Flight of Pterosaurs

[SomeRandomPaleoNerd]

Did i just see a flish from the future is wild?

[Bokisaurus]

Did i just see a flish from the future is wild?

Yap you did Abonus figure 

[Libraraptor]

Did i just see a flish from the future is wild?

Yap you did Abonus figure 

Man, I really like that Flish, although it seems highly unrealistic that a "coldblooded" animal like a fish would ever evolve active flight.

[CityRaptor]

Well, it is set 200 million years in a possible future that will either lead to Cthulhu or Splatoon...According to the Wiki:

Like its relatives, the flish is cold-blooded, so it conserves body heat by means of hollow scales which insulate its wing muscles.

[Halichoeres]

Did i just see a flish from the future is wild?

Yap you did Abonus figure 

Man, I really like that Flish, although it seems highly unrealistic that a "coldblooded" animal like a fish would ever evolve active flight.

It could happen! Bluefin tuna use a rete mirabile to save heat, making them essentially endothermic. To a more limited extent, swordfish can dump heat into their heads to keep their eyes and brains warm during dives. I'm not sure anybody knew about that when The Future Is Wild was produced, though.

http://www.reed.edu/biology/professors/srenn/pages/teaching/web_2010/bluefin_tuna_MLSCTA_final/index.html

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

I'd just like some nice, unique 1:40 pterosaurs for my collection. A tapajarid and a dsungaripterid would be nice. Maybe I'll also ask for a rhamphorychoid if I'm firmly on Santa's nice list. I know I might be able to get Kaiyodo's Tapajara somewhere, though not sure how I'll fill up those other two niches in on my shelf. What would really be nice is if Safari would release a pterosaur Toob that skewed more towards smaller species (though I'm sure an obligatory Pteranodon and azhdarchid would have to be represented as well).

[Halichoeres]

I'd just like some nice, unique 1:40 pterosaurs for my collection. A tapajarid and a dsungaripterid would be nice. Maybe I'll also ask for a rhamphorychoid if I'm firmly on Santa's nice list. I know I might be able to get Kaiyodo's Tapajara somewhere, though not sure how I'll fill up those other two niches in on my shelf. What would really be nice is if Safari would release a pterosaur Toob that skewed more towards smaller species (though I'm sure an obligatory Pteranodon and azhdarchid would have to be represented as well).

The Colorata Dsungaripterus is around 1:30. Is that unacceptably large?

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

I'd just like some nice, unique 1:40 pterosaurs for my collection. A tapajarid and a dsungaripterid would be nice. Maybe I'll also ask for a rhamphorychoid if I'm firmly on Santa's nice list. I know I might be able to get Kaiyodo's Tapajara somewhere, though not sure how I'll fill up those other two niches in on my shelf. What would really be nice is if Safari would release a pterosaur Toob that skewed more towards smaller species (though I'm sure an obligatory Pteranodon and azhdarchid would have to be represented as well).

The Colorata Dsungaripterus is around 1:30. Is that unacceptably large?

Oooooh, 1:30's certainly not a problem for a model that pretty! I'm not super strict anyway; as long as the model doesn't immediately pop out as "over-sized" next to my others, then I don't mind.

[Bokisaurus]

PNSO Mini Nyctosaurus - finally a beautiful figure of this odd looking pterosaur!
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[AcroSauroTaurus]

Except the sail theory was debunked a few years ago. So I would've preferred it to just have the crest without the sail. Just my opinion.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

What size is it, Bokisaurus? Can you compare it to, say, the Safari Pteranodon?

[Halichoeres]

I don't have a comparison pic, but it's about 1:10 scale (Nyctosaurus wasn't that big).

[AcroSauroTaurus]

My Pterosaurs (sorry for the poor quality photos, my rooms lighting is terrible)

Figures:
Schleich new Quetzalcoatlus
Safari Dinos Toob Pteranodon
Safari African Pterosaur
Safari Tupandactylus


Figures:
CollectA Quetzalcoatlus
Papo Tupuxuara
Transformers AofE Strafe and mini Swoop (retired)


Figures:
JP3 female Pteranodon and young (retired)
JPDinos young Pteranodon (retired)
JW Dimorphodon (retired)
JW all 3 mini Pteranodon and all 3 mini Dimorphodons (retired)


Figures:
Imaginext giant Pteranodon (retired)
Imaginext Pteranodon (retired)
Lego Dino female Pteranodon (retired)


Figures:
CollectA Mini Pteranodon and Quetzalcoatlus

[BlueKrono]

My fliers:

[Halichoeres]

This thread is missing a lot of newer figures!


CollectA Dimorphodon


PNSO Guidraco


Vitae Zhejiangosaurus

[Bokisaurus]

And this
Papo Quets and friends
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[Shonisaurus]

I credit that Collecta's guidraco is perhaps one of the best figures of toothed pterosaurs made to date if we exclude Safari's rhamphorhinchus, Safari's pterosaur and obviously Collecta's great dimorphodon whose figure is a genius in the history of animal figures prehistoric PVC. In fact it was awarded as the best prehistoric animal figure (not dinosaur) by the prestigious magazine Prehistoric Times.

[ITdactyl]

Didn't know there was a "mini Swoop" in that color variant.

[Halichoeres]

A mysterious "Criorhynchus" (=Ornithocheirus) from an unknown maker.

[Shonisaurus]

Of course this pterosaurus is "low cost", but despite this is a great figure from my point of view, it has hairs on the body, its teeth seem to be well painted, and the same its peak with that red strawberry color and White and the details of the "bat wings" metaphorically speaking are well done.

The red color of the eyes and the back details of the head denote that it is not a leading company and is the weak part of the pterosaur as well as the claws of its legs.

From my point of view it is a figure even much better than many well-known toy companies. It's "low cost" but it's nice in the background.