Safari Ltd - New for 2021

[Faelrin]

I'm thinking about taking advantage of it, alongside the free shipping over $50. Just need to plan out what I want first. I just ordered the Einiosaurus and Nasutoceratops from Dejankins tonight (alongside the Southlands Replicas Diprotodon, and Thylacine). I guess I could get the rest of the available mammals from them I am missing (Megatherium, Uintatherium, and Macrauchenia), alongside the Baryonyx and whatever else I guess.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

I'm thinking about taking advantage of it, alongside the free shipping over $50. Just need to plan out what I want first. I just ordered the Einiosaurus and Nasutoceratops from Dejankins tonight (alongside the Southlands Replicas Diprotodon, and Thylacine). I guess I could get the rest of the available mammals from them I am missing (Megatherium, Uintatherium, and Macrauchenia), alongside the Baryonyx and whatever else I guess.

Having not bought any of the prehistoric mammals before I went ahead and bought them all. If the past is any indication they will likely start seeing retirement soon. I wasn't aware there so many though..

[Thialfi]

They're truly excellent, I love what both Safari and CollectA do with prehistoric mammals. I wish we would see more of them!

[Halichoeres]

Updated first post to reflect that Daspletosaurus is modeled after D. torosus.

[Dusty Wren]

They're truly excellent, I love what both Safari and CollectA do with prehistoric mammals. I wish we would see more of them!

100% agreed. Still perplexed by the total lack of extinct giraffids on the market.

[GojiraGuy1954]

I wish for another year like 2017 in 2022

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

I would really like at the very least a Sivatherium. It would male for a very striking figure.

[indohyus]

I would really like at the very least a Sivatherium. It would male for a very striking figure.

I agree completely. Along with some Australian megafauna, would be fantastic.

[Stegotyranno420]

Just a reminder this is not the hopes and dreams thread
Anyways I too would love a Shiva. Also, anything from India is welcome.

[ceratopsian]

I've unpacked my Safari Baryonyx.  It's disappointing.  Despite the protective packing, its left foot is very badly warped, with only one toe in contact with the ground.  This is not a crush injury I think but a production line problem.  I can try hot water, but the issue is so great I don't think it will solve the problem (or not for very long).  I haven't had much luck with Safari bipeds in the standing department - the Tyrannosaurus rex, the Deinonychus, and one of the oviraptors.  The paint is also scuffed a bit on both thighs.

[Gwangi]

I've unpacked my Safari Baryonyx.  It's disappointing.  Despite the protective packing, its left foot is very badly warped, with only one toe in contact with the ground.  This is not a crush injury I think but a production line problem.  I can try hot water, but the issue is so great I don't think it will solve the problem (or not for very long).  I haven't had much luck with Safari bipeds in the standing department - the Tyrannosaurus rex, the Deinonychus, and one of the oviraptors.  The paint is also scuffed a bit on both thighs.

Mine also had stability issues, though perhaps not as severe as yours. I did the hot water treatment and it worked, I haven't had to do it since. Good luck!

[ceratopsian]

Thanks @Gwangi.  Hot water application is tomorrow's project.  I'll see what I can achieve.  I sent photos to Safari, who said it wasn't a production issue but melting from heat and they can't guarantee their models once they leave the factory.  I'm not totally convinced though.

[Gwangi]

Thanks @Gwangi.  Hot water application is tomorrow's project.  I'll see what I can achieve.  I sent photos to Safari, who said it wasn't a production issue but melting from heat and they can't guarantee their models once they leave the factory.  I'm not totally convinced though.

I ordered mine when it was first released in the dead of winter. "Melting from heat" sounds like a poorly thought up excuse to me.

[ceratopsian]

I rather think the same.  But we have no proof on the temperatures inside the container on the ship in which it came over from China etc.

Thanks @Gwangi.  Hot water application is tomorrow's project.  I'll see what I can achieve.  I sent photos to Safari, who said it wasn't a production issue but melting from heat and they can't guarantee their models once they leave the factory.  I'm not totally convinced though.

I ordered mine when it was first released in the dead of winter. "Melting from heat" sounds like a poorly thought up excuse to me.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

Hot water did wonders on my Eofauna Atlasaurus, I'm sure it will do the gorgeous Safari Baryonyx as well

[Stegotyranno420]

Kind off and on topic but I tried hot water on my mojo stuff(especially Spinosaurus) and it just warped back

[ceratopsian]

Yes, @Stegotyranno420, that has happened to me as well with some models.

Kind off and on topic but I tried hot water on my mojo stuff(especially Spinosaurus) and it just warped back

[Shonisaurus]

@ceratopsian Sincerely, your comments are making me rethink about not buying the Safari 2021 figures and preferring the two Eofauna triceratops gives me the impression that the material as you mention is not as good as that of other years, and with age I have become practical and I like above all dinosaurs and prehistoric animals in more resistant PVC.

I see that some members of DTF are very disappointed when it comes to the material of these figures.

I'm so sorry that your baryonyx is so bad, I suppose they have saved material as a result of the pandemic crisis. In my case, I will buy other figures this year. I see there are complaints regarding the 2021 Safari figures. I am a supporter of dinosaur figures with strong and non-deformable PVC and I see that the well modeled Safari dinosaur figures have dropped in material quality and I say that with all my Ignorance and ignorance of reality, since I still do not have any figure and with all the respect in the world to Safari, which for me is one of my favorite companies and whose main sculptor Doug is for me the favorite and a total eminence in creativity and beauty of figures.

[Concavenator]

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[japfeif]

Kind off and on topic but I tried hot water on my mojo stuff(especially Spinosaurus) and it just warped back

I've had a few bipedal dinos from Safari (and other companies, to be honest)  with standing issues due to warped feet, etc. I've only done the hot water thing once, a small figure (a CollectA Irritator I believe) and as it was so small, I couldn't get just the bad leg into the hot water, and it ended up making the figure worse off, as both feet ended up softening & going all wonky, as did the tail!

I've actually had better luck using a hair drier....I use one of those directional attachments to the blowing end that really directs the hot air and I focus the hot air (on the hottest setting) onto the offending body part....it generally will soften in just a few minutes, without the mess of using hot water. I then position the foot/leg/whatever into it's proper position and the spray with cold water from an ordinary spray bottle (or put under the sink & let cold water run over it) to harden it.

Has worked for me many times and seems, at least for me, to be more precise and less messy that using hot water...and without the risk of scalding yourself!

Has anyone else ever used a hair drier to reshape warped body parts on their dino figures?