Collecta 2012 MegaDeLuxe Megacerops walkaround

the more i see him, the more i like him. no no no! he is not a sheep!

Got him to

Mastiffcat wrote:

the more i see him, the more i like him. no no no! he is not a sheep!

I am sure I heard him say BAAAAH !

STORMnl wrote:

Got him to

CONGRATULATIONS, Martien

SUSANNE wrote:

Mastiffcat wrote:

the more i see him, the more i like him. no no no! he is not a sheep!

I am sure I heard him say BAAAAH !

Mastiffcat wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Mastiffcat wrote:

the more i see him, the more i like him. no no no! he is not a sheep!

I am sure I heard him say BAAAAH !

It is not a sheep... It is a prehistoric ram Go for it

thanks Susanne

martien

Very cool figure. I like it and i will buy it.

Collecta makes good prehistoric animals, but their horses....

Susanne! You really bought a giant! It's simply fantastic! My compliments!

pm64 wrote:

Susanne! You really bought a giant! It's simply fantastic! My compliments!

Thankyou very much

Honestly, i don't understand why it's (his;-)) Cojones are such a problem,....
when the first pictures of this figurine were shown here, they were pretty obvious.
And when i look at some models of farmlife, elephants or whatever, one can also easily spot the gender,....
I may be fighting for the right of plastic testicles here, but why not?

It is no big problem, Philipp

Actually I meant it as halfway a joke, - but only halfway.
There is a difference between a model animal looking like animals DO look, - and then flashing a close-up of huge testicles in the face of people in an open forum.

There are very young members here, and I surely hope their parents keep an eye on what they do on the net.
We know that some parents are very nervous. It would be a shame if some of our young members got into trouble because of a photo here.

So, in principle I agree with you ( and I am sure that most of us do), but a bit of consideration is ok, I think

ok i give a responce

when poeple with small kid walking in the toyshop
and comming to the CollectA stand
when they have it,haha

they look to the figures and see the big testicles also

and ask mammie

why has that rhino 2 tails

so no big deal for me showing the large testicles (o)):

martien

ps

i have that figure to and i like the figure very much

It isin my Watch List on Ebay.

Basic Facts

Megacerops was an odd toed ungulate from North America, and was most commonly reffered to as the brontotherium. The name brontotherium, originates from the fact that when native Americans found there fosselized skulls washed out of the earth after a rainstorm, they thought that these cretures ran across the sky, causing thunder to roar with there feet.

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Thank you for showing this very fine model Takama

Nevertheless, a Megacerops walkaround already exist since september 2012. I will merge the two topics

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I'm not too prudish but I agree this model is a bit "demonstrative"

I added this formidable prehistoric creature to my collection at Christmas, and have to say it's awesome !!! It's an impressive figure with a dynamic pose and stature, and yeah, particularly well endowed. Personally, when it comes to critter figurines, the anatomically correct depiction of it's gender; particularly if male (which appears to always create the biggest stir) surely only serves to make the figure more an authentic representation of it's species. Why would anybody seriously want to censor the plastic willy on a toy figure ? It's ludicrous !!!

You want it un censored?


Ok here you go

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It looks good, but I just can't get over the male parts, after all, this is a toy, not a museum model. I think I'll pass and wait for the Mojo's Brontotherium.

I honestly feel that our animals considered as MUSEUM QUALITY realistic figurines , serving as collectors' items and educational purpose, there is absolutely no harm in differentiating male and female versions through reproductive organ details . This adds a sense of completion to the particular animal figurine .

After all , we need is accuracy and realism , be it from collectors' view or learners' view :)

Seriously, a long time ago it was impossible to show genital parts on a toy... And now we can see them even on models with hidden genital organs.

And we still don't know how it was for a megacerops Even Deluxe

Dr.Narayanan wrote:

I honestly feel that our animals considered as MUSEUM QUALITY realistic figurines , serving as collectors' items and educational purpose, there is absolutely no harm in differentiating male and female versions through reproductive organ details . This adds a sense of completion to the particular animal figurine .

After all , we need is accuracy and realism , be it from collectors' view or learners' view :)

I'm all about accuracy and realism. Is just that if you are going so far as sculpting the testicles and penis of an extinct animal in such a conspicuous way for the sake of quality, then you should get the toes/hooves and the proportion of the hind legs and head right first

Defteros wrote:

Dr.Narayanan wrote:

I honestly feel that our animals considered as MUSEUM QUALITY realistic figurines , serving as collectors' items and educational purpose, there is absolutely no harm in differentiating male and female versions through reproductive organ details . This adds a sense of completion to the particular animal figurine .

After all , we need is accuracy and realism , be it from collectors' view or learners' view :)

I'm all about accuracy and realism. Is just that if you are going so far as sculpting the testicles and penis of an extinct animal in such a conspicuous way for the sake of quality, then you should get the toes/hooves and the proportion of the hind legs and head right first

Well , when it comes in terms of Pre historic animals , no brand is perfect , as each brand interprets in it' s own imaginative way .

I think What we should keep in mind is whether the necessary elements of a pre historic animal is present in a particular model .

Let's take Deinotherium . Bullyland's version totally varies with collect A and coLLect A similarly varies with Mojo's interpretations . You can never say the head , neck , toes / hooves , hind legs etc. are totally perfect in one brand :) The same with Sabretooth and woolly mammoth .

Even , the taxidermied models in museums DO differ a bit . So , it's all individual scientist's interpretation of studying the fossil inferences . [ I mean only the extinct and pre historic animals ] . People of all ages visit museums you know . Have they castrated the taxidermied animals in the museums ? NO . Similarly , our figurines are all museum quality models depicting a specific species . Obviously , they should all be sculpted with the basic elements .

I mean the term " accuracy and realism ' in this sense ; - Depicting a particular extinct animal's common characteristic features [ like Brontotherium with bifurcated horns , woolly mammoth with long curved tusks , Dodo with the beak etc. etc. ] , thus we can infer the species easily .

So , why not the animal be differentiated as male or female ? Genitals are also essential part of those animals for study purpose [ like toes , neck , nostrils , fur , horns legs etc. ] - viewing as collectors , Scientists , even young people interested in Pre historic world .

Dr.Narayanan wrote:

Defteros wrote:

Dr.Narayanan wrote:

I honestly feel that our animals considered as MUSEUM QUALITY realistic figurines , serving as collectors' items and educational purpose, there is absolutely no harm in differentiating male and female versions through reproductive organ details . This adds a sense of completion to the particular animal figurine .

After all , we need is accuracy and realism , be it from collectors' view or learners' view :)

I'm all about accuracy and realism. Is just that if you are going so far as sculpting the testicles and penis of an extinct animal in such a conspicuous way for the sake of quality, then you should get the toes/hooves and the proportion of the hind legs and head right first

Well , when it comes in terms of Pre historic animals , no brand is perfect , as each brand interprets in it' s own imaginative way .

I think What we should keep in mind is whether the necessary elements of a pre historic animal is present in a particular model .

Let's take Deinotherium . Bullyland's version totally varies with collect A and coLLect A similarly varies with Mojo's interpretations . You can never say the head , neck , toes / hooves , hind legs etc. are totally perfect in one brand :) The same with Sabretooth and woolly mammoth .

Even , the taxidermied models in museums DO differ a bit . So , it's all individual scientist's interpretation of studying the fossil inferences . [ I mean only the extinct and pre historic animals ] . People of all ages visit museums you know . Have they castrated the taxidermied animals in the museums ? NO . Similarly , our figurines are all museum quality models depicting a specific species . Obviously , they should all be sculpted with the basic elements .

I mean the term " accuracy and realism ' in this sense ; - Depicting a particular extinct animal's common characteristic features [ like Brontotherium with bifurcated horns , woolly mammoth with long curved tusks , Dodo with the beak etc. etc. ] , thus we can infer the species easily .

So , why not the animal be differentiated as male or female ? Genitals are also essential part of those animals for study purpose [ like toes , neck , nostrils , fur , horns legs etc. ] - viewing as collectors , Scientists , even young people interested in Pre historic world .

Prehistoric animal figures aren't a matter of imagination and interpretation if you're striving for accuracy and you have the skeletons available. Just look at the picture of a Megacerops skeleton and you'll see the head is notably smaller, the toes are different and and the hind legs are different too. Skin color and behaviour are a matter of interpretation, bodily proportions and shape aren't . Besides not all animals can be differentiated from male or female on simple sight, so is no big deal, specially for children. My point is: Worry about getting right the evident and deal with the rest later.