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Controversial opinions on dinosaur toys

Started by Ravonium, May 21, 2018, 07:39:12 AM

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Quote from: dinofelid on December 02, 2024, 07:42:29 PMAnyone know if CollectA does digital or hand sculpts? This page says they have a sculptor named Mathias Geiger but I don't know if the word "sculptor" could refer to digital sculpts nowadays as well.
They look hand sculpted. You can see that the circular scales on some parts of the body are made by punching a "straw" to the clay. Like in this gecko


BlueKrono


"Anyone know if CollectA does digital or hand sculpts? This page says they have a sculptor named Mathias Geiger but I don't know if the word "sculptor" could refer to digital sculpts nowadays as well."

I wonder how up to date that page is... It mentions him collaborating with Anthony Beeson, who died years ago.
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dinofelid

Quote from: BlueKrono on December 02, 2024, 08:56:03 PM"Anyone know if CollectA does digital or hand sculpts? This page says they have a sculptor named Mathias Geiger but I don't know if the word "sculptor" could refer to digital sculpts nowadays as well."

I wonder how up to date that page is... It mentions him collaborating with Anthony Beeson, who died years ago.


That page may be out of date but I see that on this thread avatar_Concavenator @Concavenator says that the 2023 Mosasaurus was sculpted by Matthias Geiger.

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