New DinoToyBlog entries

[Shonisaurus]

B @Bokisaurus My congratulations on your new review. The PNSO sinoceratops is one of my favorite figures this year along with the Itoy paraceratherium. Superb review, as always extensive and accurate.

[suspsy]

My review of the PNSO Indosuchus:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2020/10/15/indosuchus-age-of-the-dinosaurs-by-pnso/

[Shonisaurus]

Nice review of the indosuchus I congratulate you on it, @suspsy

[Halichoeres]

Nice reviews, both of you, but I have to say that the Sinoceratops is so overboard with the cute factor that it kind of creeps me out.

[stargatedalek]

The eyes having whites bothers me greatly, but aside from that the PNSO babies are great.

[indohyus]

Another trip down under with Muttaburrasaurus by Yowie

http://dinotoyblog.com/2020/10/16/muttaburrasaurus-lost-kingdoms-series-a-by-yowie/

[Bokisaurus]

Agreed, I don't like painted on, or in this case printed on, eye reflections either but I guess here it's to amplify the cuteness factor.
Eyes that reflect on their own are still better however.

Why would whites on eyes bother you @stargatedalek ? Majority of animals have them
As for the reflections on the eyes ? @Stolpergeist - those reflections are NOT painted or printed, they are natural reflection captured by the material and would move around depending on where the light source is coming from. Shade the yes and you don't see any reflections at all.

[stargatedalek]

Agreed, I don't like painted on, or in this case printed on, eye reflections either but I guess here it's to amplify the cuteness factor.
Eyes that reflect on their own are still better however.

Why would whites on eyes bother you @stargatedalek ? Majority of animals have them
As for the reflections on the eyes ? @Stolpergeist - those reflections are NOT painted or printed, they are natural reflection captured by the material and would move around depending on where the light source is coming from. Shade the yes and you don't see any reflections at all.

Eye whites are a trait exclusive to mammals. They are an adaptation to allow our eyes to move in their sockets, but other animals can't do that. Hence we see adaptations like owls necks, or chameleons mobile "eye covers" (not sure if they're the literal eye lids or not).

Many dinosaurs and pterosaurs from across groups are preserved with scleral rings like birds and reptiles have. So it's safe to say dinosaurs didn't have eye whites either even if they could have appeared convergently.

[Bokisaurus]

Agreed, I don't like painted on, or in this case printed on, eye reflections either but I guess here it's to amplify the cuteness factor.
Eyes that reflect on their own are still better however.

Why would whites on eyes bother you @stargatedalek ? Majority of animals have them
As for the reflections on the eyes ? @Stolpergeist - those reflections are NOT painted or printed, they are natural reflection captured by the material and would move around depending on where the light source is coming from. Shade the yes and you don't see any reflections at all.

Eye whites are a trait exclusive to mammals. They are an adaptation to allow our eyes to move in their sockets, but other animals can't do that. Hence we see adaptations like owls necks, or chameleons mobile "eye covers" (not sure if they're the literal eye lids or not).

Many dinosaurs and pterosaurs from across groups are preserved with scleral rings like birds and reptiles have. So it's safe to say dinosaurs didn't have eye whites either even if they could have appeared convergently.

I didn't say they had it, I just said majority of animals. But thanks for the lecture

[Stegotyranno420]

@stargatedalek  so you are saying a dinosaur most likely couldnt move its eye based on modern archosaurs.
also, can you show me what a realistic dinosaur eye based on modern science would had looked like. This is very  interesting

[Loon]

Why would whites on eyes bother you @stargatedalek ? Majority of animals have them

Yeah, arthropods are famous for their white eyes

[stargatedalek]

Agreed, I don't like painted on, or in this case printed on, eye reflections either but I guess here it's to amplify the cuteness factor.
Eyes that reflect on their own are still better however.

Why would whites on eyes bother you @stargatedalek ? Majority of animals have them
As for the reflections on the eyes ? @Stolpergeist - those reflections are NOT painted or printed, they are natural reflection captured by the material and would move around depending on where the light source is coming from. Shade the yes and you don't see any reflections at all.

Eye whites are a trait exclusive to mammals. They are an adaptation to allow our eyes to move in their sockets, but other animals can't do that. Hence we see adaptations like owls necks, or chameleons mobile "eye covers" (not sure if they're the literal eye lids or not).

Many dinosaurs and pterosaurs from across groups are preserved with scleral rings like birds and reptiles have. So it's safe to say dinosaurs didn't have eye whites either even if they could have appeared convergently.

I didn't say they had it, I just said majority of animals. But thanks for the lecture

You said majority of animals, which mammals are not, so I thought it was worth going into.

You also asked why it would bother me, so I was explaining why. It bothers me because it's inaccurate and makes them look uncannily mammalian.

@stargatedalek  so you are saying a dinosaur most likely couldnt move its eye based on modern archosaurs.
also, can you show me what a realistic dinosaur eye based on modern science would had looked like. This is very  interesting

Most dinosaur reconstructions don't give them eye whites and so are already following this. They would have looked like the eyes of birds.

[Crackington]

I agree with @Stegotyranno that this is very interesting @stargatedalek , I've learned something today, so thanks for that.👏

It makes me wonder why and when the white, movable eyeball feature would have evolved?! Do all extant mammals have them including, monotremes and insectivores? Does it go back to the Triassic with the synapsid ancestors, or even earlier? I guess it's impossible to tell unless we find a fossilised eyeball, which is probably impossible!

This is what I love about the Forum,  things I've never thought about regularly come up and provide new avenues to look into. Thanks again.

[Loon]

 

B @Bokisaurus Oh, that is good to hear!
I misinterpreted what @stargatedalek said though I agree with her there too, it does make them look a bit cartoony and almost anthropomorphic in an uncanny valley way.
I think cuteness can be achieved by simply making the pupils appear larger while not having the sclera be visible.
Like Puss in Boots in the Shrek movies.

Honestly, these PNSO babies remind me of the new Dumbo movie more than anything.

[Shonisaurus]

B @Bokisaurus Oh, that is good to hear!
I misinterpreted what @stargatedalek said though I agree with her there too, it does make them look a bit cartoony and almost anthropomorphic in an uncanny valley way.
I think cuteness can be achieved by simply making the pupils appear larger while not having the sclera be visible.
Like Puss in Boots in the Shrek movies.

Honestly, these PNSO babies remind me of the new Dumbo movie more than anything.

I honestly like both PNSO dinosaur baby figures although I honestly see them as very childish figures, both figures look like both the baby tyrannosaurus and the baby of sinoceratops, plush figures made in this case with PVC material. That's not to say that the PNSO dinosaur baby figures are very well made and of high quality, although I have observed the inevitable seams characteristic of a PVC figure in the PNSO sinoceratops with stitching on their arms especially.

[suspsy]

UKRD Pteranodon:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2020/10/18/pteranodon-ukrd/

[Libraraptor]

UKRD Pteranodon:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2020/10/18/pteranodon-ukrd/

I have one, and it is really ugly. But somehow I like it. I am afraid of giving it away, it won't probably find a new owner for it is so ugly

[Funk]

Yeah, I was wondering about their Dimetrodon too, I have it somewhere, so I'll see if I can review it...

[Funk]

Hehe, we can exchange photos when we find them! I think most of the UKRD toys need reviews, actually, I have a bunch lying around that are not on the blog yet.

[Funk]

There were also glow in the dark skeleton versions (and some that didn't glow) of the figures of the same size and poses, I can't find photos of those skeletons online, though, anyone else know about them? I'll try to review them along with their figures if I get the time...