Safari Ltd.: New for 2018

[ZoPteryx]

Based on the depth of the snout and how close the nasal horn is to the beak, I'm pretty sure this is a centrosaurine.  The horn looks tilted forward, so I'm guessing either Rubeosaurus or Styracosaurus.  However, there's so much variation in Centrosaurus that it could easily be that genus too.

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Its definitely not Triceratops, the nasal "horn" would be part of the beak if it was a Triceratops.(since the nasal horn wasn't actually a true horn, but an ornament on the beak, similar to Aquilops) It could be a Regaliceratops, Styracosaurus, Rubeosaurus, Centrosaurus, Chasmosaurus, or any ceratopsian with a large nasal horn. The others are obviously a Spiny Lobster sp., and a new Brahman bull.

[SpartanSquat]

Or it could be Styracosaurus. Another dinosaur I hope to see a new remakes are Spinosaurus, Allosaurus, Stegosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus

[suspsy]

Disappointed that it's not a new Triceratops, but excited nonetheless. Fingers crossed for a thyreophoran!

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

Eeeeeee!!! A classic big-horned centrosaurine! I will be overjoyed whether it's Centrosaurus or Styracosaurus (though if you put a gun to my head, I'll admit I'm hoping a little bit more for the former).

I really don't get the people who want yet ANOTHER Triceratops. Sure, bits and pieces of its anatomy have been refined by further research, but it's not like it now has feathers or something. Slight changes to the orientation of the feet and a few slightly larger scales here and there don't justify denying the spotlight to less well-represented species in my mind.

[bmathison1972]

the spiny guy does look like a spiny lobster. I was kinda hoping for a crayfish (I have a preference for freshwater fauna...). Still, since they had it in North America I wonder if it was modeled after a N.A. species, maybe the Californian spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus? Still, any N.A. species would not only mean a 6th species of Panulirus, but a 7th (8th?) spiny lobster species in toy/figure form!

[Reptilia]

Would be very interesting to see a Styracosaurus from Doug Watson, definitely hope for that one.

[tanystropheus]

Eeeeeee!!! A classic big-horned centrosaurine! I will be overjoyed whether it's Centrosaurus or Styracosaurus (though if you put a gun to my head, I'll admit I'm hoping a little bit more for the former).

I really don't get the people who want yet ANOTHER Triceratops. Sure, bits and pieces of its anatomy have been refined by further research, but it's not like it now has feathers or something. Slight changes to the orientation of the feet and a few slightly larger scales here and there don't justify denying the spotlight to less well-represented species in my mind.

I would be happy with a Styraco [even though I have a few excellent ones in my collection (e.g. Favorite/Papo)].
I understand why folks would want a Trike. The previous WS Trike was based on Jurassic Park. The Favorite version is pretty good but I'm pretty sure everyone want's to see Doug Watson's interpretation. Quite frankly, I would prefer a Torosaurus. A few years ago, WS teased a Pentaceratops with an illustration in their promo posters.

P.S: It's most likely a Monoclonius 

[tanystropheus]

Another teaser, this time with something interesting:



Some kind of malacostracan arthropod, maybe a zebu, and a new ceratopsian. Centrosaurine?

Are you sure the image on the bottom is not a fuzzy Carnotaurus?

[Jose S.M.]

I would like a new Triceratops or Styracosaurus even when they are some good sculpts of them, mainly because Doug's ceratopsians are still my favorites and those "iconic" species will look amazing in his style in my opinion.

[Simon]

Eeeeeee!!! A classic big-horned centrosaurine! I will be overjoyed whether it's Centrosaurus or Styracosaurus (though if you put a gun to my head, I'll admit I'm hoping a little bit more for the former).

I really don't get the people who want yet ANOTHER Triceratops. Sure, bits and pieces of its anatomy have been refined by further research, but it's not like it now has feathers or something. Slight changes to the orientation of the feet and a few slightly larger scales here and there don't justify denying the spotlight to less well-represented species in my mind.

I would be happy with a Styraco [even though I have a few excellent ones in my collection (e.g. Favorite/Papo)].
I understand why folks would want a Trike. The previous WS Trike was based on Jurassic Park. The Favorite version is pretty good but I'm pretty sure everyone want's to see Doug Watson's interpretation. Quite frankly, I would prefer a Torosaurus. A few years ago, WS teased a Pentaceratops with an illustration in their promo posters.

P.S: It's most likely a Monoclonius 

There have been some really, REALLY weird ceratopsians found in recent years, some with hugely oversized horns.  I would hope someone would take a chance on making one of these fellows ...

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Regaliceratops !

[Irritation]

Another teaser, this time with something interesting:



Some kind of malacostracan arthropod, maybe a zebu, and a new ceratopsian. Centrosaurine?

I'm really hoping for some kind of Centrosaur. Maybe a Monoclonius. Yet, I'm wondering if Safari will make a ceratopsian as well?

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Another teaser, this time with something interesting:



Some kind of malacostracan arthropod, maybe a zebu, and a new ceratopsian. Centrosaurine?

I'm really hoping for some kind of Centrosaur. Maybe a Monoclonius. Yet, I'm wondering if Safari will make a ceratopsian as well?

It could be a Monoclonius, it depends on if Doug thinks its a valid species or not. It would be nice to have an actual Monoclonius figure.(based off the one known skull)

[Daspletotyrannus]

My guess is Ebirah the sea monster. Wait can Safari Ltd make Toho monsters? A cow or some type of goat. Some ceratopsian with a noise horn. Looking at all my Triceratops and my one Pentaceratops, looks like that type of horn. Maybe Titanoceratops? But I'm really hoping for a Centrosaurus or a Chasmosaurus.

[Neosodon]

Regaliceratops !

We just got one this year. I'm kind of tired of collecta and safari trying to compete on the same species of ceratopsians. They should work together to make sure they don't make the same spiecies so we can get a little more diversity.

[Halichoeres]

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten there was a fuzzy spiny-lobster-looking thing in the video teaser, so I'm sure stargatedalek and bmathison are right that that's what the crustacean is. Pretty cool as far as extant animals go.

[Irritation]

Regaliceratops !

We just got one this year. I'm kind of tired of collecta and safari trying to compete on the same species of ceratopsians. They should work together to make sure they don't make the same spiecies so we can get a little more diversity.

Perhaps next year might be their break of competition.

[sauroid]

It could be a Monoclonius, it depends on if Doug thinks its a valid species or not. It would be nice to have an actual Monoclonius figure.(based off the one known skull)

just wondering, does Doug Watson make the choice/decision as to what species of prehistoric animal to make? really interested to know.

[John]

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten there was a fuzzy spiny-lobster-looking thing in the video teaser, so I'm sure stargatedalek and bmathison are right that that's what the crustacean is. Pretty cool as far as extant animals go.

I think they are right about that too.
I'm just going to go ahead and make the call that the ceratopsian dinosaur in the fraction of a picture is a new sculpt of Styracosaurus albertensis.