Bandai - New for 2021

[Halichoeres]

New set of dinosaur figures from Bandai Spirits, releasing 3 July. Considering how cool some of their recent arthropods have been, this set is really disappointing in both the boring species choices and the ca. 1995 execution.


large Tyrannosaurus


small Tyrannosaurus


Triceratops


Velociraptor


Stegosaurus


Brachiosaurus

[sauroid]

are they meant to be retro representations?

[Over9K]

Are these available for sale yet? Where does one acquire them?

[Skorpio V.]

The pronated hands irritate me for the theropods even more than the velociraptor not having feathers; I could live with the retro scaly raptor but the pronation definitely just makes it seem like they were just willfully ignorant. The triceratops definitely piques my interest most, reminiscent of Chomp from Dinosaur King (still holds a special place in my heart).

[Stegotyranno420]

Even though I hate anime, Dinosaur king will always hold a place in my heart to, @Skorpio V.

And yes I agree, it's been like 20 years, unless they clearly say retro style, it gets annoying. Companies like mesozoica and rebor make excellent retro dinosaurs, that are actually marketed as such.

I mean making accurate dinosaurs is more marketable, easier(based on copyright issues if they don't have a liscence ), better lookin. Why do they always do this. And it's always the same old group. I mean, if you can't make accurate ones, at least add obscure ones, like the Battle of Giants Dinosaur Strike game did(dacentrurus, miragaia, wuherosaurus, scolosaurus, juravenator ).
But at the end, we always have guys like collectA, safari, PNSO, and recently mojo and papo hopped on the obscurity train.

[Halichoeres]

are they meant to be retro representations?

That's possible, though I didn't see anything to indicate that in the ad copy.

Release date is July 3rd, and it looks like they'll be pretty broadly distributed within Japan. They might show up on HobbyLink or HobbySearch, and of course there's always Yahoo Auctions Japan.

[Eocarcharia]

Yay, someone else here remembers Dinosaur King!

Oh right, this is a Bandai thread. Um, not anything there that interests me, personally.

[GojiraGuy1954]

While I do agree that these figures aren't the best, it's unfair to call a taxon boring just because of how popular it is. Being a contrarian for the sake of being a contrarian isn't cool.

[Stegotyranno420]

I'm not saying they are not cool, they are so popular for a reason, its just there are other just as cool critters out there that could use a figure or two.

[GojiraGuy1954]

I'm not saying they are not cool, they are so popular for a reason, its just there are other just as cool critters out there that could use a figure or two.

I mean Halichoeres. Apparently these taxa are "boring" when that cannot be further from the truth. We have so many skeletons of Tyrannosaurus in particular and know so much about it. Only thing we're really missing is the colours.

[Stegotyranno420]

i believe he means boring as in these taxa always keep on coming and don't stop coming, not to mention they are overdone jp versions

[CityRaptor]

The Raptor is more of an 90s "actual Velociraptor" than a JP Raptor. T.rex and Brachio are probably the most JP looking ones out of the bunch. Brown T.rex pose also reminds me of something else.

[Halichoeres]

@GojiraGuy1954 I can see why you might think that I find particular species boring, but I don't. If someone really finds an organism boring--any organism!--it's generally because they don't know anything about it. Of course, it's impossible to spend any time here without knowing a great deal about several standard dinosaurs, whether you want to or not. What I find boring are species choices that keep the market homogeneous. Imagine that a radio station played the ten most popular songs of all time on rotation with no variation. Nothing wrong with the songs, but that's still a boring radio station. Imagine then that almost all radio stations did the same thing, for 50 years running. I would find that to be a boring set of programming choices; some might disagree, but it would be a very different sort of person from me, one with perhaps a low appetite for novelty. In the context of the larger dinosaur market, this lineup from Bandai is, in my opinion, almost as boring as it could possibly be.

The Raptor is more of an 90s "actual Velociraptor" than a JP Raptor. T.rex and Brachio are probably the most JP looking ones out of the bunch. Brown T.rex pose also reminds me of something else.

Yeah, the head is pretty different from a JP raptor. I might have even liked this figure if it came out in 1995.

[GojiraGuy1954]

@GojiraGuy1954 I can see why you might think that I find particular species boring, but I don't. If someone really finds an organism boring--any organism!--it's generally because they don't know anything about it. Of course, it's impossible to spend any time here without knowing a great deal about several standard dinosaurs, whether you want to or not. What I find boring are species choices that keep the market homogeneous. Imagine that a radio station played the ten most popular songs of all time on rotation with no variation. Nothing wrong with the songs, but that's still a boring radio station. Imagine then that almost all radio stations did the same thing, for 50 years running. I would find that to be a boring set of programming choices; some might disagree, but it would be a very different sort of person from me, one with perhaps a low appetite for novelty. In the context of the larger dinosaur market, this lineup from Bandai is, in my opinion, almost as boring as it could possibly be.

The Raptor is more of an 90s "actual Velociraptor" than a JP Raptor. T.rex and Brachio are probably the most JP looking ones out of the bunch. Brown T.rex pose also reminds me of something else.

Yeah, the head is pretty different from a JP raptor. I might have even liked this figure if it came out in 1995.

That's a bad comparison. Are you trying to tell me that the Rebor King T-Rex and the CollectA T-Rex are similar figures?

[RobinGoodfellow]

..to be honest, I think that Halichoeres told the truth..

On 2019 I tried (just for fun) to compile a thread with almost all known T rex figures:

http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=7610.0

Probably there are Rexs for everyone.. 

And from 2019 there are even more Rexs on the market than in that old thread.. so...

 

[Halichoeres]

That's a bad comparison. Are you trying to tell me that the Rebor King T-Rex and the CollectA T-Rex are similar figures?

I mean, I guess the Rebor one is like if a popular classic were covered by Nickelback or Milli Vanilli.

[Loon]

To extend this analogy, The CollectA Iguanodon and Safari 2017 Tyrannosaurus are the "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" of figures, respectively. I don't know about you, but everytime they come on...it's party time.

[Halichoeres]

They've also got this keychain set coming out:

[Shonisaurus]

Why am I going to lie I really like those figures even if they are of well-known dinosaurs like the ones shown. They are very well done.

I don't know if I have asked in other threads but are those Bandai Spirits dinosaur figures made of PVC? The first tyrannosaurus figure for me shows my greatest interest along with its velociraptor. I ask if they are made of PVC because I don't think they are made of resin or polystone. These figures seem to be made of a much less noble material, but without a doubt I am very interested, especially in theropods. Are these figures made of PVC or a noble material? I try to find out about the Internet when browsing and it does not give me any information.

[Halichoeres]

I don't know if they're PVC specifically or another plastic like ABS, but they're intended as toys made for children. They aren't resin or some other fragile material.