Leyster's Collection (updated 13/09/24)

[Leyster]

Woah, Thanks very much L @Leyster I look forward to see more figures in your collection , and them being examined, it reminds me of the YDAW show i always watched.

My pleasure


Binomial name: Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee 1985
Classification: Paracrocodylomorpha>Loricata>Rauisuchidae
Time: Norian (late Triassic)
Formation: Chinile Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Safari, 2008
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:19 based on TTUP 9000, 1:16 based on TTUP 9002

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Ankylosaurus magniventris Brown, 1908
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Ankylosauria->Ankylosauridae->Ankylosaurinae->Ankylosaurini
Time: Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Hell Creek Formation, Lance Formation, Ferris Formation, Scollard Formation, Frenchman Formation (present day USA and Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:26 for AMNH5214, 1:32 for CMN8880


Here you can read my review of the PNSO Ankylosaurus. It's in italian, but a translator will do the work.

[Leyster]

Here I am with my daily post, to avoid wasting the previous double post I edited it and posted the PNSO Ankylosaurus ^there. I was surprised with the measurement, the biggest Ankylosaurus (CMN8880) was for sure a beast.

[Loon]

This figure always looks fantastic. The sculpting is so subtle on this one, and the pose is very characterful.

[Leyster]

This figure always looks fantastic. The sculpting is so subtle on this one, and the pose is very characterful.

For sure it is! My only regret is that I got a figure of the second wave, that has much more grey wash than the original version. Oh, well, maybe it just came out of a mud bath or something.

[Bread]

Lovely figures you have here!

This figure always looks fantastic. The sculpting is so subtle on this one, and the pose is very characterful.

For sure it is! My only regret is that I got a figure of the second wave, that has much more grey wash than the original version. Oh, well, maybe it just came out of a mud bath or something.

You're not alone. I really wish I acquired this figure's first batch.

[Leyster]

Lovely figures you have here!

Thank you!


Binomial name: Sinraptor dongi Currie & Zhao 1994
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Metriacanthosauridae->Metriacanthosaurinae
Time: Oxfordian? (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Shishugou Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: Vitae, 2018
Sculptor: Cheung Chung Tat
Scale: 1:27 for IVPP10600


A really good and underappreciated model. Can't wait to receive the newer version!

[SidB]

Their Sinraptor certainly has been underappreciated; it supercedes the old Carnegie Safari one that I still have and thought was a good sculpt ( I still do). Vitae does very fine work, no doubt. It will be interesting to see if their current revival can be sustained. It's all about sales from this point, of course.

[Leyster]

Their Sinraptor certainly has been underappreciated; it supercedes the old Carnegie Safari one that I still have and thought was a good sculpt ( I still do). Vitae does very fine work, no doubt. It will be interesting to see if their current revival can be sustained. It's all about sales from this point, of course.

I hope so, since their debout they've became my favorite company. From someone who appreciated Cheung Chung Tat's work since well before Vitae's debout, it's amazing to own models by such a talented artist.

Binomial name: Concavenator corcovatus Ortega, Escaso & Sanz 2010
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Allosauria->Carcharodontosauria->Carcharodontosauridae
Time: Barremian (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Rambla de Las Cruces II Sequence of La Huérguina Formation (present day Spain)
Manifacturer and date of release: Carnegie Collection of Safari LTD, 2013
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Scale: 1:22 for MCCM-LH6666


Even if it lacks... whatever left those knowbs on the ulna (I am for feather-like structures), the Carnegie Concavenator remains one of the best representations of this genus. It even has the bis scute-like scales on the underside of the tail, preserved in the fossil! Also I really like that Rogers gave it a single, fleshy structure on the back instead of following exactly the outline of the skeleton. The main critic I have is that maybe the hindlimbs are a bit too short, compared to the most recent skeletals, but before rigorous ones were made there was a total havoc of skeletals that were also quite different one from another, so I really can't fault Rogers.

Here you can read my more estensive review of this model (in italian, but an online translator will do the work).

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

I have to say I love these little profiles your doing of these very nice figures. That Concavenator is one if the nicest too

[Leyster]

I have to say I love these little profiles your doing of these very nice figures. That Concavenator is one if the nicest too

Thank you, I studied as naturalist so I toght it was a good idea to give some knowledge alongside the figures.

[Doug Watson]

Woah, Thanks very much L @Leyster I look forward to see more figures in your collection , and them being examined, it reminds me of the YDAW show i always watched.

My pleasure


Binomial name: Postosuchus kirkpatricki Chatterjee 1985
Classification: Paracrocodylomorpha>Loricata>Rauisuchidae
Time: Norian (late Triassic)
Formation: Chinile Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Safari, 2008
Sculptor: Doug Watson
Scale: 1:19 based on TTUP 9000, 1:16 based on TTUP 9002

I did not sculpt the Postosuchus, it was done by someone else, I don't know who.

[Shonisaurus]

Nice dinosaur exhibit. You have a very good collection. I see that there are many DTF members who agree on tastes, when it comes to dinosaur brands.

[Leyster]

I did not sculpt the Postosuchus, it was done by someone else, I don't know who.

Ah, thank you for the info, I'll correct the sheet

Nice dinosaur exhibit. You have a very good collection. I see that there are many DTF members who agree on tastes, when it comes to dinosaur brands.

Thank you

Binomial name: Tuojiangosaurus multispinus Dong et al., 1977
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Stegosauria->Stegosauridae
Time: Oxfordian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Upper Shaximiao/Shangshaximiao Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2020
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1/20 from the femur, which means the sculpt should be quite messed up.

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Scolosaurus cutleri Nopcsa 1928
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Ankylosauria->Ankylosauridae->Ankylosaurinae
Time: Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Dinosaur Provincial Park Formation? Oldman Formation? Two Medicine Formation (present-day Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: Battat, 1998
Sculptor: Dan LoRusso
Scale: 1:25 based on USNM 11892


Like many "Euoplocephalus" models, the Battat one is a chimera. Since the skull (as far as I can tell, because the sculpt isn't easy to examine) looks closer to Scolosaurus cutleri than Euoplocephalus tutus and since the armour is almost certainly based on NHMUK R5161, I decided to consider it a Scolosaurus, even if the tail is closer to Anodontosaurus lambei in morphology.

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Tanystropheus hydroides Spiekman et al., 2020
Classification: Archosauromorpha->Protorosauria->Tanystropheidae
Time: Anisian-Ladinian (Middle Triassic)
Formation: Besano Formation (present day Italy and Switzerland)
Manifacturer and date of release: Carnegie Collection of Safari LTD, 2000
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Scale: 1:17

[Loon]

Great photos of the Euoplocephalus and Tanystropheus. I've always wanted to get the latter, but I believe it's now quite outdated, still, it looks nice. The bold colors are pretty well done too.

[Leyster]

Great photos of the Euoplocephalus and Tanystropheus. I've always wanted to get the latter, but I believe it's now quite outdated, still, it looks nice. The bold colors are pretty well done too.

Thank you! Yeah, I suppose a modern depiction of Tanystropheus should look more like this (Witton, 2015). Still the Carnegie is quite nice to look at. I too appreciate the bold colours: maybe the reissue was more realistic, but this is definitely striking!

[Lanthanotus]

Nice collection thread, really appreciate the description for each species.

[Halichoeres]

You have good taste! And I'm learning a few things, so thanks for that. As always, I wish we had more Triassic stuff to accompany our Tanystropheus and Postosuchus figures.