Safari 260229 Mamenchisaurus (Dinosaurs of China, Dino Discoveries): odd painting

My two Safari 260229 Mamenchisaurus have an asymmetrical painting. One side has a dotted pattern and the other not. On one animal, the dots draw curves like being seen on butcher poster of pork. Weird!

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Nice

Maybe someone wanted to eat them:)

Megaptera wrote:

Maybe someone wanted to eat them:)

Yes, it looks like the drawings butchers use

But also, - what a fantastic find !!
Could it be a test model, where the designers sketches out where to make the pattern ?

The one we can see at the wiki from Christophe's collection looks really different.
I find that figure absolutely wonderful and it surely was an impressive creature. Lucky you of having two.

Roger wrote:

Lucky you of having two.

From my standpoint, I only own two...

Roger wrote:

The one we can see at the wiki from Christophe's collection looks really different.  

Is the painting asymetrical too ? The wiki only shows one side, the less weird painted on my two chinese sauropod figures.

Rhombo Eric wrote:

Roger wrote:

The one we can see at the wiki from Christophe's collection looks really different.  

Is the painting asymetrical too ? The wiki only shows one side, the less weird painted on my two chinese sauropod figures.

I have no idea, only [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] can tell it.

I'd be interested to see the imprint stamp text on the bottom of each replica. This might give a clue as to which one is older or closer to the original version. I would guess the top one with yellow feet is older because the one with the "butcher" lines on it seems like a simplification of the other paint application. The asymmetry is so weird though!