Horridus Collection [New Favorite soft models]

[Takama]

Wow, i can barly tell that was a Safari T-rex. great job Niroot

[Tylosaurus]

...Thus is my foolishness confirmed and magnified.    Thank you for the kind words and my apologies.

*Crawls away to hide*

Hey man you did great really, don't feel sad 
Really that is some good work you did for your friend Horridus it really is!
Nothing to be sad about bro

[ZoPteryx]

Wow, i can barly tell that was a Safari T-rex. great job Niroot

Exactly what I was thinking!

[Himmapaan]

Wow, i can barly tell that was a Safari T-rex. great job Niroot

Exactly what I was thinking!

I didn't paint the Sue T. rex, Takama and Zopteryx. I only sent it along with the Krentz T. rex, which I did paint. Marc had also pointed this out.

The Sue was painted by a former member. I recently acquired a set of them, so decided to send a few to friends.

[Brachiosaurus]

What scales are the trceratops carcass and the therizinosaurus?

They're in the 1:50 - 1:40 range.

I remember someone often saying things like "ah, the feet, it's always the feet with me" (if only I could remember who said that )...

I have no idea who you mean.

Yeah, I do like the feet on that one, but I also really like the feet on the original JP rex, believe it or not. I think they're nicely done...

By the way, this pic turned out well but...ouch, the dust!

YES!!!!!! thanks

[Horridus]

A new tyrannosaur. Sadly, not furry.





At least now I don't have to decide whether to have the mouth open or closed!

[Gwangi]

So now with the discovery of Yutyrannus I assume you won't be buying non-feathered Tyrannosaurus made post 2012? 

[Horridus]

So now with the discovery of Yutyrannus I assume you won't be buying non-feathered Tyrannosaurus made post 2012? 

Yutyrannus was a tyrannosauroid*, not a tyrannosaurid - for the really big Late Cretaceous guys it could still turn out either way. We just need the bloody fossils...

*Although Darren Naish thinks it shows many similarities to Concavenator!

[Tylosaurus]

You can always mod one of those T-Rex's with feathers to get a similar effect I'd take Down feathers  from a pillow and apply them to the T-Rex with glue, just an idea that popped into my mind

[Gwangi]

So now with the discovery of Yutyrannus I assume you won't be buying non-feathered Tyrannosaurus made post 2012? 

Yutyrannus was a tyrannosauroid*, not a tyrannosaurid - for the really big Late Cretaceous guys it could still turn out either way. We just need the bloody fossils...

*Although Darren Naish thinks it shows many similarities to Concavenator!

Sounds like an excuse to me. There is no known feather evidence for Utahraptor or Deinonychus is there? If coelurosaurs have feathers and tyrannosauroids have feathers and if other teropods that are not even coelurosaurs have feathers than a naked Tyrannosaurus should be out of the question no?

Edit: Besides, you're the one who mentioned that your new Tyrannosaur wasn't fuzzy, you brought this on yourself.

[stoneage]

So now with the discovery of Yutyrannus I assume you won't be buying non-feathered Tyrannosaurus made post 2012? 

Yutyrannus was a tyrannosauroid*, not a tyrannosaurid - for the really big Late Cretaceous guys it could still turn out either way. We just need the bloody fossils...

*Although Darren Naish thinks it shows many similarities to Concavenator!

Darren Naish also thought that Samrukia nessovi was a giant bird.  He was totally convinced in fact that it was a bird.  He said "It was evident from the start that it was specifically (a jaw bone) from a bird".  He also suggested that it was close to Ichthyornis.  Here is another quote," While I agree with the majority of my colleagues that naming new taxa for very scrappy remains should be avoided where possible, I'm also of the opinion that you should give names to things when you can clearly distinguish them from other things. If, in a fossil animal, you find autapomorphies – that is, unique, previously unreported anatomical features – you're obliged to name what you have. Based on incomplete mandibular rami or not, our giant Kazakh bird jaw therefore needs a name, and hence Samrukia nessovi was born. The generic name is a nod to the Samruk, a mythological, phoenix-like Kazakh bird, while the specific name honours the contribution to Central Asian vertebrate palaeontology of the late Lev Nessov (1947-1995)."

However it turns out that Samrukia is a large Pterosaur, and not a bird.  Eric Buffetant criticized the Naish et al. analysis for not including pterosaurs, only birds and dinosaurs.

Samrukia nessovi, from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan: A large
pterosaur, not a giant bird
Eric Buffetaut,

Abstract
Samrukia nessovi was described as a giant bird on the basis of a pair
of mandibular rami from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan. Anatomical
comparison shows that the specimen bears no distinctive avian
characters, and that its purported autapomorphies, as well as all its
other characters, are in fact well-known pterosaurian features. The
published phylogenetic analysis placing Samrukia within Aves is flawed
because it did not include pterosaurs. Samrukia nessovi is clearly a
large pterosaur, not a giant bird.

[tyrantqueen]

A new tyrannosaur. Sadly, not furry.

Did I miss something....? Tyrannosaurus Rex was furry? Since when?

BTW Horridus, that's a great collection of the world's most famous dinosaur  I like the SEGA, brown Papo and JP Rexes in the background.

[ZoPteryx]

A new tyrannosaur. Sadly, not furry.

Did I miss something....? Tyrannosaurus Rex was furry? Since when?

BTW Horridus, that's a great collection of the world's most famous dinosaur  I like the SEGA, brown Papo and JP Rexes in the background.

There's a thread on it in the "In the News" section.   How'd all this stuff from that thread get here anyway?

Cool new brown Papo Rex Horridus, but what's with the tip of its snout?  It looks like it's turning into a robot!

[tyrantqueen]

A new tyrannosaur. Sadly, not furry.

Did I miss something....? Tyrannosaurus Rex was furry? Since when?

BTW Horridus, that's a great collection of the world's most famous dinosaur  I like the SEGA, brown Papo and JP Rexes in the background.

There's a thread on it in the "In the News" section.   How'd all this stuff from that thread get here anyway?

Cool new brown Papo Rex Horridus, but what's with the tip of its snout?  It looks like it's turning into a robot!

I saw that, but I thought it was talking about Chinese fuzzy tyrannosaurs...not Tyrannosaurus Rex....

Also, you're right...it does look like it's turning into a robot. LOL XD Did the paint rub off?

[Dyscrasia]

A new tyrannosaur. Sadly, not furry.

Did I miss something....? Tyrannosaurus Rex was furry? Since when?

BTW Horridus, that's a great collection of the world's most famous dinosaur  I like the SEGA, brown Papo and JP Rexes in the background.

Yes, that is a very impressive collection of' T. rexes'.

[Gwangi]

I saw that, but I thought it was talking about Chinese fuzzy tyrannosaurs...not Tyrannosaurus Rex....

Also, you're right...it does look like it's turning into a robot. LOL XD Did the paint rub off?

It was but if there were large fuzzy tyrannosaurs in China than it stands to reason that Tyrannosaurus was also fuzzy. We don't really know that, but these fuzzy Chinese animals make a good case for it.

[Horridus]

Sounds like an excuse to me. There is no known feather evidence for Utahraptor or Deinonychus is there? If coelurosaurs have feathers and tyrannosauroids have feathers and if other teropods that are not even coelurosaurs have feathers than a naked Tyrannosaurus should be out of the question no?

Edit: Besides, you're the one who mentioned that your new Tyrannosaur wasn't fuzzy, you brought this on yourself.

I did, which is why it isn't 'an excuse'. I'd love for there to be more feathered Tyrannosaurus figures. However, it's not the same as with Utahraptor or Deinonychus. Those are dromaeosaurids, and there is direct evidence for fully feathered dromaeosaurids - not just simple 'protofeathers' either, but 'advanced' feathers, like birds. The same does not exist for tyrannosaurids, but it does look increasingly likely based, as you say, on phylogenetic inference. The fact is, it can go either way right now, and I'd love to see more furry tyrannosaurid toys. (This is putting it rather clumsily of course; the mere fact that Deinonychus and Utahraptor are maniraptors would guarantee their featheriness. But you get the idea, I hope.)

Besides, what about everything else that's wrong with this T. rex, like the anatomically impossible position of the forearms and tail, or the incorrect proportions...?

Stoneage: yes, I'm aware that Darren Naish is not infallible.

[Gwangi]

I did, which is why it isn't 'an excuse'. I'd love for there to be more feathered Tyrannosaurus figures. However, it's not the same as with Utahraptor or Deinonychus. Those are dromaeosaurids, and there is direct evidence for fully feathered dromaeosaurids - not just simple 'protofeathers' either, but 'advanced' feathers, like birds. The same does not exist for tyrannosaurids, but it does look increasingly likely based, as you say, on phylogenetic inference. The fact is, it can go either way right now, and I'd love to see more furry tyrannosaurid toys. (This is putting it rather clumsily of course; the mere fact that Deinonychus and Utahraptor are maniraptors would guarantee their featheriness. But you get the idea, I hope.)

Besides, what about everything else that's wrong with this T. rex, like the anatomically impossible position of the forearms and tail, or the incorrect proportions...?

Stoneage: yes, I'm aware that Darren Naish is not infallible.

Sometimes it's just too easy. 

[Horridus]

Sometimes it's just too easy. 

What do you mean...?

[Gwangi]

Sometimes it's just too easy. 

What do you mean...?

To get people agitated. I realize the flaws in my argument and I already know everything you've told me. My original comment was made in jest but it seems you took it pretty seriously. I apologize for any "ruffled feathers", proto or otherwise. I guess I'm guilty of trolling.