Safari Ltd.: New for 2018

[suchomimus]

Guess we can expect a double of the ceratopsian by CollectA given the trend from recent years 

[ceratopsian]

.......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.

I'm happy with pretty well any ceratopsian to add to my herd if it is well executed.  However, it seems a bit of a shame if Safari's choice for 2018 repeats CollectA's for 2017.  I'd prefer to add something that isn't represented yet in my herd.

[Jose S.M.]

The safari  figures begin to be made with more than one year prior to their release, I think two is the usual, so if they repeat species it's not because a company made it last years  it's more coincidence, probably due popularity and novelty of the species so every company tries to do it in the couple of year following the rise of it's popularity.

[John]

.......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.

I'm happy with pretty well any ceratopsian to add to my herd if it is well executed.  However, it seems a bit of a shame if Safari's choice for 2018 repeats CollectA's for 2017.  I'd prefer to add something that isn't represented yet in my herd.

I actually prefer the Safari Ltd. ceratopsians to those of CollectA,so no ceratopsian that turns up in Safari's prehistoric line will be a disappointment to me.

[Shonisaurus]

.......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.

I'm happy with pretty well any ceratopsian to add to my herd if it is well executed.  However, it seems a bit of a shame if Safari's choice for 2018 repeats CollectA's for 2017.  I'd prefer to add something that isn't represented yet in my herd.

I actually prefer the Safari Ltd. ceratopsians to those of CollectA,so no ceratopsian that turns up in Safari's prehistoric line will be a disappointment to me.

I agree with you, Doug Watson is a portent as a sculptor of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, safari ceraptósidos are the best in the toy market. 

[ceratopsian]

I agree on Doug's prowess. I wasn't trying to imply that Safari copied CollectA's choice. I realise the preparation time is very extended. It's just that some genera seem to get passed over!

[AcroSauroTaurus]

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.

I believe he has some say in the species. As in he suggests species and Safari decides whether or not to give the green light on it. If I'm wrong, I'm sure Doug can explain it.

[Doug Watson]

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.

I believe he has some say in the species. As in he suggests species and Safari decides whether or not to give the green light on it. If I'm wrong, I'm sure Doug can explain it.

You are correct I make suggestions for extant and extinct species every year plus I get to give my opinion on pieces that others have suggested but in the end Safari Ltd has the final say, as it should be.

[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.

I believe he has some say in the species. As in he suggests species and Safari decides whether or not to give the green light on it. If I'm wrong, I'm sure Doug can explain it.

You are correct I make suggestions for extant and extinct species every year plus I get to give my opinion on pieces that others have suggested but in the end Safari Ltd has the final say, as it should be.

thank you for the replies.

[suspsy]

Well, some more images just got leaked on Facebook. We're getting an Ankylosaurus, people!!!

[EarthboundEiniosaurus]

Well, some more images just got leaked on Facebook. We're getting an Ankylosaurus, people!!!

Could you please link to the pictures?

[suspsy]

You may have to join this group before you can view the post:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=945265188948301&set=pcb.1458775717491074&type=3&theater&ifg=1

[Jose S.M.]

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Yup, I can't see it, but damn I was content with the Favorite Ankylosaurus and now I'm gonna have to debate if I stick with that one or get this new one, I don't have enough space for repeated species.... yet 

[suspsy]

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Yup, I can't see it, but damn I was content with the Favorite Ankylosaurus and now I'm gonna have to debate if I stick with that one or get this new one, I don't have enough space for repeated species.... yet 

FWIW, this new Ankylosaurus looks superb, easily on par with the Sauropelta.

I do hope Safari starts officially releasing images of their 2018 line before more of them get leaked.

[Patrx]

Please keep further discussion of leaks and so on to a different thread, maybe this one. I'd prefer to keep this thread limited to official announcements and images.

[suspsy]

Right, I should have posted in that one.

[Shonisaurus]

I would sincerely prefer it to a larger size like feathered velociraptor, feathered tyrannosaurus, giganotosaurus or kronosaurus by putting four examples. I would like the dinosaurs and prehistoric animals of Safari to be made without scale to a size from medium to medium-large.

That way you could make more detailed figures, without this meaning that a small figure may even be more detailed. For me, the size of a dinosaur or a prehistoric animal is of great importance, I do not like dinosaurs or prehistoric animals that are too small without being fabulous for both a collector and a child.

I would stick with a Safari ankylosaurus with a size like the ankylosaurus of the BBC WWD, I find an acceptable size.

That does not mean as much sauropelta as iguanodon to put two examples sculpted masterfully by Doug Watson are of the best of the market and endorsed by the prestigious magazine Prehistoric Times.

But for me the size does matter in this case.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

Guess we can expect a double of the ceratopsian by CollectA given the trend from recent years 

Haha, no doubt.

[Shonisaurus]

Guess we can expect a double of the ceratopsian by CollectA given the trend from recent years 

Haha, no doubt.

I agree with you. Although part of another thread, the company Collecta needs a reprint of triceratops and ankylosaurus that compete with those of Safari.

Although Safari needs a new reprint of the missing company Carnegie's spinosaurus and competing with that of Collecta. 

[tanystropheus]

I appreciate it when Safari experiments. For example, the base in their Giganotosaurus (especially, considering how weak the legs on the Carnegie Giga were), the Dino Discoveries, Missing Links, Oviraptor and Nest, fossil replica inclusion....etc.

How about a Leptoceratops with a ball jointed neck? Can you imagine the possibilities? We would each be forced to buy a half dozen!