REBOR general discussion

[Loon]

I'm sure I'll get yelled at for saying this, but those textures are horrendous.

[Kapitaenosavrvs]

*yells at @Loon*

Of course not.

I like the Idea of @REBOR_STUDIO  and this Product. The Picture is clearly a Render with a high Contrast, so the real deal will look a bit different. Moreover im fine with it. I really think, that this is a fine Addition and Retrosaurs aren't that common as a new Product. Also the Mix of Retro and Modern is quite a Thing i like. I thought about it the first time, when i saw the Papo Giga. I'm trying to be positive. Lookin forward to it. These are not supposed to look like a real Animal. We all know that. I think it is complicated to criticise a Product at this Stage, but it is completely okay to do so. I do that myself often enough. But i do not have somekind of a personal war with a small company. I hope this does not sound agressive. It is not meant to be negative.

I just do not see the horrendous Textures. There is ALOT of Texture, but to me its good that way. In this Case.

[Shonisaurus]

I like Rebor's "retro" dinosaur prototypes - they remind me of my childhood days, when reconstructions in paleontology books were like this. Long live Rebor !!!!

[Justin_]

I'm sure I'll get yelled at for saying this, but those textures are horrendous.

I think the textures are too finely detailed. They look a bit like chain mail. I'd expect these to have larger scales and scutes all over, like on the "Allosaurus'" head. The overall shapes are really nice though.

[Over9K]

I'm sure I'll get yelled at for saying this, but those textures are horrendous.

I think the textures are too finely detailed. They look a bit like chain mail. I'd expect these to have larger scales and scutes all over, like on the "Allosaurus'" head. The overall shapes are really nice though.

Those are two Tyrannosaurus... when Knight painted the first painting of Tyrannosaurus, the complete arms of a Tyrannosaurid had not yet been collected, so T.rex was given three-fingered hands. You can see this in representations of the animal from Disney's Fantasia, King Kong (1933) and as late as The Valley Of Gwangi, featuring a three-fingered T.rex, despite the then-current science understanding the animal had two-fingered hands.

[Carnoking]

I though gwangi was meant to be an allosaurus.

[Over9K]

I though gwangi was meant to be an allosaurus.

No, Gwangi was based on that same Charles R. Knight painting Rebor took the blue Retro from, the same painting that Marcel Delgado had also used as inspiration for the '33 King Kong T.rex. It's true that Willis O'Brien, who originally wrote and conceived the Gwangi story referred to the dinosaur as an Allosaurus, but famously, he referred to the T.rex in Kong the same way.

Harryhausen has always referred to Gwangi as a T.rex.

[Over9K]

I think it's funny that nobody has noticed that on the Blue Retro, the eye is in the wrong fenestra, just as Knight painted it.

[triceratops83]

I'm sure I'll get yelled at for saying this, but those textures are horrendous.

I think the textures are too finely detailed. They look a bit like chain mail. I'd expect these to have larger scales and scutes all over, like on the "Allosaurus'" head. The overall shapes are really nice though.

Those are two Tyrannosaurus... when Knight painted the first painting of Tyrannosaurus, the complete arms of a Tyrannosaurid had not yet been collected, so T.rex was given three-fingered hands. You can see this in representations of the animal from Disney's Fantasia, King Kong (1933) and as late as The Valley Of Gwangi, featuring a three-fingered T.rex, despite the then-current science understanding the animal had two-fingered hands.

I remember an interview with Harryhausen in which he doesn't see a distinction between Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus other than one being a bit larger than the other.

I must say I'm absolutely drooling over these two offerings from Rebor. Retro Tripod theropods always seemed to be more menacing than their more accurate renderings even though they would probably find it harder to catch you what with their need to awkwardly bend over to deliver a fatal mauling.

[Carnoking]

Aw, that explains where my confusion comes from them.

[Faelrin]

So apparently today is Rebor's 6th anniversary. They are doing a giveaway on their FB. Thought I would share.

Also in regard to the retro rex figures, the red one interests me more, mostly as I would have prefer a more faithful body sculpt for the blue one.

[Shonisaurus]

The two REBOR 1:35 Male Tyrannosaurus Rex Kadaver "Bites the Dust" variants in their two variants are now available at everythingdinosaur.

[Carnoking]

Not sure if it's been discussed here yet, but someone recently commented on Rebor's post promising the G&G rexes asking if they would consider doing a Sauron variant.



To which Rebor responded:



Looks like we're getting Sauron!
(Probably in a  couple years if it doesn't get canceled that is, but exciting nonetheless!)

[Over9K]

Ships to sellers in 5 days!

[BlueKrono]

Not sure if it's been discussed here yet, but someone recently commented on Rebor's post promising the G&G rexes asking if they would consider doing a Sauron variant.

To which Rebor responded:

Looks like we're getting Sauron!
(Probably in a  couple years if it doesn't get canceled that is, but exciting nonetheless!)

Let me know when they do a Vertigo!

[Faelrin]

Glad to see there's going to be a Sauron after all, though of course I would also love to see some tribute to Diablo as well, one of my favorites when I played this game as a kid (aside from Talon).

Strange how with all the options that rex could have been, it didn't even cross my mind when it should have been obvious, again considering that they did one based off Blizzard and a lot of people have been requesting Sauron. The head sculpt is pretty close too (although I think it resembles the toy slightly more then then the in game version, but well they did call it an 80's toy rex so maybe that was their intention too).


Edit: Come to think of it though the game and toys did come out in the early 90s, while they called it an 80s rex so probably another reason it slipped my mind. Granted the stop motion models were intentionally designed to be retro in some retrospect so perhaps it's still an 80s styled rex in that sense.

Edit 2: No sooner then I go and post this and I find on their FB that this particular sculpt wasn't based on anything in particular, but also several things. Here's a quote from them from one of their comments:

Nothing yet everything. There isn't a specific reference material as it was designed by ourselves based on our childhood memories. It captures the essence of the 80s which is why you felt that you've seen it somewhere but you can't quite put your finger on it

https://www.facebook.com/reborstudio/photos/a.555152224611790/3120411288085858/?type=3&theater

I saw someone also mention that it looked a bit like the Invicta T. rex, and yeah that one didn't cross my mind either, but I can see why they thought that.

[suspsy]

Sauron would indeed be pretty cool, especially if they did the colour variants. I always selected the purple and black version whenever I played that game.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Glad to see there's going to be a Sauron after all, though of course I would also love to see some tribute to Diablo as well, one of my favorites when I played this game as a kid (aside from Talon).

Strange how with all the options that rex could have been, it didn't even cross my mind when it should have been obvious, again considering that they did one based off Blizzard and a lot of people have been requesting Sauron. The head sculpt is pretty close too (although I think it resembles the toy slightly more then then the in game version, but well they did call it an 80's toy rex so maybe that was their intention too).


Edit: Come to think of it though the game and toys did come out in the early 90s, while they called it an 80s rex so probably another reason it slipped my mind. Granted the stop motion models were intentionally designed to be retro in some retrospect so perhaps it's still an 80s styled rex in that sense.

Edit 2: No sooner then I go and post this and I find on their FB that this particular sculpt wasn't based on anything in particular, but also several things. Here's a quote from them from one of their comments:

Nothing yet everything. There isn't a specific reference material as it was designed by ourselves based on our childhood memories. It captures the essence of the 80s which is why you felt that you've seen it somewhere but you can't quite put your finger on it

https://www.facebook.com/reborstudio/photos/a.555152224611790/3120411288085858/?type=3&theater

I saw someone also mention that it looked a bit like the Invicta T. rex, and yeah that one didn't cross my mind either, but I can see why they thought that.

I thought Invicta when  I saw it. Also the early red colored Kokoro/Dinamation Rex.

[Faelrin]

New color variant of Titanoboa going up for pre-order on Friday. Edit: Color scheme definitely looks based on the snake from the Anaconda movie.

[triceratops83]

Dead rexes just turned up at Minzoo

https://www.minizoo.com.au/rebor/standard-collection/

EDIT - just noticed the new Monty Python reference on that Titanoboa. I think they still should have used "Biggus" though. Seems apt for a giant snake.