Papo New for 2017

[Hynerpeton]

Some look weird. Lke the  combo looking dino.

[Reptilia]

Sorry, I modified the original pic just to show that the three could have had the same pose.

Oh no problem, I was just asking cause I thought it was from the sculptor himself or maybe someone close to him. To stand that way the figure should have had bigger feet, and the right foot should have been completely flat instead of touching the ground only with its toes. Otherwise I think the tail should have been much lower, and the overall stance more upright, to keep the figure balanced.

[Shadowknight1]

Where that pic is coming from? Is it legit or just a modified version?

Sorry, I modified the original pic just to show that the three could have had the same pose.

I recognize that the acrocanthosaurus Safari has a pose similar to that of Rebor but it must be recognized that it is more scientific arithmetically speaking than the acrocanthosaurus Rebor. From my point of view. Doug Watson makes fabulous figures.

For me, the acrocanthosaurus Safari is superior to Rebor being much cheaper without saying that the other brand I like very much too, but it is a little scientific figure and its texture is much worse, and more prone to abrasions.

Honestly, I don't see how the REBOR is more inaccurate than the Safari.  In fact, all three of them(Safari, Papo, REBOR) are inaccurate in some way.  The Safari and REBOR are both missing the elongated claw on the first fingers.  The REBOR's head isn't exactly missing the crests, but the skin and muscle on the head and above the eyes is highly speculative.  And the Papo's arms and head are rather big, but not abnormally so.  I love all three though.  They're great figures.

[Reptilia]

For me Papo and Rebor are both great representations, it's a shame that Collecta version turned out the way it is though. Now that we have an Acrocanthosaurus figure from all major brands (plus Rebor) I'd go and rate them like this:

- Rebor 9/10 (only minus are the way too big feet)
- Papo 8/10 (not a fan of the colour scheme)
- Schleich & Wild Safari 5/10 (equally unappealing, for different reasons)
- Collecta 4/10 (hugely disappointing, considering Collecta latest standards)

Despite all that I passed on "Hercules" and I'm currently waiting for my Papo to come in the mail! 

[stargatedalek]

Honestly, I don't see how the REBOR is more inaccurate than the Safari.  In fact, all three of them(Safari, Papo, REBOR) are inaccurate in some way.  The Safari and REBOR are both missing the elongated claw on the first fingers.  The REBOR's head isn't exactly missing the crests, but the skin and muscle on the head and above the eyes is highly speculative.  And the Papo's arms and head are rather big, but not abnormally so.  I love all three though.  They're great figures.

REBOR and Papo are both shrinkwrapped, while the REBOR also has giant feet, and the Papo has a lot of the general proportions wrong. The Safari has the same giant feet as REBOR, but is only noticeably shrinkwrapped on the skull.

On paper the Safari should be "more" accurate, but where all of them are varying degrees of inaccurate and some are deliberately stylized and others not it doesn't matter.

[Shadowknight1]

For me Papo and Rebor are both great representations, it's a shame that Collecta version turned out the way it is though. Now that we have an Acrocanthosaurus figure from all major brands (plus Rebor) I'd go and rate them like this:

- Rebor 9/10 (only minus are the way too big feet)
- Papo 8/10 (not a fan of the colour scheme)
- Schleich & Wild Safari 5/10 (equally unappealing, for different reasons)
- Collecta 4/10 (hugely disappointing, considering Collecta latest standards)

Despite all that I passed on "Hercules" and I'm currently waiting for my Papo to come in the mail! 

Oh yeah, forgot about CollectA's Acro...that was going to be my first "big" figure of the species, but then REBOR announced their's.  Then when I saw REBOR's, I compared it to the CollectA and that's when I noticed just how bad the CollectA was...such a shame considering that their feathered T. rex is one of my favorites.

EDIT: Oh, and...I know it's silly, but I don't count shrinkwrapping or skin texture towards how accurate I view a figure because for many dinosaurs, the outer covering is mostly speculative using modern day animals as a sort of benchmark.  But when I can look at a figure and know that it's shape is skeletally wrong, that's when problems start.  And the only "dino" I give a pass to on that is raptor figures when said raptors are obviously meant to be Jurassic Park creatures and not the real animal.

[Hynerpeton]

The more i look at the cave bear the more i like.

[suspsy]

I'm not a fan of the CollectA Acro, but I'd still rate it far higher than the upcoming Schleich version. That thing is just hideous. A waste of perfectly good plastic.

[Shonisaurus]

Where that pic is coming from? Is it legit or just a modified version?

Sorry, I modified the original pic just to show that the three could have had the same pose.

I recognize that the acrocanthosaurus Safari has a pose similar to that of Rebor but it must be recognized that it is more scientific arithmetically speaking than the acrocanthosaurus Rebor. From my point of view. Doug Watson makes fabulous figures.

For me, the acrocanthosaurus Safari is superior to Rebor being much cheaper without saying that the other brand I like very much too, but it is a little scientific figure and its texture is much worse, and more prone to abrasions.

Honestly, I don't see how the REBOR is more inaccurate than the Safari.  In fact, all three of them(Safari, Papo, REBOR) are inaccurate in some way.  The Safari and REBOR are both missing the elongated claw on the first fingers.  The REBOR's head isn't exactly missing the crests, but the skin and muscle on the head and above the eyes is highly speculative.  And the Papo's arms and head are rather big, but not abnormally so.  I love all three though.  They're great figures.

Of course they are great figures and I affirm and share. But personally I like more the acrocanthosaurus of Safari next to the one of Papo without despising the one of Rebor.

On the other hand the acrocanthosaurus of Collecta I do not understand because you are so much anger. It seems to me a great figure.

I sincerely like with their inaccuracies all acrocanthosaurus especially of Safari and the one of Papo nevertheless the one of Schleich (that is destined to another public) is the only one that does not make me grace and that it will not occupy my shelves without depreciating I do not feel well finished.

As for the acrocanthosaurus of Papo this year is perhaps one of the best figures this year not only Papo but the 2016 toy dinosaurs in general. What I like a lot about Papo is that it is resistant to abrasions, just as it happens to the excellent acrocanthosaurus of Safari, unfortunately without any doubt that it is great the acrocanthosaurus of Rebor is more tending to abrasions if it falls from a shelf and not Has a soft but rough texture and I consider myself a follower of almost all dinosaur companies including Rebor, but for me that is the truth as to flaws in that dinosaur in regards to material without hesitating that it is a good PVC.

[Shadowknight1]

I'm not a fan of the CollectA Acro, but I'd still rate it far higher than the upcoming Schleich version. That thing is just hideous. A waste of perfectly good plastic.

Just looked that up, and YIKES.

Of course they are great figures and I affirm and share. But personally I like more the acrocanthosaurus of Safari next to the one of Papo without despising the one of Rebor.

On the other hand the acrocanthosaurus of Collecta I do not understand because you are so much anger. It seems to me a great figure.

I sincerely like with their inaccuracies all acrocanthosaurus especially of Safari and the one of Papo nevertheless the one of Schleich (that is destined to another public) is the only one that does not make me grace and that it will not occupy my shelves without depreciating I do not feel well finished.

As for the acrocanthosaurus of Papo this year is perhaps one of the best figures this year not only Papo but the 2016 toy dinosaurs in general. What I like a lot about Papo is that it is resistant to abrasions, just as it happens to the excellent acrocanthosaurus of Safari, unfortunately without any doubt that it is great the acrocanthosaurus of Rebor is more tending to abrasions if it falls from a shelf and not Has a soft but rough texture and I consider myself a follower of almost all dinosaur companies including Rebor, but for me that is the truth as to flaws in that dinosaur in regards to material without hesitating that it is a good PVC.

The CollectA Acro is rather inaccurate.  Acrocanthosaurus has longer spine bones all the way up the back of the neck, but the longer spinal bones on CollectA's Acro only go up to the shoulders.  The head isn't quite the right shape.  Honestly, it looks like they took their Carcharodontosaurus and threw a fin on it...

And I don't know what you're talking about by saying Papo figures are resistant to abrasions.  I'm on my second Allosaurus because my first fell off its shelf and left its paint on my PlayStation 3.  Whereas one of my REBOR Acros fell onto a tile floor and only lost a little bit of paint.

Either way though.  They're all better than that Schleich.

[Shonisaurus]

I'm not a fan of the CollectA Acro, but I'd still rate it far higher than the upcoming Schleich version. That thing is just hideous. A waste of perfectly good plastic.

Just looked that up, and YIKES.

Of course they are great figures and I affirm and share. But personally I like more the acrocanthosaurus of Safari next to the one of Papo without despising the one of Rebor.

On the other hand the acrocanthosaurus of Collecta I do not understand because you are so much anger. It seems to me a great figure.

I sincerely like with their inaccuracies all acrocanthosaurus especially of Safari and the one of Papo nevertheless the one of Schleich (that is destined to another public) is the only one that does not make me grace and that it will not occupy my shelves without depreciating I do not feel well finished.

As for the acrocanthosaurus of Papo this year is perhaps one of the best figures this year not only Papo but the 2016 toy dinosaurs in general. What I like a lot about Papo is that it is resistant to abrasions, just as it happens to the excellent acrocanthosaurus of Safari, unfortunately without any doubt that it is great the acrocanthosaurus of Rebor is more tending to abrasions if it falls from a shelf and not Has a soft but rough texture and I consider myself a follower of almost all dinosaur companies including Rebor, but for me that is the truth as to flaws in that dinosaur in regards to material without hesitating that it is a good PVC.

The CollectA Acro is rather inaccurate.  Acrocanthosaurus has longer spine bones all the way up the back of the neck, but the longer spinal bones on CollectA's Acro only go up to the shoulders.  The head isn't quite the right shape.  Honestly, it looks like they took their Carcharodontosaurus and threw a fin on it...

And I don't know what you're talking about by saying Papo figures are resistant to abrasions.  I'm on my second Allosaurus because my first fell off its shelf and left its paint on my PlayStation 3.  Whereas one of my REBOR Acros fell onto a tile floor and only lost a little bit of paint.

Either way though.  They're all better than that Schleich.

Well I recognize that the acrocanthosaurus Rebor is beautifully sculpted and that its material is premium PVC. But my personal experience is that I fell off a shelf and suffered noticeable abrasions on his sickle. That does not mean that it is a great figure but I also have to recognize that also its texture is quite rough and not smooth.

As for Papo dinosaurs that have fallen me by natural accidents (when cleaning them for example) have not suffered almost abrasions after a fall I say practically because there is an exception the tyrannosaurus rex green that suffered an abrasion in the jaw when falling .

For the rest Papo figures without that does not recognize that is very good acrocanthosaurus Rebor its texture is very nice and soft. I speak it according to my experience but if you have as logical another assessment deserves me all the respect of the world and all the understanding. This I have commented from my point of view and I do not want nor do I want to offend or hurt anyone with my points of view that in the respect towards the other for my part I can freely express my opinion in this forum.

Needless to say both acrocanthosaurus are for me works of art both the Rebor and the Papo that is what this section of the forum is.

As far as Collecta's acrocanthosaurus is concerned, I can not think that it is scientifically well-made, but I honestly do not think it is such a bad figure even if it is a mere "plagiarism" of Collecta's carcharodontosaurus. In reality they are figures of collecting and toy that belong to different companies and of course every company has its philosophy and like in everything in the life some figures go well to them and others worse even in the best companies of collecting dinosaurs like Collecta and the Rest of the companies. But honestly the acrocanthosaurus does not belong fortunately to the "dark age" of Collecta of the early years. What can be improved? , In that I agree from the paleoartístico point but to say that it is very bad honestly it is not an opinion that I share and this I say from a point of view of a person who is a simple collector who lacks paleontological knowledge.

[Saurox]

Any news on the other two figures?

[Reptilia]

There are four more actually, but no official news on releases. Some retailers expect them to be in stock by may though.

[Acro's comics]

I like the new Acro

[Hynerpeton]

There are four more actually, but no official news on releases. Some retailers expect them to be in stock by may though.

Are there pictures?

[Reptilia]

Pretty sure you can find pictures of the Cryolophosaurus and the two mammals going back in this thread. As for the Dimorphodon, the only one available is the official catalogue shot.

[Reptilia]

This video review of the Papo Ceratosaurus (german language) compares it with Rebor's version, around 16:30 mark. I also just noticed in another video from the same user that the Papo Acrocanthosaurus has binocular vision, while Rebor's not. Which one is accurate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2OXDWvRvdA

[ibijuro]

Even though I have much better, I can't seem to part with my CollectA Acro.
Something about its eyes, mouth and posture reminds me of a dog panting on a very hot day.
I just put it on my balcony with a bowl of water and it appears to be enjoying the attention from finches.

[Shonisaurus]

Pretty sure you can find pictures of the Cryolophosaurus and the two mammals going back in this thread. As for the Dimorphodon, the only one available is the official catalogue shot.

The dimorphodon is a mystery seems like a state secret on the part of the company Papo. They do not reveal any photos and only seeing the promotional little we can say. 

[Acro's comics]

Pretty sure you can find pictures of the Cryolophosaurus and the two mammals going back in this thread. As for the Dimorphodon, the only one available is the official catalogue shot.

The dimorphodon is a mystery seems like a state secret on the part of the company Papo. They do not reveal any photos and only seeing the promotional little we can say. 

still no news regarding release