2022 Prehistoric Figure of the Year - Eofauna Konobelodon

Dear Friends,

I am excited to inform you that the final poll for the 2022 STS Prehistoric Figure of the Year is now open! You have seven days to cast your vote, with the poll closing on February 24th. Remember, you can vote for just one figure, but you can change your vote as long as the poll remains active.

The winner of this poll will join all other category winners on February 25th in the grand final poll.

Your participation in this event is critical in ensuring its continued success for years to come.

Here are the 10 finalists:

Amazing models, it was very hard to choose.

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At least three or four of these models are good enough to win. Very difficult choice for me. It looks like my choice will not win this one!

Hanno wrote:

At least three or four of these models are good enough to win. Very difficult choice for me. It looks like my choice will not win this one!

You can share your choice, you can even promote it.
Sincerely, the figure I voted is not winning but I am so enchanted with the leading one that I almost can't believe I haven't noticed it before. What a weird crazy creature!

Thanks for the reply, Roger. Well, I voted for the PNSO Styracosaurus. It only has 3 votes at the moment, which surprises me a bit, but the competition is very strong this year.

Hanno wrote:

Thanks for the reply, Roger. Well, I voted for the PNSO Styracosaurus. It only has 3 votes at the moment, which surprises me a bit, but the competition is very strong this year.

You're welcome and thanks for participating! I think this poll is particularly interesting since we are not a community specifically devoted to prehistoric animals. I think most of us tend to favour prehistoric mammals. Considering the top is different at the moment I'm posting now, it is relevant to point that my choice was the Eofauna Konobelodon, a predictable choice for my collecting preferences. I even have it in my collection. Though, I am fascinated with the artistic level of the PNSO Deinocheirus. I don't know if I've ever seen a dinosaur as beautiful as this one. I even checked its price and I'm already complaining the fact PNSO figures are more expensive now. Styracosaurus is another beautiful piece but honestly, every single piece of this poll pleases me.

I agree with you entirely. I love the prehistoric mammals, especially elephants and mammoths. I just wish that Eofauna would make their models in a slightly larger scale -- I believe their models are only 1/35 scale? I would willingly save up my pennies for a few of their models made to a larger scale (say, 1/20). When I wrote to them about this, they said it would make the models too expensive, which I can understand, of course.

I only own the Eofauna's, but there are so many wonderful choices on this poll. Rebor's triceratops was a great model but I didn't get it because I wanted to save for the deinosuchus instead Each year I'm tempted more and more to get a PNSO model but the prices have prevented me from getting one as I rather get a Nanmu or Rebor model. I didn't even know about those Kaiyodo figures but they're so beautiful and unique!

Hanno wrote:

I agree with you entirely. I love the prehistoric mammals, especially elephants and mammoths. I just wish that Eofauna would make their models in a slightly larger scale -- I believe their models are only 1/35 scale? I would willingly save up my pennies for a few of their models made to a larger scale (say, 1/20). When I wrote to them about this, they said it would make the models too expensive, which I can understand, of course.

I understand your point and Eofauna's too. Eofauna figures are 1:35 and 1:40 scale. It is good to recall that they release large dinosaurs too. Though, we were used for a long time with prehistoric mammals at 1:20 scale or at least they announced it because I'm convinced most of the mammoth figures are small for 1:20 scale. The problem for Eofauna is that 1:20 is not slightly larger than 1:35. Eofauna uses a high-quality, dense PVC material for their scale models. For example, their straight-tusked elephant figure weighs around 500 g. However, even though the measurements are less than twice as large, a 1:20 scale figure would be over five times more massive than a 1:35 scale figure. This means that a 1:20 scale Eofauna straight-tusked elephant could potentially weigh more than 2.5 kg, which is quite remarkable! While this doesn't necessarily mean it should be five times more expensive, a higher price point of around 75 Euros would be expected for such a masterpiece. To put this into perspective, the Itoy fabulous Paraceratherium is marketed as a 1:35 scale figure, but is actually a 1:20 scale model that sells for over 80 Euros. While I would love to add a 1:20 scale Eofauna straight-tusked elephant to my collection, it would likely be too expensive for me at that price point. However, I do believe that Eofauna's current prices, which are under 25 Euros for their prehistoric proboscidians, are quite fair.
By the way, if iToy decided to release the same Paraceratherium at 1:35 scale for around 30 Euros, I'm sure I would not resist since I like much more the iToy design than the current CollectA's.

Many thanks for all that information; it is very interesting. I cannot quite remember the details now, but I believe Eofauna's earliest models included Mammuthus meridionalis, African bush elephant, and a few others, that were amazingly detailed and realistic. They even had "hair" at the ends of their tails! I am not sure if they sold any of them to collectors, but if so, unfortunately they are no longer available. They were very small scale, though.

Hanno wrote:

Many thanks for all that information; it is very interesting. I cannot quite remember the details now, but I believe Eofauna's earliest models included Mammuthus meridionalis, African bush elephant, and a few others, that were amazingly detailed and realistic. They even had "hair" at the ends of their tails! I am not sure if they sold any of them to collectors, but if so, unfortunately they are no longer available. They were very small scale, though.

I think those were not mass produced in pvc material. Likely they were artist works sold in very limited amounts. I can see the African bush elephant was a 1:48 scale sculpture.I know some collectors have been insisting to Eofauna to produce extant elephant species. I think an African Forest elephant could be a great idea, At 1:35 scale it would be half the volume of the straight-tusked so they could put it for sale for arround 15 Euros which is not much more than a standard elephant figure from a big company.

Yes, an African forest elephant would be something completely new and different. I know that Dafei GK Studios have produced some great models of elephants, mammoths, tigers, rhinos, etc., in the past. I managed to get a couple of painted ones (the last ones they had left), but I missed out on many others that I would have loved to obtain. The studio-painted versions are marvellous, but the unpainted casts are not for me, because I do not have the necessary skill to paint them myself.

Cooperoceras - CollectA

I love their nautilids and ammonites.

The 2022 STS Prehistoric Figure of the Yar is the Eofauna Konobelodon!!!
First win for this brand which makes amazing prehistoric proboscidians.
It was not an easy task, PNSO Deinocheirus, probably one of the most beautiful dinosaur figures of ever, was a strong candidat too.
Thanks everyone for voting! Below the winner and the final ranking.



1st Konobelodon atticus- Eofauna  25%
2nd Deinocheirus - PNSO 19%
3rd Wooly mammoth - Mojö Fun 10%
4th Paraceratherium - CollectA 9%
4th Steller's sea cow - Kaiyodo  9%
6th Styracosaurus - PNSO 7%
7th Spectacled cormorant- Kaiyodo 6%
7th Cooperoceras - CollectA 6%
9th Diplodocus carnegii- Eofauna 4%
9th Triceratops horridus 1:35 Alpha Male “Trident” King version - Rebor 4%

Interesting the 3rd place of the Mojö Fun Mammoth moving the CollectA Paraceratherium to the 4th place.
The 2nd place of the PNSO Deinocheirus makes it the favorite 2022 dinosaur of our community.

I love this Konobelodon. I bought one for my collection even though I don't really collect prehistoric creatures. And it's just a super quality, very detailed, and beautiful model. I'm very happy with it. What a great winner!!

Well done to Eofauna, and the Konobelodon. I still wish they would make it in 1/20 scale, though!

Beautiful winner that really deserves this win, and a wonderful brand too that makes wonderful models!