Papo: New for 2018

[Archosauria]

The only thing I didn't care for about the Polacanthus is its color scheme.

Other than that I thought it was a good figure.

Note, I do not own it nor have I ever seen it in person, but judging from the photos online, it seems fine.

[terrorchicken]

yes it looks horrible! it doesn't even look like a dinosaur! In fact it looks exactly like a little cute smiling Korean girl! 



but seriously why isnt the pic showing for me?

[Sim]

@terrorchicken: Have you tried clicking on the links Albertosaurus posted in Reply #21 and in Reply #24?  Each has a different photo of the Papo Amargasaurus.  The website the images are hosted by doesn't allow the images to be visible on other websites (that includes this forum) unless they've been stored in the browser's memory previously.  In their place it will show stuff such as what you've described.

[tanystropheus]

Papo's recent dinosaurs (Spino and Amarga) look like animatronics. Even, the Tylo had an animatronics look to it.

[Shonisaurus]

As for the juvenile spinosaurus I disagree. True that it is not a paleontologically correct figure, but it is very detailed and well finished what does not happen with amargasaurus.

In fact I bought everythingdinosaur.co.uk figure and I do not regret having done so. It is a juvenile guy Jurassic Park style but as I say well finished. There is no point in comparing spinosaurus with amargasaurus.

Finally polacanthus foxii from my honest point of view as almost all Papo figures is not paleontologically accurate (which is not the case with other companies like Safari or Collecta to cite two examples within the toy market), but it is very well done and the only imperfection I found in his modeling was the "dislocation" of the tail end. In other things the polacanthus is a mixture of dinosaur and dragon but well detailed, the amargasaurus sincerely for the photos that I have seen is unlike most of the figures of Papo very badly finished and I still do not believe that figure is of Papo , I even thought at first that it was a joke in bad taste.

The sculptor of amargasaurus has nothing to do with the sculptures that the Papo brand has been delighted with this year. It's not Papo's style that I've met so far unfortunately. 

[Appalachiosaurus]

This year doesn't seem to be papo's best...

[Reptilia]

but seriously why isnt the pic showing for me?

Go back to the first post of this thread, you'll see the pictures of both Amargasaurus and Spinosaurus.

[Minmiminime]

but seriously why isnt the pic showing for me?

Go back to the first post of this thread, you'll see the pictures of both Amargasaurus and Spinosaurus.

Ooh, I just took a look, worst fears realised What a shame! Is that a random single spine sticking off the back of its head, like some kind of absurd unicorn? It looks like one of the poorer Chinasaurs. Not Papo's finest moment

[Archosauria]

The sad thing is that I'm probably still going to buy it.

[Reptilia]

Is that a random single spine sticking off the back of its head, like some kind of absurd unicorn?

More likely it's a pair of spines on the back of the head, the first two, then two very close rows of spines connected one with each other by the skin. I'm starting to consider if I should pass on this and other subpar Papos I still don't have, basically Polacanthus and Tylosaurus. The Polacanthus is overall nice, graceful pose, but the weird head-sculpt bothers me a little.

[Neosodon]

Amagosaurus, one of the most beautiful and elegant of all dinosaurs gets a horribly deformed head on not just one but two figures in the same year. Sad, what did it ever do to deserve this.

[X]

Amagosaurus, one of the most beautiful and elegant of all dinosaurs gets a horribly deformed head on not just one but two figures in the same year. Sad, what did it ever do to deserve this.

Beautiful and elegant? Not exactly.

Deformed head that it didn't deserve? Yes.


Also, does anyone notice that animal next to the Baryonyx innthe Amarga picture? It might be a parasaurolophus or a maned mammal. Or maybe it's an already existing figure and I'm insane.

[Jose S.M.]

Is that a random single spine sticking off the back of its head, like some kind of absurd unicorn?

More likely it's a pair of spines on the back of the head, the first two, then two very close rows of spines connected one with each other by the skin. I'm starting to consider if I should pass on this and other subpar Papos I still don't have, basically Polacanthus and Tylosaurus. The Polacanthus is overall nice, graceful pose, but the weird head-sculpt bothers me a little.

I would have bought the Polacanthus as soon as it was available... if it wasn't for that head, I like the sculpt on the upper side of the body and the wrinkly underside doesn't bother me at all but that head is weird, why couldn't they give it a standard nodosaur head 
Both of the upcoming Amargas are passes for me, I hope Papo will have figures like last year's theropods, I'm pretty sure they will.

[Bokisaurus]

  Oh myyyy! I was so excited to hear that Papo is doing an Amargasaurus, it would have been the perfect sauropod for them to make.
Alas, the it was given to the wrong sculptor! What a shame.
The biggest problem I t think is the neck on up. The body looks fine, but the neck is too short, then the head, more than anything is way too big. The spines are big and pretty much the same size with no variation, making it look very awkward and funny, not to mention that single spike on the center that makes it look like a unicorn!
Oh well, what a shame

[tanystropheus]

I wonder if Mr. Seo cringes every time they pass along a Papo to his associates...

[terrorchicken]

@terrorchicken: Have you tried clicking on the links Albertosaurus posted in Reply #21 and in Reply #24?  Each has a different photo of the Papo Amargasaurus.  The website the images are hosted by doesn't allow the images to be visible on other websites (that includes this forum) unless they've been stored in the browser's memory previously.  In their place it will show stuff such as what you've described.

thanks! I see it now...yep thats pretty bad. Looks like one of the chinasaurs in those Animal Planet dino-buckets.

[Reptilia]

When I originally checked the link I mistook the PNSO Amargasaurus for the Papo's, then had a better look and realized that it was the PNSO one. What a let down.

[tanystropheus]

When I originally checked the link I mistook the PNSO Amargasaurus for the Papo's, then had a better look and realized that it was the PNSO one. What a let down.

It's super depressing. Even more depressing since we don't really know for sure if PNSO will release theirs.

Why doesn't the Papo Amargo look like this?:

http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/n-yp39j5/ujq6o/products/685/images/965/carriereamarg2__53978.1384569453.500.750.jpg?c=2

[Reptilia]

Since Papo's quite bad I would probably get the PNSO Amargasaurus instead. Unless Rebor (very unlikely) or Collecta decide to chime in. Or maybe Eofauna, who knows?

[Takama]

Since Papo's quite bad I would probably get the PNSO Amargasaurus instead. Unless Rebor (very unlikely) or Collecta decide to chime in. Or maybe Eofauna, who knows?

Collecta ALredy has Two Diffrent Amargasaurus models