CollectA—New for 2020

[Loon]

Caviramus, like too many of CollectA's smaller figures, is a little too underwhelming for me to be interested in. I'll have to see the in hand photos.

That Diplodocus...I have never cared for that figure; it's doubly disappointing after the new brontosaurus. Really feels like the crack Safari did last year with that repainted rex. I'll stick with my Safari version, but, hopefully something better comes along soon (Looking at you PNSO).

[bmathison1972]

So it looks like all these inverts were requested by a German museum. That means this is probably not going to be a continuing trend with CollectA...

The trilobite is an obvious for me. I like the nautilus but it might be a bit big for me.

I cannot complain though this year about CollectA. Five arthropods (well, 16 if you count every figure in the Insects tube)!

[suspsy]

Yup, I called it on that Diplodocus being a repaint. No matter.

The rest of the final reveals are spectacular, especially the Caviramus! But where am I going to put a fourth big pterosaur?!

[suspsy]

And for the diplodocus... CollectA's laziness is showing. First with the Malayan Tapir, now with one of the most iconic sauropods. Easy pass, very disappointing.

Seriously? They put out all these brand new sculpts and you're going to accuse them of "laziness" just because they did a single repaint? Talk about being totally unfair, especially considering that all the other toy companies regularly release repaints.

Also, it hasn't been confirmed that the Malayan tapir is a repaint.

[bmathison1972]

And for the diplodocus... CollectA's laziness is showing. First with the Malayan Tapir, now with one of the most iconic sauropods. Easy pass, very disappointing.

Seriously? They put out all these brand new sculpts and you're going to accuse them of "laziness" just because they did a single repaint? Talk about being totally unfair, especially considering that all the other toy companies regularly release repaints.

Thanks Suspsy. I agree. With the numbers, quality, and diversity of figures released these days (extant and extinct), I am surprised the level of negative criticism sometimes.

[Loon]

The rest of the final reveals are spectacular, especially the Caviramus! But where am I going to put a fourth big pterosaur?!

The caviramus is a larger figure?

[bmathison1972]

The rest of the final reveals are spectacular, especially the Caviramus! But where am I going to put a fourth big pterosaur?!

The caviramus is a larger figure?

yeah it is a Supreme figure in the 1:2 range (I believe)

[suspsy]

The rest of the final reveals are spectacular, especially the Caviramus! But where am I going to put a fourth big pterosaur?!

The caviramus is a larger figure?

Yes, it's in the same league as the Guidraco, Dimorphodon, and Caiuajara.

And for the diplodocus... CollectA's laziness is showing. First with the Malayan Tapir, now with one of the most iconic sauropods. Easy pass, very disappointing.

Seriously? They put out all these brand new sculpts and you're going to accuse them of "laziness" just because they did a single repaint? Talk about being totally unfair, especially considering that all the other toy companies regularly release repaints.

Thanks Suspsy. I agree. With the numbers, quality, and diversity of figures released these days (extant and extinct), I am surprised the level of negative criticism sometimes.

Surprised and disgusted in my case. We have it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to good to complain.

On a more positive note, that's really neat about the German museum requesting all these invertebrate figures. I'd like to know which one it is so I can send them a thank you. And maybe persuade them to request that CollectA do a bunch of dromaeosaurs in the future.

[stargatedalek]

Caviramus looks like some nasty little blighter right out of Star Wars and honestly, I'm on board all the way! Yes the colours are bland, cliche, and ugly, but I didn't notice anyone here complaining about the Allosaurus, Mapusaurus, or Saltriovenator, ALL of which use this exact same colourscheme. At least Caviramus does something inherently new and different despite this.

I love all of CollectA's big pterosaurs, but this one might actually be my favorite of them. I fully intend to buy a whole little flock of them at some point.


Nautilus looks pretty good, and with every other nautilus made before being retired it doesn't have much competition.


Orthoceras looks nice, the creamy orange colours are pleasant to the eyes. And I'm a sucker for 1:1 scaled figures.

Redlichia could have been a bit more unique, as opposed to brown, but hey, we don't get trilobites that often.

[PumperKrickel]

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[Flaffy]

And for the diplodocus... CollectA's laziness is showing. First with the Malayan Tapir, now with one of the most iconic sauropods. Easy pass, very disappointing.

Seriously? They put out all these brand new sculpts and you're going to accuse them of "laziness" just because they did a single repaint? Talk about being totally unfair, especially considering that all the other toy companies regularly release repaints.

Also, it hasn't been confirmed that the Malayan tapir is a repaint.

It's in the exact same pose as the Baird's. And the proportions are off for a Malayan.

Laziness might be too harsh a word, but it wasn't just because it was a repaint that lead to my statement.
I am fine with repaints, I would greatly appreciate if CollectA went and repainted some of their figures that suffer from lackluster paint jobs (remember their famous war paint?), and I would gladly repurchase such figures provided they have more natural/appealing colour schemes.
But what I am not fine with is when the repaint itself is far blander than the original paint scheme. CollectA could've at least included some patterns on the body or the tail. The colour scheme to me is a bland version of the Brontosaurus, same red throat, biege underside, and swap brown with grey (grey is fine, it's the execution of the colour that's bland).

And assuming that the Baird's is a repaint (the sculpts look identical), if passing a Baird's sculpt as a Malayan isn't laziness, then I don't know what is.

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

On a more positive note, that's really neat about the German museum requesting all these invertebrate figures. I'd like to know which one it is so I can send them a thank you. And maybe persuade them to request that CollectA do a bunch of dromaeosaurs in the future.

Seconded on all counts!

All the inverts this year are a must for me. Though...... Shouldn't Orthoceras have soft tissue anatomy a little more similar to a Nautilus? Eh, I'll be getting it either way. It'll make a great 1:1 figure, or if I pretend it's a Cameroceras, a great 1:40 figure as well! 
While the inverts clearly meant to be sold as individual figures, I wonder if anyone will be selling them as a bundle?

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

Now that everything's been revealed, I'm definitely getting all the inverts and the Bajadasaurus, with a "maybe" on a few of the others. I really want that Lisowicia, but it will be completely out of scale with the rest of my collection!!! 

[Flaffy]

but I didn't notice anyone here complaining about the Allosaurus, Mapusaurus, or Saltriovenator, ALL of which use this exact same colourscheme. At least Caviramus does something inherently new and different despite this.

I beg to differ, all 3 theropods don't have large areas of skin where colours are (almost) directly clashing with each other.
The warm colour is regulated to the head of the theropods, and mostly on the crest. The type of warm colour used is also different, Saltrio uses orange, Allo uses red, and Mapu and orangish pink(?).

IMO shades of yellow and orange would've complemented the green body of the Caviramus much better than the current pink.

[ceratopsian]

It's 32 cm long, 21cm high.  So large.

The rest of the final reveals are spectacular, especially the Caviramus! But where am I going to put a fourth big pterosaur?!

The caviramus is a larger figure?

Yes, it's in the same league as the Guidraco, Dimorphodon, and Caiuajara.

[ITdactyl]

awww, I was really hoping for a new dippy sculpt... Ah well, more options for other collectors.

I like that Caviramus though.  Like a grumpy old man crying in pain after getting cramps in the middle of a pushup session... me!
Something to look forward to for next year.

[Shonisaurus]

My opinions of the new figures at first sight according to the promotional photo:

The caviramus, I honestly believe that the sculpture is good, I do not understand animal biology but it seems to me a pterosaur often in size despite the measures that show everythingdinosaur his painting I see it quite careless and sincerely since I would lie if I said something else It looks like the weakest Deluxe Supreme size Collecta pterosaur of the four pterosaurs.

Regarding the invertebrate redlichia rex trilobite is a quite outstanding figure as I had imagined it, just as a painting similar to that of the redlichia rex of the paleo-illustrations would have been a much more accurate bet even if they had been condemned for plagiarism. I really like the redlichia rex.

The orthoceras is a dynamic and well-sculpted figure a small piece of art but I had imagined another orthoceras of much better precision and quality and honestly the minimum size of that figure is what I dislike I would like a larger size.

With regard to nautilus, it is an invertebrate that I am going to buy together with the redlichia rex are the two outstanding figures of the Collecta brand in this group but in this case it has less merit when it comes to performing the nautilus in the sense that this Fortunately, some kind of invertebrate like the horseshoe crab still exists among us, but Collecta can be sure that if I have economic possibilities I will buy both figures even if they are invertebrates that still "survive" with us humans.

With regard to Collecta's Deluxe Supreme caviramus at first sight, it gives me a bittersweet sensation. I was expecting a less small figure (apparently it seems small) and better painted and finished as his guidraco and dimorphodon (both exceptionally sculpted and painted) and even his exceptional caiuajara de Collecta 2019 is for me superior. Perhaps with more photographs of these promotional figures the opinion about caviramus changed for me gradually for good but it is my opinion at first sight and personal, sincerely it does not convince me like other Collecta Deluxe Supreme pterosaurus, perhaps repainted or "made up" with other shades of painting the figure would improve significantly. I know that it is a toy destined mainly for children but I expected a higher level in the caviramus in my case similar to lisowicia bojani de Collecta whose painting and sculpture is for me superior and of an enormous and outstanding quality despite the criticisms.

What has been said about Caviramus and the Orthodox Collecta may change my mind if other photos of commercial images of these products are published, but in my case I repeat again the two figures that I like differently are the invertebrates redlichia rex trilobite ( the best figure of this group in relation to extinct animals) and the fortunately existing and contemporary nautilus of the human being.

[TaranUlas]

Personally, I'm liking that Caviramus. It has weird and awkward coloration (My volunteer supervisor has started to recognize which companies I buy from with Collecta being the gaudy colored one), but other than that it looks pretty good. More importantly, it's of a species that will probably not be seeing too much in the way of figures and it scratches some itches I didn't even know I had (Triassic pterosaurs are extremely rare. Collecta actually deciding to make one alongside making a Lisowicia means that my Triassic section of my collection has doubled practically.)

The invertebrates look cool, but I'm not sure if I want to get them. I'll probably wait to see how they look in reviews before I decide whether or not to do anything with them.

The Diplodocus is the only real disappointment I have with Collecta's releases this year. I really wish it was a new mold, but I understand the need for repaints with this many new molds. I won't get it since I already have Safari's Diplodocus in my collection, but it's not a bad figure. Just a boring one to me especially with that coloration (As much as I get on Collect's case for gaudy colors, I also wish that they had done it for this one. Even a pattern would have been appreciated.)

[Shonisaurus]

I had forgotten the diplodocus sincerely repainted is an improvement in terms of painting but I would have liked a diplodocus in Deluxe and larger version or a diplodocus in popular size with a new sculpture.

[Killekor]

Here's my thoughts about the last 2020 reveals from CollectA:

- Caviramus: it looks really great, although I prefear over it the other giant pterosaurs from the last years. Plus, I find great its color scheme, which reminds me of a stone called Unakite (I don't know if you know it). Vote 9/10.

- Triloblite: it's great to see a mass produced triloblite figure on the market, but I'm not really interested in it. I don't like it's color scheme, which reminds me too much of a fossil replica. Vote 7/10.

- Orthocheras: i really like it, although not as the Ammonite. It's clear that the best use of CollectA's new prehistoric arthropods it's to display them with the fossils we have at home: in fact Ammonites (as a family), trilobites (also as a family) and Orthocheras (as a genus), are between the most common economic fossils you can find in stores. In fact I have in my collection both three categories of fossils.
Anyways, I'll probably get this model. Vote 9/10.

- Nautilius: it's a stunning figure, but I'm not interested in it. Vote 9/10.

[Note: I'm wrong or both the Ammonite, the Orthocheras and the Nautilus have a similar color scheme?]

- Diplodocus: I always liked the original figure, and I find this repaint a big improvement over the old one. Personally I'm happy of it. Vote 9/10.

I think that 2020 will be an epic year for CollectA. They've released a lot of great figures, and I'm sure that most of the new figures will be a success.

Killekor