2013 Figures

[anchry6]

I do not think that safety is their concern ... Just look at their rhinos to see how sharp their horns 

[Takama]

I do not think that safety is their concern ... Just look at their rhinos to see how sharp their horns 

That and stick you Fingure on the Teeth of there Running T-Rex

[Aram-Rex]

You guys have a point. Well, whatever I'm still getin it

[tanystropheus]

You mean the Rhino? well a member of another Forum had got his hands on it.

I think what they did to the horn (turned it into a club) is abominable.  Yeah, I know - they don't want some kid to get stabbed in the eye and then sue Papo.  Its awful.  Anyone buying it should plan out the best way of whittling it down.

Paleoferrequine - do you take commissions?   

I have a theory---Perhaps, Papo was initially working on a Brontotherium (with its club-like horn) and then realized that Mojo Fun was also making one....so they converted their Megacerops prototype into a full-fledged Wooly Rhino....?

[John]

You mean the Rhino? well a member of another Forum had got his hands on it.

I think what they did to the horn (turned it into a club) is abominable.  Yeah, I know - they don't want some kid to get stabbed in the eye and then sue Papo.  Its awful.  Anyone buying it should plan out the best way of whittling it down.

Paleoferrequine - do you take commissions?   

I have a theory---Perhaps, Papo was initially working on a Brontotherium (with its club-like horn) and then realized that Mojo Fun was also making one....so they converted their Megacerops prototype into a full-fledged Wooly Rhino....?

I highly doubt that.After all,Papo are going to release a Carnotaurus,just as Schleich will be doing next year.

[ajax]

Did I see pics of Schleich's new 2013 dinosaurs here somewhere or not? Just did a quick google search and can't find them.

[tyrantqueen]

Did I see pics of Schleich's new 2013 dinosaurs here somewhere or not? Just did a quick google search and can't find them.

Yes, you did. I guess that they were so forgettable that noone cares about them. Here they are again.

[ajax]

Thanks, they look really nice for 'Monsters'

[paleoferroequine]

You mean the Rhino? well a member of another Forum had got his hands on it.

I think what they did to the horn (turned it into a club) is abominable.  Yeah, I know - they don't want some kid to get stabbed in the eye and then sue Papo.  Its awful.  Anyone buying it should plan out the best way of whittling it down.

Paleoferrequine - do you take commissions?   

Yah, maybe I should this time, I'm going to look at the lower jaw in person before rendering judgment.  But if it needs to be corrected, I will. As to the horn, it may look weird, but looking at extant rhinos there seems to be a big variation in the horns.  Since there aren't any preserved horns, afaik, this one could be plausible. But, I don't like it and I will sculpt a new, laterally compressed one for myself.  That reminds me, when I got my Missing Links Coelodonta years ago,  first thing I did was make a new flattened horn for it, immediately reducing it's collectors value. Not that I want to sell it. Of course if I did sell it, the buyer wouldn't probably know the difference anyway.

[Simon]

I may have solved the mystery.  The Sumatran Rhino is the closest living relative to the extinct Woolly Rhino.  Its babies are covered with red fur, which falls off as the individual grows.

Guess what some old males' horns can look like?








and a newborn, and another younger individual showing the hair:

[Seijun]

I may have solved the mystery.  The Sumatran Rhino is the closest living relative to the extinct Woolly Rhino.  Its babies are covered with red fur, which falls off as the individual grows.

Guess what some old males' horns can look like?

Sure doesn't look like a baseball bat to me..

But it is very cool to see a male Sumatran rhino with a horn. I think I tried to find such an image some months ago and could not.

[brontodocus]

Yes, the Sumatran Rhinoceros is considered to be Coelodonta's closest extant relative. But fossil horns were actually found, they are huge, curved, and (as I said above) strongly compressed laterally, very different from any extant rhinos' horns which are round or oval in cross-section. The relatively close phylogenetic relationship between it and the Sumatran Rhinoceros doesn't necessarily require similar horns. There may be a considerable variation in horn shape and I don't know how many have been found but I've never seen or read about one that was not laterally compressed or that looked like that of the Papo figure in lateral aspect.

[Sharptooth]

Wow, some great figures next year, i'm especially fond of the Dilo couple (wonder when i'll get one of those "Dinosauria" statues...), the WS Dimorphodon and Gastornis, and the Collecta Daspletosaurus (would have been better if Papo or Safari made him but, hey, at least now we have a Das figure to play with!).

The Carnegie Concavenator is basically the two years ago Giga with a new dress, and the Papo Carnotaurus is a pvc copy of the Sideshow one... Not a bad thing as itself, but i'd prefer a lil' more originality (see their battle-scarred Rex or even the "punk" Allosaurus).

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Wow, some great figures next year, i'm especially fond of the Dilo couple (wonder when i'll get one of those "Dinosauria" statues...), the WS Dimorphodon and Gastornis, and the Collecta Daspletosaurus (would have been better if Papo or Safari made him but, hey, at least now we have a Das figure to play with!).

The Carnegie Concavenator is basically the two years ago Giga with a new dress, and the Papo Carnotaurus is a pvc copy of the Sideshow one... Not a bad thing as itself, but i'd prefer a lil' more originality (see their battle-scarred Rex or even the "punk" Allosaurus).

The Carno is mostly modeled after the Sideshow one but comparing the two the Papo has more armor and spines so it's a bit more original I suppose.

Despite the look of the concavenator it is an original sculpture just a really similar species to Giga and I think just not different enough for most of us . Using a different species altogether I think would have gone over better.

[anchry6]

Thank you for hearing our prayers. AMEN.   

Indeed! Coincidence or influence?
http://www.dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php/topic,459.0.html

I have an official announcement by the Papo: they followed our advice to make a Carnotaurus and, above all, how to do it!
I do not know why I have not answered before ... Maybe because they were afraid that I would talk ahead of time ...

[DinoToyForum]

Thank you for hearing our prayers. AMEN.   

Indeed! Coincidence or influence?
http://www.dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php/topic,459.0.html

I have an official announcement by the Papo: they followed our advice to make a Carnotaurus and, above all, how to do it!
I do not know why I have not answered before ... Maybe because they were afraid that I would talk ahead of time ...

Well congratulations then Anchry, all you hard work paid off!  

[postsaurischian]

Wow, it's really true ... unbelievable !! Well done, anchry6!

[ZoPteryx]

Wow, it's really true ... unbelievable !! Well done, anchry6!

Yes, well done!    I must admit, I'm rather surprised!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Thank you for hearing our prayers. AMEN.   

Indeed! Coincidence or influence?
http://www.dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php/topic,459.0.html

I have an official announcement by the Papo: they followed our advice to make a Carnotaurus and, above all, how to do it!
I do not know why I have not answered before ... Maybe because they were afraid that I would talk ahead of time ...

Well congratulations then Anchry, all you hard work paid off!  

Same here. I honestly hadn't thought they would myself.  Maybe they'll continue to lend an ear here now.

[tanystropheus]

Amazing! I suppose Papo is now aware of the demand for scientifically-oriented figures by the community.