Favorite Co. - New for 2016

[CityRaptor]

Given that it is a re-use of the mold of a discontinued model, one can say that it came back from the dead...sort of.

[Halichoeres]

They thought it was better to re-produce this in two colour schemes:

Goodness, Araki's recent sculpts are still a little lean, but they definitely represent progress relative to this poor thing. "Shrink-wrapped" doesn't begin to describe it. More like "vacuum-sealed."

[tyrantqueen]

Well to be fair, it is necessary to exaggerate details when you're sculpting at such a small scale.

[Patrx]

Well to be fair, it is necessary to exaggerate details when you're sculpting at such a small scale.

Well, I dunno about necessary, but the argument could be made that not doing so might result in a pretty flat-looking sculpt. Even with that in mind, Kaiyodo has produced quite a few tyrannosaurs that don't have the visible fenestrae problem. I don't mean to keep bringing up Kaiyodo, but they are the obvious point of comparison in this case and have set rather a high watermark for prehistoric miniatures.

[Halichoeres]

Sure, if you want to have some shadow on the sculpt, you might want to exaggerate some. But I guess I prefer that the impression of shadows be accomplished with a well-chosen paint wash than with excavated fenestrae.

[Patrx]

Looks like Favorite have got some new skeleton models on the way!






The taxonomy on these animals is a little contentious, but it looks like the two are based on FHSM VP 339, the male Geosternbergia sternbergi, and YPM 2437, the male Pteranodon longiceps.

According to their Facebook page (and assuming Google Translate hasn't steered me too far off-course) this duo will be available on the 9th of February, for ¥27000 - about $227 or €209.

[Sim]

Hm, they made skeletons of the males of the two Pteranodon species, rather than a male and a female of one species.  It would be great to have a good, modern toy representation of a living Pteranodon longiceps!

[Halichoeres]

Thanks, Patrx! I'll add the photos to the first post.

[CityRaptor]

Hm, they made skeletons of the males of the two Pteranodon species, rather than a male and a female of one species.

Well, the males make the difference more obvious and are more impressive due to their larger crests.

This reminds me: Has anyone ever made a proper female of either Pteranodon or Geosternbergia?

[Viking Spawn]

Those look great sitting on that shelf!

[Dobber]

Those look great sitting on that shelf!

I agree! but darn they are a bit pricey. 

Chris

[sauroid]

im not really into skeletal models but those Pteranodon are very nice. for me it would have been cooler if they were fleshed out.

[Nebuloid]

Wow look at these :



https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.983862415024893.1073741918.480725025338637&type=3

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The big Coelacanth is pretty awesome..I'll take a couple of them!

[SBell]

I just saw that set! And while I don't need a 2' coelacanth--I do need the others.

Also, kudos to Favorite for doing a Silver arowana instead of the usual Asian arowana!

But the bichir is still my main draw!

[DinoLord]

Are these upcoming releases? They look great!

[Halichoeres]

Those are nice. Up there with the Colorata figures.

[Chad]

Besides the Coelacanth, which ones make the most sense as Cretaceous stand ins?

[Halichoeres]

Besides the Coelacanth, which ones make the most sense as Cretaceous stand ins?

Cretaceous fossils have been attributed to Scleropages (arowana). The others don't have any Mesozoic fossils assigned to them, but animals more closely related to them than to anything else alive must necessarily have been present, given the depths of the divergence times as inferred from molecular phylogenetics. Cretaceous bichirs don't look that much different from modern ones except that they tend to be bigger, or have more scales, etc. For me, this is about as good as it gets until somebody makes some critters out of the Western Interior Seaway.

[Chad]

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For me, this is about as good as it gets until somebody makes some critters out of the Western Interior Seaway.
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I'm waiting patiently!