Leyster's Collection

This model is really something I wanted to add in my collection. I wasn't sure if I would buy it because I already own the Safari Ltd which I really like. I'm running out of space and I couldn't make a choice, love affairs are often complicated.
Thanks to you, almost all reluctance has disappeared (except money of course ), the Safari Ltd is on my 1/60 shelf and I will find a good place for the PNSO on 1/30 shelves.

Kikimalou wrote:

This model is really something I wanted to add in my collection. I wasn't sure if I would buy it because I already own the Safari Ltd which I really like. I'm running out of space and I couldn't make a choice, love affairs are often complicated.
Thanks to you, almost all reluctance has disappeared (except money of course ), the Safari Ltd is on my 1/60 shelf and I will find a good place for the PNSO on 1/30 shelves.

Sorry for my late answer, I was awaiting for my in-depht review of the Deinocheirus for Paleo-Nerd to come out.



Binomial name: "Tiantaiosaurus sifengensis/Tiantaisaurus sifengensis" (nomen nudum)
Classification:  Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Maniraptoromorpha->Neocoelurosauria->Maniraptoriformes->Maniraptora->Therizinosauria->Therizinosauroidea->?
Time: Albian/Cenomanian (early - late Cretaceous)
Formation: Laijia Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: Vitae, 2020
Sculptor: Cheung Chung Tat
Scale: ? I was unable to obtain measurements
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The lack of informations about this animal is frustrating, but anyway this is one of the best Therizinosauridae available, even considering it a generic therizinosaurid. I think the sculpture was modelled after Alxasaurus?
I had to get both colour variants, of course. They're both equally amazing!

One model I treated myself for my birthday, some months ago. Never tought I'd own one of those, still awesome after almost 30 years.

Binomial name: Styracosaurus albertensis Lambe 1913
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Marginocephalia->Ceratopsia->Neoceratopsia->Coronosauria->Ceratopsoidea->Ceratopsidae->Centrosaurinae
Time: Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Upper Dinosaur Park Formation (present day Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: Battat, 1994
Sculptor: Greg Wenzel
Scale: 1:31 based on AMNH 5372, on which the model is based on.
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This so spectacular species is now a star in dino figurines world!

Still a very beautiful piece, you're right. If it works for 1:31, I'm sure it will work for 1:32 too.

Caracal wrote:

This so spectacular species is now a star in dino figurines world!

It seems so, even if recently other species are claiming for the "second most famous ceratopsian species" throne (after Triceratops, of course), such as Pachyrhinosaurus

Roger wrote:

Still a very beautiful piece, you're right. If it works for 1:31, I'm sure it will work for 1:32 too.

Yes, it's so elegant!


Happy (late) Christmas to all!


Binomial name: Acrocanthosaurus atokensis Stovall & Langston 1950
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Allosauria->Carcharodontosauria->Carcharodontosauridae
Time: Aptian-Albian (Early Cretaceous)
Formation: Twin Mountains Formation, Antlers Formation, Cloverly Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2022
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:32 (again!) for NCSM 14345
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Binomial name: Psychopyge cf. elegans? (Termier & Termier, 1950)
Classification: Trilobita->Phacopida->Phacopina->Acastoidea->Acastidae->Asteropyginae
Time: Emsian (Early Devonian)
Formation: Timrhanrhart Formation, Hamar Laghdad Formation (present-day Morocco); Tindouf Basin (present-day Algeria)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2001
Sculptor: Katsuo Taguma
Scale: 1:3 for a large specimen
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That's a really nice figure of a very primitive creature.

Leyster wrote:

Caracal wrote:

This so spectacular species is now a star in dino figurines world!

It seems so, even if recently other species are claiming for the "second most famous ceratopsian species" throne (after Triceratops, of course), such as Pachyrhinosaurus

Roger wrote:

Still a very beautiful piece, you're right. If it works for 1:31, I'm sure it will work for 1:32 too.

Yes, it's so elegant!

Styracosaurus is my favourite dinosaur ever since I won a tiny one at a fair in the late 60s. I love the Battat because it reminds me of one of my favorite Paleo artists Doug Henderson.
Mine lives among my wildlife at 1/35, it leaves the 1/30 savannah for the Kinto Favorite

Roger wrote:

That's a really nice figure of a very primitive creature.

Yes it's somewhat cute

Kikimalou wrote:

Styracosaurus is my favourite dinosaur ever since I won a tiny one at a fair in the late 60s. I love the Battat because it reminds me of one of my favorite Paleo artists Doug Henderson.
Mine lives among my wildlife at 1/35, it leaves the 1/30 savannah for the Kinto Favorite

Do you know that apparently Doug Henderson (which is among my favorite paleoartists too) apparently has at least one painting inspired by Battat or vice versa (a bit hard to pin chronologies)? Look at the colour of this Triceratops
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I don't know the history of this painting, but it might have been commissioned by the same Boston Museum (I'm pretty sure it features at least another Henderson artwork) which commissioned Battats and has a beautiful mural by Larry Felder (another great paleoartist) depicting a dinosaur family tree in which you can recognize the Battat models colours!
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(from Babbletrish's Flickr)

Binomial name: Utahraptor ostrommaysi Kirkland, Gaston & Burge, 1993
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Maniraptoromorpha->Neocoelurosauria->Maniraptoriformes->Maniraptora->Pennaraptora->Paraves->Eumaniraptora->Deinonychosauria->Dromaeosauridae->Eudromaeosauria
Time: Valanginian-Hauterivian (early Cretaceous)
Formation: Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (present day USA)
Manifacturer and date of release: Battat, 1998
Sculptor: Greg Wenzel
Scale: 1:30 for BYU 15465 (largest specimen), 1:25 for CEU 184v.260 (paratype)
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Leyster wrote:

Do you know that apparently Doug Henderson (which is among my favorite paleoartists too) apparently has at least one painting inspired by Battat or vice versa (a bit hard to pin chronologies)? Look at the colour of this Triceratops
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It is a so wonderful painting

Safari is just releasing a utahraptor, I don't know if these are supposed to be represented with patagia in the future. I don't know how such a large creature could give a good use to them.

Very impressive Acrocanthosaurus!

I'm back to collecting!

Binomial name: "Sinraptor" hepingensis (Gao, 1992)*
Classification: Dinosauria->Saurischia->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Metriacanthosauridae->Metriacanthosaurinae
Time: Oxfordian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Shangshaximiao/Upper Shaximiao Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2022
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:32 for ZDM 0024. It looks like 1:32 (and not the often advertised 1:35) is the new 1:40.
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*curious about my use of quotation marks? It's a long story, explained in details in my review [url="https://www.paleo-nerd.com/reviews/sinraptor-pnso-2022-en/"]here[/url].

Binomial name: Diplodocus carnegii Hatcher, 1901
Classification: Dinosauria->Sauropodomorpha->Bagualosauria->Massopoda->Sauropodiformes->Sauropoda->Eusauropoda->Neosauropoda->Diplodocoidea->Diplodocimorpha->Flagellicaudata->Diplodocidae->Diplodocinae
Time: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Carnegie Quarry, FS Quarry and Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation
Manifacturer and date of release: Eofauna, 2022
Sculptor: Shu-yu Hsu?
Scale: 1:40 based on CM 84 (holotype)
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Very big and very beautiful How long it is exactly ?

twoo wonderful models!

Kikimalou wrote:

Very big and very beautiful How long it is exactly ?

It's 69 cm long... which may sound like a lot until you realize many of those centimeters are neck and (mostly) tail.

Welcome back to the collecting hobby and your return with two wonderful models. Even if the last one is just neck and tail, 69 cm is quite impressive.