>What's New?-Mattel showed off a new wave of Hammond Collection dinosaurs, but weirdly, Scorpius is the only one that's gone up for preorder anywhere, and even weirder, it's only been on Walmart's site instead of Target getting first dibs like it usually does. The Wave includes Scorpisu, Indominus, Mutodon, the JWR Dilophosaurus, Hypsilophodon, and a life-size Delores.- Nanmu Spinosaurs should be shipping soon followed not long after by their nile crocodile. Their Allosaurus only recently went up for preorder so don't expect it until October. After that their Jurassic World Rebirth Tyrannosaurus is expected to go up for pre-order. -Creative Beast Studio is shipping out their most recent wave of Beasts of the Mesozoic figures, with the wave of Cyberzoic figures expected to ship next month. They are taking preorders for their new wave of BotM/BotC figures, which should ship this summer. The wave includes the Woolly Rhino (Coelodonta antiquitatis), Spicomellus, Moeritherium, Kentrasaurus, Kelenken, the Dire Wolf (Aenocyon), Ceratosaurus, and Acrocanthosaurus as the first giant theropod since the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Speaking of the Rex, the T. rex 2.0 is expected to go up for pre-order when the Acro Wave ships and is hinted to include a Trike 2.0 and the long-awaited juvenile Trikes; no other species have been confirmed with that wave.previous thread >>11724781
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>>11750659Has anyone made a titanboa yet?
>>11750718Rebor did one a while back
>>11750659Forgot to bring up the Blockees 1/35, 1/64, and nonstandard scale lines
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Dinosaurs are cool
>>11751396Mm, hard to be excited over unpainted shiny plastic releases.
Got home and started taking some pictures, and formed some more solid thoughts on these guys. >PachyThis was the only pic I could think of that looked interesting for Pachy. Pachy looks great but I'm struggling to find nice poses for the bonk boy. Ankles are still shit even this far out after the soak, so I guess they're just like that now. Basically can't get any standing poses out of him without the stand, or leaning him back. But the stand is really loose too for some reason? Only BotM where the stand didn't feel sturdy as fuck. I still like it, but I wish it felt as good to handle as it looked. Unrelated but good god was it a bitch to get this pose to stay long enough to take a picture
>>11751470And already fucked it up. Goddamn it.
>>11751473>SmilodonIt's nice, but I keep catching myself wishing it featured a few things that it simply doesn't. It is so tantalizingly close to being able to do a lazy cat flopped over pose, but the shape of its body always keeps it from laying down quite right. I keep finding myself wishing it could do the shoulder thing. You know the thing, every cat does it. Also, its legs do not have a lot of in/out positioning, though I am wondering how much of that is just that I got the 1/18 instead of the 1/12.
>>11751479Remember to keep your cats indoors, anon, or you are the problem.
>>11751480>GorgoLove this fella like you wouldn't believe. You can certainly tell that it's missing some of the newer engineering with how the ankles work, though. Compared to my Allo, this guy is extremely limited. And his ankles were already loose out the box. Then I popped one of them off. Once. Now its ankle is feels like it's barely even connected. But it LOOKS so good, man, every flaw hurts because it's otherwise so damned good.If not for the flaws, it would absolutely be my new favorite. Also, maybe it's the forward-facing eyes, maybe it's the mouth-shape,or maybe it's some other third thing, but this thing's face just has so much more personality than the Allo's does.
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>>11751498Nice to finally have some stuff in scale with eachother that actually coexisted. And now I need to go watch Prehistoric Beast again.
>>11751500The large fellows.
>>11751473Aw, he's riding him!
>>11751629And he's giving him a cozy back-scratch. They're such good friends!I heard they're doing acupuncture next.
>>11751479Smilodon seems a little small for S. populator.
>>11751658Probably just the angle of the picture, took another quick pic and used yours as a reference and it seems a slightly oversized, actually. Which seems to be a general theme for CBs figures, from what I've seen. The Achillobator is bigger than most estimates of even Utahraptor's top size, for instance. They seem to lean towards slightly oversized or at least 'theoretical max" Worth saying after a lazy measurement, the height of the human figure at 1/18 translates to a flat 6 feet tall.
>>11751670To be fair the Achillobator reuses a lot of Utahraptor parts
>>11751671True enough, though they could have artificially scaled it down with a shorter tail. I don't have enough of them to compare, but it seems like that's something they do with some of the earlier members of the raptor line and the small members of the tyrannosaur line.
For fun, let's say you have the power to implement exactly one (1) JW Evolution exclusive dino/design to the Hammond Collection, which one do you choose?
>>11751479>though I am wondering how much of that is just that I got the 1/18 instead of the 1/12.The 1/12 has the same issues. The elbow joints are super limiting, and the shoulders don't have the range they should have to pull off the sort of grappling techniques that S. populator would have been capable of.
I'm enjoying the Andrewsarchus.
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>>11751860why does the Stego looks like he's too high to care?
>>11751861An armored throat means the attack is mostly a nuisance
>>11751861>ayyy man, haha, you gotta try these leaves man...
>>11751860What's that wolf in the background?
>>11751807Utahraptor would probably be the most popular choice. However one i would like personally is the Albertosaurus but as long as it has this coloration from the first game.Spinoraptor would be cool too
>>11751332>Opinions on HC baby Triceratops?Adorable, I'm glad I have one, wish I had a few to make a family.
Forgive my ignorance, but is there any brand currently making decent quality dino figures that aren't "scientifically accurate" designs catering to the paleo community? Ideally it'd be something in the same vein as the "Dinosaurs Attack!" trading cards, with the old school conception of dinosaurs as "terror lizards," etc.. I'm just nostalgic for the Madeinchinasaurs I had as a kid, I guess.
>>11752128I guess just Mattel's stuff? Otherwise it's going to be figurines like Papo or Schleich or whatever.
>>11751332>Opinions on HC baby Triceratops?It's a cute little toy. I kind of wish I had grabbed two more.>>11751807Easily Yutyrannus. The JWE 2 Yu is the best looking Yu and I love it so much.>>11752089That's the hasbro timber wolf from one of their GI Joe sets. It's 1/12, but it's a great little figure. Their animals are all pretty solid.>>11752128Hasbro is doing a Deinonychus in a GI Joe 2 pack with a Cobra scientist so that might be something you are interested in.
>>11752216honestly who would win?
What's a good, inexpensive Dino ($15 ideally, or less) that articulates some, but I don't really need anything - it's just a background prop for a Spider-Man, or other figures, to sit on top like PICREL or to fight.
>>11752304If they were all at their realistic maximum sizes... hard to say. Andrewsarchus could probably obliterate the bones of the other carnivores if it can get a hold of them, but a polar bear probably weighs about the same and while it's bite isnt anywhere near as powerful, it has the ability to grapple which Andrewsarchus can't do because of its ungulate feet. Smilodon is probably 400 kilos lighter than either the Andrewsarchus or the polar bear so despite being a grappler and a megafaunal specialist, I dont think it stands a chance in a free for all without its pack. The Timber wolf is in an even worse position a good swipe from the Smilodon or polar bear will gut it and a bite from the andrewsarchus will be instantly fatal. The juvenile Trike probably still has the mass to deliver a lethal hit with its horns, but all of the predators hunt horned/antlered animals so they'd be intelligent enough to avoid being gored. In the end I'm probably gonna go with the polar bear, but it just takes one good bite from the Andrewsarchus for things to go a different direction
Came to a realization earlier today. My first two larger BotM figures are>Blue>Dark colors and Red highlightsAnd so I lazily threw together a dumb shitpost that mildly amused me.
