Safari Ltd - New for 2016

[Sim]

The Velociraptor is indeed one of the few post 2007 models that need a replacement.   

I seem to remember you saying there was one post-2007 Wild Safari dinosaur species you weren't going to add to your collection.  Since it seems absent from the photo in your signature, I guessed it was the Velociraptor because the WS figure is so incorrect.  Am I right in thinking that?

[Takama]

My signature is out of date. but yes the Velociraptor is the one i will not be getting unless they remake it.

[Sim]

I can relate to not wanting to get that Velociraptor!  I like the photo in your signature!  Will you update it with new releases?

[Takama]

I also got the Triceratops Suchomimus and Dilophosaurus as well as the Igunodon, Shunosaurus and Masikasaurus

All i need is the Cacaradontosaurus then im set.  i may update it when i decide to purchus that model

[amargasaurus cazaui]

My hopes are that he still manages to slip back and get Ken Carpenter on board and give us the Gargoyleosaurus , to follow up the Sauropelta

[Sim]

I'd love Safari to a Saichania, a severely under represented species, but in all honesty, I'd really love to see Mr. Watson continue with his ceratopsians. I was a little sad we didn't get another this year, (that being said, the 2016 lineup is fantastic otherwise!) For the past few years, its almost become a hallmark of Safari, and I was enjoying building a nice conga of Safari Ceratopsians. Wouldn't an Einiosaurus, Centrosaurus, Rubeosaurus, Kosmoceratops and Coahuilaceratops by Mr. Watson be so cool? As long as the other figures are unique, I really wouldn't have a problem with one of the six species consistently being a ceratopsian.

I don't think enough is known of Coahuilaceratops for it to be a better choice than a species known from better remains.  I don't know if the number of new prehistoric Wild Safari figures released per year has ever been six.  I looked back until I reached a year that had at least six new figures and this is what I found:

2016  (5): Carcharodontosaurus, Iguanodon, Masiakasaurus, Plesiosuchus, Shunosaurus
2015  (4): Archaeopteryx, Nasutoceratops, Sauropelta, Yutyrannus
2014  (5): Ammonite, Megalodon, Monolophosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, Suchomimus
2013  (5): Diabloceratops, Dimorphodon, Elasmosaurus, Gastornis, Gryposaurus
2012  (4): Acrocanthosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Dracorex, Vagaceratops
2011  (5): Edmontosaurus, Guanlong, Inostrancevia, Kaprosuchus, Tyrannosaurus
2010  (7): Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Coelacanth, Kentrosaurus, Liopleurodon, Mosasaurus, Rhamphorhynchus

[suspsy]

I think Einiosaurus and Centrosaurus deserve toys above all other ceratopsians. They're both very well known, especially the latter, they're both very unique, cool-looking animals, and off the top of my head, I don't know of any existing toys of them. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[SBell]

I think Einiosaurus and Centrosaurus deserve toys above all other ceratopsians. They're both very well known, especially the latter, they're both very unique, cool-looking animals, and off the top of my head, I don't know of any existing toys of them. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Einiosaurus was done in the Dinosaur Train line. A little cartoonish around the eyes, and in the colouring, but overall not a terrible representation...!

[terrorchicken]

I would like a new chasmosaurus myself...

[Kovu]

I don't think enough is known of Coahuilaceratops for it to be a better choice than a species known from better remains.

You're right. Honestly, I was just listing the first few names that came to mind. A nice Chasmosaurus, however, is long over due. Anchiceratops too.
A Sinoceratops would be interesting, but again, probably too fragmentary. Correct me if I'm wrong, but its only known from a few skull fragments, right?

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Sinoceratops is known from three specimens, which basically amount to the upper front of the skull and braincase, with all three considered.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

LOL, should we just give in and start the "2017 Hopes & Dreams" board already?

I second Einiosaurus & Centrosaurus. I agree Chasmosaurus deserves a model too (preferably with fancy "eyespots" on the frill), but considering Vagaceratops was once considered a species of Chasmosaurus, I don't think it's likely anytime soon. We also need more lambeosaurine hadrosaurs.

[Sim]

I think Einiosaurus and Centrosaurus deserve toys above all other ceratopsians. They're both very well known, especially the latter, they're both very unique, cool-looking animals, and off the top of my head, I don't know of any existing toys of them. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Einiosaurus was done in the Dinosaur Train line. A little cartoonish around the eyes, and in the colouring, but overall not a terrible representation...!

Centrosaurus has been done at least once, by Kabaya: http://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_011108b.htm  It's also available in another colour scheme (Reply #7084): http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=16.msg126664#msg126664

[Daspletodave]

I'd be happy to see Einiosaurus, Centrosaurus, or Chasmosaurus. Anchiceratops or Arrhinoceratops would be nice too, but a long shot.

[Sim]

My hopes are that he still manages to slip back and get Ken Carpenter on board and give us the Gargoyleosaurus , to follow up the Sauropelta

Gargoyleosaurus would be really great!  It's very interesting, and how often do you see a Jurassic ankylosaur?  I think it's never been made into a toy.

I would also really like at least one ankylosaurid from the Wild Safari line - it currently has no members of this family (Sauropelta is a nodosaurid).  Pinacosaurus and Saichania are both known from very good fossil remains and I think they would be exciting additions to the Wild Safari line.  Pinacosaurus is actually the best known ankylosaur from fossils and yet the only toys representing it are obscure and look like generic ankylosaurs e.g.: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=3390.msg122471#msg122471  I think I would be disappointed if Wild Safari's first ankylosaurid is Ankylosaurus.  Ankylosaurus is the ankylosaur made into a toy most often, but its appearance is rather incompletely known.  I think there are some nice toys of it too, like from Carnegie and Favorite.  I'd prefer an ankylosaurid who's appearance is better known and that hasn't got an adequate toy version.

[Takama]

Scolosaurus anyone?

[Kovu]

To the untrained eye though, would a Scolosaurus appear any different from a Euoplocephalus?
Just curious?

[Appalachiosaurus]

To the untrained eye though, would a Scolosaurus appear any different from a Euoplocephalus?
Just curious?

Given that most Euoplocephalus reconstructions are based on Scolosaurus, no.

[Takama]

But none of those toys are named correctly.  I want a toy that's actually labeled scolosaurus

[Dinoguy2]

To the untrained eye though, would a Scolosaurus appear any different from a Euoplocephalus?
Just curious?

Given that most Euoplocephalus reconstructions are based on Scolosaurus, no.

Yeah, bit too easy for people to get excited about new taxonomy instead of new animals. Scolosaurus is the same old dinosaur we've been seeing for years, just with a name change. What would be cool would be an actual Euoplocephalus figure! 100% of "Euoplocephalus" toys are Scolosaurus or chimeras.