Eofauna - new for 2019

[John]

The only thing that EoFauna said was that they like big hadrosaurs,not that they were making one.It was only a fan that mentioned Magnapaulia.So lets not get too swept up in wishful thinking.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

The only thing that EoFauna said was that they like big hadrosaurs,not that they were making one.It was only a fan that mentioned Magnapaulia.So lets not get too swept up in wishful thinking.

He works at Eofauna.

[Brocc21]

This is as good as I can do.

Or you can look for Figures Eofauna on facebook. (Not sure if the image is allowed actually. Can someone help?

Thanks! 

[suspsy]

Magnapaulia certainly would be a great choice.

[PhilSauria]

Magnapaulia; Eofauna if you are reading this - gets my vote. Go for it!

[John]

The only thing that EoFauna said was that they like big hadrosaurs,not that they were making one.It was only a fan that mentioned Magnapaulia.So lets not get too swept up in wishful thinking.

He works at Eofauna.

I am certainly glad to hear that.I have to add my voice to those that support a potential Magnapaulia laticaudus.

[Syndicate Bias]

I don't know much about hadrosaurs or any other stuff relating to herbivores. But I wouldn't mind seeing a Ouranosaurus idk if that's a hadrosaur or is it an iguanodont? Is that the other group called? I forget lol

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

I don't know much about hadrosaurs or any other stuff relating to herbivores. But I wouldn't mind seeing a Ouranosaurus idk if that's a hadrosaur or is it an iguanodont? Is that the other group called? I forget lol

Ouranosaurus is not a Hadrosaur, but it is an Iguanodontian. Hadrosaurids are also Iguanodontians though.

The only thing that EoFauna said was that they like big hadrosaurs,not that they were making one.It was only a fan that mentioned Magnapaulia.So lets not get too swept up in wishful thinking.

He works at Eofauna.

I am certainly glad to hear that.I have to add my voice to those that support a potential Magnapaulia laticaudus.

I hope it does happen, Magnapaulia needs more love. And Eofauna would make a truly beautiful one.

[Jose S.M.]

I would love to see Eofauna's take on large herbivores in general, I think they can make them look very majestic, like their elephants. And hadrosaurs (other than Parasaurolophus) need more love.

[Takama]

I guess im one of a Few who is against a Magnapaulia model.

Because there is not much Known about the Crest shape of the animal.   From my understanding. The Skull is incomplete



What if they  made the model, and then a year or two later new material renders the skull inaccurate? It would be a CollectA Deinochirus Case

If we are going to push for a large Hadrosaur, i say we do Shantungosaurus.

[Shonisaurus]

I would celebrate that they made a magnapaulia a very obscure hadrosaur, in fact I did not know anything about it until I was informed by Internet a magnapaulia on the part of Eofauna would be a correct choice. I would like Eofauna to make an unpublished hadrosaur to date, although I do not care if they make a prosaurolophus, edmontosaurus (with its new version), tsintaosaurus or the huge shantungosaurus. However as Takama says is a dinosaur whose skull is incomplete. It would be more interesting a prosaurolophus, tsintaosaurus, hadrosaurus, shantungosaurus, edmontosaurus or even or olorotitan whose cranial remains are more complete.


These cited hadrosaur figures are very rare in the toy dinosaur market or very little represented by the traditional toy dinosaur brands.

[Sim]

I don't understand why Magnapaulia is getting so much attention.  As far as I'm aware, it's not known if it had a head crest, and if it did what the shape was, since that part of its head is not known.  The rounded crest is based on Corythosaurus, as mentioned in the description here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnapaulia.tif

I remember some time ago Magnapaulia was known as "Lambeosaurus" laticaudus, and its head crest was depicted like that of Lambeosaurus lambei.  I don't see the point of making a hadrosaur with an unknown head shape, instead of the species its appearance is being based on, e.g. a Corythosaurus or Lambeosaurus.


Early on, I thought that since Eofauna was only releasing one figure at a time, each time with a large gap between one figure and the next, it would be unlikely they'd make something I'd like anytime soon. That is exactly how things have gone so far.  Reading some of the posts in this thread from the last five days or so makes me feel even less hopeful.  Though as a consequence, I've changed how I feel about Eofauna.  Previously, I felt Eofauna might make good figures of animals I like.  Now, I expect it to be almost certain that when Eofauna makes a new figure it won't interest me, and if they ever make something I'll like then I'll enjoy that when it happens.

I agree with @Halichoeres et al regarding T. rex. That would be a very boring figure to me.

I agree with this.

And I don't to here anything about "new studies on Daspletosaurus means everyone has to make a new T. rex figure" - I'd rather they just made Daspletosaurus, or any other Tyrannosaurid.

Similar to you, I'd prefer to see Daspletosaurus or another tyrannosauroid known from good fossil remains instead of T. rex.  However, I don't like tyrannosauroids.  Tarbosaurus or Daspletosaurus might interest me if they were made, but if Eofauna made a T. rex I would hope they wouldn't make another tyrannosauroid until they make animals I like.
Similarly, I don't like hadrosaurs or sauropods (except for Shunosaurus).  So if they were to make Magnapaulia, I would think it's a pretty pointless figure but I'd hope they'd make a type of animal I like in the future.  As far as sauropods are concerned... there are many sauropod figures, but when was the last very good figure of a bipedal sauropodomorph?  The answer is never, because there isn't even one!  There's certainly variety among sauropods, but companies have kept making good representations of sauropods and never a really good figure of a bipedal sauropodomorph.  I would be more interested in a good figure of a bipedal sauropodomorph than one of a sauropod.

I also wouldn't be interested in a C. megalodon.

Same here.

I would celebrate that they made a magnapaulia a very obscure hadrosaur, in fact I did not know anything about it until I was informed by Internet a magnapaulia on the part of Eofauna would be a correct choice. I would like Eofauna to make an unpublished hadrosaur to date, although I do not care if they make a prosaurolophus, edmontosaurus (with its new version), tsintaosaurus or the huge shantungosaurus. However as Takama says is a dinosaur whose skull is incomplete. It would be more interesting a prosaurolophus, tsintaosaurus, hadrosaurus, shantungosaurus, edmontosaurus or even or olorotitan whose cranial remains are more complete.


These cited hadrosaur figures are very rare in the toy dinosaur market or very little represented by the traditional toy dinosaur brands.

@Shonisaurus, Hadrosaurus is even more incomplete than Magnapaulia.  Hadrosaurus is only known from these bones: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hadro_bones.JPG

[Shonisaurus]

@Sim Yes I have noticed that the hadrosaurus is an incomplete figure and I have stuck a good scare since I have a fossil remains (real) of an edmontosaurus that cost me in his day more than 400 euros bought from the Museum of Natural Sciences Store of Madrid and I thought that the supplier had deceived my dearest sellers, selling them the spine and ribs of a hadrosaur. Now I have verified that it was an edmontosaurus. I had been scared since there were very few remains of the hadrosaur, I thought we had been cheated by the owners of the store and me.

I have to confess that sometimes my bad memory plays very bad tricks on me, in fact I take herbal medicine to speed up the memory.

What I want to say is that we need Eofauna to make a dinosaur or prehistoric animal obscure and rare in the toy market, little known or unknown but whose fossil remains are quite complete and above all that is an interesting figure. Rectifico I prefer that they make any of the duck-billed dinosaurs that I mentioned with the exception of the hadrosaur that is obviously a practically incomplete species.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

@Sim Interesting. I knew you weren't a fan of Tyrannosauroids (and Allosauroids and Ceratopsids), though I didn't know you didn't really like them at all, or Hadrosaurs, or Sauropods not named Shunosaurus. There aren't any extinct dinosaurs really that I don't like at all. I do think Massospondylus and Aardonyx (which would be nice as its the first dinosaur in the alphabet) would be nice, and a decent Plateosaurus of course. Maybe Riojasaurus. (This is the part where you tell me these ones are all known from poor remains and you'd prefer something else). What other dinosaurs do you like? Do you like Alvarezsaurs?

I still want a Magnapaulia, though I wish its head was known.

[Fembrogon]

I hadn't actually heard of Magnapaulia before; I wouldn't mind that genus getting a toy, but I do agree that one based on more complete remains would be better. I still say Brachylophosaurus would be a good choice.

...Although, if we're talking creatures with only partial remains, I'd probably swoon for a Therizinosaurus or a big Azdarchid Pterosaur. How about a prowling Hatzegopteryx in the vein of Mark Witton's reconstruction? That'd be awesome.

[Syndicate Bias]

I feel the same way too. Every company better make what I LIKE

Honestly aside from the not so serious remark I'd prefer if everyone could get what dinosaur they like made soon. I know the pain of not having options for certain dinos I want. Let's just wait and see what Eofauna has in store for us

[BRONSON]

I am just happy to be surprised on whatever the model companies decide to bring along.

[Halichoeres]

Minmiminime, that was a fantastic and informative review, thank you!

As to the other discussion, obviously EoFauna should do what they want. I'm just saying that I'd buy almost any Mesozoic or Paleozoic animal from them, because, yes, their figures are beautiful, but I have no interest in another Ty***nosaurus. Anyway, it was fun to learn just now that I am not a true collector, evidently!

This is something a fake collector would say!

Damn, I've been found out!

Anyway, I would definitely buy a Magnapaulia. I'm willing to tolerate a little speculation, and anyway it seems like a lot of hadrosaurs in the phylogenetic neighborhood of Magnapaulia looked pretty much like minor variations on Corythosaurus. Speaking of, we haven't had a good Corythosaurus or Hypacrosaurus in a solid decade, so those could be good additions. I also like Fembrogon's suggestion of Brachylophosaurus.

Like Gothmog, there aren't any Mesozoic dinosaurs I don't like, I just wish the efforts to represent them in plastic were a little more evenly spread out. I don't even dislike Ty***nosaurus, I just think a moratorium is in order on new T. r. figures until the rest of the Phanerozoic can catch up a bit. Hadrosaurs are actually one of the better represented groups, which isn't to say there are too many hadrosaur figures--it's just that other groups are much more ignored. Anyway, here's hoping for another foot-based reveal in the near future, whatever it may be.

[suspsy]

A modern reconstruction of Deinosuchus with a broad alligatoroid skull would be VERY welcome in my book.

[Shonisaurus]

A sarcosuchus on the part of Eofauna would be a great figure, just as the deinosuchus are two crocodiles that should be much better represented in the collectible figures and among the prehistoric toy animals.