Number of WWD Ornithocheirus Models

[sauroid]

*yeah wore my eyeglasses and they arent the babies but the Safari Ltd "adult" toob figures*

[CityRaptor]

Safari Authentics ore Toob molds actually. So those are not babies, but adults.

[Killekor]

I am curious. I can't wait to see the rewiew of the Ornihtocheirus (and the publishing of my rewiew for the REBOR Rudy).

Predasaurskillekor

[SBell]

*yeah wore my eyeglasses and they arent the babies but the Safari Ltd "adult" toob figures*

They're still technically offiicial!

But these ones are indeed unique and also official (I was finally able to access the images again:

[Flaffy]

Very much drooling over all of these...
*sigh* Maybe one day... 

[Killekor]

I love that ramphorincus.

Predasaurskillekor

[Roselaar]

Got the Quick WWD T-Rex, but not the base. Also got the baby dinosaurs. But I'm not much of a reviewer any more these days...

[sauroid]

Got the Quick WWD T-Rex, but not the base. Also got the baby dinosaurs. But I'm not much of a reviewer any more these days...

you should. if anyone should review figures for the DTB it should be you or any of the real/legit dino figure collectors who know what theyre talking about.

[SBell]

Got the Quick WWD T-Rex, but not the base...

Don't forget the pretened fossils in each base! I have them, just not pictured (they're in the box)

[sauroid]

what is that Pterosaur SBell? it looks kinda cool.

[SBell]

what is that Pterosaur SBell? it looks kinda cool.

It's a Rhamphorhynchus. The bases have either pegs (with a hole in the figure) or footprints to rest in.

[Invicta Hunter]

Recently I bought the first three official WWD magazines to see if i could find the ad for the Ornithocheirus and luckily i found it in the second issue. It looks like there was one given away to a contest winner for every issue starting from the second one.
The magazine ran for 17 issues and seeing that the ad wasnt in the first issue (instead it was an ad for glowing dinosaur toys) that must mean there were 16 Ornithocheirus figures given away unless they stopped the competition for some reason in later issues.

[Flaffy]

Oh wow. So that's why it's so rare. Some JP prototypes can rival it in terms of rarity as well.
I just wished Toyway could've released the Ornithocheirus, I was searching for this figure every since I watched the WWD episode.

[Halichoeres]

Holy cow! I suppose it's at least possible that they made a lot more of them in anticipation of a longer run, and that they're moldering in a warehouse somewhere, or ended up at a thrift shop. They might also have given away 32, if there was one for the best letter and another for the best drawing, or even more if they sent a few as consolation prizes.

[Invicta Hunter]

That does sound quite plausible but it does say "for the best letter or drawing" so it sounds like just one per issue but like you said they might have had loads of them and gave out more than what they said they would. The only thing is supposably the figure was going to be part of the main toy line but was dropped because of packaging problems. If this was the case i doubt Toyway had many of these figures made before they found this problem. I still find it strange there was any of these figures made in the first place because they should have been aware of packaging problems when they received the prototype model. Maybe the Ornithocheirus figure was intended for the magazine the whole time and if thats the case then there must have been quite a few made.

[Silvanusaurus]

Imagine if somebody found a crate of 1000 of them, hidden away somewhere, but they had no idea that they werent just some cheap old dinosaur toys and so melted them down for recycling into... (MEGA PLOT TWIST!) ...Schelich Anhangueras. 

[Invicta Hunter]

That's a scary thought.

[CityRaptor]

The Horror! The Horror!

Of course people in Germany are often very ignorant when it comes to non-Schleich Dinosaurs. Even if there is something written on them.

[BlueKrono]

Something somewhat similar happened with the Play Visions. Someone uncovered a huge lot of Peltobatrachus and Eryops in a warehouse somewhere and subsequently flooded the market. Now those two won't even sell on eBay, but I bet people would be all over any of the other ones if they ever came up for sale. That's the thing with us collectors - we can always hope someone will find forgotten treasure in "a warehouse somewhere", or for us Marxists, will dig up something nifty in The Dump.

[Roselaar]

Something somewhat similar happened with the Play Visions. Someone uncovered a huge lot of Peltobatrachus and Eryops in a warehouse somewhere and subsequently flooded the market. Now those two won't even sell on eBay, but I bet people would be all over any of the other ones if they ever came up for sale. That's the thing with us collectors - we can always hope someone will find forgotten treasure in "a warehouse somewhere", or for us Marxists, will dig up something nifty in The Dump.

I didn't find them in a warehouse, I found them in a museum store. I originally found lots of all eight figures, but only bought two complete sets. Because I was stupid back then. When I later realized my obvious error, I returned only to find mostly Eryops and Peltobatrachus left. I naturally bought up all remaining figures, but I can never undo my initial mistake. I could have had, like, 20 complete sets...

As for the remaining Ornithocheirus figures (all 14 of them), they're crated up in that Area 51 warehouse seen in Indiana Jones. The American government will unleash their special powers when its economy is in dire need of extra cash from rich collectors.