Rebor 1:35 "Tyrannosaurus rex" Vanilla Ice

[ZoPteryx]

*sigh* So since this thing is undoubtedly awesomebro, they'll probably rush it to market before their prehistoric crocs or herbivorous dinos, assuming those are still even in the plans... 

[tanystropheus]

This would have been regarded as a very cool project if they only released an anatomically correct Rex first.

[Shadowknight1]

This would have been regarded as a very cool project if they only released an anatomically correct Rex first.

Exactly.

[suspsy]

This would have been regarded as a very cool project if they only released an anatomically correct Rex first.

What difference would it have made? It's still a completely made up movie creature taking the place of a real dinosaur statue.

[tanystropheus]

This would have been regarded as a very cool project if they only released an anatomically correct Rex first.

What difference would it have made? It's still a completely made up movie creature taking the place of a real dinosaur statue.

The difference is that I would be more willing to buying it rather than holding out. And, I do collect movie creatures as well as real dinosaur statues, so these products certainly cater to me at some level or another.

[Shonisaurus]

I sincerely buy Rebor figures regardless of whether they are fictional figures in many cases because they are well finished and presented. 

What I do not like about the Rebor figures that you have articulated members, I would prefer that Rebor's philosophy was based on dinosaurs and prehistoric animals totally static without joints, because unfortunately the articulated and removable members like the arms and that I am very careful and I have them exposed in shelves (examples of inonychus or "Clan Cerberus" have problems of stability and their arms tend to fall from the figure unfortunately). That does not mean that their figures are very finished without seams and have a nice texture.

I would prefer Rebor's philosophy to be a bit more conservative in the realization of prehistoric animals. For example the acrocanthoaurus, pair of dimorphodon, ceratosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, yutyrannus or compsognathus are pretty cool figures although they have the articulated jaw, another thing is the later prehistoric animals with removable arms.

[tanystropheus]

You have a good point.
REBOR's articulation often compromises the stability of the figure.
I like how Papo executes articulated figures. It is near seamless with very few exceptions. It also has zero effect on the stability of the figure.

[Reptilia]

I hope the picture is showing the model at an early stage, and the finalized version will have a better pose, it looks way too boring positioned like that. It could make a nice pair with a badass "Gigantopithecus" figure, I can already envision plenty of outraged comments about scientific inaccuracy, awesombrosness and lawsuits! 

[Joey]

Oh no, this is Rebor's worst in my opinion.
This only belongs in a 'pop-culture' shelf along with other kong merchandise.

[Kaprosaurus]

I hope the picture is showing the model at an early stage, and the finalized version will have a better pose, it looks way too boring positioned like that. It could make a nice pair with a badass "Gigantopithecus" figure, I can already envision plenty of outraged comments about scientific inaccuracy, awesombrosness and lawsuits! 

Don't give them ideas!

[Joey]

Prototype images of the Vast-a...I mean Vanilla Ice "T-Rex", and yes this thing is actually probably going to be an actual product. I also found these images on their FaceBook page.

[ZoPteryx]

Teeth and jaws look like a Goliath Tigerfish! 

[Faelrin]

That overuse of texture really is not appealing to me. Granted this isn't the first time they've had a figure done like that (the Acrocanthosaurus, and Carnotaurus, for example), but I think this is probably the worst case of it so far. It seriously looks like they just overlapped the larger scutes on the smaller scales. Considering this was sculpted digitally I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be the case.

[Takama]

I think it looks like the Scales on a model they bashed in the past.

The Safari Acrocanthosaurus

[Rain]

Yeah, the detailing doesn't look that great. Maybe its because they're not physically sculpting their figures anymore?

[stargatedalek]

The detail looks fine to me, it's the design that's to blame. Even the smaller scales are very large which makes their repetition that much more grating, nothing to do with digital vs physical.

[Rain]

The detail looks fine to me, it's the design that's to blame. Even the smaller scales are very large which makes their repetition that much more grating, nothing to do with digital vs physical.

That's sorta what I meant, sorry. I know nothing about digital sculpting but I assumed it's because they're "copy and pasting" the same scale texture over and over as opposed to individually sculpting each scale, they way they've done for their previous figures.

Though, l'm not sure if you can even do that lol.

[Reptilia]

Wanna see how the final product looks like, painted and everything, before judging. But the main problem is the boring stance, if it's confirmed like in the original picture. I'm not a fan of King Kong, so I'm no potential buyer, but I'm curious to see how it will turn out.

[stargatedalek]

The detail looks fine to me, it's the design that's to blame. Even the smaller scales are very large which makes their repetition that much more grating, nothing to do with digital vs physical.

That's sorta what I meant, sorry. I know nothing about digital sculpting but I assumed it's because they're "copy and pasting" the same scale texture over and over as opposed to individually sculpting each scale, they way they've done for their previous figures.

Though, l'm not sure if you can even do that lol.

In theory you can do that, but that alone wouldn't cause the problem. Nature itself even "copy-pastes" most of the scales on an animal (especially lizards). The problem stems from the scales being so large compared to the animal. These scales are even larger than scales on actual living reptiles the same size as the figure, to say nothing of keeping them in scale for a large dinosaur. This leads to them failing to create a convincing "flow" across the animals surface, they almost clash with the animals own movement looking like it's wearing chain mail.

[EmperorDinobot]

    "He's the rex we collectors deserve, but not the one we need right now. So people will criticise him. Because he has to take it. Because he's not our scientifically accurate dinosaur. He's a silent paleoart. A watchful predator. A true awesomebro."


Wow. No.