David Silvas New Kickstarter: Articulated Dinosaur TOYS

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

Depending on how many are done this way,I may keep 1 or 2 of the few I have in 1:6 scale, but swap the rest for this scale, and probably get some of the others I don't have.

[Halichoeres]

Yeah, I probably wouldn't have ordered the 1/6 figures if I had know that 1/18 ones were coming in the coming year.

Has anybody collected all of the raptors yet? Or most of them? Just curious haha.

There are a few people who got all of them. I got ten of the stand-alone figures and all four accessory packs. Even though I will replace some with 1/18th scale versions, I don't regret buying the larger ones. I've enjoyed having them on my shelf. And of course it's unlikely they'll all be done at the smaller scale.

[LeapingLaelaps]

Yeah, I probably wouldn't have ordered the 1/6 figures if I had know that 1/18 ones were coming in the coming year.

Has anybody collected all of the raptors yet? Or most of them? Just curious haha.

I have all the raptors, nestlings and accessory packs except for the raptor based on the Roadrunner.

[Giganotosaurus]

Dang Faelrin, LeapingLaeLaps, and Halichoeres, that is awesome!
Yeah, the 1/18 scale seems to be the way to go. I hope the first 1/18 figures arrive before the end of the year.

[suspsy]

I would probably buy a couple of these. Especially Acheroraptor and Zhenyuanlong.

[Subduction]

I'm so excited for the 1/18th raptor series, oh my goodness. Hopefully they're not too expensive because I plan on buying them over the regular-sized raptors. Although I have the Linheraptor and Fan's Choice Droemaeosaurus.

[Giganotosaurus]

Do we know why Utahraptor and Deinonychus were not made into figures?
I'm a little confused as to how he made his selection. Utahraptor perhaps too big for the 1/6 scale? (I'm a beginner on this stuff haha)

[Flaffy]

Do we know why Utahraptor and Deinonychus were not made into figures?
I'm a little confused as to how he made his selection. Utahraptor perhaps too big for the 1/6 scale? (I'm a beginner on this stuff haha)

Definitely. A 1/6th Utahraptor would end up in a 1 meter long figure.
The first raptor series focused on species that were roughly 2 meters in length. Both Deinonychus and Utahraptor were too large to fit the 1/6th scale.

[Giganotosaurus]

Ah, dang, that would have been quite big! Hopefully there will be 1/18 raptors that didn't make the cut, that would be a nice sized Utahraptor I would imagine.

[Flaffy]

1/18 raptors are in production. It seems like accuracy issues surrounding the original 1/6 series are unfortunately still present in these smaller figures. Well, mainly the Dromaeosaurus as of now, with his oversized head and under-length legs.

If y'all have any feedback to send to David, now is the prime time to do so. Better get the feedback in before the figures are too far into production to change anything like in the 1/6 figures. I've already sent my feedback, but would be great if a few other members did as well to solidify the idea in David's mind.

Dromaeosaurus.




Compared to Scott's skeletal:

[andrewsaurus rex]

while i'm excited about 1/18 raptors I would gladly sacrifice articulation in this scale.  The 1/18 raptors are going to come with extra legs which are in a different pose that swap out with the legs on the figure, which is a great idea. 

But honestly, in this small of a scale, those legs, plus shoulder joints for the arms and a ball joint for the head would be enough.  Don't  mid torso joints etc.  It will spoil the lines of the figure, imo.

I think part of the reason the head looks too big is because it is covered in feathers, which bulk it out, but it is still over sized....like a Schleich figurine.  And given the legs aren't going to have articulation, it would be nice to have them a bit longer and more slender.

[Dinoguy2]

I think part of the reason the head looks too big is because it is covered in feathers, which bulk it out, but it is still over sized....like a Schleich figurine.  And given the legs aren't going to have articulation, it would be nice to have them a bit longer and more slender.

I mean, the head is too big because he made Velociraptor first, and parts sharing dictated that they all have the same proportions as Velociraptor. I'm assuming they just downscaled the exiting figures for these 1:18 versions rather than sculpting new ones.

[andrewsaurus rex]

yeah, that's very likely.  Common practice in the action figure world.

I've already noticed some scale inaccuracies with the Ceratopsian line, due in part to parts  sharing most likely.  Some figures are really a bit too small for 1/18 others, somewhat too large.  The most glaring examples I've detected so far are Zuniceratops, which is more like 1/15 than 1/18, Centrosaurus adult version (unreleased yet) which is a whopping 16 inches long,, making it 24 feet in real life, when they in fact were around 20 feet long.  I think in Centrosaurus case they reused the Pachyrhinosaurus body parts....I believe they made it so large so it would look big beside the Centrosaurus juvenile figure.   Anyway, it appears it's disappointingly wrong.

I'm also greatly concerned about the adult Triceratops and Torosaurus figures.  If the quoted dimensions are correct than they are WAY too big for 1/18.  In the case of Torosaurus, the head is nearly 7 inches long on the figure, which translates to nearly 10 1/2 feet!  The largest Torosaurus skull yet discovered is just over 8 feet long.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The difference in 20/24' for the Centrosaurus I can overlook, it's really not so much when you actually look at animal overall. The Scott Hartman answer applies here, it could just be a larger individual.   Most reconstructions also only look at the bare bones, there isn't any factor for cartilage or tissue between them than could add a little length.  Not saying we shouldn't have a factual baseline just that it is, slightly, open to interpretation.

The Torosaurus and Triceratops I'll have to look at when I get them.

[Dino Scream3232]

Hello everyone. David was kind enough to send me a production sample of the adult Centrosaurus for an early review.  This thing is a monster!! Really impressed with the size and the paint work is also fantastic. But as others have stated the scale is much greater than 1:18. But nonetheless is an amazing piece and I love this thing. Here's some comparisons pics and my video review. https://youtu.be/CZaI-ILGzeQ

[andrewsaurus rex]

Thanks for the great review.  It's a nice figure to be sure.  I'll have to wait and see if I get this one.  I know animals vary in size, it's one of the things that makes collecting animal figures to a fixed scale easier, but this figure represents an animal that is 20% larger than a large Centrosaurus.  In human terms that would be a 6 foot man compared to a 7' 3" man.  A big difference.  Jury's deliberating...

[Shonisaurus]

My congratulations on all your new acquisitions. Honestly, I really like David Silva's articulated ceraptosid figures. It is an immense figure that centrosaurus the size comparison with the Eofauna triceratops makes that last figure even small, taking into account that the size of that Eofauna figure must be quite large. Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos from your collection.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Thanks for the great review.  It's a nice figure to be sure.  I'll have to wait and see if I get this one.  I know animals vary in size, it's one of the things that makes collecting animal figures to a fixed scale easier, but this figure represents an animal that is 20% larger than a large Centrosaurus.  In human terms that would be a 6 foot man compared to a 7' 3" man.  A big difference.  Jury's deliberating...

Different to be sure but not unheard of..just a thought. 

[andrewsaurus rex]

thanks, Blade.

I took a survey last night of some C. apertus adult skull sizes, out of curiosity.   From the information I was able to find the skulls averaged 46 inches from beak tip to back of the frill.  I then looked a well drawn skeletal restorations of C. apertus and determined the overall length, scaling the skull to 46 inches.  What I found surprised me.  The length worked out to be 16.5-18.1 feet, depending on which skeletal drawing I scaled from.  Much smaller than I was expecting (I find quoted dimensions for extinct animals often turn out to be too big).

So, what I think I may do is get the Centrosaurus juvenile figure and customize it a bit (enhance the horns with sculpy etc) and use it as my 1/18 C. Apertus.  It will be a bit small, but I can deal with a bit small more than I can deal with really big.  Anyway, i'm just thinking about it...

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

To go back to the 1:18 "Raptors" I was hoping for the Acheroraptor to be first ot go with my Safari Pachycephalosaurus, Anzu and Leptoceratops and PNSO Ankylosaurus. The 3 he has chosen to do first, Dromaeosaurus, Velociraptor and Linheraptor are 3 of the 4 that I own in the larger scale, though I will be pleased to swap them for the smaller versions. A part of me still wants to do the display with the 1:6 scale Velociraptor, Protoceratops and Mononykus with the desert base, but I wonder.