Paleozoo - new for 2019

[Halichoeres]

New items available in Paleozoo's shop:

Acanthostega:



Dunkleosteus:



Eryops:



Fractofusus:



Pikaia with Vauxia:



Available here, along with their other models: http://paleozoo.com.au/shop.php

[tanystropheus]

New items available in Paleozoo's shop:

Acanthostega:



Pikaia with Vauxia:



Available here, along with their other models: http://paleozoo.com.au/shop.php

Do they really look like that!? They look real 

[RobinGoodfellow]

Also these 2 models are new for 2019:



http://paleozoo.com.au/shop.php#!/Eryops/p/132611569/category=0




http://paleozoo.com.au/shop.php#!/Fractofusus/p/132640795/category=0

[postsaurischian]

About 4 months ago I told Bruce Curry that after Mandageria and Tiktaalik I'd love to see an Acanthostega or Ichthyostega from Paleozoo.
He answered that he was working on Eryops but expected to be working on Acanthostega early in 2019.
And here they are! I didn't expect them to be released so fast . Wonderful!
I have immediately ordered the Acanthostega. Nice unexpected colours .
The only thing that is not so good are these discs under the tetrapods' feet. But in this case I can live with it.

[Chad]

Thanks for the heads up. I love the Acanthostega but I already have a couple of versions of that genus so I went with the Mandageria instead. And because there is something wrong with me I had to get the Funisia and the Go-Go fish, too. I've got the Yowie Go-Go, but this one is so much more superior that I couldn't resist. If anyone is on the fence about Paleozoo, don't be, his stuff is great. And keep in mind that the exchange rate between AUD and USD is 0.70 so a figure that costs 55 AUD is only 38 dollars American. And crap, I just realized I forgot to order the Fractofuscus.

--Chad

[Halichoeres]

Ah, thanks @RobinGoodfellow. This was the first time that there were enough models in Paleozoo's shop to spill onto a second page, so I didn't click through. Added to first post.

Thanks for the heads up. I love the Acanthostega but I already have a couple of versions of that genus so I went with the Mandageria instead. And because there is something wrong with me I had to get the Funisia and the Go-Go fish, too. I've got the Yowie Go-Go, but this one is so much more superior that I couldn't resist. If anyone is on the fence about Paleozoo, don't be, his stuff is great. And keep in mind that the exchange rate between AUD and USD is 0.70 so a figure that costs 55 AUD is only 38 dollars American. And crap, I just realized I forgot to order the Fractofuscus.

--Chad

Agreed, these are gorgeous pieces and definitely worth the price. Right now I only have Tiktaalik, Mandageria, and Remigolepis, but I think in time I will succumb to the temptation of some of the others.

[Shonisaurus]

Paleozoo figures worth collecting are very well finished figures. His sculpture is brutally good.

The eryops is the one I like the most.

[SBell]

New items available in Paleozoo's shop:

Acanthostega:



Pikaia with Vauxia:



Available here, along with their other models: http://paleozoo.com.au/shop.php

Do they really look like that!? They look real 

I've got the tiktaalik and lobe fin, and yes, they look like that.

[bmathison1972]

Awe man, if that Pikaia/Vauxia duo was only smaller!

[Flaffy]

I wish Paleozoo did regular, smaller sized and more affordable figures.

[RobinGoodfellow]

I wish Paleozoo did regular, smaller sized and more affordable figures.

Paleozoo figures are not pvc, not hand-painted nor mass-produced.
They are 3D printed in color (by Shapeways third-party service) and realized in relatively small quantities.
And quality is really high.
For what they are, they're not expensive at all.
An example: Sarcopterygian is a 250mm high detailed figure.
Price is 89 AUD (=55 euro / 65 USD ).
A resin figure with same size would be much more expensive.
And a pvc figure would not have the same quality.
So.....

[Flaffy]

I wish Paleozoo did regular, smaller sized and more affordable figures.

Paleozoo figures are not pvc, not hand-painted nor mass-produced.
They are 3D printed in color (by Shapeways third-party service) and realized in relatively small quantities.
And quality is really high.
For what they are, they're not expensive at all.
An example: Sarcopterygian is a 250mm high detailed figure.
Price is 89 AUD (=55 euro / 65 USD ).
A resin figure with same size would be much more expensive.
And a pvc figure would not have the same quality.
So.....

But that's what I want, I would gladly sacrifice some details and quality for a cheaper, more affordable PVC figure. Maybe I should've specified "regular", meaning PVC.

[RobinGoodfellow]

I wish Paleozoo did regular, smaller sized and more affordable figures.

Paleozoo figures are not pvc, not hand-painted nor mass-produced.
They are 3D printed in color (by Shapeways third-party service) and realized in relatively small quantities.
And quality is really high.
For what they are, they're not expensive at all.
An example: Sarcopterygian is a 250mm high detailed figure.
Price is 89 AUD (=55 euro / 65 USD ).
A resin figure with same size would be much more expensive.
And a pvc figure would not have the same quality.
So.....

But that's what I want, I would gladly sacrifice some details and quality for a cheaper, more affordable PVC figure. Maybe I should've specified "regular", meaning PVC.

I still prefer high quality figures.
For pvc, cheap and mass-produced figures there are yet companies like Safari or Collecta.
They are great for that...

[Halichoeres]

For my part, I just wish more companies paid attention to the Paleozoic. Paleozoo figures can coexist with cheaper PVC versions of the same taxa, but at the moment it is the only option for many of these.

[Halichoeres]

Paleozoo has updated their Dunkleosteus:



Available here: https://paleozoo.com.au/shop.php#!/Dunkleosteus/p/56900305/category=0

[stargatedalek]

Interesting gill placement, I've never seen that before.

[Paleozoo]

I thought that the gills were covered by the operculum - or equivalent in placoderms. (?)

If you mean the lower red flush - that could possibly be reduced a little bit in its extent but it was intended to highlight the opening of the jaw and flaring of the covering bony plates - exposing the oxygen rich membranes below.

Thanks for the observation though.

[Syndicate Bias]

Paleozoo has updated their Dunkleosteus:



Available here: https://paleozoo.com.au/shop.php#!/Dunkleosteus/p/56900305/category=0

i like it. Might have to wait to get around to it

[Halichoeres]

Interesting gill placement, I've never seen that before.

The gills are in the same place as on any other fish, but they didn't have an operculum, they had a suborbital plate, which had a completely different articulation. That means that the visible part of the gill would have been beneath the suborbital, as this model correctly shows. I talked about this in my review of the Chap Mei Dunkleosteus, which is articulated like a teleost.

[stargatedalek]

You're blowing my mind here folks! I had always (apparently wrongly) assumed companies left the gill openings off of Dunkleosteus saying they were just hidden somewhere under the armor.