Papo New for 2017

[Killekor]

Pictures of the Cryo from Everything Dinosaur
http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2017/01/25/papo-new-for-2017-part-3.html

WOW!!!!! I will CERTAINLY get it (and Repaint it)!!!!!!

Killekor

[Killekor]

Hey it's not funny that the Cryo will be released in summer? i will think that the best moment to release a cryolophosaurus figure will be in winter, not in summer.

Killekor

[BlueKrono]

Would you say they're... awesome?

I would indeed say they're awesome, bro.

[Shonisaurus]

Hey it's not funny that the Cryo will be released in summer? i will think that the best moment to release a cryolophosaurus figure will be in winter, not in summer.

Killekor

What Killekor said is a complete injustice that Papo does not release his figures sooner. The same I can say of the company Collecta. But this is what there is.

According to you all companies should disclose and market their news in winter and not in summer.

[tanystropheus]

Pictures of the Cryo from Everything Dinosaur
http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2017/01/25/papo-new-for-2017-part-3.html

WOW!!!!! I will CERTAINLY get it (and Repaint it)!!!!!!

Killekor

..like NEON Blue and Red 

[Simon]

The new Papo Cryolophosaurus is certainly a beautiful sculpt and paint job, but it would have looked a lot better in a traditional pose, like the Carnotaurus, for example.

If I was collecting Papos, the pose would be a big obstacle for me.  In the old days when I had time for such fun things, I would have bought it and then re-positioned it into a horizontal pose, which would take quite a bit of cutting, wire and putty for this particular figure ...

[Saurox]

Would you say they're... awesome?

I would indeed say they're awesome, bro.

swag swag to you too

[PumperKrickel]

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[Takama]

The new Papo Cryolophosaurus is certainly a beautiful sculpt and paint job, but it would have looked a lot better in a traditional pose, like the Carnotaurus, for example.

If I was collecting Papos, the pose would be a big obstacle for me.  In the old days when I had time for such fun things, I would have bought it and then re-positioned it into a horizontal pose, which would take quite a bit of cutting, wire and putty for this particular figure ...

I have a feeling that Papo is Abandoning bipedal models in favor of tripods, (no matter if we like it or not.)

[Shonisaurus]

Hey it's not funny that the Cryo will be released in summer? i will think that the best moment to release a cryolophosaurus figure will be in winter, not in summer.

Killekor

What Killekor said is a complete injustice that Papo does not release his figures sooner. The same I can say of the company Collecta. But this is what there is.

According to you all companies should disclose and market their news in winter and not in summer.

Cryolophosaurus was discovered in a glacier, the name means something like "frozen crest lizard". That´s why he associates it with winter and made a joke about it.

Not if I know that Killekor made a joke and also as witty commentary, which means that unfortunately this wonderful figure will not be available until the summer perhaps in August or September not only in stores of a lifetime but also in the online stores.

It was what I wanted to refer to, the figure is a complete beauty and that I am paleonerd as we are called to the fans of figures of scientific dinosaurs, but this very well modeled and most important very well painted and detailed, a gift for my Eyes. On the other hand, what I like about Papo is that his figures are extremely resistant to accidental knocks and falls and because of their successive layers of paint, such figures are not usually seen abrasions.

What I said, those yellow brindle colors are exceptional. But perhaps the main course comes with the acrocanthosaurus. Of course it is an improvement that cryolophosaurus with respect to its promotional figure. I hope it still looks better live or physically.

[terrorchicken]

wow I really like it. I...need to get me some Papos someday. I just focus on other brands I like more and I also started collecting extant animals last year so Im always tight for figure cash.

I wonder what it would look like if you balance it horizontally on a Resaurus stand.

[Reptilia]

WOW!!!!! I will CERTAINLY get it (and Repaint it)!!!!!!

I would never touch such a beautifully painted figure, not even if I were a fine artist and skilled painter myself.

I have a feeling that Papo is Abandoning bipedal models in favor of tripods, (no matter if we like it or not.)

ED confirmed in their blog article that the Cryolophosaurus model doesn't need to rest on its tail but can perfectly stand on its two legs, much like last year's Baryonyx. People might be unlucky and get one that cannot balance right because of warping issues but it is designed to stand on its feet, so technically not a tripod. Ceratosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus aren't tripod either, hence I don't see Papo going the tripod route at all.

[Shadowknight1]

Kind of off topic, but does anyone know when Papo will release those two phoenix figures?  Those are fantastic and I need them.

[Takama]

WOW!!!!! I will CERTAINLY get it (and Repaint it)!!!!!!

I would never touch such a beautifully painted figure, not even if I were a fine artist and skilled painter myself.

I have a feeling that Papo is Abandoning bipedal models in favor of tripods, (no matter if we like it or not.)

ED confirmed in their blog article that the Cryolophosaurus model doesn't need to rest on its tail but can perfectly stand on its two legs, much like last year's Baryonyx. People might be unlucky and get one that cannot balance right because of warping issues but it is designed to stand on its feet, so technically not a tripod. Ceratosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus aren't tripod either, hence I don't see Papo going the tripod route at all.

They use a Hand as a third leg, = Tripod

[Killekor]

Pictures of the Cryo from Everything Dinosaur
http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2017/01/25/papo-new-for-2017-part-3.html

WOW!!!!! I will CERTAINLY get it (and Repaint it)!!!!!!

Killekor

..like NEON Blue and Red 

I will not repaint it blue and red, but fuchsia an clear green (with blue claws and teeth )

Killekor

[Saurox]

Still need to see it from more angles 

[Neosodon]

I've said this before but there are 2 main reasons I don't collect much from papo. One, the paint scheme looks terrible or two the pose is just messed up.

This Cryolophosaurus has the most beautiful paint scheme I've ever seen on a papo model. The detail is really good too - the one thing papo can do well consistently.  This would have been a must have but then they give it a pose that looks more like what you would expect from a 1970's T Rex.

I get that they want it to be stable without giving it a base but their Running T Rex stands just fine without a base. Or they could have just given it a pose like the Ceratosaurus or a downward tail like safari does.

[tanystropheus]

It's still a pose that may be theoretically possible. Also, we could consider that the animal maintained that stance for only a few seconds. In other words, it is a 'freeze-frame' instant in time.

[Reptilia]

I'd like to restate that according to Everything Dinosaur's blog the Cryolophosaurus does stand on its two feet without the aid of its tail, so clearly not a tripod or a tail-dragger retro type of figure. I agree with tanystropheus on this, it's like a moment frozen in time, and still a pretty cool and dynamic pose. See, for example, this ain't a usual position for a tiger, it's a snapshot, but would you say the figure isn't awesome and somehow peculiar?



Ok for the Acrocanthosaurus, but I don't think the Ceratosaurus needs to prop on its arm to stand, in the promo picture looks like it is balancing pretty fine on its feet. But I honestly do not consider figures that use their arms to balance as proper tripods, it is more of a clever escamotage in my view, not something forced like the curved tails of Carnegies. I'll always prefer a dynamic stance like that of the three new Papo theropods over a static and boring pose of lots of other figures out there.

That said I would have preferred the Acro to be more towering and powerful looking, but my idea could be influenced by the Rebor's version, which is how I got used to figure an Acrocanthosaurus by now.

Then to say the paint scheme on Papos looks terrible is a bit strange, unless you say that all brands have terrible paint schemes for their models, cause honestly I don't see other companies coming up with better solutions. Papo paint schemes for me are the best available, I really can't digest acqua-marine sauropods or tiger-striped mosasaurs, especially if the paint app is shadeless and amateurish.

[AcroSauroTaurus]

That said I would have preferred the Acro to be more towering and powerful looking, but my idea could be influenced by the Rebor's version, which is how I got used to figure an Acrocanthosaurus by now.

I wanted it in a more upward pose as well, so that I could display it attacking one of my sauropods. But the downward pose is ok too, it will go well with the Sauroposeidon carcass I sculpted for my figure line.