David Silva's Beasts of the Mesozoic Tyrannosaur Series

[Dusty Wren]

How do I see which stretch goals are unlocked?

Scroll down the campaign page to the stretch goal section. The figures that have been unlocked have text at the top that says "UNLOCKED!" If you still see a funding goal at the top (e.g., "UNLOCKED AT $235,000"), it hasn't been unlocked yet.

[Over9K]

Come on Gorgosaurus... so I can relax...

[Over9K]

Using the concept art in the OP, matching them up with the silhouettes in the Stretch Goals teaser on the KS page, I came up with this...

[Lynx]

I'm glad this series has creatures with more varied sizes unlike the raptor and ceratopsian series, which had roughly the same size among the basic wave figures. Hopefully they bring the habitat-sets back for this series, I think it'd be nice considering the ceratopsian series didn't have any.
And thanks for the chart! Hopefully your guesses are correct.

[Thialfi]

In order to pledge for only a stretch goal, you have to select the 'Base Shipping for Add-Ons Only (INT or US based on where you want it shipped)'. If you select that one and chose to pledge, you can chose 'add on' and select the stretch goal you want to receive from there.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

So I will preface this with 1) I'm assuming all will be funded and 2) no matter what else happens I will get that Eotyrannus.

I've been debating back on forth about whether or not to go the WWD 1:35 but decided against it, I have enough Tyrannosaurus, and if I ever change my mind I'll get the other colour version from ED later. The 1:18 Tyrannosaurus was a gaping NO from me, was the surest NO ever in fact. Would rather buy a load of Schleich.

I also considered getting the Yutyrannus, I would have done, was very close too, but decided that I have 2 lovely ones closer to my preferred scale, this figure would be bigger than Wilson. I have no high shelf space left for a 1:20 or smaller scale figure anyone so no, and if I do end getting enough space, I will chose the Alectrosaurus instead, which will tentatively sit on my maybe pile.

Onto the main thing, the Tyrannosaurids are generally just too big anyway and I already have nice Tarbosaurus and Daspletosaurus so those are No's. I was looking forward to getting an Alioramus, but of course, like everyone else he chose the bellooom Qianzhousaurus instead. I never thought I'd get tired of Qianzhousaurus figures but no I am.
The Albertosaurus is tempting but is bound to be huge so no. Teratophenus is a maybe, partly depending on size. As is Bistahieversor if depicted as a non-Tyrannosaurid.

I will definitely go for the Eotyrannus if funded. The following non-Tyrannosauids I will be getting unless Safari, CollectA or PNSO have one coming out in the near future: Suskityrannus, Guanlong, Dryptosaurus, Moros. Though I may change my mind on Moros if Papo does one and isn't in a stupid pose, or if CollectA does one which is moderately likely since they always do at least 1 recently named animal. I'm passing on the Proceratosaurus and Dilong as I'm happy with what I have.

That said, it feels weird probably getting only non-Tyrannosaurid Tyrannosauroids, though this wouldn't have been the case if Silva had just gone for poor Alioramus.

[ITdactyl]

First time I've been swayed by this group. The excitement is infectious.  
I'm getting SMOL_TM basic Rexy.  Skipping the Yutyrannus (which was my previous target) since I'm getting the PNSO from a charity purchase (buy a toy, help someone else with COVID expenses).

The as yet unlocked Dryptosaurus is tempting but with the upcoming Eofauna and DinoZoo diplodocoids, and a possible GRtoys Quetz - I'll need to temper my spending.  Keeping hopes up for a medical emergency free '22, so spending on plastic-saurs won't be so guilt inducing.

[suspsy]

The momentum has definitely slowed down now. That said, the Yutyrannus is less than $10K US from being unlocked and there's still 28 more days to go. It really would be marvellous if every single one of these tyrannosaurs gets funded, but we shall see.

What exactly happened again when the Ceratopsian Kickstarter expired before all the big figs could be unlocked?

[Faelrin]

@suspsy They ended up gradually getting unlocked in the backerkit and/or pre-order store (which is still up last I recently checked, but probably not for long). I imagine since that was a viable method of helping getting things unlocked last time around, worse case scenario things can get unlocked with that method again. At least this time, the big bad and most famous isn't being locked last which shows compared to the ceratopsian one (so many people held off funding or increasing their funding because of the adult 1/18th Triceratops being last, never mind the others as well). Beyond the popularity of T. rex aside, I think having those all available from the start in two different scales, and 3 different colorations (including 2 nostalgic ones) helped a ton, other then all the word getting out there the past two years (lots of effort from the team especially). Truly it was quite the sight to see, with it funded in only 13+ hours, and its goal was higher then the previous two campaigns.

Also since you made a point about the funding slowing down, I think it would be interesting to relay what happened with the ceratopsian and raptor campaigns. The ceratopsian saw its biggest pushes the first 2 days, and the last 2 days. The raptor one had encountered something similar as well, but had a push in the middle of the campaign as well. The Daily Data tabs on Kicktraq for both of these is really interesting to check out, and it makes me curious how this will compare by the end.

https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/992645470/beasts-of-the-mesozoic-raptor-series-action-figure/#chart-daily
https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/creativebeast/beasts-of-the-mesozoic-ceratopsian-series-action-figures/#chart-daily

Anyways, less then $8,000 to go to get that Yutyrannus unlocked. If only I was in a better spot financially to back it and the WWD T. rex (although I'm pushing it as it is with this one). I imagine it will be unlocked by the time I get up tomorrow, hopefully. Now if I can afford it then, I'm hoping I can add this and the Guanlong on to my backerkit survey. At the very least I'm hoping I can get one (and Guanlong is on the cheaper side).

[Carnoking]

I'm curious to see the ebb and flow of this Kickstarter; will there be another surge in backing when x figure is unlocked and a lull when y is? It seems a very rudimentary way to measure overall interest in a given model.

[suspsy]

The Yutyrannus is now within $3K of being unlocked!

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

Is there a way to get the 6 post cards and buy some extra figures yet or not? All the others have options for add ons but last time I checked  that one still didn't

[Faelrin]

@Gothmog the Baryonyx You could probably back the figure you are interested in, and add on the post cards and any extra figures. Or you could pick the add-on shipping tier and just add on figures and postcards that way. Cheapest would be backing the figure and adding on the postcards and any extra figures. Historically only the prints and figures pledges qualified for add-ons, so I assume the same is here.

Please see my guide in the op for changing pledge and adding add-ons.


Edit: A little disappointed Yutyrannus isn't funded before waking up, but not much farther now. Should meet the goal today hopefully.

Edit 2: Added a new question and answer for the FAQ section on the op:

How do I pledge for stretch goal figures (such as juvenile T. rex, Guanlong, Yutyrannus, etc)?
Select the (Pledge US$ 5 or more) Base Shipping for Add-Ons Only (US), or (Pledge $10 or more Base) Shipping for Add-Ons Only (INT) tier, depending where your shipping destination is. Then see the above guide for how to add on add-ons.

I also changed up the formatting for the questions to use a bullet before them, to hopefully distinguish them better from the answers. Hopefully makes scrolling through and reading through them a little easier on the eyes.

[suspsy]

Yutyrannus is now less than $2K from being unlocked!

[Faelrin]

The Yutyrannus is less then $300 away from being funded now. Another backer or two adding on either of the 1/18th adult T. rex would get it covered.

[EarthboundEiniosaurus]

Hoping the funding of the Yutyrannus will also reveal the Dryptosaurus silhouette, and hopefully David will post the next stretch goals soon as well.

[Faelrin]

Yutyrannus unlocked now! My second favorite from this campaign.

[Dusty Wren]

I'm hoping David posts photos of some more finished prototypes soon. There are a couple of models I'm interested in in theory, but we haven't actually seen them yet. Teratophoneus is only two stretch goals away, but as far as I know, only the concept art and package art have been posted for it. 

[suspsy]

I wish he would put up a photo gallery for the Dino-Riders T. rex prototype.

[Faelrin]

@Dusty Wren @suspsy He did mention in this new update that he will be expanding on the galleries for each prototype figure. I wonder what all of that will entail? As far as I know only the 1/18th Dino-Riders T. rex, the 1/35th WWD T. rex, the Guanlong, and the Dilong lack them that have been finished now (other then Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, if not more, such as the Teratophoneus and Dryptosaurus that have been teased/revealed as upcoming stretch goals now).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creativebeast/beasts-of-the-mesozoic-tyrannosaur-series-action-figures/posts/3310605

He also mentioned in a response to me in the kickstarter comments that he will be at least working on galleries for all the ones I asked about. He also mentioned that he did update the paintwork of the WWD T. rex slightly as well, in case anyone was wondering, since I asked about that as well. Also really worth mentioning that his website unfortunately suffered an attempted hack on the first day of the campaign (whoever did that is of the lowest scum), so that delayed things.

Good question and thank you for asking. My plan was to link the campaign page images to galleries on my website, but my website had a hack attempt on launch day, which messed the gallery pages and we just got them working again yesterday. I plan to work on this today- I have plenty of new photos to show! Also, yes I did add some yellow to the WWD T. rex and changed the tail striping a bit to match the intended design more closely, as well as some subtle touch-ups, but otherwise it's pretty much the same.

Anyways the new update gives us another look at the Guanlong though, and the Yutyrannus package art: