Safari Ltd.: New for 2018

[Daspletodave]

The American Mastodon is magnificent.

[Digibasherx]

Not sure how new the XL figures are, but wow, that Triceratops looks awesome, and that Stego looks like it has a sore throat from all the yelling.

[SpartanSquat]

Not sure how new the XL figures are, but wow, that Triceratops looks awesome, and that Stego looks like it has a sore throat from all the yelling.

Triceratops? stegosaurus? I dont see them

[Takama]

Not sure how new the XL figures are, but wow, that Triceratops looks awesome, and that Stego looks like it has a sore throat from all the yelling.

You sure your not talking about the Great Dinos Figures that have been out For YEARS?

https://www.safariltd.com/great-dinos-stegosaurus-figurines-30002

https://www.safariltd.com/great-dinos-triceratops-figurines-30005

[amargasaurus cazaui]

The mastodon will go quite well with the mastodon tusks my father recovered some years back, I will be needing a pair of them

[Halichoeres]

why is it called "Bernie" anyway?

Named after Bernard Rubel one of the founders of Safari Ltd.

Good to know! Maybe someday they'll make a Bernissartia for the prehistoric line as a counterpart to modern day Bernie. 

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

So at 8.12" L and 4.26" H, the Mastodon is longer in... er, length, but shorter in height than the Woolly Mammoth figure (5.46" L & H). What I'm dying to know is, does this put them roughly in scale with each other? (Mind pitching in an official word, Doug?) I definitely want this figure either way, but I will be even happier if it can comfortably coexist with my Safari mammoth, African elephant, and Amebeledon on the shelf! 

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

So at 8.12" L and 4.26" H, the Mastodon is longer in... er, length, but shorter in height than the Woolly Mammoth figure (5.46" L & H). What I'm dying to know is, does this put them roughly in scale with each other? (Mind pitching in an official word, Doug?) I definitely want this figure either way, but I will be even happier if it can comfortably coexist with my Safari mammoth, African elephant, and Amebeledon on the shelf! 

In measuring my mammoth, it comes out more like 5x5" rather than 5.5", so maybe we need to take the website's dimensions with a grain of salt.

[Faelrin]

I think they included the trunk in the figure's measurements. At least it came out to about that when I measured mine, including the trunk, the other day. I hope they are to scale as well, but either way I'll have it alongside my Woolly Mammoth for sure. I ended up getting the mammoth (and the Smilodon) pretty recently in anticipation of getting this mastodon.

[Gwangi]

I've been waiting for a Mastodon figure for a very long time. This one will do quite nicely. Us New Yorkers hold the Mastodon in a special place in our hearts. No dinosaur fossils in the state, but if you're plowing a field or digging a pool you might just come across one of these awesome pachyderms.

[Reptilia]

No reveals from Safari today?

[Jose S.M.]

No reveals from Safari today?

Not prehistoric, they revealed a gnome toob. It's strange, they said that they were going to reveal a product each day starting with Bernie, but in the same day a bunch of figures were made available on their website (including said toob) so maybe they are going to made a number of figures available each week and showcase them individually on facebook daily.

[Reptilia]

I'm quite interested in discovering what ceratopsian they have in store, hopefully it'll be the next prehistoric reveal.

[Doug Watson]

So at 8.12" L and 4.26" H, the Mastodon is longer in... er, length, but shorter in height than the Woolly Mammoth figure (5.46" L & H). What I'm dying to know is, does this put them roughly in scale with each other? (Mind pitching in an official word, Doug?) I definitely want this figure either way, but I will be even happier if it can comfortably coexist with my Safari mammoth, African elephant, and Amebeledon on the shelf! 

Yes I can talk about that one, it is one of mine and has been officially revealed. The American Mastodon is meant to be in the 1:30 scale range for a large specimen. I of course don't have a production sample yet so I can't tell right now if it shrank to the level I allowed for but it should be close to that range, my original is 4.25" at the shoulder. My Woolly Mammoth was scaled to roughly 1:40. I am not sure which Safari elephants you have but my African Elephant # 295629 is roughly 1:46 for an above average sized specimen and my Asian Elephant # 227529 & Asian Elephant with a log  # 295529 are both in the 1:30 scale for an average sized specimen. I also did the Wildlife Wonders African and Asian Elephants.

[Reptilia]

I didn't know that the good luck minis are sold in bags of 192 pieces, so basically Safari dinos completists have to fork out 120 bucks to obtain the Velociraptor? That would be outrageous.

[CityRaptor]

Pretty much. Some stores also sell Minis in smaller units.  Some also come in Fun Packs.

[Doug Watson]

I didn't know that the good luck minis are sold in bags of 192 pieces, so basically Safari dinos completists have to fork out 120 bucks to obtain the Velociraptor? That would be outrageous.

That pricing is obviously geared to retailers buying directly from Safari Ltd, when I have seen minis for sale in stores they are loose in bins and sell for pennies basically and if you don't have a local retailer I am sure they will show up on Amazon in smaller groups just like the other minis. For example the mini Pterosaur was $115.00 for bulk through Safari (on sale now for $68.99) but on Amazon you can buy 10 for $8.00 plus shipping. Safari also offers Fun packs of 8 for $5.99 but they don't include the raptor just yet. I imagine anyone who collects minis probably knows all this already.

[Paleodude]

I can't tell you happy I am that the mastodon is roughly in scale with the Carnagie mammoth! It really is a piece of art and a great way to start the 2018 line. You really outdid yourself this year Mr. Watson.

[DC]

I am really pleased by the new Raptor GLM. It was on my wish list.  I confess I bought the large bag of GLM Spinosaurus, I should not have but I really wanted it. I will have hard time resisting the temptation on the raptors.  The Pterosaur and raptor make such great additions for dioramas with larger scale figures.

[Reptilia]

That pricing is obviously geared to retailers buying directly from Safari Ltd

Ah ok, sounds right this way.