Rebor: 1/35 Scale Ankylosaurus magniventris "War Pig"

[joossa]

Rebor Ankylosaurus magniventris "War Pig"
Lower jaw is articulated and head is rotatable. Tail will be bendable (wire bendy tail). This model is a male.

Scale: 1/35
Tease Date: N/A
Black and White Image Release Date: 06/02/17
Official Color Images Released on: ?
Estimated Date Product Available for Purchase: 2017

Comes with a Base: ?
Accessories/Extras: ?


Quotes:
12/17/16:

Oh God oh man! Oh God oh man! OH GOD OH MAN! Did Christmas just come early this year? Our congratulations to Papo Francerance what a beautiful collection of awesome dinosaurs, have to get them all! By the way seriously what took you so long guys??? If this was December 2013 then we wouldn't need to form the REBOR team at all!

Looks like we have already got enough top notch Therpods next year, it's time for a change in the REBOR house! Triceratops horridus "King Trident", Stegosaurus armatus "Snarl", Styracosaurus albertensis "Meat Grinder", Ankylosaurus magniventris "War Pig", Parasaurolophus walkeri "Centurion" confirmed!

05/19/17:

FB User: We have baby stegosaurus and triceratops but it would be nice to see some adult herbivores alive not just dead ones, would rather have seen an alive triceratops rather than a repaint of a dead one
Rebor: Ankylosaurus magniventris "War Pig" will be revealed very soon, we are saving King Trident for Christmas

06/02/17:

As the War Pig keeps rolling, on their knees Theropods are crawling! REBOR 1:35 Ankylosaurus magniventris War Pig features articulated lower jaw and rotatable head, but wait there's more - wondering why the tail looks so straight and boring? That's because what you look at is the original sculpt, the finished product will have a wire inserted bendable tail that is going to make all kinds hammer swinging actions possible!

FB User: He or she?
Rebor:  War Pig is a guy

08/18/17:

FB User: Any updates on War Pig or King Trident or the adult Stegosaurus? Getting tired of more and more different raptors when there's so much other diversity.
Rebor: We are still working on them, those are not some easy projects as King Trident got articulated lower jaw, ball jointed head and an interchangeable battle damaged horn, War Pig has a bendable tail, we have to admit it that we are currently facing some technical challenges however we'll eventually get there so please understand and be patient

Images:
Black and White Images of Original Sculpt: 06/02/17:

[Reptilia]

I just realized it's way too similar to the Papo one, and if the tail is actually bendable you can pose it exactly the same.

[Minmiminime]

  Ho-hum. I have the Papo, and no colour scheme is going to tempt me to this one.

I wonder why all their models are male, unless they're cutesy, sitting on a nest (Rose), or dead. It's deeply, deeply tiresome.

[tanystropheus]

Ho-hum. I have the Papo, and no colour scheme is going to tempt me to this one.

I wonder why all their models are male, unless they're cutesy, sitting on a nest (Rose), or dead. It's deeply, deeply tiresome.

Would you purchase the model if it was renamed, "Daphne"?

The real reason the "War Pig" is male is because the testes are visible on the model.

[Brontozaurus]

Ho-hum. I have the Papo, and no colour scheme is going to tempt me to this one.

I wonder why all their models are male, unless they're cutesy, sitting on a nest (Rose), or dead. It's deeply, deeply tiresome.

Would you purchase the model if it was renamed, "Daphne"?

The real reason the "War Pig" is male is because the testes are visible on the model.

1) Yes.

2) Wait, what?

[stargatedalek]

I wasn't paying attention to the names they're giving them, but yes, that is somewhat disconcerting that every one thus far that wasn't archetypically feminine has been described as male or is part of a mated pair. It's not as bad as the Hasbro Jurassic World figures all being described as male despite being Canonically female, which was a moderately disgusting act, this is more cliche and groan worthy, for now.

The detail looks ok, if the price is reasonable and I like the colours I might get it. I always found the Papo one too bland, and if I'm just gonna repaint it anyway why prioritize detail?

[Reptilia]

A whole new level in Rebor's disgusting behaviours: machismo.

[Lanthanotus]

In terms of accuracy it is the usual Rebor style (head seems a bit too big and hips by far not wide enough to me) and yes, it is similar in pose to the Papo, but there's also enough differences between those two models (Rebor's looks stouter, spikier and more heavily armored) that I might be tempted to add another Rebor to my collection.

[PumperKrickel]

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[Appalachiosaurus]

The real reason the "War Pig" is male is because the testes are visible on the model.

...what? Please tell me that isn't true.

[stargatedalek]

Does it really matter if they consider their models male? What difference does it make? Even the box will only say "War Pig", which is gender neutral.

It doesn't matter much, but it's incredibly corny and annoying.

[Shadowknight1]

I don't understand the "bull" prioritization either.  As far as I'm aware(and correct me if I'm wrong!), where sexual dimorphism is shown, don't the females typically size a bit larger than the males?  Or is that backwards?

All in all...I don't care too much about this.  Honestly, I prefer that they go back to how they were making their theropods with the exception of the dromaeosaurs.  It was nice to see dinosaur figurines without too many visible seam lines other than the jaws, but you start adding arm and neck articulation, and you start getting seams that, while acceptable on action figures(ie. David Silva's awesome-sauce raptors!), seem out of place on something that's more expensive.  And with the articulation on their raptors, I don't have much faith in the other REBOR dinos having good articulation either.  I fully expect to see pictures of decapitated "War Pigs" everywhere because I'm willing to bet the heads will fall off as easy as the raptor arms.

[Reptilia]

Rebor chose quite a cool nickname for this guy, maybe the coolest so far. But I don't know how much they got the actual meaning of "War Pig" in the context of the Black Sabbath song. It would have been better suited for a carnivore, in my opinion.

[stargatedalek]

I don't understand the "bull" prioritization either.  As far as I'm aware(and correct me if I'm wrong!), where sexual dimorphism is shown, don't the females typically size a bit larger than the males?  Or is that backwards?

It depends, modern archosaurs generally go either or, even between fairly closely related species, whereas mammals the males are normally larger and reptiles the females are normally larger.

[spinosaurus1]

It depends, modern archosaurs generally go either or, even between fairly closely related species, whereas mammals the males are normally larger and reptiles the females are normally larger.

i wouldn't say that females are normally larger when talking about reptiles as a whole. reptiles in general are wonky in the whole sexual dimorphism scheme. for example lizards and crocodilians, males are predominantly larger with some exceptions. for aquatic chelonians, females tend to be larger while it's the opposite case for large terrestrially built tortoises.the vast majority of birds show very little sexual dimorphism and are rather similar in size with exceptions of both sides being present.

[tanystropheus]

The real reason the "War Pig" is male is because the testes are visible on the model.

...what? Please tell me that isn't true.

Sorry for the confusion, I was referring to the club.

[Shonisaurus]

What I do not understand about the philosophy of Rebor why they always put a nickname to every dinosaur or prehistoric animal (pair of dimorphodon), although there is some company that has copied that kind of things like happens with PNSO, I think Somewhat absurd from my point of view that form of sale with all my respects in this case as far as Rebor is concerned.

[Derek.McManus]

Not my cup of tea but it is an impressive sculpt in terms of model making looking forward to the Stegosaurs my favourite dinosaur please make a nice one Rebor! Then a triceratops for my son it's his favourite.

[DinoLord]

Looks like another close to JP but not quite there sculpt that satisfies neither the accuracy nor the JP fans.

[robintaylor]

Yes it would be great if they started more accurate models, a protoceratops would be nice, not many depictions out there but I think rebor have their own mind set.