette.

[triceratops83]

I'm so glad to see this thread revived! I like ornithopods as a thematic focus, such elegant animals. Your Tamiya pieces turned out very nicely, I think I detect some antelope influence on the palette.

Thanks, Halichoeres! Yeah, it was either a Thompson's Gazelle or Springbok behind those Tamiya kits. I might stick with an Antelope theme if I get more kits.

[Faelrin]

What a beautiful collection of ornithopods you have there. It's really cool to see all of those figures I'm familiar with (and yet many I still have yet to acquire), and how they all size up among each other. I really do like the dioramas with the CollectA, etc plants you have as well. I'm also way behind on ordering any of those (I only have the Safari Ltd ones).

[triceratops83]

What a beautiful collection of ornithopods you have there. It's really cool to see all of those figures I'm familiar with (and yet many I still have yet to acquire), and how they all size up among each other. I really do like the dioramas with the CollectA, etc plants you have as well. I'm also way behind on ordering any of those (I only have the Safari Ltd ones).

Thanks, Faelrin. I'll start taking better photos of each and post 'em this weekend. I've kinda come around full circle to my childhood - Parasaurolophus was my favourite as a kid. Although I always considered Triceratops the bravest and wisest 'cause it could beat Tyrannosaurus!

[Concavenator]

I like ornithopods, actually. They're beautiful animals. As dinosaurs, I find them more interesting than ceratopsians (I still like them though) because there are no modern day animals that look like them. Ceratopsians and bulls, buffalos, and so on, look very much alike to me. Nasutoceratops is basically a bull with a frill and with a longer, fleshy tail.

[triceratops83]

I like ornithopods, actually. They're beautiful animals. As dinosaurs, I find them more interesting than ceratopsians (I still like them though) because there are no modern day animals that look like them. Ceratopsians and bulls, buffalos, and so on, look very much alike to me. Nasutoceratops is basically a bull with a frill and with a longer, fleshy tail.

I think Ornithopods more than any other dinosaur (aside maybe for the smallest theropods) would make the best pets. Most households could accommodate a Lesothosaurus or Hypsilophodon, I probably have enough room where I live to keep a smaller Hadrosaur like Maiasaura.

[triceratops83]

Pretty big, image heavy post coming up. This is the bulk of my collection.

Monochrome oldies - Marx and Invicta.


Carnegie


Wild Safari


Schleich


Bullyland and Battat


Mojo - I don't know why I bothered with the Para, it's basically an expensive chinasaur.


Kinto Favorite


Geoworld for some reason.


Papo. I've never noticed the Para's wonky leg before.


Collecta deluxe


Collecta normal. ABSENT - baby parasaurolophus - knew I'd forget something.


Toyway


Australian Age of Dinosaurs


PNSO small


PNSO vinyl - the Shantungosaurus is so frustrating - a quadrupedal figure that won't stand up.


WWD - forgot the brand name.


Kaiyodo


Wild Republic (left) and two Science and Nature


Miniature Planet? Maiasaura. Don't know anything about these, but there's a bunch from a Japanese seller on Ebay.


Jurassic Park/World.


My tributes to the ungettable Favorite Saurolophus. On the right is the Kanna Dinosaur centre one. Anyone guess what the other is?


Dino Horizons


Tudor Mint Triceratops - the only Trike I kept from my old collection.


And two underappreciated figures I really like. No one ever seemed into that rex, and I love the retro Stegosaurus.


Well, that's the bulk of it. I'll post some more pics further on down the track.

[Flaffy]

That Kanna saurolophus is a real beauty. I wonder if it's still available.

And thanks for compiling all of these ornithopods! Pretty depressing seeing how many Parasaurolophus there are, hopefully a BotM line of ornithopods can increase the diversity a bit.

[triceratops83]

That Kanna saurolophus is a real beauty. I wonder if it's still available.

And thanks for compiling all of these ornithopods! Pretty depressing seeing how many Parasaurolophus there are, hopefully a BotM line of ornithopods can increase the diversity a bit.

There is another Kanna Saurolophus sculpt as well, it's somewhat larger than this one, but not as nice, I think.

I suppose I better start a fund in case there IS a BotM Ornithopod series in the future, although that should be while down the road.

[Flaffy]

although that should be while down the road.

Yeah, especially with all the official and unofficial projects that are TBD / on the backburner:
- Large dromaeosaurs
- "scrapped" ceratopsians (I'd buy the heck out of those 1/18 basal ones)
- Dragons

Personally hope the next main series after the Tyrannosaurs are Ornithopods, though I wonder if there's enough demand for splitting the series into Hadrosaurids and Iguanodonts. Would love to see some more Rhabodont representation in the toy market.
Either way, alternating between a series of carnivores and a series of herbivores is the best course of action imo to keep things fresh. However, I get the feeling that David is considering a Sauropod series instead.

[triceratops83]

Personally hope the next main series after the Tyrannosaurs are Ornithopods, though I wonder if there's enough demand for splitting the series into Hadrosaurids and Iguanodonts. Would love to see some more Rhabodont representation in the toy market.
Either way, alternating between a series of carnivores and a series of herbivores is the best course of action imo to keep things fresh. However, I get the feeling that David is considering a Sauropod series instead.

I wonder what scale the Sauropods would be? They'd have to be big to be truly impressive. Also, it'd be interesting to know if the necks would be articulated like a NECA Godzilla tail or just have up and down motion like a DinoRider, movable at the shoulder and head only.

I would think that, as much as I'd hate to admit it, there wouldn't be the demand required to split up Ornithopods into different groups. But still, it'd be quite the assortment anyway - there'd have to be a Rhabdodont of some kind. Whatever they decide on I'm on board - Even if I have to devote an entire bookcase towards BotM.

[ceratopsian]

I enjoyed browsing the photos of your excellent collection.

My vinyl PNSO Shantungosaurus doesn't stand unaided either.  Quite rare for a quadrupedal model!  I have a little brachiopod fossil under its foreleg and with that support it's perfectly stable.  My Mandschurosaurus also needs a bit of help and leans slightly against a hunk of fossiliferous rock.

I have a particular soft spot for the Kanna Center Saurolophus.  There's something really pleasing about the colours and pattern.

[Shonisaurus]

Nice collection of ornithopods, it's a shame that they only make lambeosaurid hadrosaurids massively parasaurolophus with the exceptions we know in the toy market.

[triceratops83]

My vinyl PNSO Shantungosaurus doesn't stand unaided either.  Quite rare for a quadrupedal model!  I have a little brachiopod fossil under its foreleg and with that support it's perfectly stable.  My Mandschurosaurus also needs a bit of help and leans slightly against a hunk of fossiliferous rock.

I have a particular soft spot for the Kanna Center Saurolophus.  There's something really pleasing about the colours and pattern.

My Mandschurosaurus doesn't stand either, (it's held up with blu tac in that photo) but being bipedal it has an excuse at least.

Yeah, that Kanna Saurolophus is a suitable stand in for the favorite one. It doesn't bug me not having the Favorite now.

Nice collection of ornithopods, it's a shame that they only make lambeosaurid hadrosaurids massively parasaurolophus with the exceptions we know in the toy market.

Hopefully we won't get a Parasaur for a while. But maybe we'll get a whole bunch of Charonosaurus instead 

[ITdactyl]

That Marx happy "trachodon".... i miss my Marxsaurs.

Thanks for sharing these photos. It's about time this part of the family tree got the spotlight. On that note, photo booth shots are nice but dino toys lend well to sunlit shots too, as you've fully showcased.

[Halichoeres]

Really nice collection. I like the Favorite Series 1 Para modified into a Saurolophus, did you do that yourself?

The Miniature Planet line is by a company called Eikoh--you might know this already, but they also make an Olorotitan: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=8093.0

[triceratops83]

Thanks for sharing these photos. It's about time this part of the family tree got the spotlight. On that note, photo booth shots are nice but dino toys lend well to sunlit shots too, as you've fully showcased.

I find, with my camera at least, that sunlight offers the most crisp, clear shots. You'll notice a couple of these photos are a bit blurrier where the cloud cover has obviously darkened the shot. And anything I shoot indoors just looks meh at best.

Really nice collection. I like the Favorite Series 1 Para modified into a Saurolophus, did you do that yourself?

The Miniature Planet line is by a company called Eikoh--you might know this already, but they also make an Olorotitan: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=8093.0

Heh, yeah I just whittled down the crest of the Favorite Para and repainted it in Saurolophus colours. I tried like hell to bend the neck up with hot water treatment, but it just wasn't gonna happen.

Eikoh, huh? Thanks for letting me know, it's an interesting line. They had a few Ornithopods but I didn't order any more because of the pandemic. I'll have to get the rest when everything settles down.

[Libraraptor]

Impressive comeback of this thread! I´ll be following it with high interest.

[Shonisaurus]

@triceratops83 By the way, as you mentioned that we will have charonosaurus in their place, are there rumors that charonosaurus will be produced in the toy market? Do you still mean the possible PNSO charonosaurus? I wish it were so.