Vitae dinosaurs

[Remko]

Seems fishy to me... What six figures?

Those are the repainted cheaper ones. I've ordered them as well, pretty good money for what you get.

[SidB]

Here is my review of Vitae's Giganotosaurus on Paleo-Nerd. In italian, but I think a translator will do the work: bit.ly/2ZQY16G

Thank you, L @Leyster, for the very informed and detailed article. It certainly makes me value my Vitae figure all the more. It's a must read for students of the Giganotosaurus.

[Leyster]

Here is my review of Vitae's Giganotosaurus on Paleo-Nerd. In italian, but I think a translator will do the work: bit.ly/2ZQY16G

Thank you, L @Leyster, for the very informed and detailed article. It certainly makes me value my Vitae figure all the more. It's a must read for students of the Giganotosaurus.

My pleasure. I tried to incorporate almost everything.

[sauroid]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

[Leyster]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

Well, this depends on how much was asked for it, I suppose.

[SidB]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

It's decently detailed, but rather small, out of scale with the other figures unless you treat it as a subadult.

[Leyster]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

It's decently detailed, but rather small, out of scale with the other figures unless you treat it as a subadult.

Actually, it was probably made with "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" in mind, and not C.tashuikouensis. The 1/10 model show in the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History is 60 cm long, making the model 1/35. "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" is probably a therizinosaurid and anyway the sculpt is not accurate for Chilaintaisaurus, being based on Scott Hartman's Neovenator (an incorrect skeletal that uses megaraptoran bits to complete it), but basically you're buying the scale-down version of the 1/10 model.

[SidB]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

It's decently detailed, but rather small, out of scale with the other figures unless you treat it as a subadult.

Actually, it was probably made with "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" in mind, and not C.tashuikouensis. The 1/10 model show in the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History is 60 cm long, making the model 1/35. "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" is probably a therizinosaurid and anyway the sculpt is not accurate for Chilaintaisaurus, being based on Scott Hartman's Neovenator (an incorrect skeletal that uses megaraptoran bits to complete it), but basically you're buying the scale-down version of the 1/10 model.

So, L @Leyster , would you say that it wouldn't pass for a subadult C. tashuikouensis either?

[Leyster]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

It's decently detailed, but rather small, out of scale with the other figures unless you treat it as a subadult.

Actually, it was probably made with "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" in mind, and not C.tashuikouensis. The 1/10 model show in the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History is 60 cm long, making the model 1/35. "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" is probably a therizinosaurid and anyway the sculpt is not accurate for Chilaintaisaurus, being based on Scott Hartman's Neovenator (an incorrect skeletal that uses megaraptoran bits to complete it), but basically you're buying the scale-down version of the 1/10 model.

So, L @Leyster , would you say that it wouldn't pass for a subadult C. tashuikouensis either?

This depends entirely on what do you think Chilantaisaurus is. This taxon is known from pretty scrappy remains and its phylogenetic position is dubious at best.

This skeletal has it as Megaraptoran, but I doubt it was a Megaraptoran, or (if it was one) it had quite different proportions from what is known about Megaraptorans.

[SidB]

Thanks, L @Leyster , I do believe that I've gotten "the picture." Appreciated.

[Leyster]

Thanks, L @Leyster , I do believe that I've gotten "the picture." Appreciated.

You're welcome

[Dinoguy2]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

It's decently detailed, but rather small, out of scale with the other figures unless you treat it as a subadult.

Actually, it was probably made with "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" in mind, and not C.tashuikouensis. The 1/10 model show in the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History is 60 cm long, making the model 1/35. "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" is probably a therizinosaurid and anyway the sculpt is not accurate for Chilaintaisaurus, being based on Scott Hartman's Neovenator (an incorrect skeletal that uses megaraptoran bits to complete it), but basically you're buying the scale-down version of the 1/10 model.

So, L @Leyster , would you say that it wouldn't pass for a subadult C. tashuikouensis either?

I think basing it on Neovenator is as good a guess as any. Because Vitae tends to sculpt the scrappiest fossil species they can possibly think of, I tend to view them as very beautiful representations of "generic nodosaur", "generic allosauroid", etc. So scale doesn't matter much.

[Leyster]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

It's decently detailed, but rather small, out of scale with the other figures unless you treat it as a subadult.

Actually, it was probably made with "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" in mind, and not C.tashuikouensis. The 1/10 model show in the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History is 60 cm long, making the model 1/35. "Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis" is probably a therizinosaurid and anyway the sculpt is not accurate for Chilaintaisaurus, being based on Scott Hartman's Neovenator (an incorrect skeletal that uses megaraptoran bits to complete it), but basically you're buying the scale-down version of the 1/10 model.

So, L @Leyster , would you say that it wouldn't pass for a subadult C. tashuikouensis either?

I think basing it on Neovenator is as good a guess as any. Because Vitae tends to sculpt the scrappiest fossil species they can possibly think of, I tend to view them as very beautiful representations of "generic nodosaur", "generic allosauroid", etc. So scale doesn't matter much.

They're simply scaled down version of statues commissioned by museum exibits, you can see them at the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History.

[sauroid]

i almost bought the Chilantaisaurus. but at the last minute decided to cancell my order because i thought it just wasnt worth the price.

Well, this depends on how much was asked for it, I suppose.

i thought US$25 was too much for a figure that size and details.

[Prehistory Resurrection]

https://youtu.be/h88UMY0rcCQ
2019 Vitae Teratophoneus review.

[Leyster]

At last I wrote an explanation for Chilantaisaurus scale. You can find it here.

[SenSx]

Did Vitae say anything on their next wave of figures ?
I hope the Suchomimus they teased 3 years ago will finally make it.

[Halichoeres]

They certainly had a lot of prototypes to show back then, although I'm pretty sure the Tiantaisaurus wasn't among them, so it really jumped the line. Who knows what's on the way, but I was pretty excited for the marine reptiles.

[ITdactyl]

For members who've made recent purchases, can you share your favorite Vitae vendor in aliexpress? Please.

[Halzk]

For members who've made recent purchases, can you share your favorite Vitae vendor in aliexpress? Please.

For Vitae products I personally shop at "Model toy Center". I shop at "My Online Toy Store" too but I don't think they sell Vitae products.