Eofauna: New for 2022

[Flaffy]

Wow, that's very good news! Thanks @Concavenator I was waiting for it. Do you know if it includes Patagotitan?

Yep, Patagotitan is mentioned several times in the book. There's also a beautiful illustration of it next to other species.

@Duna Dug around the interwebs, and managed to find these! Lovely reconstruction from the sauropod masters themselves. (still would've liked to see some osteoderms though)

[Duna]

Yep, Patagotitan is mentioned several times in the book. There's also a beautiful illustration of it next to other species.

Oh! That's very cool! Thank you for the pic. What a beautiful representation, very proportionate, not too thin, not too beefy. The legs look very (possibly) accurate. And YESS! They gave it the title of the largest, I would have been quite disapointed if not. 

I'm a little confused about the sauropod encyclopedia; I was under the impression that a Spanish version ALREADY existed prior to the English version.

I understand your confusion because when the theropods book, the first version was the Spanish one, and later the English one. This time they have decided to do the other way round and I think that's very nice of them and most people will appreciate that gesture. All but me, hehehe. I'm joking  I won't mind buying it in English, but as I have the Theropods book in Spanish, I decided to wait for this version too.

[Concavenator]

And YESS! They gave it the title of the largest, I would have been quite disapointed if not. 

Hahaha, according to the book (on Argentinosaurus):

"Measuring 35 m in length and weighing 75 t, it was significantly larger than Patagotitan mayorum and Puertasaurus reuili, which at the time were believed to surpass Argentinosaurus in size. See more: Novas et al. 2005; Carballido et al. 2017"

[dinofelid]

And YESS! They gave it the title of the largest, I would have been quite disapointed if not. 

Hahaha, according to the book (on Argentinosaurus):

"Measuring 35 m in length and weighing 75 t, it was significantly larger than Patagotitan mayorum and Puertasaurus reuili, which at the time were believed to surpass Argentinosaurus in size. See more: Novas et al. 2005; Carballido et al. 2017"

Yes, the way the book works is that awards like "record largest" are always relative to the particular category on the upper right of the right-hand page--in the case of Patagotitan on p. 85 the category is Lower Cretaceous, and in the case of Argentinosaurus, on p. 50 it appears as the largest in the category Saltasauroidea, on p. 87 in the category of Upper Cretaceous, and on p. 106 in the category South America. And there's a "parade of titans" section on p. 54-57 that shows the largest in all categories together, they give Argentinosaurus as the heaviest and the widest, Barosaurus lentus as the longest and possibly the tallest (that's only if it could raise itself to a bipedal posture, Asiatosaurus mongoliensis would be the tallest quadrupedally).

[Duna]

Thanks for your explanation,D @dinofelid 

[suspsy]

Everything Dinosaur is expecting to get the Konobelodon in stock at the end of the month. Didn't ask them about the Diplodocus.

[bmathison1972]

Everything Dinosaur is expecting to get the Konobelodon in stock at the end of the month. Didn't ask them about the Diplodocus.

Oh that's exciting. eBay pre-orders from China say it won't be available until April.

I'll prob wait until I can get it from a US dealer like Dan's

[Concavenator]

@Eofauna Tyrannosaurus incoming? Eofauna Tyrannosaurus incoming:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Eofauna/status/1496788496920375299

[SRF]

Oh yeah Eofauna is definitely teasing here. I'm looking forward to the end result. Would be very nice to have a T. Rex in the same color scheme that they showed in their Theropod book. I know it's another brown one, but it defintely deviates from other T. Rex figurs and the white accents make it a color scheme with a nice eye catching contrast.

[suspsy]

Bring it on! 

[edu]

I don't own Eofauna's theropod book. How is the tyrannosaur depicted, with or without lips? Do i wait for this one or buy Rebor's Kiss? 

[SRF]

I don't own Eofauna's theropod book. How is the tyrannosaur depicted, with or without lips? Do i wait for this one or buy Rebor's Kiss? 

E @edu it's depicted without or at the most partial lipped in the book. I think Eofauna would handle T. Rex the same way as they handled their Giganotosaurus.

[suspsy]

I don't own Eofauna's theropod book. How is the tyrannosaur depicted, with or without lips? Do i wait for this one or buy Rebor's Kiss? 

E @edu it's depicted without or at the most partial lipped in the book. I think Eofauna would handle T. Rex the same way as they handled their Giganotosaurus.

I really like this rendition. If there's an actual toy in the works at Eofauna, I hope they use this.

[edu]

I don't own Eofauna's theropod book. How is the tyrannosaur depicted, with or without lips? Do i wait for this one or buy Rebor's Kiss? 

E @edu it's depicted without or at the most partial lipped in the book. I think Eofauna would handle T. Rex the same way as they handled their Giganotosaurus.

Thanks! Hope they change tracks and go for a completely lipped animal. I hope too they don't include a movable jaw, it didn't result well in the Giganotosaurus

[Shonisaurus]

An updated scientific tyrannosaurus rex Eofauna version that would compete with other brands such as Safari, Rebor or PNSO would be great, I hope the rumor materializes even if it is the umpteenth version of tyrannosaurus I know that it is a totally irresistible figure for any collector and the most important thing is benefits commercials for any toy dinosaur company.

If it were the scientific feathered version of the book on theropods by Asier Larramendi and Andrey Atuchin it would be great.

[Shane]

When I saw the actual Sue skull at the Field Museum, I remember being surprised at how distorted it actually was.

It was a bit of a shock to find that the actual Sue skeleton mount doesn't feature the actual Sue skull, but when you see it, it makes sense.

That, and it weights about 600 pounds I believe.

[Fembrogon]

Yeah, the actual skull fossil is far too heavy to realistically attempt mounting, so it's always been displayed in a case of its own.

I can't say I'm enthused about the idea of yet another T. rex toy on the horizon, but I'm still optimistic; I'm sure Eofauna's take will be a knockout.
I'll also concur that a color design based on the book illustration would be welcome.

[suspsy]

Apparently Eofauna confirmed a T. rex toy on Instagram. Guess I'll add that to the OP.

[SidB]

Apparently Eofauna confirmed a T. rex toy on Instagram. Guess I'll add that to the OP.

That's tremendously good news. One way or another, it's sure to be a top-notch effort.

[Dinoguy2]

I don't own Eofauna's theropod book. How is the tyrannosaur depicted, with or without lips? Do i wait for this one or buy Rebor's Kiss? 

E @edu it's depicted without or at the most partial lipped in the book. I think Eofauna would handle T. Rex the same way as they handled their Giganotosaurus.

I really like this rendition. If there's an actual toy in the works at Eofauna, I hope they use this.

Looks too skinny to me. The pubic boot and therefore gastralia should be at knee level or lower. Add onto that even a very conservative amount of muscle, fat, and skin, and the belly should be noticably deeper than knee level.