Safari Ltd - new for 2019

[Vidusaurus]

The lips thing kinda makes sense but I still think the teeth should be visible when it's mouth is open like that. Should have made them at least sharp looking so it stands out better but they look like human teeth. Carno looks like an old man to me.

I'm a big fan of it design-wise, I think it gives it a suitably "jowly" look, kind of like a big dog.

[Sauropelta]

Improved wild safari design when I get it. Will look better with paint.

[tanystropheus]

The lips thing kinda makes sense but I still think the teeth should be visible when it's mouth is open like that. Should have made them at least sharp looking so it stands out better but they look like human teeth. Carno looks like an old man to me.

They should allow you to manually roll up the lips and palpate the teeth.

[Minmiminime]

That's freaky, I had a micro-doze on the bus home and awoke sharply with the fleeting but deeply peculiar sense that I was the Giganotosaurus, and my gran was doing just that to me 🙃

[tanystropheus]

That's freaky, I had a micro-doze on the bus home and awoke sharply with the fleeting but deeply peculiar sense that I was the Giganotosaurus, and my gran was doing just that to me 🙃

Your gran was rolling up your lips and palpating your teeth? What a weird dream!

[Minmiminime]

I'm guessing an unfortunate combination of insomnia and the day's events created the right conditions for such weirdness 🙈 I guess the "lips debate" has had me thinking but why it manifested itself that way...Still, I'm always delighted to dream that I am a dinosaur 😹

It can't be long now until this collection is released, and the Styracosaurus is a cert on my list. I am unfortunately going to have to be far more selective in future, I may even have to offload some of my collection or archive them. Luckily, I have a young nephew who is already showing signs of fascination with the natural world, so I may be able to keep them in the family. Stunning and desirable as these new Safari models are, a lot of them have to go on the "hopefully someday" list. The Carnotaurus is very tempting too, though...

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

I guess I'll have to wait another year to see if I'll ever get a Koolasuchus. 
Before anyone says anything, it's definitely not super obscure at this point! It was in Walking With Dinosaurs, Disney's Dinosaur, and just this last year, it was included in Jurassic World: Alive (AKA Pokemon Go but with dinosaurs), and was the subject of an entire episode of PBS Eons!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGthtRZl8B0

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

I guess I'll have to wait another year to see if I'll ever get a Koolasuchus. 
Before anyone says anything, it's definitely not super obscure at this point! It was in Walking With Dinosaurs, Disney's Dinosaur, and just this last year, it was included in Jurassic World: Alive (AKA Pokemon Go but with dinosaurs), and was the subject of an entire episode of PBS Eons!

Of course, if Doug and Safari didn't mind going more obscure, I also would not object to Prionosuchus! It got front-cover treatment in Abbey Howard's recent book.

[suspsy]

Has Safari ever done a prehistoric amphibian? CollectA certainly hasn't!

[postsaurischian]

I guess I'll have to wait another year to see if I'll ever get a Koolasuchus. 

I can highly recommend the one released by Dan:
http://stores.dansdinosaurs.com/koolasuchus-resin-kit-by-dans-dinosaurs/

[Halichoeres]

Has Safari ever done a prehistoric amphibian? CollectA certainly hasn't!

They have but only the fossil frog from the Ancient Fossils Toob. Precious few companies have made live prehistoric amphibians. Kaiyodo, Play Visions, Bullyland, Yowie, Starlux, and whoever made the Dawn of the Dinosaurs set. You could add in Yujin and Paleozoo if you include stem-tetrapods, or Schleich if you include the frog that was in the advent calendar and volcano playset. I might be missing a couple of companies, but if so they're fairly obscure ones.

[Shonisaurus]

Unfortunately, prehistoric amphibians are one of the most ignored species in the toy market. Fortunately, I already have on my shelves the entire amphibian collection of Play Visions and the mastodonsaurus of Bullyland. Honestly I have to recognize that prehistoric amphibians are figures of prehistoric and extinct animals that would have very little success in the toy market among the public especially children and even among the adult public (collectors). This may be one of the reasons why no mark of prehistoric animals is encouraged to make such figures that sincerely for me would be highly desired.

[Gwangi]

I'm surprised that no one has at least made a Diplocaulus.

[Brocc21]

I'm surprised that no one has at least made a Diplocaulus.

In hoops and dinomans dinosaur stories (he made a new video with his bro rewatching it) he has a diplocaulus. He doesn't know where he got it. He said it was from a yard sale. It's a chinasaur but I think it looks pretty good. Don't know if you could track it down though.

[Gwangi]

I'm surprised that no one has at least made a Diplocaulus.

In hoops and dinomans dinosaur stories (he made a new video with his bro rewatching it) he has a diplocaulus. He doesn't know where he got it. He said it was from a yard sale. It's a chinasaur but I think it looks pretty good. Don't know if you could track it down though.

Interesting, let the hunt begin. I believe there are plush ones out there too.

[Sim]

Interesting, let the hunt begin. I believe there are plush ones out there too.

There's a few more Diplocaulus figures too, as can be seen here: http://toyanimal.info//index.php?title=Diplocaulus

[tanystropheus]

Animals such as Diplocaulus, Dimetrodon or Edaphosaurus have an 'extant' look about them.

[Shonisaurus]

But the dimetrodon and edaphosaurus I think are reptiles like I call reptiles with mammalian characteristics. They have nothing to do with the diplocaulus which is an amphibian.

The diplocaulus is unfortunately not as successful in sales as the edaphosaurus is to a lesser extent and in a superlative measure the dimetrodon is one of the most represented prehistoric animals in the toy market, perhaps because it has the characteristics of a carnivore with such teeth. prominent that makes many people not understood in high degree think it is a kind of dinosaur.

Both diplocaulus and edahphosaurus are unfortunately not as successful. In fact Bullyland marketed one and I think it has not been very successful. The diplocaulus except Play Visions and Asian companies that I remember
  There are not many representations of this emblematic amphibian for reasons of commercialization.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

Diplocaulus would be fun too! Though to be honest I'm one of those 1:40 scale freaks, and so I'm pulling for Koolasuchus or Prionosuchus so that they can fit better into my collection. 

[Sauropelta]

Diplocaulus would be fun too! Though to be honest I'm one of those 1:40 scale freaks, and so I'm pulling for Koolasuchus or Prionosuchus so that they can fit better into my collection. 

1:40 scale Diplocaulus would be tiny. They're only around 3.3 feet long. You'd probably lose it under a couch or something.