The best figure of every species, according to Halichoeres

[frank08]

Uh oh!

[Libraraptor]

They were although available here in Germany and came in bags. I do have the Dilophosaurus which I was given, otherwise I wouldn´t have bought one.

[ceratopsian]

Benettitalians!  I am most envious, @Halichoeres.  I do wish more suitable plants were available to us from model firms.

[SidB]

Benettitalians!  I am most envious, @Halichoeres.  I do wish more suitable plants were available to us from model firms.

How long has it been since Safari, CollectaA or even Schleich has produced much of anything in the realm of flora for their public?

[SBell]

Benettitalians!  I am most envious, @Halichoeres.  I do wish more suitable plants were available to us from model firms.

How long has it been since Safari, CollectaA or even Schleich has produced much of anything in the realm of flora for their public?

I think CollectA made a palm tree about 5 years ago...that could be it other than some small scenery pieces from Schleich (I have an agave...from the advent calendar of all things)

[frank08]

Okay @Halichoeres do you have the Safari Prehistoric Crocodiles toob. If so, then you must have gotten the Pristichampsus (now it's synonymous with Boverisuchus). I'm sure that it will make you list. I saw the other creatures from the toob so you must have it.

[Halichoeres]

Yeah, that Dracovenator reminds me why I don't collect bad figures just for the sake of having a repesentation of an unique species.

Aurora Jungle Swamp? That's a pretty nice set. Also pretty much sums up the temporal range of Aurora Prehistoric Scenes. For a similar mess of a set, you should check out the  "Undersea Dinosaur Action Set", featuring sealife from the Ordovician till the Eocene and the only Dinosaurs featured are a pair of Hesperornis

For me it's a sort of sport, in the same way that hunting rare variants, limited editions, or even full series is for other collectors. And I guess by showcasing things here, I shine a tiny light on species that some collectors will not have heard of. Although I admit I get a lot less pleasure out of it when it's theropods; I'm just really bored with them at this point.

I searched for "Undersea Dinosaur Action Set" hoping for a playset or model kit and found instead a 1980s pop-up book? I was not familiar with it, but I enjoy the loose use of 'dinosaur.'

(I believe questions posed by frank08 have been adequately answered elsewhere, but do let me know if I've missed anything.)

Okay! I get the message! Now let's all just calm down. I can ask whatever questions I want about whatever dinosaur figure. No one can change that. Freedom of speech. I don't know where to find those Deaugustini figures. I need some tips.

I hope you don't feel like I was trying to scold you. I only included that so anybody who read this thread but not the other would know where the answer to the question was. As for the DeAgostini figures, most are sold in Italy, but this set has only been offered in Germany as far as I know, as Libraraptor said. I got mine from a German eBay seller.

Benettitalians!  I am most envious, @Halichoeres.  I do wish more suitable plants were available to us from model firms.

As do I! As it is I have multiples of most of the widely available ones, but it just doesn't look quite right when they're all the same shape and size.

]How long has it been since Safari, CollectaA or even Schleich has produced much of anything in the realm of flora for their public?

For most companies it has been a while. I think the timeline is:
2009, CollectA Pseudoctenis
2010, Safari Agathis, cycad, and tree fern
2012, CollectA Monanthesia + Cycadeoidea and Williamsonia

So there was a pretty good but brief run with lots of new plants. 2016 saw the Schleich agave that SBell alluded to, but that only works with Cenozoic fauna, and for Cenozoic fauna you can mostly just use model railroad plants, there are many options. The fern that came in the same advent calendar was okay, if pretty generic. And the 2018 Araucaria trees from Creative Beast are a pretty good match for 1:40!

Okay @Halichoeres do you have the Safari Prehistoric Crocodiles toob. If so, then you must have gotten the Pristichampsus (now it's synonymous with Boverisuchus). I'm sure that it will make you list. I saw the other creatures from the toob so you must have it.

That figure isn't in my collection, but I think it does belong in the reference list of Cenozoic animals! Thanks for the reminder and the note on taxonomy.

[SidB]

Benettitalians!  I am most envious, @Halichoeres.  I do wish more suitable plants were available to us from model firms.

How long has it been since Safari, CollectaA or even Schleich has produced much of anything in the realm of flora for their public?

I think CollectA made a palm tree about 5 years ago...that could be it other than some small scenery pieces from Schleich (I have an agave...from the advent calendar of all things)

You're right and Dejankins still sells it for $25. I picked up an inexpensive knock-off from the East about 4-5 years for a few bucks, but that never resurfaced. I think that I'll move to acquire the CollectA original before it disappears.

[frank08]

Okay @Halichoeres do you have the Safari Prehistoric Crocodiles toob. If so, then you must have gotten the Pristichampsus (now it's synonymous with Boverisuchus). I'm sure that it will make you list. I saw the other creatures from the toob so you must have it.

That figure isn't in my collection, but I think it does belong in the reference list of Cenozoic animals! Thanks for the reminder and the note on taxonomy.

Also in case you or anyone else want to know more about Boverisuchus/Pristichampsus here is a link to a video PBS Eons did about it: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=boverisuchus&&view=detail&mid=7A4DE5BC74F501D70E397A4DE5BC74F501D70E39&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dboverisuchus%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

[SBell]

Okay @Halichoeres do you have the Safari Prehistoric Crocodiles toob. If so, then you must have gotten the Pristichampsus (now it's synonymous with Boverisuchus). I'm sure that it will make you list. I saw the other creatures from the toob so you must have it.

That figure isn't in my collection, but I think it does belong in the reference list of Cenozoic animals! Thanks for the reminder and the note on taxonomy.

Also in case you or anyone else want to know more about Boverisuchus/Pristichampsus here is a link to a video PBS Eons did about it: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=boverisuchus&&view=detail&mid=7A4DE5BC74F501D70E397A4DE5BC74F501D70E39&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dboverisuchus%26FORM%3DHDRSC3

A quick read on Wikipedia will work fine too.

[frank08]

Or maybe we could do both!

[CityRaptor]

I searched for "Undersea Dinosaur Action Set" hoping for a playset or model kit and found instead a 1980s pop-up book? I was not familiar with it, but I enjoy the loose use of 'dinosaur.'

It's actually a paper diorama. You have to take the book apart, pop  ( and in some cases cut ) out and assemble things. I know that there are at least 4 of these fosucing on prehistoric animals.. This one, "The Dinosaur Action Set", "The Second Dinosaur Action Set" ( both mostly Dinosaurs and able to form a larger diorama ) and "Prehistoric Mammals Action Set", but this one should have the widest temporal range.

[Varanops]

CityRaptor, who makes the "Undersea Dinosaur Action Set" you so intriguingly described?  (My kind of mess.)

[Halichoeres]

CityRaptor, who makes the "Undersea Dinosaur Action Set" you so intriguingly described?  (My kind of mess.)

V @Varanops: @CityRaptor posted photos in the following thread: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=8779.0

It seems Malcolm Whyte wrote the text, Daniel Smith did the art, and it was published by Troubador Press.

[Varanops]

Many thanks.

[Halichoeres]

Today, some Triassic tetrapods!


Sbabam Metoposaurus algarvensis (KreatureX Salamandre & Tritoni)
Scale: 1:7
Released: 2017
Upper Triassic
Sbabam is yet another Italian company marketing cheap rubber blind-bag figures, à la Diramix and DeAgostini. I learned of their existence thanks to an eBay link that @Paleo & Fish Collector  sent me. It's so rare to get a prehistoric amphibian; despite it being a little homely, it's a real treat to add this to my collection.


The figure is pretty clearly modeled after this digital artwork by Marc Boulay, commissioned on the occasion of its description in 2015 (Brusatte et al., J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 35: 3). The genus Metoposaurus is much older (Lydekker 1890), but this species is a recent find from Portugal.


Scales nicely with the Bullyland Protocheirotherium.


Holztiger Staurikosaurus
Scale: 1:14
Upper Triassic
Holztiger (German for "wooden tiger") is a (duh) German company that makes stylized wooden animal toys. It's mostly the usual suspects, but they included this as their token Triassic animal. To the best of my knowledge, this is only the second figure unequivocally marketed as Staurikosaurus (the other is from the Transmutazors line). This replaces a goofy theropod-ish figure by Maia & Borges, which seems to have been sold under several other names.


This toy is a weird hybrid of 2D and 3D. In profile it clearly has a front foot and a back foot, but viewed from the front it has--two front feet. I don't know any other way to interpret this apart from 'five toes, the middle toe extremely wide.'


Roughly to scale with Safari's Coelophysis.

[SBell]

Today, some Triassic tetrapods!


Sbabam Metoposaurus algarvensis (KreatureX Salamandre & Tritoni)
Scale: 1:7
Released: 2017
Upper Triassic
Sbabam is yet another Italian company marketing cheap rubber blind-bag figures, à la Diramix and DeAgostini. I learned of their existence thanks to an eBay link that @Paleo & Fish Collector sent me. It's so rare to get a prehistoric amphibian; despite it being a little homely, it's a real treat to add this to my collection.


The figure is pretty clearly modeled by this digital artwork by Marc Boulay, commissioned on the occasion of its description in 2015 (Brusatte et al., J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 35: 3). The genus Metoposaurus is much older (Lydekker 1890), but this species is a recent find from Portugal.


Scales nicely with the Bullyland Protocheirotherium.


Holztiger Staurikosaurus
Scale: 1:14
Upper Triassic
Holztiger (German for "wooden tiger") is a (duh) German company that makes stylized wooden animal toys. It's mostly the usual suspects, but they included this as their token Triassic animal. To the best of my knowledge, this is only the second figure unequivocally marketed as Staurikosaurus (the other is from the Transmutazors line). This replaces a goofy theropod-ish figure by Maia & Borges, which seems to have been sold under several other names.


This toy is a weird hybrid of 2D and 3D. In profile it clearly has a front foot and a back foot, but viewed from the front it has--two front feet. I don't know any other way to interpret this apart from 'five toes, the middle toe extremely wide.'


Roughly to scale with Safari's Coelophysis.

As far Italian blind bags go that one doesn't look too bad. And bigger than I'd thought

[Faelrin]

I wasn't even aware of Metoposaurus until you posting about this curious figure of it now. Is this one that would be hard to track down?

[Libraraptor]

As to the Sbabam Mastodonsaurus, its squishy look fits the amphibian animal well. Did the Sbabam Mastodonsaurus replace the Bullyland one then? Or do you keep both?
As to those Holztiger figures, I know they exist, but even with the more rare and interesting species names, they do not bother me. They´re too stylized to my taste.

[CityRaptor]

I'm on the same boat. I don't buy a figure I don't like just to have a representation of an animal.

As to the Sbabam Mastodonsaurus, its squishy look fits the amphibian animal well. Did the Sbabam Mastodonsaurus replace the Bullyland one then? Or do you keep both?

It's Metoposaurus.