Safari Ltd 2016 releases with pictures

sbell wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

I can't find any confirmation anywhere that there is going to be a Leedsichthys.Are you sure it's just not a guess on the part of fans on Safari's Facebook page?

I've only seen some guesses on the Safari page and the DinoToyForum, but nothing specific from Safari. It would be a pleasant surprise, but it's more likely to be an ichthyosaur, since there isn't one in the WS Dinos line (the Carnegie of course is retired).

Yes,I'm thinking the same thing.At the time these models were being developed,the Carnegie Collection was still ongoing,so it would be unlikely for Ichthyosaurus communis itself to be repeated,so I'm going to guess that it will be the next most famous ichthyosaur (thanks to the "Walking With Dinosaurs" series) Ophthalmosaurus icenicus.

john2xtheman wrote:

sbell wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

I can't find any confirmation anywhere that there is going to be a Leedsichthys.Are you sure it's just not a guess on the part of fans on Safari's Facebook page?

I've only seen some guesses on the Safari page and the DinoToyForum, but nothing specific from Safari. It would be a pleasant surprise, but it's more likely to be an ichthyosaur, since there isn't one in the WS Dinos line (the Carnegie of course is retired).

Yes,I'm thinking the same thing.At the time these models were being developed,the Carnegie Collection was still ongoing,so it would be unlikely for Ichthyosaurus communis itself to be repeated,so I'm going to guess that it will be the next most famous ichthyosaur,the "Walking With Dinosaurs" series featured Ophthalmosaurus icenicus.

Agreed--it helps that the other well known ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus, just showed up in CollectA's line, and there should be no need for repeating like that (nasutoceratops...Diabloceratops...).

It would be better to see a truly unusual one like Shonisaurus or Mixosaurus, but I'm not holding my breath.

sbell wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

sbell wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

I can't find any confirmation anywhere that there is going to be a Leedsichthys.Are you sure it's just not a guess on the part of fans on Safari's Facebook page?

I've only seen some guesses on the Safari page and the DinoToyForum, but nothing specific from Safari. It would be a pleasant surprise, but it's more likely to be an ichthyosaur, since there isn't one in the WS Dinos line (the Carnegie of course is retired).

Yes,I'm thinking the same thing.At the time these models were being developed,the Carnegie Collection was still ongoing,so it would be unlikely for Ichthyosaurus communis itself to be repeated,so I'm going to guess that it will be the next most famous ichthyosaur,the "Walking With Dinosaurs" series featured Ophthalmosaurus icenicus.

Agreed--it helps that the other well known ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus, just showed up in CollectA's line, and there should be no need for repeating like that (nasutoceratops...Diabloceratops...).

It would be better to see a truly unusual one like Shonisaurus or Mixosaurus, but I'm not holding my breath.

I wish I could say they were possibilities,but Safari did specify that it was from the Jurassic.It was the only specific detail that they gave...but then there are still 5 more coming too,so who knows...

I haven't been following the hints and whatnot very much - I am assuming that the Leedsichthys HAS NOT been confirmed then?  Is there some reason that people are assuming a species of Ichthyosaur? Methinks everyone is taking their hint about the Jurassic FAR too literally. What if they meant it sarcastically in reference to a movie with more than a few notable accuracy issues?

sphyrna18 wrote:

I haven't been following the hints and whatnot very much - I am assuming that the Leedsichthys HAS NOT been confirmed then?  Is there some reason that people are assuming a species of Ichthyosaur? Methinks everyone is taking their hint about the Jurassic FAR too literally. What if they meant it sarcastically in reference to a movie with more than a few notable accuracy issues?

Nope,there has not been any official confirmation of any Leedsichthys problematicus.Unless you just inadvertently did so right now!
Seriously though,they specified it as something that lived in the ocean during the Jurassic Period.That is of course much too broad of a hint to have any real hope of actually guessing right...

We'll all find out what Safari Ltd. has in store for us soon enough.

john2xtheman wrote:

sphyrna18 wrote:

I haven't been following the hints and whatnot very much - I am assuming that the Leedsichthys HAS NOT been confirmed then?  Is there some reason that people are assuming a species of Ichthyosaur? Methinks everyone is taking their hint about the Jurassic FAR too literally. What if they meant it sarcastically in reference to a movie with more than a few notable accuracy issues?

Nope,there has not been any official confirmation of any Leedsichthys problematicus.Unless you just inadvertently did so right now!
Seriously though,they specified it as something that lived in the ocean during the Jurassic Period.That is of course much too broad of a hint to have any real hope of actually guessing right...

We'll all find out what Safari Ltd. has in store for us soon enough.

Haha Nope. If they're releasing a Leedsichthys problematicus, it's news to me! None of the figures I've seen fit the description, I don't think, so I'm as in the dark as everyone else.

sphyrna18 wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

sphyrna18 wrote:

I haven't been following the hints and whatnot very much - I am assuming that the Leedsichthys HAS NOT been confirmed then?  Is there some reason that people are assuming a species of Ichthyosaur? Methinks everyone is taking their hint about the Jurassic FAR too literally. What if they meant it sarcastically in reference to a movie with more than a few notable accuracy issues?

Nope,there has not been any official confirmation of any Leedsichthys problematicus.Unless you just inadvertently did so right now!
Seriously though,they specified it as something that lived in the ocean during the Jurassic Period.That is of course much too broad of a hint to have any real hope of actually guessing right...

We'll all find out what Safari Ltd. has in store for us soon enough.

Haha Nope. If they're releasing a Leedsichthys problematicus, it's news to me!  None of the figures I've seen fit the description, I don't think, so I'm as in the dark as everyone else.

Safari Ltd. did say that there were 6 dinosaurs/prehistoric animals planned for release next year.But what they will be,I have no idea.From what I've heard,they will be revealed in November for "Dinovember".

john2xtheman wrote:

sphyrna18 wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

sphyrna18 wrote:

I haven't been following the hints and whatnot very much - I am assuming that the Leedsichthys HAS NOT been confirmed then?  Is there some reason that people are assuming a species of Ichthyosaur? Methinks everyone is taking their hint about the Jurassic FAR too literally. What if they meant it sarcastically in reference to a movie with more than a few notable accuracy issues?

Nope,there has not been any official confirmation of any Leedsichthys problematicus.Unless you just inadvertently did so right now!
Seriously though,they specified it as something that lived in the ocean during the Jurassic Period.That is of course much too broad of a hint to have any real hope of actually guessing right...

We'll all find out what Safari Ltd. has in store for us soon enough.

Haha Nope. If they're releasing a Leedsichthys problematicus, it's news to me!  None of the figures I've seen fit the description, I don't think, so I'm as in the dark as everyone else.

Safari Ltd. did say that there were 6 dinosaurs/prehistoric animals planned for release next year.But what they will be,I have no idea.From what I've heard,they will be revealed in November for "Dinovember".

I just received an email that the retailer preview will be coming out in mid-October. It's usually a confidential document (so we're not supposed to reveal anything) but there's a good chance that someone around then will.

sbell wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

sphyrna18 wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

sphyrna18 wrote:

I haven't been following the hints and whatnot very much - I am assuming that the Leedsichthys HAS NOT been confirmed then?  Is there some reason that people are assuming a species of Ichthyosaur? Methinks everyone is taking their hint about the Jurassic FAR too literally. What if they meant it sarcastically in reference to a movie with more than a few notable accuracy issues?

Nope,there has not been any official confirmation of any Leedsichthys problematicus.Unless you just inadvertently did so right now!
Seriously though,they specified it as something that lived in the ocean during the Jurassic Period.That is of course much too broad of a hint to have any real hope of actually guessing right...

We'll all find out what Safari Ltd. has in store for us soon enough.

Haha Nope. If they're releasing a Leedsichthys problematicus, it's news to me!  None of the figures I've seen fit the description, I don't think, so I'm as in the dark as everyone else.

Safari Ltd. did say that there were 6 dinosaurs/prehistoric animals planned for release next year.But what they will be,I have no idea.From what I've heard,they will be revealed in November for "Dinovember".

I just received an email that the retailer preview will be coming out in mid-October. It's usually a confidential document (so we're not supposed to reveal anything) but there's a good chance that someone around then will.

OH My divine Gods, Let someone leak this info

I'm quite positive they said leedsichthys on Facebook. Not a fan, but whoever runs the Safari Ltd FB.

I also really hope 2016's toobs aren't useless disappointments like 2015. 2015 has mostly been an inactive year for me though.

I just want to know what the new Dinosaurs will be. Im sure there will be a Dinosaur or two from them. I just hope there as good as this years crop. If they make a leedsichthys, then i might just get there other Prehistoric animals as well.

QuollMate wrote:

I'm quite positive they said leedsichthys on Facebook. Not a fan, but whoever runs the Safari Ltd FB.

Unless it's changed, Safari hasn't confirmed any prehistoric species, and they don't plan to for at least a little while longer.

Well Safari asked another qustion.

"How many horses are we releasing next year? Someone guessed 6 and Safari said that was correct.

So there will be six horses next year.

Takama wrote:

Well Safari asked another qustion.

"How many horses are we releasing next year?   Someone guessed 6 and Safari said that was correct.

So there will be six horses next year.

Thanks, I think that's an important information for horse collectors. Safari has a huge tradition with horses, unless 3 lines were released and 2016 will represent the start of a complete new collection. They will be, much probably standar sized, around 1:20 scale once they will replace the Winners Circle series. :)
I am curious to see how they'll start it. 2 families? 3 couples? 6 different breeds? Which breeds?

Safari horses.... i hope they will get better paintwork. The current horse paint is very poor.

The new Safari dinos on FB: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Exciting, but I'm no dino expert.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Exciting,  but I'm no dino expert.

They are good-looking figures.

The mosasaur is a bit of a surprise--possibly explaining the 'Jurassic' in the earlier clue (it was a part of Jurassic World, after all). But a vast improvement on their existing one.

Interesting that they are willing to do a few 'boring' herbivores with no apparent hroned or armored dinos. But after the Gryposaurus, maybe they feel stronger for them?

Plus, what will the 6th be? Still holding out for a true Jurassic aquatic thing...

Thanks Bojan, they have all a very convicent look. Specially the iguanodon. Thoughnothing really interesting for me. I hope the sixth is a prehistoric mammal, protomammal or crocodilian.

sbell wrote:

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Exciting,  but I'm no dino expert.

They are good-looking figures.

The mosasaur is a bit of a surprise--possibly explaining the 'Jurassic' in the earlier clue (it was a part of Jurassic World, after all). But a vast improvement on their existing one.

Interesting that they are willing to do a few 'boring' herbivores with no apparent hroned or armored dinos. But after the Gryposaurus, maybe they feel stronger for them?

Plus, what will the 6th be? Still holding out for a true Jurassic aquatic thing...

That's no mosasaur. Mosasaurs didn't arrive until the Cretaceous period. That mosasaur-like predator would be known as torvoneustes, a metriorhynchid. The only group of archosaurs to become fully adapted to the pelagic lifestyle. Otherwise, known as an aquatic crocodile. Safari LTD already has a couple toob figures released for primitive ocean-going crocs. Dakosaurus and Metriorhynchus.

So far it looks like it's going to be
Shunosaurus lii
Iguanodon bernissartensis
Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Dakosaurus maximus
and an updated sculpt of
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

And there is still one more to be revealed...

john2xtheman wrote:

So far it looks like it's going to be
Shunosaurus lii
Iguanodon bernissartensis
Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Dakosaurus maximus
and an updated sculpt of
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

And there is still one more to be revealed...

It doesn't really look like a dakosaurus to me. It looks too— crocodile like. Dakosaurus has a T-Rex kind of head. That's interesting.

QuollMate wrote:

sbell wrote:

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Exciting,  but I'm no dino expert.

They are good-looking figures.

The mosasaur is a bit of a surprise--possibly explaining the 'Jurassic' in the earlier clue (it was a part of Jurassic World, after all). But a vast improvement on their existing one.

Interesting that they are willing to do a few 'boring' herbivores with no apparent hroned or armored dinos. But after the Gryposaurus, maybe they feel stronger for them?

Plus, what will the 6th be? Still holding out for a true Jurassic aquatic thing...

That's no mosasaur. Mosasaurs didn't arrive until the Cretaceous period. That mosasaur-like predator would be known as torvoneustes, a metriorhynchid. The only group of archosaurs to become fully adapted to the pelagic lifestyle. Otherwise, known as an aquatic crocodile. Safari LTD already has a couple toob figures released for primitive ocean-going crocs. Dakosaurus and Metriorhynchus.

That would make more sense--I wasn't really looking all that closely, but the toes on the hind feet should have been a give away. I suppose I shouldn't be doing this while at work!

The name Torvoneustes is not certain, just still a guess (Safari hasn't said anything particular yet, that I've seen).

And thanks for the metriorhynchid lesson.  Technically, they are the only group of Archosaurians that became fully aquatic, since Vancleavea is an archosauriform, but not an archosaurian.

And metriorhynchids are only one of two families within the Thalattosuchia (the other being the Teleosaruidae).

Did I mention that I was a consultant on the Prehistoric Crocs (and Prehistoric sharks) toob? My paleontology degree must have been for something.

QuollMate wrote:

john2xtheman wrote:

So far it looks like it's going to be
Shunosaurus lii
Iguanodon bernissartensis
Masiakasaurus knopfleri
Dakosaurus maximus
and an updated sculpt of
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

And there is still one more to be revealed...

It doesn't really look like a dakosaurus to me. It looks too— crocodile like. Dakosaurus has a T-Rex kind of head. That's interesting.

You are thinking of Dakosaurus andiniensis,which is understandable with it being in the prehistoric crocodiles toob.But this is Dakosaurus maximus,which has a skull and body that matches perfectly with the model seen.