Susanne does not collect Safari dinoes .....

Before I joined this forum, I had decided not to collect dinoes. Many are so huge, and the long tails and necks make them difficult to show
But then I fall in love with some of the older "Museum line" from Bullyland...and Papo...and Starlux...and

But Safari made and makes some very, very tempting models, so last week I accidentially put a little bid on some retired beauties, and, well, here they are

A triceratops ! I LOVE triceratopses
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It is always very hard for me to resist a Pteranodon, and now I suddenly even have variations
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The pacy...patchy..pachycerato...pachycephalosaurus wit the difficult name is hard to resist also
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Velociraptor Mongoliensis from the series " Dinos of China"
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And last but not least a Corythosaurus
I must admit that it was the colours that caught my eyes, - isn`t he a beauty ?
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But ! I do NOT collect Safari dinoes

NO SUSANNE DON'T COLLECT THEM!
fantastic collection Susanne, congrats

Thankyou, Alvaro

Be careful or you will want more!!!I have a small colection of Dinos including the triceratops and like you its the colouring that attracted me to the Safari models and their poses.I had to stop myself from buying them when I was in New York as so many caught my eye but the pocket wasn't deep enough!! :)

Welcome to Safari Dino world!!

Taos wrote:

Be careful or you will want more!!!

Uhhhh, - and with my enormous willpower !!!

ken yeo wrote:

Welcome to Safari Dino world!!

Congratulations Susanne, they are really nice dinos!
I like the pa.. pa.. pachycephalosaurus most, really nice pose!

Great dino's

got some of those to

the carnegie collection

BUT SUSANNE don't collect DINO's
she just keeps them on a shelf

Martien

Moahahaha, another victim convert... The good news is, dinosaur addiction is comparatively harmless* and these classics are just irresistible. Apart from anything else, these 80s models are a neat example of dinosaur portrayals just as the renaissance was erupting (or whatever it is that renaissances do).


* side effects include shelf shrinkage and pervasive shortness of cash

Great dinosaurs!! Congratulations Susanne

Susanne your collection is always lovely to see!
Dinos are great to have atleast a few in every collection and the museum style models are too cool for words.
I myself want to collect more raptors, in specific not just any old dinos.
My main collection is, always was, and will be spotted hyenas.

Susanne, dinosaurs take a lot of space so some ideas to not collect them. First Safari is the best brand, they are accurate and when not accurate they are charming and colorful. Then a little of CollectA with their unusual species, also a lot of Papo because they are impressive and detailed, you can join Bullyland that you started and will continue for sure, some vintage figures too and you save a lot of space. Congratulations they are cool!

Susanne you have a heart as big as a... as big ! It is really impressive the way you are taking in poor models you don't want to collect, giving them a place in a box or even a shelf, taking some pics to show them they are not so different from the models you are really collecting...You are the most generous noncollector I know

No wonder you found it hard to resist, these are so wonderful! They're in fantastic condition, how old are they? I love the triceratops and the Pachy... they are full of character aren't they Congratulations Susanne

Thankyou friends for your kind comments to a poor non-collector

Kikimalou wrote:

.... It is really impressive the way you are taking in poor models you don't want to collect.....

HKHollinstone wrote:

....They're in fantastic condition, how old are they? ....

It is hard to say how old they are...some of them are still made, but with another painting

The colourful Corythosaurus is not marked with a year.
The triceratops and Pteranodons are marked 1988
The pa..pa.. is marked 1990, the Mongoliensis 1994

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou friends for your kind comments to a poor non-collector

Kikimalou wrote:

.... It is really impressive the way you are taking in poor models you don't want to collect.....

I also tell myself don't collect frogs.....

ken yeo wrote:

I also tell myself don't collect frogs.....

And it does not work, I bet

I did it again

The nicest nest of Protoratopses,marked 1988, and A little, lovely Anatotian, marked "Field Museum" and 2004
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Aren`t they cute ?
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I have not been able to find the Anatotian in my few Safari catalogues...is he some sort of special edition ?
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"A T-rex named Sue"...
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I LOVE that silly face
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The good, old Parasaurolopus marhed 1988
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Also marked 1988, a HUGE maiasaura guarding her nest
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For a long time I have been eying this adorable little Dilong, - now he is mine
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He is marked 2005
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Look at those little "hands"
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..and eyes
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Congrats! The Anatotian is nice!

Oh, congratulations for so many newcomers which you dont collect

SUSANNE wrote:

"A T-rex named Sue"...
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Congratulations Susanne! I really like the Corythosaurus. And the Dilong...I like the striking colours. I was suprised at how small this dinosaur was.

It's pictures like these that make me want to expand my small collection!

The duckydinosaur is part of a set released by Safari for the Field Museum to celebrate the montage of Sue, the most complete T-rex skeleton. There is also another set with a Torosaurus , recently reviewed on the dinosaur toy blog.