Zewail the PNSO Atopodantatus walkaround by Kikimalou

Happy new year to all of us

The dinner is slowly cooking in the kitchen, My wife and daughter went to get my mother for the New Year's meal.

So I have a few minutes to make my first 2021 walkaround.

This year PNSO produced its second atopodentatus figure. Bigger than the 2018 miniature one, PNSO named it Zewail so I can’t tell if it’s a lady or a gentleman. Nevertheless, it caught my eyes as I was lying in an hospital bed and I promise myself to adopt it if I survive… I adopted it

Atopodentatus unicus is a 3 meters extinct species of marine reptile discovered in the Yunnan Province of China in 2014.
It lived between 247 and 240 million years ago, during the Middle Triassic period. It was herbivorous, although marine reptiles are usually omnivores or carnivores.
The first fossil discovered had a very unique zipper dentition and that’s why it’s name is Atopodentatus (Unusual dentition). Later, in 2016, two skulls show that the holotype skull was badly damaged, and that the animal had a hammer-shaped head with shovel-like jaws.

And now, here are a few pics.

How on earth did this thing live on our planet?!! It's really fascinating but also very scary!

Thanks for the walkaround Christophe

It seems it did the job manatees and dugongs are doing nowadays. Maybe it would find us very weird ?

Probably, we are a very weird species.

That's very interesting, probably due to its beak like jaws

OMG

The first model just hit my 2021-wishlist

Zewail is so lovely, she must definitely be a lady
The most fabulous dugong that I have ever seen, - and that is VERY lovely, because dugongs are ever so charming

Thankyou very much for this beautyful walkaround, dear Christiphe !
And that model is especially special because she is the proof that crazy macaques har very tough, and survive even if odds are bad : Hurraaay and a big hug-in-the-distance

Very rare animal to our collections, thanks for sharing.

Thank you Susanne and Fernando I’m glad you enjoy Zewail.
So She is a lady and she is also an incredible hip-hop dancer I guess she will please Kosta

This walk around has surely a special meaning, the result from our resilient Macaque, the first of the year and the return of a legend. You couldn’t choose a nicer figure to do it, that’s a completely weird creature and the pose is also very attractive and dynamic. Yes, Kosta loves absolutely this model but he is not the only one.

I was sure to please you too Rogério, this atopodentatus as something of a crocodile Mick Jagger

I've had this model for a few weeks now. A fantastic model of a truly amazing animal.

bmathison1972 wrote:

I've had this model for a few weeks now. A fantastic model of a truly amazing animal.

I hope PNSO will make more unusual species in the future.

Kikimalou wrote:

I was sure to please you too Rogério, this atopodentatus as something of a crocodile Mick Jagger

Perfectly described.

Amazing figure. Amazing photos as always. Many thanks Christophe.

Oh yes Kiki, this model please`s me so very much
I am also very happy to have it and it is one of my favorite PNSO models from last (already) year, which I got so far
And I am so happy to watch these beautiful photos from your first walkaround for 2021
I am even more happy, because I know , that more walkarounds from you will come soon and I am waiting them with no patience
But I am the most happy , because you adopted this model !!!
And Like Susanne, I want to send you a big hug

About the model , it is just sooo great ! Like all of us here, I also really love weird, crazy looking creatures, unique and very charming at the same time... And this one is all of that !
And can it be more crazy looking ?!? ...
Like we found out , Zewail is a '' charming, the most fabulous lady dugong, an incredible hip-hop dancer, looking something like a crocodile Mick Jagger'' ... and it also scares Adam
Can PNSO make another even more unusual looking creature in the future ?
I really hope they can

costicuba wrote:

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Like we found out , Zewail is a '' charming, the most fabulous lady dugong, an incredible hip-hop dancer, looking something like a crocodile Mick Jagger'' ... and it also scares Adam ......

What a wonderful walkaround of a wonderfully weird creature!!
It is so realistic, such an interesting pose- PNSO have made some amazing models!
And your photos show it just perfectly!

SUSANNE wrote:

costicuba wrote:

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Like we found out , Zewail is a '' charming, the most fabulous lady dugong, an incredible hip-hop dancer, looking something like a crocodile Mick Jagger'' ... and it also scares Adam ......

I really hope PNSO will make more unusual weirdos, I like their work but they already produced a huge Ceratopians and Thyreophorans army. I would prefer to see a growing Dakousaurus, Eurhinosaurus and Atopodentatus tribe.
The same for their wild animals, I really need that someone make a Pink fairy armadillo, if it's not a Safari Ltd IC, it could be a PNSO.

Kosta, that is the perfect definition of Zewail!

Great walk around this incredible creature! Thank you for sharing Christophe! And what a super cool pose it has!
I haven't heard about this species before, it's great to learn something new

Impossible to resist !!!
I just HAD to order one ...from China ! Perhaps I will get it before easter ?

Great photos, Christophe! I'm very fond of this figure, one of my favorites from PNSO.

Ana wrote:

Great walk around this incredible creature! Thank you for sharing Christophe! And what a super cool pose it has!
I haven't heard about this species before, it's great to learn something new

Thank you Anna, I hope PNSO will show us more "first time in toys world" figures

widukind wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Impossible to resist !!!
I just HAD to order one ...from China ! Perhaps I will get it before easter ?

Great addiction Susanne, I wish it will come with chocolate.

halichoeres wrote:

Great photos, Christophe! I'm very fond of this figure, one of my favorites from PNSO.

The same for me

Now I have made my hard decision...

Collect dinos and prehistoric life as well as my main collection, or just stay with the animals currently on my HUGE wishlist.

I have decided to stay with my current collecting as there will just be too much to put on my wishlist! And I won't end up collecting the dinos in time!

You have all your time to make a choice and be sure all of us have endless wishlists. A collection without wishlists is a dead collection

If you like "dinos" like this one, buy them before they become rare and expensive.

In the early 2000's I was very tempted by the four fabulous Yujin Primary color Japanese Insects Books. They were cheap then on eBay but I decided I wouldn't collect insects. It's one of my collector's biggest regret. Now only one of these insects is more expensive than a whole set.

So, my two cents, in collecting the best way is to listen to your heart before your head. Collecting is a love affair