Recent Acquisitions

[JohannesB]

@Archosaur looks like an interesting book, might have to check that one out myself.

This might sound strange, but the lightheartedness and the humor are something I love about this book, it makes for very nice reading. Also, it finds a great middle ground between assuming the reader is intelligent but not burying the reader under heaps of facts and jargon. It has tons of wonderful illustrations too. It is really a great introductory textbook for non-science majors (and other enthusiasts, I would say), "organized through the lens of phylogenetic systematics", focussing not so much on dates, names and places, but on "the creative synthesis of these data", or the process of scientific reasoning and discovery. As such, you will not find comprehensive lists of dinosaur species etc. (it is not an encyclopedia.) It may be expensive (textbooks like this always are, I guess), but it is completely worth it.

[Shonisaurus]

@MLMjp  My congratulations on your new acquisition Mattel JP / JW figures are interesting.

@Archosaur  My congratulations on your tarbosaurus, without a doubt highly tempting figure that is superior to its Favorite counterpart in limited version and in the 2020 version.

[Roselaar]

Got a really big box in today. It included two older JW items I still needed:



It also contained my long anticipated first batch of BotM Ceratopsians. Oh my, are they gorgeous! I think I have new favorites in terms of dinosaur toys, these are just amazing in every respect!



I'm gonna open these one Ceratopsian a day, to make me not overdose on dinosaur goodness. 

[Mellow Stego]

Amazing haul @Roselaar!!



As for me I lucked out at Target today.

[Shonisaurus]

Hello guys:

I just took some pictures of my new acquisitions after months of drought. I know that the images are not good because I use natural light and not artificial light since the "barbarians" of the electricity companies allied to the politicians of my nation (I do not differentiate any political ideology) are economically penalizing consumers like me, they are definitely doing their best with homeowners, and I prefer to do a "war economy" because you never know. Step of spending electricity.

Due to my brutal rheumatism that has me condemned to wear a cane and a girdle, I have not been able to take these photographs for weeks, but now I publish them.

They are the two paint versions of Eofauna triceratops, spinosaurus from Safari 2020 and mapusaurus from Collecta 2020. Hope you like them.

Many more photographs and you are published in "Shonisaurus collection"

[Dusty Wren]

@Mellow Stego, are those the Snap Squad dinos? That grumpy-looking Stego is adorable.

@Shonisaurus, congrats on getting both versions of the Eofauna Trike! They look awesome together.

These two Qualia dinos arrived on my doorstep today:



They're both charming little figures, but the Lambeosaurus is especially nice. Kind of wish I had a whole lineup of mini hadrosaurs for my desk now.

Special thanks to @brettnj for making this happen, and for going above and beyond to make sure I got the best price on shipping. Highly recommend dropping him a line if you need anything from Japan. 

[Rexy]

Picked up these two today, the CollectA 2020 Megalosaurus and the Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous Roar Attack Baryonyx. I've got the Megalosaurus that CollectA brought out in 2009 and, personally, I prefer the patterns and colouring on the new one. I think it looks more realistic.

[Shonisaurus]

@Mellow Stego My congratulations, those Qualia dinosaurs are very pretty. It's amazing how many dinosaur companies exist today including defunct vintage companies whose figures can be found on eBay for example. And it's true, the Eofauna figures are lovely and the factory material relentlessly good, not just the sculpture and painting that are taken for granted to be one hundred percent outstanding.

@Rexy   My congratulations, in September I will have my megalosaurus from Collecta 2021 thanks to Alcaiceria. Thanks for sharing, they are whimsical figures. I like that baryonyx better even if I don't consume JP / JW figures.

[sauroid]

finally got the beautiful PNSO Yutyrannus.

[SidB]

It's a handsome piece. That's what Rebor should have done

[sauroid]

S @SidB agreed. wasted opportunity. hope they improve/update their Yutyrannus in the future.

[Carnoking]

Huge thank you to @Bread for this awesome set at an awesome price! Been hunting for the original Fallen Queen for a little over a year now so it's great to finally have the two as a pair.







Really hope REBOR gets back into doing these kinds of pieces with their improved methods. Honestly, their older models were never the prettiest but the level of storytelling you could achieve with the various sets makes for awesome display potential.

Really looking forward to posing the Fallen Queen with their updated T. rex. Now if only they could release a certain Trike figure....

[Psittacoraptor]

@Dusty Wren That Lambeosaurus looks really nice and detailed for such a small figure. Interesting bipedal pose, as well.

[Bread]

Dang, your photos do this set justice @Carnoking, I am glad they made it safe and are now in a good home. I also agree about Rebor, they need to do some more of these set ideas.

[sauroid]

would you consider the King T. rex as a JP/JW style rex or an intermediate between the movie rex and a semi accurate rendition?

[Stegotyranno420]

The latter option

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

finally got the beautiful PNSO Yutyrannus.

beautiful acquisition @sauroid

[Bread]

would you consider the King T. rex as a JP/JW style rex or an intermediate between the movie rex and a semi accurate rendition?

Definitely a more JP style but on steroids. Nothing wrong with that, I still think it is a beautiful model.

Also, congratulations on the pickup of the Yutyrannus. A beautiful model indeed by PNSO!

[Carnoking]

would you consider the King T. rex as a JP/JW style rex or an intermediate between the movie rex and a semi accurate rendition?

There's next to nothing about it that says accurate rex to me but I do definitely see some JP aesthetics coming through, so I would say the former the option.

[Fembrogon]

Lots of great acquisitions as always here. @Faelrin, your case is especially nice; it's great to see the community look out for each other. I'm also excited to see Oakley starting to arrive; I also backed the Kickstarter, so hopefully mine will be arriving any day now!