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

[Leyster]

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

Thank you!

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.

Thank you! I agree, I would be satisfied even with only a decent 1:40 (or lesser) Plateosaurus, the only good one is the Kaiyodo and is way too small. I have high hopes on the upcoming Wild Past one.

Binomial name: Giganotosaurus carolinii Coria & Salgado 1995
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Allosauria->Carcharodontosauria->Carcharodontosauridae->Carcharodontosaurinae->Giganotosaurini
Time: Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Candeleros Formation (present day Argentina)
Manifacturer and date of release: Vitae, 2017
Sculptor: Cheung Chung Tat
Scale: 1:26 for MUCPv-Ch1


Should I save only one model of my collection, it would be this amazing beauty, currently towering over my other 1:25-1:30 models. You can read a detailed review I wrote for Paleo-Nerd here (it's in italian, but a transator will do the work).

[Shonisaurus]

My congratulations is the best existing giganotosaurus so far in my collection until the arrival of Nanmu this year.

[Loon]

Just read the review. It's fantastic, Leyster! One of the best I've ever come across. The fact that it has a bibliography is commendable, but your writing is so comprehensive even after being translated.

This is a model I hope they rerelease, as I'd love to get one for a decent price.

[thedeadlymoose]

Just read the review. It's fantastic, Leyster! One of the best I've ever come across. The fact that it has a bibliography is commendable, but your writing is so comprehensive even after being translated.

This is a model I hope they rerelease, as I'd love to get one for a decent price.

It looks like they did just rerelease the Vitae Giganotosaurus. It popped up on AliExpress very recently at Model Toy Center: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002146413009.html?spm=2114.12010611.8148356.2.31135ef6KBjm9z

[Loon]

T @thedeadlymoose thanks for the link! $90ish is a bit steep (I think it was $50 to $60 when it came out), so I don't know if I'm ready to commit. But, still, it'll be helpful in case I do.

[Stegotyranno420]

Is the size different with the cheaply painted one?

[Leyster]

My congratulations is the best existing giganotosaurus so far in my collection until the arrival of Nanmu this year.

Well, the Nanmu has a different target. May I review the Nanmu the same way I reviewed the Vitae, it would end up completely destroyed.

Just read the review. It's fantastic, Leyster! One of the best I've ever come across. The fact that it has a bibliography is commendable, but your writing is so comprehensive even after being translated.

Thank you! It's just my opinion, but I think that it's impossible to review a model presented a scientific accurate without at least reading what's available on the creature(s) and without having at least a basic knowlenge of the matters.

This is a model I hope they rerelease, as I'd love to get one for a decent price.

As far as I know, it has been re-released.

Is the size different with the cheaply painted one?

It should be the same, the molds are supposed to be the same.


Binomial name: Borealopelta markmitchelli Brown et al. 2017
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Ankylosauria->Nodosauridae
Time: Albian (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Wabiskaw Member of the Clearwater Formation (present day Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2020
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:19 for TMP 2011.033.0001


Here you can read my review of this model. It's in italian, but an online translator will do the work.

[Loon]

Thank you! It's just my opinion, but I think that it's impossible to review a model presented a scientific accurate without at least reading what's available on the creature(s) and without having at least a basic knowlenge of the matters.

That's a very good philosophy. I honestly wish more reviews were like that, it would make these decisions all the easier.

Also, the Borealopelta is fantastic. I can just stare at that thing's armor forever, it's so well done.

[Volgadraco]

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

Do you mean that Tuojiangosaurus figure proportions are wrong?

[Leyster]

Thank you! It's just my opinion, but I think that it's impossible to review a model presented a scientific accurate without at least reading what's available on the creature(s) and without having at least a basic knowlenge of the matters.

That's a very good philosophy. I honestly wish more reviews were like that, it would make these decisions all the easier.

Also, the Borealopelta is fantastic. I can just stare at that thing's armor forever, it's so well done.

Thank you! Yes, the Borealopelta is a beauty, now if ofly the colouration was closer to the promotional art...

Do you mean that Tuojiangosaurus figure proportions are wrong?

Very likely. It's proportioned a bit like an outdated Stegosaurus, it should probably look more like this


Binomial name: Leptoceratops gracilis Brown 1914
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Marginocephalia->Ceratopsia->Neoceratopsia->Coronosauria->Leptoceratopsidae
Time: Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Lance Formation, Hell Creek Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Safari, 2004
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:18 for CMN 8889

[ceratopsian]

I'm very much enjoying this thread.  Thank you, L @Leyster.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

Agreed, its lovely reading.
It is a shame that they did that with the Tuojiangosaurus I think.

[Leyster]

I'm very much enjoying this thread.  Thank you, L @Leyster.

Awww, glad that you like it! I really like your thread too, you still have to photograph Tiantaiosaurus and Jinyunpelta, right?

Agreed, its lovely reading.
It is a shame that they did that with the Tuojiangosaurus I think.

Thank you! Yes, I agree, even more because who knows when we'll see a correct one.

Binomial name: Ceratosaurus nasicornis, Marsh 1884
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Ceratosauria->Neoceratosauria->Ceratosauridae
Time: Kimmeridigian-Tithonian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Brushy Basin and Salt Wash Memebers of the Morrison Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Rebor, 2015
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:18 for USNM 4735


Even if REBOR says it's C.dentisulcatus, proportions are closer to C.nasicornis. It's almost twice too big for 1:35. Even if there are some issues (that clawed fourth finger, the lack of gastralia, that weird saddle thing...), I quite like its peaceful expression, in opposition with a lot of gnarly Ceratosaurus restorations.

[ceratopsian]

Thank you L @Leyster!  You are correct, I'm very behind with my photographs and I need to get moving.  I still haven't taken any of the lovely Vitae Tiantaiosaurus or Jinyunpelta. 

[Shonisaurus]

L @Leyster Thanks for the photographs that ceratosaurus is for me without a doubt the best ceratosaurid made to date together with Collecta's saltriovenator, at least they are the ones I like the most regardless of whether they are scientists or not. My congratulations on having such an extremely upbeat and positive thread.

@ceratopsian On the other hand, I would like to see in photographs in your collection the Vitae Tiantaiosaurus or Jinyunpelta de Vitae are the last figures that I bought at the end of the year and I can say that the different touches of paint are sublime. What I would like to know when the economic version Vitae tiantaiosaurus will be available I ordered it from Aliexpress but they have not yet shown signs of life. I hope they commercialize it soon.

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Cryolophosaurus ellioti Hammer & Hickerson 1994
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda
Time: Sinemurian or Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic)
Formation: Hanson Formation (present day Antartica)
Manifacturer and date of release: Carnegie Collection of Safari LTD, 2010
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Scale: 1:25 for FMNH PR1821

A taxon that is in disperate need of a redescription. At least we got the Dilophosaurus one, that should help clarify its status. The new Dilophosaurus restoration shows a tube-like body, a longer neck and a bigger skull, but we don't know if Cryolophosaurus shared its proportions. Until a better description that hopefully includes the referred material too, this dilophosaurid-like restoration or the more averostran-like Battat are equally valid. Still, for a 2010 model it's really good, at least it's not the allosaur-proportioned-with-strange-crests-thing that is popular even today.

[SidB]

Another Forest Roger's gem. I'll be holding onto mine.

[Leyster]

Another Forest Roger's gem. I'll be holding onto mine.

Good idea, I spent a lot of time to obtain my copy!

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai Currie, Langston and Tanke, 2008
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Marginocephalia->Ceratopsia->Neoceratopsia->Coronosauria->Ceratopsoidea->Ceratopsidae->Centrosaurinae->Pachyrhinosaurini->Pachyrostra
Time: Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Wapiti Formation (present day Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: Battat, 2014
Sculptor: Dan LoRusso
Scale: 1:25 for whatever specimen is GAT's composite based on

[Leyster]

Binomial name: Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Dong et al. 1983
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Thyreophora->Stegosauria->Huayangosauridae?
Time: Oxfordian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Upper Shaximiao/Shangshaximiao Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2019
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: surprisingly, 1/20 from the femur of CV 206. Small thing.