Papo - New For 2016 pics on pg1

[sauroid]

Thereare few things more "prehistoric" than a modern crocodile.

good job

[postsaurischian]

I got the Kaprosuchus today and to me it's the best figure Papo has ever produced!
Great sculpting - even better than their famous Nile Crocodile. Love the details!
The first "movable jaw figure" (to be strict, it's not the jaw that's movable) I can say it doesn't disturb me. It's almost invisible .
The Suchomimus and the Velociraptor have sloppy paintjobs that also do not testify an eye for colours.
I'm happy to say that the Kaprosuchus is the opposite - wonderful paintjob! Mine is nearly black and it looks fantastic!
I was almost losing hope in Papo, but this one is a prehistoric figure milestone to me .
Pictures will follow as soon as the sun shows up again in Germany.

[postsaurischian]

P.S.: ....... with a full body length of 29 cm I would say it's about 1:20.
                Bad flashlight pic, but I couldn't wait .

[DinoG]

Looks like you have a serious collection there... I am waiting for more pictures of the kapro by the way as I didn't like it in the beginning but as the time goes by I find it more and more appealing! Could you tell us how much you paid for it?

[postsaurischian]

EUR 25.65 at MPV - http://shop.modellpferdeversand.de/Neu-im-Shop/Papo-55056-Kaprosuchus::8923.html

[DinoG]

That's much better than the 30£ speculated in previous posts. Will be watching this thread closely.

[sauroid]

wow Helge. even your "bad" pic is gorgeous.

[postsaurischian]

                                                                                     Croc beauty 



                         

[Silvanusaurus]

I got the Kaprosuchus and feathered Raptor in the post today!





The Kaprosuchus is stunning, when first revealed I thought it looked quite underwhelming, but in hand I think it's porbably the most realistic  prehistoric reptile from Papo, and beautifully dynamic. The colours are very dark but also seem a lot richer in reality than they appear in photos. The drawback is that the paint-work on the teeth and eyes is not as clean as I'd like.







The raptor has also exceeded my expectations, it's a really elegant figure with lovely detail. The colours are really quite vivid, especially for Papo, and it looks very pretty. Unfortunately, the paint variations over the body are quite sloppily applied and glossy like the Baryonyx, but it's not very noticeable unless you look intently. The seams behind the head and the tail are annoying though. I love the shades of green on the face, and the lips that cover the teeth when the mouth is closed. I'm still not a fan of the shrink-wrapped feathers that seem to conform too much to the body, leaving it looking quite gaunt, but overall it doesn't bother me too much, it's a massive leap ahead from those unpleasant JP raptor designs.

Here are my three new 2016 Papo figures together:


As much as I love the Baryonyx, I have to say these two figures surpass it as believable prehistoric animals. All together I think it's a pretty fantastic set of releases from Papo this year, and easily some of their best figures to date. I'm not interested in getting the rex and raptor repaints they are releasing, so I guess that's it for new Papos this year...

[DinoG]

That's sooooooo bad ass!!!! You don't wanna be the one those eyes are focussing on! Done, sold!

[Shadowknight1]

It's a shame that your raptor is crosseyed.  I have a feeling I may have to end up repainting the eyes on mine if the trend continues.

[MLMjp]

Wow this year papo has decided to get glossy. 

Man! That Kapro looks almost ALIVE.

The feathered raptor also looks nice, although in this case I would have prefer darker colors. I have been thinking... Should I get this guy as a non-to-scale Velociraptor figure in my collection? Or use it as a Utahraptor?(Like I used to do with the older Papo raptors)

Also......Could somebody get a rainbow running Tyrannosaurus and post pictures of it??!!!

[Victoria's Cantina]

The Kapro looks fantastic. I think I'm going to have to revise my previous stance on not getting it. Definitely want the raptor, but still on the fence about Bary.

[Viking Spawn]

I agree with Victoria.  I like 2 out of the 3.  Barry still looks strange to me.   

[Shonisaurus]

It's a shame that your raptor is crosseyed.  I have a feeling I may have to end up repainting the eyes on mine if the trend continues.

The Kaprosuchus velociraptor and feathered look fabulous. Although I have seen in the figure of the feathered velociraptor your pupils are suffering from strabismus.

Video Figure I located on the Internet and sent to the forum had the same defect.

[Silvanusaurus]

Yeah, I think I will have to repaint the eyes so they are aligned... I'd quite like to do a repaint of the whole figure at some point, as the feather detail provides lots of opportunity to use interesting avian colour schemes...

[Saurox]

They look amazing. Can't wait to get my hands on them.

[Georassic]

What scale is the raptor?

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Yeah, I think I will have to repaint the eyes so they are aligned... I'd quite like to do a repaint of the whole figure at some point, as the feather detail provides lots of opportunity to use interesting avian colour schemes...

Just buy a pack of them and paint them all like modern birds. That would be great.

[Saurox]

Yeah, I think I will have to repaint the eyes so they are aligned... I'd quite like to do a repaint of the whole figure at some point, as the feather detail provides lots of opportunity to use interesting avian colour schemes...

Just buy a pack of them and paint them all like modern birds. That would be great.

which birds?