Safari: New for 2017

[suspsy]

So I messaged Safari, they said the Dinos will start to be available in October! Just over one month! I hope the T-rex is among the first to be released

Why so early???

[empire3569]

So I messaged Safari, they said the Dinos will start to be available in October! Just over one month! I hope the T-rex is among the first to be released

Why so early???

Idk, but if it means I can get that feathered Rex early I'm not complaining!

[Halichoeres]

Honestly, I've always thought it odd that their new releases didn't hit brick and mortar stores until January. October seems like a no-brainer because it's in time for Christmas.

[SBell]

Honestly, I've always thought it odd that their new releases didn't hit brick and mortar stores until January. October seems like a no-brainer because it's in time for Christmas.

Some of their 2016 was available last year in November.  It wasn't until January that the whoel 2016 was available (which is why most retailers woudl wait to bring in the entire order at once if possible).

[Libraraptor]

Oh look, a Tyrannosaurus for a change!
Seriously, as good as this feathered guy may be, it shocks me how unimaginative companies are in terms of more uncommon species.

[ceratopsian]

Oh look, a Tyrannosaurus for a change!
Seriously, as good as this feathered guy may be, it shocks me how unimaginative companies are in terms of more uncommon species.

Unimaginative maybe from our very specialist and niche point of view - and I for one thought, "Oh dear, it looks really quite interesting - but do I need yet another Tyrannosaurus?"  But from the point of view of Safari looking to maximise toy sales, a T. rex makes a huge amount of marketing sense.

[Derek.McManus]

Remember Safari and all the other companies that make dinosaur figures need to make a profit from the sale of their products so a well known and popular creature is a wise choice, I also think that having it feathered is progressive rather than producing a clone of a movie monster for example.

[suspsy]

Oh look, a Tyrannosaurus for a change!
Seriously, as good as this feathered guy may be, it shocks me how unimaginative companies are in terms of more uncommon species.

The previous T. rex figure was showing its age. And even at the time, it just didn't seem to capture the essence of the tyrant king enough.

And there's one or two more prehistoric figures still to be revealed. Perhaps we'll be getting Gigantspinosaurus or Spinops. Or Magnapaulia.

[Jose S.M.]

I'm actually very happy with the Tyrannosaurus,  first because it was going to be made sometime , there's no reason to stay behind collecta and other companies that are making feathered species aside raptors and Yutyrannus. And since I'm in the growing fase of my collection I'm buying one or few that I really like of each species,  I want to have variety first and quantity later,  so I don't own any T-rex,  I was thinking in the collecta one for feathered and the ws non feathered,  now maybe I'll get both from safari.

[John]

I would personally rather see updated old favorites than things so obscure they're only known from a few scraps.For instance I would much rather see Styracosaurus,Protoceratops,Triceratops or Centrosaurus than Murcuriceratops.

[suspsy]

I would personally rather see updated old favorites than things so obscure they're only known from a few scraps.For instance I would much rather see Styracosaurus,Protoceratops,Triceratops or Centrosaurus than Murcuriceratops.

Yeah. As I said earlier in this thread, the WS Stegosaurus and Triceratops are badly in need of updating.

[Sim]

Surely the prehistoric WS species that has always been the most in need of being updated is the Velociraptor?!

[Derek.McManus]

A Styracosaurs would be nice to see!

[Halichoeres]

I would personally rather see updated old favorites than things so obscure they're only known from a few scraps.For instance I would much rather see Styracosaurus,Protoceratops,Triceratops or Centrosaurus than Murcuriceratops.

I'm with you in that I prefer animals known from relatively complete remains, although the sweet spot from my perspective is animals that both have good remains and also have never been done well. Centrosaurus falls into that sweet spot, as do Anchisaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Pinacosaurus, Sordes, Stegoceras, and like 200 genera of fossil fishes.

I do sympathize with people who want some of Safari's more outdated models brought up to their recent standards, though.

[suspsy]

I would personally rather see updated old favorites than things so obscure they're only known from a few scraps.For instance I would much rather see Styracosaurus,Protoceratops,Triceratops or Centrosaurus than Murcuriceratops.

I'm with you in that I prefer animals known from relatively complete remains, although the sweet spot from my perspective is animals that both have good remains and also have never been done well. Centrosaurus falls into that sweet spot, as do Anchisaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Pinacosaurus, Sordes, Stegoceras, and like 200 genera of fossil fishes.

Those are fantastic suggestions! I'd certainly buy all the dinosaurs and the pterosaur, although I might draw the line at 200 fish. The sad thing is, outside of our circle of prehistoric experts and enthusiasts, those are all "obscure" genera.

[tanystropheus]

Do you remember when Therizinosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus and Dunkleosteus were considered obscure?

[John]

Do you remember when Therizinosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus and Dunkleosteus were considered obscure?

To me,they are still generally obscure.You won't find many people who are not really into this field who have ever even heard of them.The names that I would consider mainstream would be Tyrannosaurus,Triceratops,Stegosaurus and Brontosaurus.To a lesser extent,Velociraptor because of the Jurassic Park movies.
Speaking of Tyrannosaurus,I would like to see it (as well as the others) from more angles.

[Dilopho]

Do you remember when Therizinosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus and Dunkleosteus were considered obscure?[/b]

To me,they are still generally obscure.You won't find many people who are not really into this field who have ever even heard of them.The names that I would consider mainstream would be Tyrannosaurus,Triceratops,Stegosaurus and Brontosaurus.To a lesser extent,Velociraptor because of the Jurassic Park movies.
Speaking of Tyrannosaurus,I would like to see it (as well as the others) from more angles.

The only WS figure I own is the fabulous Dunkleosteus (because it was second hand, I find WS figures kinda hard to afford...) and I have brought it with me in public sometimes, places like libraries, and have had people think it was

• A Piranha
• A Shark
• "Oh, I know what that is! That dinosaur fish...uh...uh...the MEGADON!!!!"
• A Barracuda
• "Hey, that's from that Nigel Marvin show! That's the big red fish! Dunkerus or something?"

Hey, at least the last person was close.

[sauroid]

i agree, WS should update their classic figures like the Styracosaurus, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor and Triceratops. and they have to make figures of Protoceratops, Pentaceratops or Chasmosaurus, Plateosaurus, Edaphosaurus, Estemmenosuchus, Gigantoraptor, Brontosaurus, Psittacosaurus and Lambeosaurus, instead of tackling obscure species without making the well known ones first.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

i agree, WS should update their classic figures like the Styracosaurus, Stegosaurus, Velociraptor and Triceratops.

We have gotten a new suchomimus, carcharodontosaurus, and now tyrannosaurus. Perhaps there's a plan to update them one at a time?