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[ceratopsian]

The sculpt is great... so it's a perfect candidate for a repaint... 

My thoughts exactly.  I had the Guidraco repainted by Martin Garratt and I've been planning to do the same with the Dimorphodon.

[Reptilia]

Before reading the review I thought the Dimorphodon was already out, I hope the second wave of Collectas will be released soon, can't wait to see more of the Uintatherium. I really cannot say enough times that this year Collecta outdone all other companies, incredible work.

Suspsy, a comparison shot with a large Papo (Brachiosaurus or Baryonyx, for example) would be very welcome, to have a sense of how big is that pterosaur. Not owning any of the Collectas pictured in your review I can't actually understand its size.

[Halichoeres]

Here it is, my review of CollectA's Supreme Dimorphodon!
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/05/29/dimorphodon-supreme-by-collecta/

I wonder why they decided to give it a yellow body but gray patagium. I can't think of a single bat species that has these two in drastically different colors.

I dunno, the western yellow bat kinda looks like that:



And at any rate there's a good chance Dimorphodon would have had full color vision and more pigments than pheomelanin and eumelanin, in which case the color limitations of bats would apply less.

Nevertheless, I agree that most mass-produced figures look better when expertly repainted.

[Patrx]

I'm really not a pterosaur expert by any means, but shouldn't the wing be one contiguous surface - arm, finger, and patagium together - because of the air sacs and musculature? It always looks weird to me to have a sharp visual distinction like a bat wing.

[stargatedalek]

I'm really not a pterosaur expert by any means, but shouldn't the wing be one contiguous surface - arm, finger, and patagium together - because of the air sacs and musculature? It always looks weird to me to have a sharp visual distinction like a bat wing.

That would make the arms and legs unable to move if it was one fused surface. The membrane would require a fair bit of slack in order to not restrict the animals articulation. Pterosaur wings should always be at least two surfaces, the leading edge and the hind edge, and then either one between the two legs or one between each leg and the tail.

[Patrx]

Pterosaur wings should always be at least two surfaces, the leading edge and the hind edge, and then either one between the two legs or one between each leg and the tail.

Thanks for the diagram, that elucidates things a great deal! I was, somewhat clumsily, alluding to the look that Witton and others usually give pterosaur wings, where the soft tissue and air sacs bulk out the arm and the patagium usually blends with it visually rather than being starkly demarcated like the wings of a bat. Seeing the structure in cross-section is very helpful.

[Faelrin]

I really like this Dimorphodon, ever since I first saw it revealed. I may have missed it in the review, but how big (or small) is it? Can't wait for the CollectA prehistoric marine tube thing to come out too.

[suspsy]

I really like this Dimorphodon, ever since I first saw it revealed. I may have missed it in the review, but how big (or small) is it?

I included the measurements in the second paragraph.

[suspsy]

Baby Parasaurolophus from Wild Safari:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/05/31/parasaurolophus-babywild-safari-by-safari-ltd/

[suspsy]

Rexy breaks out:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/06/02/tyrannosaurus-rex-breakout-rex-by-chronicle-collectibles/

[Reptilia]

Ah, to be rich...

[stargatedalek]

Pterosaur wings should always be at least two surfaces, the leading edge and the hind edge, and then either one between the two legs or one between each leg and the tail.

Thanks for the diagram, that elucidates things a great deal! I was, somewhat clumsily, alluding to the look that Witton and others usually give pterosaur wings, where the soft tissue and air sacs bulk out the arm and the patagium usually blends with it visually rather than being starkly demarcated like the wings of a bat. Seeing the structure in cross-section is very helpful.

The look Witton goes for isn't inaccurate or anything, but it's important to keep in mind that that's his art style showing through. The wings look more like a continuous surface because that's how he blends the colours and does the lighting, it doesn't mean the different sections of the membrane can't be demarcated in life.


This fairly recent piece by him still shows demarcation similar to the CollectA Dimorphodon, but you have to look closely because the way he uses colours and lighting makes it hard to see.

[suspsy]

The mighty CollectA Deluxe Styracosaurus:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/06/04/styracosaurus-deluxe-by-collecta/

[Derek.McManus]

Very impressive figure thanks for the review!

[laticauda]

I apologize in advance as I ......, well lets just say I decided to try and be a little creative on this one.

I present the Tyco Stegosaurus.

http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/06/06/stegosaurus-smithsonian-institution-by-tyco/

[suspsy]

Wow, it's come to this already. I give you my 150th review!

http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/06/06/tyrannosaurus-rex-sue-plush-by-field-museum-of-natural-history/

This hereby marks the end of weekly reviews from me, as I am slowly but surely reaching the very end of my prehistoric stock. I'll be doing them bi-weekly until I finally run out. After that, it'll just be as opportunity permits! 

[suspsy]

Starlux Neanderthal:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/06/10/neanderthal-starlux/

[suspsy]

My review of the Blue Velociraptor by Papo:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/06/19/velociraptor-blue-versionpapo/

[suspsy]

The small Spinosaurus from Recur:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/06/27/spinosaurus-smallrecur/

[suspsy]

My review of the small Schleich Saichania:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2017/07/03/saichania-smallconquering-the-earth-by-schleich/