What is your Favorite Carnegie Model?

[Appalachiosaurus]

With the recent and saddening news about Carnegie's and SafariLtd's split-up, I thought it would be good to sit back and reminisce about the collection. So I ask a simple question, what was your Favorite Carnegie Model ever prodced?

[suspsy]

Why is this a discrete poll?

[Takama]

I say, there still some missing models that have been iconic for the line that are missing.

Protoceratops nest

Autralopithicus couple

And Smilodon.


I say this should be a list of every Sculpt that Carnegie has graced us over the years

[Appalachiosaurus]

Why is this a discrete poll?

What do you mean?

I say, there still some missing models that have been iconic for the line that are missing.

Protoceratops nest

Autralopithicus couple

And Smilodon.


I say this should be a list of every Sculpt that Carnegie has graced us over the years

I'll add them.

[suspsy]

It says this is a discrete poll where only mods and admins can see results.

[Appalachiosaurus]

It says this is a discrete poll where only mods and admins can see results.

Darn. I knew I did something wrong. Sadly I cannot change it.

[Gwangi]

Just letting you know that I JUST created a Carnegie top ten poll. Not trying to steal your idea! I think there is room here for both the top ten (and potential video) as well as a poll for our hands down favorite.

[EmperorDinobot]

Dilophosaurus pair. But to be honest, I love them all to death, and I cried a little bit yesterday about it. They are such a huge part of my childhood, you have no idea. Heck, I use them in my art.

[Gwangi]

Dilophosaurus pair. But to be honest, I love them all to death, and I cried a little bit yesterday about it. They are such a huge part of my childhood, you have no idea. Heck, I use them in my art.

I'm the same way about the original Brachiosaurus. That said, I think the newer Diplodocus is my hands down favorite. Bah! Who am I kidding...I can't pick just one!

[Dobber]

Which brachiosaurus? The big original or the newer 2012 version?

Chris

[laticauda]

Dilophosaurus pair. But to be honest, I love them all to death, and I cried a little bit yesterday about it. They are such a huge part of my childhood, you have no idea. Heck, I use them in my art.

I'm the same way about the original Brachiosaurus. That said, I think the newer Diplodocus is my hands down favorite. Bah! Who am I kidding...I can't pick just one!

Thats how I feel about the original Diplodocus as well.  I guess you never forget your first love. 

[Shonisaurus]

It was one of the most beautiful models estegosauroideo that have been made.

[John]

It's kinda tough to choose just one...but I would have to pick something not only done well but a representative of a prehistoric animal I grew up with,the Ichthyosaurus communis.

[postsaurischian]

The fact that I had to think about 24 hours to decide which one I like the most speaks for itself.
I choose the Miragaia, to me one of Forest Rogers' masterpieces .

[EmperorDinobot]

All my Carnegies have a story behind them. I can say with ease that I got Baby Apatosaurus when I was turning 7 by a school friend. Their quality and love drove me and my mom nuts. Next up was Deinonychus trio. Sad story as one broke from the get-go, that's why whenever I get one, I sell them for $20 USD or more. But this was done from that ancient grey plastic. Through my battle with FA, dinosaur toys sort of kept me "alive", just the idea of what was next would feed me, allowing me to stay alive. I remember when I got my Deltadromeus as "the latest" item of Carnegie, when this substitute teacher who fell in love with me gave me the Dilophosaurus pair when after all the odds I got the medal for being the best student in the municipality, I remember getting Diplodocus 1 when I had a blood transfusion... if anything, most of the ones I own were given as gifts. I did not actively hunt them down. During my bone marrow transplant I received Triceratops, Tanoystropheus, brown T.rex, old T.rex, Brachiosaurus 1, Styracosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Velociraptor, etc... With everything in between. They are....such a big part of me. I used to value them artistically and sentimentally above all others. This all saddens me, but nothing ever really dies. Things just...transform, right? I'm all healed up, working for the community, but dinosaurs are my first love and Carns are...well...something else. I sell several at my store, for those who aren't aware, and I treat them very nicely once sent. I just love them. They have their own spot away from other Safari, JP and non any of those dinosaurs. I hugely respect them. I should acquire the releases 5 yrs from today. With the death of educational toy stores, "the hunt" became rather stale, and while it is hypocritical for me (an online salesperson) to say this, it's always more fun to hunt them in "the wild". I live in the Pacific Northwest and I've scoured all stores in the Washington and Oregon areas. Nothing. It's all dead. Discontinued. More than 10 years ago, I would have been overjoyed to see their newest offerings, and truly, one of the fondest memories I have as a kid is going to such stores or museums and finding the latest Carnegie pieces.


This joy died a while back, and now it's been buried. It's like having to bury a family member. I know I'm dumb for being emotional over plastic dinosaur toys, but they are a part of my life.

[laticauda]

Thank you for sharing your story.  Don't feel bad for being emotional about the plastic dinosaurs.  They are a part of who you are and who you have became.

[Gwangi]

Nothing dumb about any of that, it sounds like they were very important to you during a difficult period in your life, a period I cannot even begin to imagine. What you went through with those dinosaurs is more than simply nostalgia. It was a great and moving story.

[Shonisaurus]

My figure would prefer the Miragaia, was for me one of the best stegosaroideos to date.

[Roselaar]

Tylosaurus. It's simply stunning.

[sauroid]

my favorite Carnegie figure is the 2011 Carnotaurus. it isnt in the above choices tho so i clicked "other"