2013 Figures

[gfxtwin]

His Dimetrodon is probably the most well-crafted Dimetrodon model I've seen.   The Papo model IMO has the potential to be the best plastic Dimetrodon figure by a large margin.  I wonder what the scale will be?



You'd think that in order to capture half of the detail of the model in this shot that it would need to at least be roughly the size of Papo's Komodo Dragon.  Hopefully they give it the velociraptor treatment and increases the scale of the creature.

[Takama]

His Dimetrodon is probably the most well-crafted Dimetrodon model I've seen.   The Papo model IMO has the potential to be the best plastic Dimetrodon figure by a large margin.  I wonder what the scale will be?



You'd think that in order to capture half of the detail of the model in this shot that it would need to at least be roughly the size of Papo's Komodo Dragon.  Hopefully they give it the velociraptor treatment and increases the scale of the creature.

If you look in ather posts in this thread, you will see that the Carnotaur was smaller then the Allo. But everywhere i seen it priced has it up to $20.   The Dimetrodon is in the same price range, so im asumming its the same size

[EmperorDinobot]

It's nice, that Dimetrodon. I kinda want one.

[tanystropheus]

His Dimetrodon is probably the most well-crafted Dimetrodon model I've seen.   The Papo model IMO has the potential to be the best plastic Dimetrodon figure by a large margin.  I wonder what the scale will be?



You'd think that in order to capture half of the detail of the model in this shot that it would need to at least be roughly the size of Papo's Komodo Dragon.  Hopefully they give it the velociraptor treatment and increases the scale of the creature.

If you look in ather posts in this thread, you will see that the Carnotaur was smaller then the Allo. But everywhere i seen it priced has it up to $20.   The Dimetrodon is in the same price range, so im asumming its the same size

The $20 price tag is probably a (temporary) placeholder. I would imagine that the Dimetrodon would be roughly the same size as the Papo Ankylosaurus.

[Simon]

You must also remember that the Dimetrodon figure in the stock photo may be the actual original sculpt from which the moulds are made,  and if that is so then the castings will not quite have as sharp details ...

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

The details are usually okay with Papo, it's the paint that changes..sometimes it's not 100% the same as the early pics they give us. 

[Primeval12]

The details are usually okay with Papo, it's the paint that changes..sometimes it's not 100% the same as the early pics they give us.

Like the oviraptor

[tanystropheus]

While the 2013 TRU Jurassic Park DINO SHOWDOWN sets [Pachyrhinosaurus, and Allosaurus] were a positive step forward for the franchise, the remainder of the Hasbro 2013 JP line is reduced to some drastically uninspired, and underwhelming fodder*:

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=278&itemid=20153

*scroll down for images

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

While the 2013 TRU Jurassic Park DINO SHOWDOWN sets [Pachyrhinosaurus, and Allosaurus] were a positive step forward for the franchise, the remainder of the Hasbro 2013 JP line is reduced to some drastically uninspired, and underwhelming fodder:

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=278&itemid=20153

Yep, pretty much the same as the last line.

[suspsy]

Would it be safe to say that the Dimetrodon is Papo's most accurate sculpt to date?

[Takama]

The face is not round enough

[tyrantqueen]

The face is not round enough

Please elaborate. Sources? Not round enough according to whom?

[Seijun]

Dimetrodon skulls are generally depicted as having a strongly dome-shaped forehead:


Maybe the papo dimetro is based on a more uncommon species with a different skull shape?

[tyrantqueen]

The only other Dimetrodon genus I can think of apart from Dimetrodon grandis is Dimetrodon gigas...is it even a valid genus anymore? Or Dimetrodon limbatus? I guess if anyone is that bothered by the head, they could modify it with epoxy or something

[tanystropheus]

Dimetrodon skulls are generally depicted as having a strongly dome-shaped forehead:


Maybe the papo dimetro is based on a more uncommon species with a different skull shape?

The Papo Dimetrodon's forehead seems dome-shaped to me [I think the dome effect is partly obscured because of the high rising sail and the oblique angle of the photo]. However, it is certainly not as pronounced as the dome found on Tyco's Dimetrodon (the Tyco Dimetrodon's jaw is a bit off, though). Papo seems to have nailed the jaw, as well as the notching found on the illustration.

[EmperorDinobot]

While the 2013 TRU Jurassic Park DINO SHOWDOWN sets [Pachyrhinosaurus, and Allosaurus] were a positive step forward for the franchise, the remainder of the Hasbro 2013 JP line is reduced to some drastically uninspired, and underwhelming fodder*:

http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=278&itemid=20153

*scroll down for images

We already pretty much knew that. Count me out. $20 for the electronic Velociraptor is not worth it.


Or is it? These always end up being super rare later on.

[Bokisaurus]

Paposaurus arrived
Carno, I really like this one. For me, it rivals the Allo




With the best of them

Terrorizing CollectA's Amarga They make a good pair I think


Wooly Rhino's turn - this one is fat
With the Bullyland version

and with a distant cousin

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Really like the Carno..I have yet to pick one up still. A situation I will soon be remedying.

[Fukuiraptor]

Isn't Papo Rhino's horn too long?

[brontodocus]

Sorry if this one might have shown up elsewhere before (I've been absent for a while) but I really wanted to share this here in case it is new to most of you: Just a few minutes ago I was browsing a German online store and found that a company named "Edu-Toys" just threw a very nice educational set on the market... a box containing a booklet, several molds for making dinosaur teeth replicas (notably a premaxillary Tarbosaurus tooth and Iguanodon [s.l.] among them) and a nice looking Tyrannosaurus skeleton. Oh, yes, and the box design was very familiar to me - this is a German release of the Gakken "Tyrannosaurus Frame Model" kit and the skeleton is designed by Kazunari Araki!!! Here it is. I have the Japanese version and this is how it looks once assembled.