Top 10 allosauroid toys (excluding Allosaurus) [Poll open]

[SidB]

Interesting to see that the Battat Acrocanthosaurus is still recognized as a superior figure, after all these years.

[Sim]

Thanks to all those who have voted already.  If you haven't voted yet, please do, it makes these polls mean more when there's a higher number of voters.

[SidB]

I find it interesting that the Giganotosaurus' of both PNSO and Vitae - expensive and high quality figures, are not that popular. Also fascinating that Carnegie's old giga is doing so well - it was and is a gem. It's too bad that Forest Rogers is no longer in the paleoart field, as far as I know.

[Sim]

I voted again after seeing a figure in person.

[Sim]

45 votes!  Please vote if you haven't already so we can get this to 50 votes at least.  Given their uncertain relationships I wonder if it would have been better to not include megaraptorans?

[Faelrin]

When my (edit: current) favorite isn't even on this list because it came out this year. Curse you PNSO, lol. At least it will be one of the options for the 2022 poll, and that's gonna be tough for me, with all the other contenders released this year.

I'm also wondering if the Eofauna Giganotosaurus would have still held supreme if the poll was held today, especially since it seems like it has fallen out of favor as of late. It's very interesting to look back on the results of these polls as they get older to see how things have changed, never mind what else has released since then that may have changed up the meta.

[Sim]

Oh, is your favourite the PNSO Acrocanthosaurus?  I get the impression it would do well in this type of poll, possibly dethroning the Eofauna Giganotosaurus from first place.  I think the Eofauna Giganotosaurus would still do very well in a modern version of this poll, it appears to have quite a large following.

[Concavenator]

Given their uncertain relationships I wonder if it would have been better to not include megaraptorans?

Yes, it would. By the time the poll was made it was already suspected megaraptorans were basal tyrannosauroids, or at least coelurosaurs. And if this poll was to be repeated now, they shouldn't be included either, they were recovered as basal tyrannosauroids (though more derived than the Proceratosauridae) by Naish & Cau (2022).

[Faelrin]

@Sim Absolutely that one. Acrocanthosaurus has always been my favorite allosauroid after Allosaurus (with Concavenator third). It's the only one that really does it for me, and I had been wanting an accurate one with proper proportions for years. While they had their issues, I still think the Papo and Rebor ones had their merits, and I believe it was their colorations. Rebor's also had that nice diorama potential too, alongside the Tenontosaurus corpse and Deinonychus trio. It's not often you see something of that sort.

I think the GR Toys Carcharodontosaurus would be another strong contender too. Particularly the blue one.

[Sim]

Given their uncertain relationships I wonder if it would have been better to not include megaraptorans?

Yes, it would. By the time the poll was made it was already suspected megaraptorans were basal tyrannosauroids, or at least coelurosaurs. And if this poll was to be repeated now, they shouldn't be included either, they were recovered as basal tyrannosauroids (though more derived than the Proceratosauridae) by Naish & Cau (2022).

Thanks for your opinion.  I don't see a way to remove options in the poll, but maybe it's okay to leave them in this time since all the species which might not be allosauroids were reconstructed as allosauroids... except the Carnegie Deltadromeus, which I don't know what it was reconstructed as, it's very generic.

[Concavenator]

It's okay @Sim this poll would clearly benefit from a reissue anyways for it to be more representative. I don't know if the option to remove entries from the poll exists, but if it does, it would also be a good idea to remove Deltadromeus as well. Even though it's quite fragmentary, it is now thought to be a giant noasaurid (Wilson et al. 2003 and Rauhut & Carrano 2016).

As for the Carnegie figure, I'm not sure what approach did Forest Rogers take, either. It might have been intended to depict an allosauroid/allosauroid-like creature, but regardless, the creature it's trying to represent is no longer thought to be an allosauroid, so ideally it wouldn't be in this poll.

[Sim]

If I was removing the possibly non-allosauroid species I would remove the Deltadromeus, and Chilantaisaurus too.  I agree that a new version of this poll would be good, but I recently took a look at the other "Top 10 figures of [group]" polls and I think there's a lot that would benefit from a new version.  At least 5 years between polls of the same group is what @dinotoyforum said and some of those polls are over 5 years old now.

I think it's worth completing the existing polls such as this one before a new version is made, and this one is ready for a video as there are now 50 votes!   Thanks to everyone who voted!  I'm happy to see the larger PNSO Yangchuanosaurus in second place, it's an excellent figure!  It's also interesting how well the Carnegie Giganotosaurus and Concavenator did.

[Sim]

It wasn't an easy decision, but I've removed all votes in this thread's poll so a new poll with new figures can be made.  As discussed in this thread, only definite allosauroids will be included.  I've updated the shortlist in the first post, if there's any figure you'd like to vote for that's missing suggest it in this thread.  I'll leave the shortlist phase open for a week, after that I'll make the new poll!

[SidB]

The PNSO Giganotosaurus - is that the old or new one, @Sim?

[Faelrin]

You've got what I want covered already. Let's just hope PNSO doesn't do anymore for a while lol (like Concavenator, Mapusaurus, etc).

[SidB]

Add the PNSO Sinraptor.

[Sim]

S @SidB, the PNSO Sinraptor and the two PNSO Giganotosaurus are in the shortlist in the first post of this thread.  Ignore the locked poll for now, I'm going to update it and reopen it in a week.

[Sim]

I've added the mini PNSO Concavenator to the shortlist, it's notable for being the only extensively feathered version.

[SidB]

I'm very glad to see that this poll is being repristinated, brought up to date. @Sim , I noticed that the PNSO Giganotosaurs (3) are differentiated as mini, large and simply Giganotosaurus. I'd suggest that the latter might benefit from a designation such as 'large, new' and the original 'large' be further refined to 'large, old' since the new Lucas IS large also, almost as big as the original one. Some might not get this and be confused, IMO.

[Sim]

Thanks for your interest, S @SidB!  I'm not sure where you're looking because in the shortlist in the first post of this thread there are only two PNSO Giganotosaurus, one marked as 2019 and the other as 2023. Perhaps you mistook the two Papo Giganotosaurus in the locked poll as PNSO Giganotosaurus?