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Concavenator
Country/State : Spain
Age : 24
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Posts : 75
| | Subject: Concavenator’s Collection Wed May 11, 2022 5:10 pm | |
| Hello and welcome to my collection thread!  1. Collecting rules- Scientific accuracy is my main criterion. If there are several figures available of a certain animal I’m interested in, I tend to favor the most accurate version. And if I don’t consider a figure accurate enough, then it’s a skip for me. - I only collect scientifically accurate figures of prehistoric animals. - 1 figure per genus. If I’m interested in a figure of a genus I already have, the previous version has to go. - I’m usually interested in collecting figures of just some specific taxa. - I generally avoid getting figures of taxa known from fragmentary remains. 2. PostsFigures from my collection are featured here. I include the following information about them: Binomial name: Etymology: Classified as: Period: Fossils found in: Company: Line: Sculptor: Based on: Variant: Color scheme inspired by: Year of release: Figures are individually reviewed. For each figure, I include an introductory section to the taxon with general information taken from the literature. Afterwards, I share my thoughts on the model. When it comes to books, I include: Name: Author/s: Publishing house: Year of publication: Followed by my thoughts/opinions on them. Whenever I use any art (that’s not mine), I reference the respective artist/s. 3. Collection List: UPDATED 31/10/2024Non-dinosaursMosasaurus hoffmannii - CollectA, Deluxe (2023) OrnithischiansBorealopelta markmitchelli - CollectA, Standard (2019) Chasmosaurus belli - HAOLONGGOOD (2024) Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis - PNSO, Prehistoric Animal Models (2021) Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai - Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Prehistoric World (2013) Stegosaurus stenops - Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Prehistoric World (2019) Styracosaurus albertensis - PNSO, Prehistoric Animal Models (2022) Tlatolophus galorum - Ancestors Models, Archosaur Collection (2023) Sauropodomorphs and herrerasauridsDiplodocus carnegii - Eofauna (2022) TheropodsAnzu wyliei - Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Prehistoric World (2017) Concavenator corcovatus - Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Prehistoric World (2020) Microraptor zhaoianus - Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Prehistoric World (2017) Qianzhousaurus sinensis - Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Prehistoric World (2020) Utahraptor ostrommaysi - Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Prehistoric World (2023) Velociraptor mongoliensis - Creative Beast Studio, Beasts of the Mesozoic Raptor Series (2022) Yi qi - Kaiyodo, Dino Expo 2016 4. Library: UPDATED 04/07/2022Brusatte, S. (2019). Auge y caída de los dinosaurios. Debate. Molina-Pérez, R., & Larramendi, A. (2020). Dinosaur facts and figures: the sauropods and other sauropodomorphs. Princeton. Dixon, D. (2010). La enciclopedia ilustrada de los dinosaurios y otros animales prehistóricos. Ediciones Omega. Molina-Pérez, R., & Larramendi, A. (2016). Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. Larousse. Parker, T. (2021). Saurian: a field guide to Hell Creek. Titan Books.
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SUSANNE
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widukind
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Wed May 11, 2022 11:31 pm | |
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Roger
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Thu May 12, 2022 3:50 am | |
| Very interesting collection with some remarkable models. It is also nice to see some diversity in terms of makers, especially when you have a relatively small number of figures. Isn't the Eofauna Diplodocus in your cogitations? |
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Concavenator
Country/State : Spain
Age : 24
Joined : 2022-05-11
Posts : 75
| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Thu May 12, 2022 11:21 pm | |
| Thanks everyone for stopping by and posting! - Roger wrote:
- Very interesting collection with some remarkable models. It is also nice to see some diversity in terms of makers, especially when you have a relatively small number of figures. Isn't the Eofauna Diplodocus in your cogitations?
It definitely is! Actually, I sold the Carnegie one because of it lol. I limit my collection to 1 figure per genus. I’m a very chill collector but I plan to get it sometime this year. |
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Concavenator
Country/State : Spain
Age : 24
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:30 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Name: La enciclopedia ilustrada de los dinosaurios y otros animales prehistóricos Author/s: Dougal Dixon Publishing house: Ediciones Omega Year of publication: 2010 Review: - Spoiler:
It’s from 2010, so it’s the oldest prehistoric life book I have. After having it for around 10 years, I can say it certainly hasn’t lost it charm. That said, I wouldn’t recommend it because of the information regarding the species (as it’s fairly outdated in this aspect), though it has an introductory section that’s pretty solid, even today. But one of its pros is the great diversity of species that features, as the cover indicates. So you may discover one or a few creatures you didn’t know before thanks to this book, and thanks to that, search for updated literature and reconstructions of them if you like afterwards. Another one of its pros clearly is its beautiful paleoart. Some of it is absolutely fabulous even to today’s standards.
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Saarlooswolfhound
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Sun Jun 26, 2022 11:24 pm | |
| So far I like what I see. :) Excellent collection thus far! _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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Roger
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:04 am | |
| Surely less accurate but Bullyland released an Ichthyosaurus almost 10 years before than Safari. I remember seeing it locally and thinking how cool it was to see this kind of creature in toy shape. Now they're much more common but I think it is fair to recall how important was Bullyland 20 years ago. By the way, Bullyland also released a Megaloceros for the same series but obviously this Papo model is much more spectacular. Some of our members repainted the Papo Megaloceros, you can see [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] even if the inspiration is not exactly a scientific one. |
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George
Country/State : England
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:28 am | |
| - Concavenator wrote:
- I think Papo did a good job with this one overall. It would totally benefit from a repaint, especially one that would show its true colours, as they are known
I love the Papo Megaloceros, and did exactly this with my one - he's now repainted based on cave art. |
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Jill
Country/State : USA
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:27 am | |
| Really interesting to see how you've decided to create your collection. I love learning what appeals to people and what "rules" (or lack of rules) they have in place. It's so unique with each person. |
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Concavenator
Country/State : Spain
Age : 24
Joined : 2022-05-11
Posts : 75
| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:17 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Name: Dinosaur facts and figures: the sauropods and other sauropodomorphs Author/s: Rubén-Molina Pérez & Asier Larramendi Publishing house: Princeton Year of publication: 2020 Review: - Spoiler:
As with their theropod book, another great piece of information. It has the same style as it. It also has a paleobotany section at the end, which is rather unique. A must have for anyone who likes sauropods.
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widukind
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:15 pm | |
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Concavenator
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Age : 24
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:55 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Binomial name: Stegosaurus stenops (Marsh, 1877) Etymology: “Narrow-faced roof lizard” (Greek) Classified as: Dinosauria -> Ornithoscelida -> Ornithischia -> Genasauria -> Thyreophora -> Stegosauria -> Stegosauridae -> Stegosaurinae Period: Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian - Tithonian) Fossils found in: Morrison Formation, present-day USA (North America) Company: Safari Ltd. Line: Wild Safari Prehistoric World Sculptor: Doug Watson Based on: NHMUK PV R36730/“Sophie” Year of release: 2019 Review: - Spoiler:
The most famous stegosaurian (Maidment, Brassey & Barrett 2015). It is also one of the most famous species out of the ones that were named during Cope’s and Marsh’s “Bone Wars” (Brusatte 2019). Despite its iconic appearance, well-preserved Stegosaurus fossils are rare (Maidment, Brassey & Barrett 2015). As a result, the discovery of a nearly complete and well-preserved Stegosaurus stenops specimen named NHMUK PV R36730 made a re-examination of the species’ anatomy possible (Maidment, Brassey & Barrett 2015). Currently, there are two definitive Stegosaurus species: Stegosaurus stenops (Marsh, 1877) and Stegosaurus ungulatus (Marsh, 1879) (Galton, 2010). Differences between the two species include proportionally shorter hindlimbs in S. stenops, as well as differently-shaped plates (Galton, 2010).
Replaces Papo’s. I love this Stegosaurus, and for a change, it’s not green with red plates. A real milestone, isn’t it? I really like Doug Watson’s thyreophorans, I think they are one of his strengths.
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Saarlooswolfhound
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:14 pm | |
| Excellent again! It always blows me away to think about how BIG some of those sauropods really are... _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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Roger
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Wed Jun 29, 2022 6:08 am | |
| Very interesting video about the Borealopelta. At least this reconstruction might not be so far from the real creature. I like that it looks somewhat like a pangolin.  |
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Concavenator
Country/State : Spain
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:54 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Name: Saurian: a field guide to Hell Creek Author/s: Tom Parker Publishing house: Titan Books Year of publication: 2021 Review: - Spoiler:
Quite the in-depth guide about the Hell Creek Formation. It does a great job covering as much as possible its biodiversity: not only dinosaurs, naturally, but also other animals, the local flora... Another great point is its outstanding paleoart. Makes scrolling through it a total pleasure.
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widukind
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:32 pm | |
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Concavenator
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Saarlooswolfhound
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:51 pm | |
| Excellent models again! _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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Concavenator
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Concavenator
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Concavenator
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:22 pm | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Binomial name: Microraptor zhaoianus (Xu et al., 2000) Etymology: ” Zhao’s small robber” (Greek and Latin) Classified as: Dinosauria -> Ornithoscelida -> Theropoda -> Neotheropoda -> Averostra -> Tetanurae -> Coelurosauria -> Tyrannoraptora -> Maniraptoromorpha -> Neocoelurosauria -> Maniraptoriformes -> Maniraptora -> Pennaraptora -> Paraves -> Eumaniraptora -> Deinonychosauria -> Dromaeosauridae -> Microraptorinae Period: Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Fossils found in: Jiufotang Formation, present-day China (Asia) Company: Safari Ltd. Line: Wild Safari Prehistoric World Sculptor: ? Not Doug Watson Color scheme inspired by: Microraptor zhaoianus Xu et al. 2000 BMNHC PH881 Year of release: 2017 Review: - Spoiler:
Microraptor is a focal point in the study of the origin of birds and the evolution of early avian flight. It is known from many specimens, some of them being exquisitely well-preserved (Xing et al. 2013). Microraptor is believed to have been able of powered flying (Pittman et al. 2022). Melanosome contents suggest it had black, iridescent feathers (Li et al. 2012). Microraptor seems to have been a generalist feeder (Hone et al. 2022).
Replaces the Carnegie version. Not only is it an updated version, but I also felt like I needed to have a figure of a dinosaur species with a known colouration in my collection (and that reflects it), so I’m very happy for having this. Though ideally, this Microraptor would be iridescent, which Safari nailed on their Archaeopteryx. Feathered hand digits would also have been welcome (as well as lips), but props to the sculptor for giving it the alula, usually an overlooked detail.
Doug confirmed he didn’t sculpt this one, but I also love the figures this sculptor did. Whoever sculpted it also made (as far as I know) the Anzu and the Malawisaurus, and those are some of my all-time favorite Safari figures. Would love to see more of that person’s work.
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Bonnie
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Sun Jul 03, 2022 9:16 pm | |
| This is a really thorough and perfectly presented tour of your collection!  |
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Concavenator
Country/State : Spain
Age : 24
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| | Subject: Re: Concavenator’s Collection Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:00 am | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Binomial name: Anzu wyliei (Lamanna et al., 2014) Etymology: “Wylie’s Anzu” (a feathered demon in Mesopotamian mythology) (Sumerian and Assyrian) Classified as: Dinosauria -> Ornithoscelida -> Theropoda -> Neotheropoda -> Averostra -> Tetanurae -> Coelurosauria -> Tyrannoraptora -> Maniraptoromorpha -> Neocoelurosauria -> Maniraptoriformes -> Maniraptora -> Pennaraptora -> Oviraptorosauria -> Caenagnathoidea -> Caenagnathidae Period: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Fossils found in: Hell Creek Formation, present-day USA (North America) Company: Safari Ltd. Line: Wild Safari Prehistoric World Sculptor: ? Not Doug Watson Color scheme inspired by: Anzu wyliei Lamanna et al. 2014 by Elia Smaniotto Year of release: 2017 Review: - Spoiler:
A large caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian known from three well-preserved partial skeletons. When these remains are taken together, most of its skeleton is known. It is believed Anzu, as well as other caenagnathids, may have been ecological generalists that fed on vegetation, small animals and maybe eggs too (Lamanna et al. 2014).
As with the previous Microraptor, another very nice figure from Safari by that unknown sculptor. This is my 2nd copy of this figure, I bought the 1st as soon as it was released, but unfortunately it broke one of its foot. Last year I bought this copy. This also served me to compare the paint app between a first run and a later run. This one has a darker paint than the previous one, but it still looks good to me.
And now (and fittingly!) this great book about theropods: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Name: Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. Author/s: Rubén Molina-Pérez & Asier Larramendi Publishing house: Larousse Year of publication: 2016 Review: - Spoiler:
A must-have for any theropod lovers like me. Very interesting information, accurate size measurements… It’s not totally uptated (it’s from 2016), so newer discoveries are obviously missing (you may notice things like Suskityrannus being called “Zunityrannus”), but even so, a total masterpiece that’s probably the most complete and thoroughly researched book about theropods at the moment. Couldn’t recommend it enough.
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