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Dilopho

#1940
January 16, 2017, 04:32:02 PM
Did you guys ever get my Alioramus review email? I sent it before new years but everything is hard without a computer for me so I had to send it to myself then forward it to you.

suspsy

#1941
January 16, 2017, 05:00:58 PM
Quote from: Dilopho on January 16, 2017, 04:32:02 PM
Did you guys ever get my Alioramus review email? I sent it before new years but everything is hard without a computer for me so I had to send it to myself then forward it to you.

Yes.
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suspsy

#1942
January 16, 2017, 10:21:36 PM
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Halichoeres

#1943
January 16, 2017, 10:24:12 PM
Quote from: BlueKrono on January 16, 2017, 03:17:04 AM
Quote from: Halichoeres on January 16, 2017, 02:06:07 AM
Wild Safari Tylosaurus: http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/01/16/14365/

AWESOME. My only critique of this figure would be the scaliness. I think the previous version got it right, simplified as it is. For marine animals without a mucousy coating like fish a super smooth texture is ideal for hydrodynamics, a la cetaceans.

In 2009 someone named Kaddumi contributed a book chapter (in Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas) that described skin impressions from a mosasaur. It was completely scaled, with smooth scales on the underside and keeled ones up top. The scales on the figure are probably too large, but I don't mind that myself--it's sort of like scale impressionism. These guys made the marine transition in what appears to be a very short time, so they didn't go as far as the sauropterygians in adapting their integument. But keeled scales could conceivably work like shark denticles, creating tiny vortices that allow laminar flow around a shallow boundary layer hugging the skin.

The Carnegie is a really elegant figure, and I think the decision not to show scales is a defensible one, given the size the scales would have to be to be completely true to life. I found it really hard to choose which Tylosaurus to keep on my shelf, but in the end I opted for the new one, mainly on the strength of the tail fluke.
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suspsy

#1944
January 18, 2017, 01:24:36 PM
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Gwangi

#1945
January 19, 2017, 10:29:49 PM

Libraraptor

#1946
January 19, 2017, 11:20:37 PM
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Flaffy

#1947
January 20, 2017, 01:12:19 AM
Big fan of them Paleozoic Pals, hope they make more.
I missed their previous campaigns...

Gwangi

#1948
January 20, 2017, 01:14:28 AM
Quote from: FlaffyRaptors on January 20, 2017, 01:12:19 AM
Big fan of them Paleozoic Pals, hope they make more.
I missed their previous campaigns...

You can still get them on their web site.
http://www.priweb.org/paleopals/store.php

suspsy

#1949
January 20, 2017, 01:57:44 PM
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Killekor

#1950
January 20, 2017, 02:23:50 PM Last Edit: January 20, 2017, 02:24:02 PM by Killekor
Bigger than a camarasaurus,
and with a bite more stronger that the T-Rex bite,
Ticamasaurus is certainly the king of the Jurassic period.

With Balaur feet, dromaeosaurus bite, microraptor wings, and a terrible poison, the Deinoraptor Dromaeonychus is a lethal enemy for the most ferocious hybrid too.

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My Dioramas Thread: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5195.0

My Collection Thread: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5438

suspsy

#1951
January 22, 2017, 03:13:16 PM
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DinoLord

#1952
January 22, 2017, 03:42:24 PM

DinoLord

#1954
January 22, 2017, 04:37:53 PM
The nuchal hump looks a bit large for a parrotfish. I would think it's a flowerhorn but I haven't seen many with that coloration.

Whatever its identity I'm definitely a fan of reviews including photos of toys/figures interacting with the real world!

Gwangi

#1955
January 22, 2017, 04:40:05 PM

Libraraptor

#1956
January 24, 2017, 07:57:25 AM

BlueKrono

#1957
January 24, 2017, 08:07:28 AM
Quote from: Libraraptor on January 24, 2017, 07:57:25 AM
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/01/24/moschops-white-post/

White Post Moschops. Enjoy!

I'm so glad you appreciate it so much. Now I'm sure it ended up with the right person.  ^-^
We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free." - King Kong, 2005

Libraraptor

#1958
January 24, 2017, 10:48:51 AM
Quote from: BlueKrono on January 24, 2017, 08:07:28 AM
Quote from: Libraraptor on January 24, 2017, 07:57:25 AM
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/01/24/moschops-white-post/

White Post Moschops. Enjoy!

I'm so glad you appreciate it so much. Now I'm sure it ended up with the right person.  ^-^

^-^ ^-^

suspsy

#1959
January 24, 2017, 11:26:03 AM
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