Ugly Ugly Dinosaurs

[Cloud the Dinosaur King]

Aside from the obvious shrink-wrapping, this, ehem, "Allosaurus" is weirdly splay-legged and wriggly-tailed. And that headsculpt, yesh!

This is the Carnegie Allosaurus. Boy Carnegie was horrible!

[Silvanusaurus]

Well, to be fair that is one of their older sculpts, some of the later Carnegies are truly quite beautiful and some of the best mass produced dinosaur figures available, though shrink wrapping was a common issue with them, occasionally leading to an unsettling 'mummified in the writhing screams of an agonising death' look.

[Cloud the Dinosaur King]

Well, to be fair that is one of their older sculpts, some of the later Carnegies are truly quite beautiful and some of the best mass produced dinosaur figures available, though shrink wrapping was a common issue with them, occasionally leading to an unsettling 'mummified in the writhing screams of an agonising death' look.

Just look at their Spinosaurus'!

[Archinto]

The old model carnegie spinosaurus is probably one of my favorite carnegies LOL

Carnegies were new and unusual for their time, and were a real game changer for the dinosaur model industry and set a standard for scientifically accurate models for the times. I give propps to old carnegie figures, they are the grandaddies of the awesome highly detailed figures we know and love today.

[BlueKrono]

The old model carnegie spinosaurus is probably one of my favorite carnegies LOL

Carnegies were new and unusual for their time, and were a real game changer for the dinosaur model industry and set a standard for scientifically accurate models for the times. I give propps to old carnegie figures, they are the grandaddies of the awesome highly detailed figures we know and love today.

Mine too! I think it has an undeniable charm.

[terrorchicken]

the Carnegie allo was one of my first Carnegies, I eventually sold it as it was kinda melty looking. The old Carnegies do still have some nostalgic retro appeal to me.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Say what you want about the allosaurus, but for such a popular genus, there are only a few better (including it's own predecessor  ).

I also like the old spinosaurus... save for the new paintjob. That's what makes it look ugly. The original mold was a lot nicer before they reworked it.

[Cloud the Dinosaur King]

Say what you want about the allosaurus, but for such a popular genus, there are only a few better (including it's own predecessor  ).

I also like the old spinosaurus... save for the new paintjob. That's what makes it look ugly. The original mold was a lot nicer before they reworked it.

I'm more into accuracy. I'm not a big fan of retro dinosaur figures. I like the newer Carnegie figures better, especially the new Spinosaurus. And there are plenty of really good Allosaurus' like the desktop model from Favorite Co. Just look at it!

[terrorchicken]

^yeah thats not really a toy figure though, its true there arent very many good toy allosaurus figures. Its Euro cousin megalosaurus fares no better. I still think the old Invicta one is the best still out there and I really need to get me one to add to my Invicta BNHM collection.

actually now that I think of it, some of the best toy allos were the 2 older Jurassic Park ones, go figure.

[terrorchicken]

 




https://www.stuffedsafari.com/stuffed-two-headed-plush-dinosaur-by-fiesta-p/fa-a58857.htm

[Ravonium]

https://www.stuffedsafari.com/stuffed-two-headed-plush-dinosaur-by-fiesta-p/fa-a58857.htm

While this is certainly ugly, there is something else that is possibly worse:



This is apparently supposed to be a Brontosaurus
https://www.stuffedsafari.com/Bruno-the-Taddle-Toes-Stuffed-Brontosaurus-p/ar-16331.htm

[Neosodon]

While this is certainly ugly, there is something else that is possibly worse:



This is apparently supposed to be a Brontosaurus
https://www.stuffedsafari.com/Bruno-the-Taddle-Toes-Stuffed-Brontosaurus-p/ar-16331.htm

Looks like Dr. Wu used to much frog DNA.

[Ravonium]

I agree. This thing is an abomination of life that shouldn't be seen by any human.

[tyrantqueen]

It doesn't look like a dinosaur, but it's hardly an abomination. It actually looks rather cute.

[Ravonium]

It doesn't look like a dinosaur, but it's hardly an abomination. It actually looks rather cute.

OK, but for a dinosaur, it is still an abomination.

[CityRaptor]

Well, as frog it is also inaccurate.

This one is ahead of other plush Dinosaurs.

[tyrantqueen]

I like the two headed plush. I like that it has two heads- it reminds me of chinasaurs, and how it's almost a meme with cheap Chinese made dinosaurs to have two heads.

If I saw it in a charity shop I might even be inclined to buy it. Not at full RRP, but as pre-owned I couldn't complain.

[IrritatorRaji]

Has anyone ever talked about the Natural History Museum Tyrannosaurus model because I feel like I haven't seen many mention it

[BlueKrono]

Holy cow. Looks like The Scream.

[tyrantqueen]

Those NHM figures are heavily inspired by Carnegie and Safari figures. That particular Tyrannosaurus is "inspired" by the Carnegie anniversary rex if I recall correctly. The anniversary rex is still a great figure, if you can get one without googly eyes.