CollectA 2014: DINOSAURS - Gastonia (88696)

Here is the Gastonia.

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Amazing! CollectA Dinos are wonderful. I really like it, but I don't have space for Dinos.   

Very vibrant colors

Beautyful model

Great dinosaur figurine     

Very nice dino!

      

Well...   ... Very colourful, very beautiful, great tail and body    But I'm not sure about the head pikes, I thought gastonia didn't have such pikes.

Kikimalou wrote:

Well...   ... Very colourful, very beautiful, great tail and body    But I'm not sure about the head pikes, I thought gastonia didn't have such pikes.

You've right Christophe. There is something strange with this one. I find there is the same problem with the arsinoitherium because I don't like his legs and his head.  

Kikimalou wrote:

Well...   ... Very colourful, very beautiful, great tail and body    But I'm not sure about the head pikes, I thought gastonia didn't have such pikes.

I agree with Christophe. I like the model and will probably get it. But the appearance of spikes on the head doesn't seem to be supported by representations of fossil that I can find or by reconstructions by reliable paleoartists like Gregory Paul. (Maybe there was some recent new finds being taken into account here?) I suppose that inattention to the anatomical details of dinosaurs is so common for toy companies, I shouldn't complain. But it's hard not to notice once your attention has been drawn to the fact. (I used to like most Tyrannosaurus rex models; now it's hard not to cringe a little when I see models with outrageously long arms. The Papo is a good example: Great great sculpt despite being a strange-looking T rex.)