Safari: New for 2017

CarnegieCollector · September 26, 2016, 04:38:05 PM

Woah, they're making a Microraptor too? Wow!

Silvanusaurus · September 26, 2016, 08:26:37 PM

I'm concerned that my excitement for the advent of these figures is very gradually depleting as the suspense of their reveal is dragged on and on. The original montage image with the T-rex and those video clips were enough of a tease, so whats the big idea?

ceratopsian · September 26, 2016, 08:30:27 PM

Quote from: Silvanusaurus on September 26, 2016, 08:26:37 PM
I'm concerned that my excitement for the advent of these figures is very gradually depleting as the suspense of their reveal is dragged on and on. ...

That's just how I feel. My husband commented this evening that at this rate I'll have lost so much of my excitement that I won't get round to buying them. (But I think that's just wishful thinking on his part!)

Concavenator · September 26, 2016, 08:39:38 PM

True.The bigger the time is,the less the excitement is.So they better show them off soon.I don't really understand why they have announced their extant animals and haven't announced the extinct.

Flaffy · September 26, 2016, 08:43:43 PM

Quote from: Silvanusaurus on September 26, 2016, 08:26:37 PM
I'm concerned that my excitement for the advent of these figures is very gradually depleting as the suspense of their reveal is dragged on and on. The original montage image with the T-rex and those video clips were enough of a tease, so whats the big idea?

My excitement has depleted a lot already. Why do they do this though? Couldn't they have struck a balance between revealing dragons and revealing prehistorics? I bet you the first 'reveal' of a prehistoric will be one that we've already seen in before in the promo pic.
They just revealed two dragons, one being the final one. Hopefully we'll get to see the prehistoric creatures in the next day or two, but by then, my urge to purchase them have depleted to the stage where I will be heavily considering if I should purchase them or not. Especially with those price tags.

suspsy · September 26, 2016, 08:51:16 PM

Keep in mind as well that CollectA and Papo have not even begun to reveal their 2017 products. Methinks a lot of wallets are going to be hurting!

Flaffy · September 26, 2016, 08:58:32 PM

FYI, it has been 35 days since the reveal of the 2017 promo pic, 12-13 updates since the official teaser video, and I truly feel that Safari missed their golden time to reveal the figures. After digging through their posts, I found out that they've already revealed the full list of dragons (no hate towards the dragons, just annoyed by Safari), yet Safari proceeded to 'reveal' the new dragons one by one, which for me killed the hype and excitement for the new figures.

Flaffy · September 26, 2016, 09:02:22 PM

Quote from: suspsy on September 26, 2016, 08:51:16 PM
Keep in mind as well that CollectA and Papo have not even begun to reveal their 2017 products. Methinks a lot of wallets are going to be hurting!

The thing is CollectA and Papo haven't started their hype/excitement train yet, so when they reveal their products, the train will still be brand sparkling new and fresh, as opposed to Safari's month long delay (and still going on).
Also, I don't believe CollectA and Papo ever bothered to tease their products (from personal experience), they just shoved the images right into our faces. A fair amount of teases and hints might bring up the hype even more, but Safari just took way too long, thus letting the hype die down.

Silvanusaurus · September 26, 2016, 09:10:04 PM

They could have at least revealed one dinosaur a day after the silhouettes first came up, or something, if they really wanted to drag it out.
Personally I find it so much more exciting to just open a page and then 'BAM!', there's the image of something in it's full glory, completely fresh to the eyes. From the brief shots in that video, combined with the silhouettes, we've already got a pretty good idea of what a few of these look like; so it won't give the same 'wow' moment when they are revealed properly.

Flaffy · September 27, 2016, 02:50:54 AM

Does anyone follow this routine when seeing a page of new figures or making a new dino toy discovery?
1. Heart skips a beat
2. A HUGE grin on your face
3. Panic scroll through all the available products
4. "Fangirl" over them
5. Try to calm yourself down
6. The cold hard realisation of limited funds strikes you as you figure out how to afford them all.

Faelrin · September 27, 2016, 05:23:05 AM

That's the same with me. I did that when I first found out about Safari, CollectA, BoTM, etc. I hope they show them soon at least. I want to know if I will like the figures of the species I'm interested in (regarding color choices at least), and also so I can get that holiday shopping list together.

I'm still interested in the Werewolf, and the Reef Squid, and some of the other new extant animal figures that have been revealed. Of those extant animal figures I'm interested in, I'm torn on the Red-Tailed Hawk figure. It looks like it has a very nice looking sculpt, but the painting looks sort of simplistic to me. That is one of my favorite birds though, and I don't have any figures of it yet, so I'll probably still get it.

sauroid · September 27, 2016, 05:34:42 AM

what?! still no actual pics? what's the big deal Safari?

Halichoeres · September 27, 2016, 06:01:47 AM

I'm sure I'll get excited all over again when they drop actual photos, but I do wonder why they're so coy with the dinosaurs in particular. Maybe the dinosaurs get bootlegged faster than their other offerings?

Jose S.M. · September 27, 2016, 03:04:52 PM

I really want to see full pics of the figures, but I never really get too excited or anxious to get them in a short time, probable it will take me almost half a year to get all of them, to reduce the stress on my wallet I have to make 3 or more lots, because tje shipping prices for all of them would leave me homeless

. I'm trying to coax my family to give me some for christmas, this will bey first christmas as a collector hehe

Flaffy · September 27, 2016, 03:43:28 PM

Today's update for Safari Ltd.... All the 2017 dragons put into one image... An image they have teased 25 days ago...

suspsy · September 27, 2016, 04:45:37 PM

At this point, the lack of updates is just plain bizarre.

Concavenator · September 27, 2016, 05:06:11 PM

I have never understood why companies announce their new models so late.They should know that doing it that way,people don't get nearly as much exciting as if they would by simoly revealing them all at once and in a good moment.Revealing the silhouettes isn't a good strategy either.

Flaffy · September 27, 2016, 05:17:18 PM

Did Safari take this long last year, and the years before that? What I recall is that they just put out the images for us to drool at. Don't know who's in charge of the marketing department, but this was not a good move on Safari's part.
They started the hype train early, and dragged it out till there was none left.
The past few days I've been reminding Safari that the prehistoric figures still exists, and today they finally replied.
Me: Pls... Prehistorics...it has been 35 days already since the first tease...
Safari: Stay tuned! We promise they're worth the wait.

Concavenator · September 27, 2016, 05:28:11 PM

Last year it took quite long,more so than I think this one will.

suspsy · September 27, 2016, 06:14:27 PM

Last year, the preview poster came out on October 14 and the full lineup and names of the toys were not released until the 23rd. So this is much earlier, yes. It still puzzles me why Safari hasn't added the last two silhouettes, but it ultimately doesn't matter. We'll see all of the toys in their full glory soon enough and this seemingly lengthy waiting period will be quickly forgotten.

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