Favorite Co. Ltd. - New for 2020

[Shonisaurus]

That 2020 New Favorite Mosasaurus is gigantic! I have the 2019 Mosasaurus model and it is small compared to that giant.

They are gigantic models and better sculpted than other similar models by Favorite.

@RobinGoodfellow Thanks for the photos.

[SenSx]

Ok they're really gigantic, I'm impressed !

[stargatedalek]

Not gonna lie, I'm quite tempted by the giant Pachycephalosaurus. I just wish it was double this size, I'd grab it in a heartbeat to serve as a stand-in for a near life-fized Stegoceras

I'm glad the vinyl series are doing well and seem to be getting a bit more resources and care funnelled their way lately, the quality has improved significantly in the past few years.

[Smilodon P.]

Did the company use Sandy's model reconstruction instead of AMNH 1696 to make the vinyl pachycephalosaurus?





The sculpture of the head reminds me more of that fossil than this one:

[RobinGoodfellow]

Another new vinyl figure from Favorite Ltd:






https://f-favorite.net/blogs/journal/products_info_new_item_post_00016

[Loon]

Still haven't figured out how the arm feathers work, have they? Still, it looks like a big, dumb, fun toy.

[RobinGoodfellow]

Still haven't figured out how the arm feathers work, have they? Still, it looks like a big, dumb, fun toy.

..yes, the Favorite vinyl line is a soft toy line for kids.. 

[Loon]

Still haven't figured out how the arm feathers work, have they? Still, it looks like a big, dumb, fun toy.

..yes, the Favorite vinyl line is a soft toy line for kids.. 

Oh I know, I meant that as a compliment.

[Shonisaurus]

The claws and paws are more detailed than expected on a soft vinyl figure. Nice figure of Favorite along with her quetzalcoatlus are perhaps the two vinyl figures of Favorite that I like the most of this year 2020.

[DragonRider02]

I honestly like that larger figure much more than the tiny version. But I really don't understand Why Favorite can't give their raptors proper wings!

[Jose S.M.]

The big one has at least a better color scheme. But yeah what's going on with the wrong feathering always.

[SidB]

The big one has at least a better color scheme. But yeah what's going on with the wrong feathering always.

It's always odd, IMO, that toys marketed primarily for the young set have such a propensity to be inaccurate, Making an accurate figure generally won't harm their playability and fun factor, especially if they are given poses that encourage play options.

[stargatedalek]

The unfeathered hands is something extremely common in Japanese media at large, even documentaries. If I had to guess it probably stems from earlier widespread adoption of feathers in general.

Going to have to get one of these, and then maybe another few for customs!

[Shonisaurus]

A lot of Japanese paleoart seems to be stuck in the 90s / early 2000s.
Thinking here of Kazunari Araki who likely sculpted this model and Seiji Yamamoto for example.
I suspect that language barrier is the cause of that.
I wish Tokugawa would make more models for Favorite, he has more reading access to new reference material and it shows as his models are most excellent.
Speaking of which I hope for a desmostylian or Paraceratherium designed by him for Favorite one day.

A desmostylus or paraceratherium made by Favorite would be great.

[SidB]

I'm sceptical about Favorite during a standout job on any mammal. I can't say that I'm overwhelmed by their Smilodon or Wooly Mamoth, both of which I have. I do love their dinos, but S @Stolpergeist is right, their styling tends to be 1990 ish. I think that there is a certain "insularity" to their figures - that said, I like them and have a very comprehensive collection of the soft models, which have high production values and a distinctive style.

[triceratops83]

Hey, I remember a pic posted here a while back showing a Kamuysaurus - does anyone know if that was an upcoming release or just a one-off sculpture by Kazunari Araki? I want to know if I should scratch it from my wish-list.

[Flaffy]

Hey, I remember a pic posted here a while back showing a Kamuysaurus - does anyone know if that was an upcoming release or just a one-off sculpture by Kazunari Araki? I want to know if I should scratch it from my wish-list.

I don't recall Favorite Co. revealing any Kamuysaurus.

[Loon]

I need these mammals on my shelves. I'd much prefer these to almost all of their dinosaurs, really.

[Shonisaurus]

How pretty paraceratherium and desmostilians are absolute perfection. Tokugawa should honestly make prehistoric mammals sincerely they are superior to their Mesozoic figures in perfection.

[SidB]

S @Stolpergeist , I'll have to dig out my Favorite figures and look at the sculpts of the mammoth and sabre-tooth again. It's been a while since I acquired them. I know that I was pleased with their quality of production, but not so much with the coloration or the poses, for some reason. I'll do a more thorough evaluation of them in light of your comments. Perhaps I've become too wedded to the usual interpretation.