Safari Ltd.: New for 2018

[japfeif]

While looking at my old Marx & MPC figures, and then reading this thread, got me thinking about more neglected prehistoric critters. Toy makers have also pretty much passed up such beasties as Spenacodon, Ceratogaulus, Dire Wolf, Cynognathus, and Megatherium. While none of these are exactly household names, these companies have never shied away from making some really obscure figures!

[Loon]

Have you seen the Lontic Giganotosaurus?  It looks like it's based on DK's.

The Lontic figures are becoming quite tempting...


The Giganotosaurus, Stegosaurus, Caudipteryx, and Suchomimus(DK Baryonyx) are all blatantly based on the DK models:





I would love to see these figures with some better paint.

[japfeif]

The undisputed leader of the Safari ceratopsians has finally arrived.

That is, unless Doug decides to do an Eotriceratops next year!

I would welcome that or a Torosaurus.

This has possible already been discussed (I didn't want to scroll thru 54 pages of messages!), but a question: I just received the first batch of the 2018 figures (which seems to me that are actually 2017 figures since they are obviously available...now). Have they gone with a new series or something? Reason I ask, the numbers of the Amarg & the Anky (304629 & 306129, respectively) pretty much are in sequence with the last ones released just before them (Coelophysis #304529, Parasaurolophus #306029, which is actually a LARGER number than the Amarg), but the Mastodon, Daeodon, Megacerops, Regaliceratops, Uintatherium, & Anzu all have numbers ranging from 100081 to 100151. Why the abrupt change in the numbering sequence? Are these last 6 part of a different series than the Wild Safari?

By the way...up close & in hand, the Amargasaurus doesn't look quite as bad as in the photos...just saying! Not great, but not as horrible.

[Sim]

While looking at my old Marx & MPC figures, and then reading this thread, got me thinking about more neglected prehistoric critters. Toy makers have also pretty much passed up such beasties as Spenacodon, Ceratogaulus, Dire Wolf, Cynognathus, and Megatherium. While none of these are exactly household names, these companies have never shied away from making some really obscure figures!

Bullyland made a dire wolf.  Megatherium has been made quite a number of times, including for the Wild Safari line: http://toyanimal.info//index.php?title=Megatherium

The Wild Safari Megatherium on Safari's website: https://www.safariltd.com/wild-safari-prehistoric-world-gian-sloth-figurines-274129

[suspsy]

While looking at my old Marx & MPC figures, and then reading this thread, got me thinking about more neglected prehistoric critters. Toy makers have also pretty much passed up such beasties as Spenacodon, Ceratogaulus, Dire Wolf, Cynognathus, and Megatherium. While none of these are exactly household names, these companies have never shied away from making some really obscure figures!

Bullyland made a dire wolf.  Megatherium has been made quite a number of times, including for the Wild Safari line: http://toyanimal.info//index.php?title=Megatherium

The Wild Safari Megatherium on Safari's website: https://www.safariltd.com/wild-safari-prehistoric-world-gian-sloth-figurines-274129

The WS version is really the only truly good version out of all of those. I'd like to see someone else take a stab at one.

[Sim]

The Giganotosaurus, Stegosaurus, Caudipteryx, and Suchomimus(DK Baryonyx) are all blatantly based on the DK models:

That spinosaurid DK model is said to be Suchomimus in this DK book, where Baryonyx has a different DK model (scroll down to see it): http://www.thewittfamily.co.uk/2015/10/the-big-noisy-book-of-dinosaurs-review.html

While the DK Caudipteryx has an incorrect number of fingers, I'm impressed the Lontic Caudipteryx gives it the correct number of fingers.

There's also two other Lontic action figure sets in addition to the one you posted: http://www.dinosaurcollectorsitea.com/lontic3.html

This is the Lontic thread: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=1788.0

[Shonisaurus]

I bought the DK giganotosaurus in a store next to my home and they sell toys for 5, 10 and 15 euros. It's like a whole hundred Chinese run by Spaniards. Honestly, it is not a figure within what is bad considering that it is totally based on a paleoartistic representation (in fact it is a copy).

It is fully articulated but honestly I bought only this figure, and I regret although honestly the rest of the figures I did not buy, I think we have to save space on my shelves with figures of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals from companies that I like the most.

However that figure is cool even if it is an imperfect copy of real dinosaur toys. They go as is obviously intended for the smallest children. However, I like the figures of the company Tyco or Jurassic Park.

[Sim]

I think the Wild Safari prehistoric line-ups for 2017 and 2018 have been Safari's strongest so far.  I don't think either of the two is entirely better than the other, they both offer some unique representations that were very much needed in the Wild Safari line and among prehistoric animal toys in general.

However, I prefer 2017's Wild Safari prehistoric line-up to 2018's.  The 2017s represented quite a few animals I like a lot: Velociraptor, Coelophysis, Microraptor, Kronosaurus and Deinocheirus.  In contrast, the 2018s didn't represent any animals I like a lot.  So, I've found the 2017 WS line-up exciting, but the 2018 WS line-up has been somewhat disappointing for me.

At the moment I'm only buying Wild Safari prehistoric figures that are of animals I like a lot.  Currently there aren't enough of these for me to want have Wild Safari figures of prehistoric animals I don't especially like.  For example, I think the 2018 WS Triceratops looks very good, but it's an animal/figure I'd like to have in a WS collection that includes a higher number of animals I really like than is currently available.

I hope a new WS Stegosaurus will be made for 2019.  The current WS Stegosaurus is below the high standard of the newer WS figures, particularly with regards to accuracy.  Also, the only stegosaurs made for the Wild Safari line (Stegosaurus and Kentrosaurus) were made so long ago, years before all seven of Doug Watson's ceratopsids to put it into perspective.  The WS Kentrosaurus is very small and quite inaccurate, and it was retired in 2013.  This leaves Stegosaurus as the only stegosaur currently offered by the Wild Safari line.  I recently bought some Wild Safari figures from Everything Dinosaur, and I noticed the WS Stegosaurus isn't even listed on their website, as opposed to being listed as out of stock like some other WS figures were.  So Everything Dinosaur's Wild Safari section has no stegosaurs.  At first I find this very surprising, but then I remember what WS has to offer for stegosaurs and it doesn't seem quite so surprising anymore.

Now that all the 2018 WS prehistoric figures have been revealed, these are the animals I'd really like to be made for Wild Safari (now updated with some Triassic dinosaurs I somehow forgot about earlier): a new Stegosaurus figure, Deinonychus, Baryonyx, Herrerasaurus, Plateosaurus.  Out of these, the Stegosaurus and Deinonychus are still the ones I'd like most.

[suspsy]

Now that prehistoric mammals have made their triumphant return to the Wild Safari line, I'd like to see some post-Mesozoic prehistoric birds and reptiles next. A terror bird like Titanis would be a nice, sensible start, but the bird I'd really love to see is Pelagornis in all its wonderful winged glory.

I'd be surprised if we don't get a Stegosaurus in 2019. Deinonychus would also be most welcome.

[Shonisaurus]

I would also like Safari a moa, a Madagascar elephant bird or a thylacine. Some recently extinct species would be interesting to perform.

[Shonisaurus]

Changing the subject I pass a video with the megacerops of Safari is of an intermediate size between the Megacerops of Collecta and the megacerops of Mojo. His pose is very realistic and conservative.

He is a great figure. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36vmmdHVPX8

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

I know I'd definitely go for a moa. It would also be nice to see a Basilosaurus cetoides (the North American species) and maybe a few paleozoic creatures too.

[Faelrin]

I've mentioned my interest for the others numerous times. I did not consider a Baryonyx before, I don't think. It would be great to have one to go along with the Safari Ltd Iguanodon figure I have. I keep considering the Suchomimus, but I'm not sure how well that one would work as a Baryonyx alongside that Iguanodon.

[Jose S.M.]

A Baryonyx would be great! I want one from Safari since I started collecting, and there's a lack of good or up to date Baryonyx figures.

[rattyrattery]

I would really like to see Safari tackle more Paleozoic creatures, and maybe venture into amphibians/fish/invertebrates if possible. I think Safari could make a good Ichthyostega, or maybe a Tiktaalik. For the invertebrates, a sea scorpion or orthocone would be fantastic

[Halichoeres]

I would really like to see Safari tackle more Paleozoic creatures, and maybe venture into amphibians/fish/invertebrates if possible. I think Safari could make a good Ichthyostega, or maybe a Tiktaalik. For the invertebrates, a sea scorpion or orthocone would be fantastic

For things like this I sometimes wish the forum had a like button.

[Neosodon]

I think the therapod that needs a figure the most would be Ekrixinatosaurus or even a remake of the Carnegie Carnotaurus. I don't think there is a single abelisaurid in the entire wild safari line. Ekrixinatosaurus would go nicely along side the Giganotosaurus too.

[Sim]

There isn't an abelisaurid in the Wild Safari line.  I don't think Ekrixinatosaurus would be a good choice though, as a lot of its skull isn't known, in particular almost all of the top of its skull isn't known.  Consequently, I don't think the shape of Ekrixinatosaurus's head is known, nor is it known what its head ornamentation is like and this can be different among abelisaurids, e.g. horn arrangements can differ among abelisaurid species and some species don't have any horns at all.

[suspsy]

If we're talking abelisaurs, I'd prefer something other than Carnotaurus. Aucasaurus, Majungasaurus, Rajasaurus, or Pycnonemosaurus would be nice.

Or, you know, Abelisaurus itself!

[Faelrin]

Abelisaurus would be a nice choice, even though I am biased towards Carnotaurus (I'm still waiting for an accurate figure of the thin headed mouth on legs, with huge tail muscles).