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Advice for an Archaeopteryx figure?

Started by Georassic, April 06, 2016, 05:16:48 AM

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Georassic

What's the best Archaeopteryx figure out there, as close to 1:10 or 1:12 as possible.
I feel like that animal is a hole in my collection...
thanks for any advice!
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Blade-of-the-Moon

Probably a Kaiyodo or a Tamiya one would be the closest.

postsaurischian

The Tamiya is in 1:35, probably too small for you.

I would say either Kaiyodo - Dinotales series 2 No.036 (Archaeopteryx),
or Colorata - Discover Dinosaurs: Dino Jurassic Vol.3 No.6 (Archaeopteryx lithographica).

Georassic


postsaurischian

Super tiny :)! It's the smallest figure in my collection.

postsaurischian

#5
 ..... some pics:

  The large scale figure stands 18 cm tall ~ 1:10
  The small scale figure stands 5 cm tall ~ 1:35


                                             Colorata                                                      Kaiyodo                            Tamiya


  closer look at Colorata and Kaiyodo:





Halichoeres

#6
I highly recommend the Kaiyodo. My measurements suggest it's around 1:7, but that's pretty damn close! I don't have the Colorata, but it's also a beauty--and from these photos looks maybe a bit closer to 1:10.
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#7
Keep in mind most Archie specimens are quite a bit smaller than the largest known. Just eyeballing it, if that larger human figure is 1:10, both the Kaiyodo and Tamiya look like they're close to the size range you'd see at 1:10. Kaiyodo is bigger than the Wellnhoferia specimen but iirc even that one is immature. The Tamiya is between the Berlin and Jurapteryx Archie size at 1:10. It's certainly nowhere near 1:35 for a typical Archie, maybe for a hypothetical huge adult...
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Georassic

Fantastic advice, all. Thank you. And, I do have a 1:35 shelf too, so I suppose I'll need to get the Tamiya too.  ;)
Red's my color, so I think the Colorata may win out. But it'll be harder to find as a single figure, so I may end up with the Kaiyodo too.
So looks like I'm adding three dino-birds to my wishlist.   ;D

Thanks again!!!

Dinoguy2

#9
Quote from: Georassic on April 07, 2016, 12:14:25 AM
Fantastic advice, all. Thank you. And, I do have a 1:35 shelf too, so I suppose I'll need to get the Tamiya too.  ;)
Red's my color, so I think the Colorata may win out. But it'll be harder to find as a single figure, so I may end up with the Kaiyodo too.
So looks like I'm adding three dino-birds to my wishlist.   ;D

Thanks again!!!

Assuming that pic is correct, the Tamiya wouldn't make a great 1:35 Archaeopteryx... it might be able to stand in for a 1:35 Saurornitholestes or a medium sized 1:35 Velociraptor!

The Tamiya is up the the knee of that 1:35 human. The largest Archaeopteryx known out of many specimens is the orange one here:


The entire length from tail feathers to snout would be knee high, not the head height...
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