Safari Ltd.: New for 2018

[Mononykus]

So here is the mystery fin enlarged, lightened, and with some increased contrast.



It now looks like a step-wise narrowing at the left end of the limb, which to me suggests arthropod segment more than from a vertebrate. Its also possible the triangular "fin" is not on the "limb" but behind it. It also looks vaguely like the edges of the fin may be thicker than the rest. Okay, none of that really seems to help figure it out.

[Sim]

Zopteryx - I see what you mean about the frogfish; I think you're right. But what is this video people keep alluding to? I can't find it in any of these Safari threads.

I think it's the video in Reply #6 here: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=6042.msg178340#msg178340

Troodon would be a cool and fabulous dinosaur. I only have in my collection the Invicta plastic from the Natural History Museum in London.

Troodon is no longer valid, it's been shown clearly that the tooth it's based on can't be used to identify the species it comes from.  Some of the better remains that were considered to represent Troodon are now classified as belonging to Stenonychosaurus and Latenivenatrix.  Here's the thread about this: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5970.0

Making Stenonychosaurus a synonym of the tooth taxon Troodon was a bad idea from the start, and this has become more and more clear as time has passed.  Even Invicta might not have fully supported that synonymy, since if I'm not mistaken, under the base of that Invicta figure you mentioned, it says, "STENONYCHOSAURUS (TRØODON)": http://maxmagnusnorman.com/dinosaurs/stenonychosaurus-troodon.shtml

[X]

The segments remind me of rolls of fat like the ones on cetaceans, and you can see a thinner section of it going to the left. Perhaps this is the shoulder of some type of sea dragon? Although on closer inspection it may be the fin of some type of aquatic animal. Then again it could be the fin segment of an anomalocarid or some form of prehistoric oddity that I have no right to conclude ideas on due to my lack of knowledge about them.

[tanystropheus]

Zopteryx - I see what you mean about the frogfish; I think you're right. But what is this video people keep alluding to? I can't find it in any of these Safari threads.

I think it's the video in Reply #6 here: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=6042.msg178340#msg178340

Troodon would be a cool and fabulous dinosaur. I only have in my collection the Invicta plastic from the Natural History Museum in London.

Troodon is no longer valid, it's been shown clearly that the tooth it's based on can't be used to identify the species it comes from.  Some of the better remains that were considered to represent Troodon are now classified as belonging to Stenonychosaurus and Latenivenatrix.  Here's the thread about this: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5970.0

Making Stenonychosaurus a synonym of the tooth taxon Troodon was a bad idea from the start, and this has become more and more clear as time has passed.  Even Invicta might not have fully supported that synonymy, since if I'm not mistaken, under the base of that Invicta figure you mentioned, it says, "STENONYCHOSAURUS (TRØODON)": http://maxmagnusnorman.com/dinosaurs/stenonychosaurus-troodon.shtml

I appreciate the wealth of information that you provide. I learn a lot from your posts. Thanks 

[bmathison1972]

when someone suggested an arthropod limb I guess it could be a stag beetle mandible, but I would be (pleaseantly) astonished if Safari started making insects again.

[Patrx]

To me, that image looks like the dorsal fin at the base of a ray's tail. Hmmm.

[Shonisaurus]

I get the impression that next year Safari will not make as many figures of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals as it did in the previous one. From what I see are revealing in almost all their pictures bodies of figures that have nothing to do with the prehistoric world. I hope I'm wrong. 

[Jose S.M.]

To me, that image looks like the dorsal fin at the base of a ray's tail.

This is a very good guess, maybe not exactly this species but some other ray, I can see that too.

[Halichoeres]

To me, that image looks like the dorsal fin at the base of a ray's tail. Hmmm.

I thought of that and then decided against it because the trailing edge looked too angular to me. But I bet you're right. I definitely don't have a better idea.

[bmathison1972]

Good job Patrx; must be it (and fits with the aquatic theme of those three).

[Reptilia]

So Safari's game this year is revealing bits of images. Rebor did this (and the silhouettes) too, I find it quite boring. I hope for more full leaks soon.

[X]

I'd be excited for these if they gave us more of the animal to work with.

[Faelrin]

Didn't some of the 2017 figures start releasing in October of last year? I really hope there will be more to see soon by then.

[Jose S.M.]

I think the shadows where revealed in October, the figures started selling on the Safari page from late November on if I remember correctly, but the Tyrannosaurus appeared a bit earlier on Amazon.

[Gwangi]

Releases started being announced in late August last year. I remember this because I was on vacation at the time. Don't remember when they were released though.

[Jose S.M.]

I forgot about the promotional posters and video, those were early, the silhouettes appeared in mid September and the first full official images late September.
Looks like this  year will be a bit later for all the figures to be revealed since they are doing the tease for all their figures, last year was just prehistoric and dragons I think.

[DC]

I like the way they have tricked out the new releases, I suspect they are reading the posts (as Irma allows).  Some great ideas for future releases have been listed. 
I hope we are seeing a new Utahraptor or Deinonychus.
Alamosaurus or dreadnoughtosaurus would be welcome and I like Saltasaurus.

I was surprised by the number of mammals.   

[Halichoeres]

Another teaser. I don't think this has anything prehistoric. Looks to me like a poodle's tail, a porpoise's snout, and an eyespot, although maybe it's an actual eye with really sloppy paint.

[Patrx]

I do think it's an actual eye, it looks like it has a distinct convex shape. On some kind of mammal?

[Halichoeres]

I do think it's an actual eye, it looks like it has a distinct convex shape. On some kind of mammal?

So only the most central part is the actual eye then, and it's got orange-y fur around it? Probably some sort of hoofstock. Yawn.