brontodocus' collection

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Fixing the eyes alone would earn it another star.

 I wonder why no other company has thought to use realistic eyes like the Dino-Riders figures ?

[brontodocus]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but on the spinosaur, it's a different kind of plastic that has been used for the lawer jaw, isn't it? And on all figures I had in hand, it was incredibly loose. It's a bit better on the giganotosaurus and much better on the dimetrodon.

The plastic of the lower jaw and of the throat insert seems to be somewhat different indeed, it's somewhat harder. Strangely, the jaw fits quite tightly in my figure and rather won't open much. But that was also true in another figure I've seen in a toy shop, recently.

I think so, the spino need a change of color and Bullyland should fix the eyes in all figures

If the paint job was always like the one seen in the Therizinosaurus I'd be fine with it. But yes, mostly the eyes are problematic and I think the Spinosaurus is one of their sloppiest examples, that pupil is as large as the entire eye should be. Considering the work I've seen on other figures, often enough the person who has to paint the pupils on the eye was apparently shivering...

I wonder why no other company has thought to use realistic eyes like the Dino-Riders figures ?

Sounds like a brilliant idea, Chris! At least for the bigger-eyed ones it's something one or the other company should try.

Deux tyrannosaures de Papo / La Préhistoire :



Could it be true that I had the original tripod Tyrannosaurus for over two years now without ever taking a photograph?

[pylraster]

This year's Bullyland ML dinosaurs:



Frightened Spinosaurus.

Thanks for the pictures Brontodocus. It really made me think about buying this Spinosaurus or not. And I think I will. The dentition, while very few, is much better than that of the new Schleich Spino with moveable jaw. That Schleich one seemed to have shells stuck to the side of its upper jaws. ^_^

And I agree with you that a repaint will improve the looks of this "frightened" Spino. Fortunately I heard Bullyland's paint is somewhat fragile, so that might be helpful this time around *gets some toothbrush and something to strip the paint with*.

Also how big is this Spino compared to the new Schleich one? Thanks!

[brontodocus]

Thanks, pylraster!
I cannot really compare it with the new Schleich Spinosaurus with moveable jaw since I've never seen it in person - I know it's smaller than its ReplicaSaurus predecessor but not how large it is exactly. Maybe this helps: The Bullyland ML Spinosaurus is similar in length to (but more gracile than) the Papo Spinosaurus, yet the latter is approx. 2 cm higher at the top of the sail.
Oh, by the way, I don't know whether stripping the paint off a Bullyland figure would really make it more convenient to repaint and I'm not sure if the easily flaking off paint is more due to the rather soft and waxy material Bullyland uses. I'd recommend asking if someone had success with it before. Or maybe someone here who had could tell us? The only Bullyland figure I've repainted was a heavily paint-rubbed Deinotherium but I've just cleaned it and then painted over it.

[juju1305]

This year's Bullyland ML dinosaurs:



Frightened Spinosaurus.

Thanks for the pictures Brontodocus. It really made me think about buying this Spinosaurus or not. And I think I will. The dentition, while very few, is much better than that of the new Schleich Spino with moveable jaw. That Schleich one seemed to have shells stuck to the side of its upper jaws. ^_^

And I agree with you that a repaint will improve the looks of this "frightened" Spino. Fortunately I heard Bullyland's paint is somewhat fragile, so that might be helpful this time around *gets some toothbrush and something to strip the paint with*.

Also how big is this Spino compared to the new Schleich one? Thanks!

The new Schleich spino is a really dull and inaccurate figure (and basically the same sculpt as the previous spino, but a smaller scale). It is a bit smaller than the Bullyland spino, but the difference between the two is less than 2cm (less than an inch)

[ajax]

I like the pose of this Spino but something is really wrong with it? Is the head too short or something? Body looks good.

[pylraster]

Well then it seems fairly large enough to stand out on the shelf. Not really a fan of those yellow mascaras or whatever they are called. Being relatively cheaper than the other brands Spinos, I think I won't have regrets painting over it.

[tyrantqueen]

Well then it seems fairly large enough to stand out on the shelf. Not really a fan of those yellow mascaras or whatever they are called. Being relatively cheaper than the other brands Spinos, I think I won't have regrets painting over it.

You mean sclera? 

[brontodocus]

I like the pose of this Spino but something is really wrong with it? Is the head too short or something? Body looks good.

The head is definitely not as gracile as the Carnegie Spinosaurus' but the snout's proportions are definitely better than the Schleich or Papo versions. I especially like the lower jaw with its throat pouch and the slightly upturned tip fitting into the "kink" between the premaxillary and maxillary.

Not really a fan of those yellow mascaras or whatever they are called. Being relatively cheaper than the other brands Spinos, I think I won't have regrets painting over it.

You mean sclera? 

From the sculpt alone it's clear that the eyeball should have been little more than what has been painted entirely black here. Obviously, most of what has been painted yellow to make it look like a sclera was originally intended to be the lower eyelid. Should be an easy fix.

[tyrantqueen]

The more I look at the Spino the more I think those big yellow eyes make it look like a frog :X

It would be interesting to see what a better paintjob could do for this figure...

[postsaurischian]

Ikterus! Poor Spino probably has a liver problem .

[brontodocus]

Ikterus! Poor Spino probably has a liver problem .

[Takama]

The more i look at it, the more im tempted to get one.

Hounestly, i think the only proplem is the oversized Eyes, which makes it look like a female cartoon charector to me.

I also like how its a biped, and not an anoying tripod like the carnegi model

[brontodocus]

Like I said, the yellow part of the eyes - be it intended to represent sclera or lower eyelid - is an easy fix. Still the lower eyelid looks a little saggy and of course the details of the sculpt are rather crude as is typical for Bullyland.

[brontodocus]

Johan Scherft's life-sized (length approx. 605 mm) paper model "Microceratops" (actually probably better named Graciliceratops mongoliensis, Microceratops was preoccupied and Microceratus is a nomen dubium):