Schleich: New for 2018

[sauroid]

if that particular Psittacosaurus species lived in a desert environment, it was only natural that it was colored brown/beige/sandy to adapt to its habitat.

[tanystropheus]

if that particular Psittacosaurus species lived in a desert environment, it was only natural that it was colored brown/beige/sandy to adapt to its habitat.

Kind of like a prairie dog or a fennec fox...?

[Reptilia]

Custom Psittacosaurus by Martin Garratt, pictures from ED's blog:

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Gorgeous repaint....I like the use of height on the base to seemingly "level" the little guy off.

[ceratopsian]

Custom Psittacosaurus by Martin Garratt, pictures from ED's blog:

It's sitting in my cabinet, I'm happy to say.  I showed it in my thread a few days ago but photographed with a different background and lighting.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Custom Psittacosaurus by Martin Garratt, pictures from ED's blog:

It's sitting in my cabinet, I'm happy to say.  I showed it in my thread a few days ago but photographed with a different background and lighting.

Its a gorgeous repaint, looks like you followed the patterning and colors for the Senckenberg Specimen fairly closely, with it. I did something similar but took it a step further perhaps......mine should appear one of these days forus to see. Congratulations on such a stunning piece....that wooden plinth just adds even more disctinction to it.

[Minmiminime]

Every time I see a beautiful repaint of this figure, it tempts me a little more to have a go at mine myself! It's quickly become one of my favourite figures, and possibly, I can't do any worse than the over-saturated colour scheme that currently adorns it. Anything could be an improvement!!

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Much of the reason I buy my Psittacosaurus models in groups of three....for just such a quandary!!

[ceratopsian]

Custom Psittacosaurus by Martin Garratt, pictures from ED's blog:

It's sitting in my cabinet, I'm happy to say.  I showed it in my thread a few days ago but photographed with a different background and lighting.

Its a gorgeous repaint, looks like you followed the patterning and colors for the Senckenberg Specimen fairly closely, with it. I did something similar but took it a step further perhaps......mine should appear one of these days forus to see. Congratulations on such a stunning piece....that wooden plinth just adds even more disctinction to it.

Thank you.  Martin creates some wonderful items.  I asked him to take the Senckenberg specimen as the basis for his repaint but to make it a bit more decorative (which I thought suitable for a display model).  He's very good at creating a base that will really add atmosphere to a figure.  I look forward to seeing your version in due course.

[sauroid]

if that particular Psittacosaurus species lived in a desert environment, it was only natural that it was colored brown/beige/sandy to adapt to its habitat.

Kind of like a prairie dog or a fennec fox...?

yes, with minimal blotching/dark points.

[Reptilia]

It's sitting in my cabinet, I'm happy to say.  I showed it in my thread a few days ago but photographed with a different background and lighting.

Sorry, I missed on that, didn't know it was yours.

[ceratopsian]

It's sitting in my cabinet, I'm happy to say.  I showed it in my thread a few days ago but photographed with a different background and lighting.

Sorry, I missed on that, didn't know it was yours.

No problem at all - I just didn't want people confused into thinking they were two different items, so thought I had better claim it.

[Shonisaurus]

Thanks to the painting applied to Martin Garratt's Schitich psittacosaurus, it looks as if it were a resin figure with its landscape. I am amazed at what or what changes with a masterful hand of painting in a prehistoric animal. 

[Takama]

I just saw the pteranodon

Hopefully Schleich does not go full Lego/Mattel on us for showing it

[Sim]

I don't see a reason why they would, since the Pteranodon isn't a leak, it was shown at a toy fair.

[CityRaptor]

Okay, got the Mini Carnotaurus and the magazine.  The full comic is even worse at showing it as incompetent. It also has comparably little "screentime". It starts with a Therizinosaurus ( who looks like the current model ) falling down for no apparent reason. The humans tranport it to their swimmning lab to find out why. They find nothing. Apparently it just needed a little rest. That's where the Carno comes in and attacks. The Therizino makes short work of the Carno, as mentioned earlier. The Carnor recovers with human help and attacks one of the annoying kids, breaking one horn and flees afterwards. The kid considers the horn a trophy and everyone laughs at poor Carno's expense.
The second comic in the magazine has the Carno trying to hunt a Psittacosaurus by trying to impale it with its horn. Yes, seriously. Unfortunately for the predator, it uses the broken off horn, meaning that it missed and the prey escaped.
Yeah, those comics for sure have a tendency to portray the animals they should advertise as stupid, incompetent and in case of herbivores also as cowardly ( see some other comics for that ).

Upcoming magazine versions ( taken from a video by Rupi Bolz )
Utahraptor in red and black....Raptor Red?


Green Mosasaurus, blue T.rex, red Suchomimus, black? Kentrosaurus

[Takama]

In case anyones wondering.


Here is a real life photo of the Insectosaurus Carnotarus

[Flaffy]

Looks rather revolting, as expected from Schleich.

[sauroid]

whoah! that's supposed to be a Carnotaurus???

[Neosodon]

Carnotorus Insectasus. A dubious taxon apparently known only too and reconstructed by a team of independent German toy sculptors.