The STS 2015 Prehistoric Figure of the Year

As you can see HERE, the STS 2015 Toy animal figure of the year competition is open.

It's time to make your choices for Prehistoric. You have until Saturday 23 to list your five figures to this category. At Sundday 24 January, we will start a poll with a maximum of 10 figures with the biggest number of choices.

It will run for a week in single vote mode and obviously the most voted will be the Prehistoric animal figure of the year.

Models of all brands can compete, the only rule is that it must be a 2015 new model.

To help you identifying figures, you can find their names in this topic, where @Takama gently compiled all information.


Enjoy

Roger, I have one question. The thread you linked -- the list of 2015 Prehistoric releases compiled by Takama -- contains a whole lot of figures which did not end up being released. Many of the announced figures by Battat/Terra -- the Europasaurus, the Pentaceratops, the Gigantoraptor, Gastonia, and many others -- did not arrive. (Hopefully they still will, but they have not yet been released.) More ambiguously, CollectA did not release their new Spinosaurus models until this January I believe (but I could be wrong about that).

So my question: Should these figures be included in the nominations for the prehistoric figure of 2015? (I would think they shouldn't, but maybe I'm wrong. Even if they shouldn't, I think it would be helpful if this were clarified.)

Thank you!

p.s. A related question: many of the Battat figures listed are re-releases of the old Boston Museum series -- e.g. the wonderful Tyrannosaurus. Should they be included in the pool of potential nominations?

[I'm editing this since it's unclear if reissues count and also because I've only just now seen the Favorite Fukuisaurus.]

I don't know if it's too early to list nominations for this category, but here goes:

1. Sauropelta, Safari. The standout model of the year. Unbelievably good.
2. Tyrannosaurus, CollectA (88717). This one has to be seen in person. Love it with its mouth closed. It is big and impressive and has lovely fuzz.
3. Yutyrannus, Safari. Wild Safari is just amazing. A model based on a recent discovery and executed with careful attention to being accurate. Lovely work.
4. Apatosaurus, Papo. Another case of Papo just putting out lovely figures, even when the subject matter is routine.
5. Fukuisaurus, Favorite. Wow! This is really lovely. I wish I could afford it.


Honorable Mentions (which I know won’t be counted as nominations): CollectA’s Moropus. (Wow.) Papo’s Tupuxuara. The reissue of Battat’s Carnotaurus. (Nice color scheme for the re-release.) And the reissue of Battat's Tyrannosaurus. (Too bad the figure won’t stand up on its own, but it’s still probably the best Tyrannosaurus toy ever made.)

Safari Ltd Sauropelta. The standout model of the year. Unbelievably good. Dixit Scot(t)
CollectA Pliosaurus. His majesty
CollectA Moropus. The hughe guy
CollectA Temnodontosaurus With baby
Safari Ltd Archaeopteryx A VERY serious model

Safari: Sauropelta
Collecta: Feathered tyrannosaurus rex
Safari: Nasutoceratops
Collecta: Spinosaurus 2015 Deluxe
Collecta: Moropus

Safari Sauropelta
CollectA Daeodon
CollectA Moropus
Safari Nasutoceratops
CollectA featured Tyrannosaur Rex

scot(t) wrote:

Roger, I have one question. The thread you linked -- the list of 2015 Prehistoric releases compiled by Takama -- contains a whole lot of figures which did not end up being released. Many of the announced figures by Battat/Terra -- the Europasaurus, the Pentaceratops, the Gigantoraptor, Gastonia, and many others -- did not arrive. (Hopefully they still will, but they have not yet been released.) More ambiguously, CollectA did not release their new Spinosaurus models until this January I believe (but I could be wrong about that).

So my question: Should these figures be included in the nominations for the prehistoric figure of 2015? (I would think they shouldn't, but maybe I'm wrong. Even if they shouldn't, I think it would be helpful if this were clarified.)

Thank you!

Scott, that is very pertinent and very useful, of course figures that ended not being released in 2015 shouldn't be nominated, they will have a chance next year. So, could you please check for me if these below are the unreleased?:
- Dilophosaurus, Edmontonia, Europasaurus, Gastonia, Gigantoraptor, Maiasaura, Majungasaurus, Nasutoceratops, Ouranosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Pentaceratops, Plateosaurus, Styracosaurus, Triceratops, Yutyrannus.

Also, do you know if they were presented in 2015 catalogue as new figures? I hope not.

Those I could confirm for 2015 are those below and all relaunched as far as I could find but I may be wrong, I am definitively not a collector well informed about prehistoric figures so, a new "mentor" to that section is needed.
It is hard to determine when a relaunched figure should be included so I'll keep them and let it to each member judgement. Unless those were repainted, rebranded and probably remastered as Safari uses to say.
Could you please check?:
- Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Amargasaurus, Carnotaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Tyrannosaurus.

Thanks a lot, really, for pointing these incongruences. If you find anything else more just let me know.


As a last note, it is never too early to vote once we all can edit our posts whenever we change our minds as long as this topic is unlocked.

1. Papo- Apatosaurus
2. Collecta - Daeodon

1. Rebor - Utahraptor
2. Rebor - Cerathosaurus
3. Collecta - Smilodon
4. Collecta - Moropus
5. Collecta - Daeodon

JamesPanda wrote:

CollectA Sauropelta

You mean Safari Ltd Sauropelta?

Collect Feathered T-Rex
CollectA Deluxe Spino
CollectA Moropus
CollectA Daedon
Safari Nustucaceratops

kudub0y wrote:

Collect Feathered T-Rex
CollectA Deluxe Spino
CollectA Moropus
CollectA Daedon
Safari Nustucaceratops

Thanks for voting , we removed the CollectA spinosaurus from the list once their release was belated to 2016, so, feel free to choose another figure.
About the last of your list, it is surely the Safari nasutoceratops, if it is not, let us know.

- Wild Safari Sauropelta
- Papo Tupuxuara
- REBOR Ceratosaurus
- Kaiyodo Dimetrodon
- Favorite Fukuisaurus

CollectA Temnodontosaurus
REBOR Ceratosaurus
Safari/Carnegie Velociraptor
Wild Safari Yutyrannus
Wild Safari Sauropelta

I love the battat ones also, but as I have not seen them, it is very hard to choose

1. REBOR acrocanthosaurus
2. Papo apatosaurus
3. Papo tupuxuara
4. Safari ltd nasutoceratops
I don't know for the rest ...

1. CollectA Deluxe Smilodon

2. Papo Apatosaurus

3. Rebor Velociraptor Baby Set

4. Schleich Spinosaurus

5. CollectA Nasutoceratops

Roger wrote:

kudub0y wrote:

Collect Feathered T-Rex
CollectA Deluxe Spino
CollectA Moropus
CollectA Daedon
Safari Nustucaceratops

Thanks for voting , we removed the CollectA spinosaurus from the list once their release was belated to 2016, so, feel free to choose another figure.
About the last of your list, it is surely the Safari nasutoceratops, if it is not, let us know.

Roger, the trio Spinosaurs had actually been released in the market last August, along with the two mini tubes.

donny ong wrote:

Roger wrote:

kudub0y wrote:

Collect Feathered T-Rex
CollectA Deluxe Spino
CollectA Moropus
CollectA Daedon
Safari Nustucaceratops

Thanks for voting , we removed the CollectA spinosaurus from the list once their release was belated to 2016, so, feel free to choose another figure.
About the last of your list, it is surely the Safari nasutoceratops, if it is not, let us know.

Roger, the trio Spinosaurs had actually been released in the market last August, along with the two mini tubes.

Thanks Donny, what can I do now? is the spinosaurs trio on 2015 catalogue? I can't access the 2016 online catalogue now, I think there's a problem with CollectA's website but I think they were marked as new in this year's catalogue. I think the only way is to include them on 2016 contest even if they are 2015 releases. Hard life of a palaeontologist I have now.

CollectA Acrocanthosaurus
CollectA Moropus
Papo Apatosaurus
Papo Tupuxuara
Schleich mini dinos

Roger, they are not in the 2015 catalogue, but in 2016 catalogue, though they are released in August 2015. If you include them in 2016, I think you should include the two mini tubes for 2016 as well.

1. Papo Apatosaurus
2. Papo Tupuxuara
3. Rebor Utahraptor
4. Rebor Ceratosaurus
5. CollectA Moropus




               

Only five? That's going to be tough but here goes...
Safari Ltd. Archaeopteryx
Safari Ltd. Yutyrannus
Kaiyodo Leaps In Evolution Dimetrodon
Kaiyodo Capsule Q Museum Mosasaurus
Kaiyodo Capsule Q Museum Tyrannosaurus

Roger wrote:

scot(t) wrote:

Roger, I have one question. The thread you linked -- the list of 2015 Prehistoric releases compiled by Takama -- contains a whole lot of figures which did not end up being released. Many of the announced figures by Battat/Terra -- the Europasaurus, the Pentaceratops, the Gigantoraptor, Gastonia, and many others -- did not arrive. (Hopefully they still will, but they have not yet been released.) More ambiguously, CollectA did not release their new Spinosaurus models until this January I believe (but I could be wrong about that).

So my question: Should these figures be included in the nominations for the prehistoric figure of 2015? (I would think they shouldn't, but maybe I'm wrong. Even if they shouldn't, I think it would be helpful if this were clarified.)

Thank you!

Scott, that is very pertinent and very useful, of course figures that ended not being released in 2015 shouldn't be nominated, they will have a chance next year. So, could you please check for me if these below are the unreleased?:
- Dilophosaurus, Edmontonia, Europasaurus, Gastonia, Gigantoraptor, Maiasaura, Majungasaurus, Nasutoceratops, Ouranosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Pentaceratops, Plateosaurus, Styracosaurus, Triceratops, Yutyrannus.

Also, do you know if they were presented in 2015 catalogue as new figures? I hope not.

Those I could confirm for 2015 are those below and all relaunched as far as I could find but I may be wrong, I am definitively not a collector well informed about prehistoric figures so, a new "mentor" to that section is needed.
It is hard to determine when a relaunched figure should be included so I'll keep them and let it to each member judgement. Unless those were repainted, rebranded and probably remastered as Safari uses to say.
Could you please check?:
- Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Amargasaurus, Carnotaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Tyrannosaurus.

Thanks a lot, really, for pointing these incongruences. If you find anything else more just let me know.


As a last note, it is never too early to vote once we all can edit our posts whenever we change our minds as long as this topic is unlocked.

Hi Roger. Someone should correct me if I'm wrong on some of the details, but here is the situation for Battat/Terra releases, as I understand it:

The following models were once a part of the Boston Museum of Science series, and have been reissued, with new paintwork, by Battat/Terra (to be available in Target Stores in the U.S.): Amargasaurus, Carnotaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Ceratosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus. These models were actually released and have actually been available in stores in 2015.

The following three models were also once a part of the Boston Museum of Science series, and they have also been reissued (with new paintwork) by Battat/Terra (to be available in Target Stores in the U.S.), but I don't know if they were available during 2015. I think they may have only appeared in the last couple of weeks. Perhaps Takama would know more about exactly when they appeared: Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, and Euoplocephalus.

The following models were once a part of the Boston Museum of Science series and as far as I know, they have not yet been reissued: Diplodocus, Dilophosaurus, Styracosaurus, Triceratops, Edmontonia, Maiasaura, Pachycephalosaurus, and Ouranosaurus.

(So far, this means that the Diplodocus should be removed from the list and possibly the Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, and Euoplocephalus.)

The following models were announced as new and forthcoming releases in the Battat/Terra series of dinosaurs, but (as far as I know) have not been released in stores: Europasaurus, Gastonia, Gigantoraptor, Nasutoceratops, and Pentaceratops.

And unfortunately the artist who was one-half of the duo that sculpted the original series, and who was responsible for the new and forthcoming models, Dan LoRusso, passed away recently. My understanding was that he had not completed the Majungasaurus, Plateosaurus, or Yutyrannus. If that's right -- I'm not sure it is, but it's what I gleaned from some online threads -- those figures will not be released.

I'll let others confirm all this or reject it. I'm not claiming authoritative knowledge. This is just what I had thought was going on. (I do collect these figures and have been keeping a keen eye out for them when they appear in Target stores.)

Hope this helps!

CollectA Moropus
CollectA Guidraco
CollectA Temnodontosaurus
Papo Apatosaurus
CollectA Pliosaurus