Beasts of the Mesozoic: Raptor Series Action Figures

Feathered raptors, nice. I'm in.

>>5633787
Why do they look so awful?

>>5633787
I'm torn. I want a decent articulated dino so bad, but the scientifically accurate ones are so goofy.

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>>5633787
>>5633814
>>5633864

Yeah, they don't look very scary. More like six foot turkeys!

>>5633889
No, they just look bad. Fuck off with your shilling featherfag.

>>5633787
> 35$ for a raptor
> +25$ shipping
Damn you shipping

>>5633895
>m-muh cool movie monsters

>>5633895
Stay mad scaley

>>5633962
>>5633975

Take your asshurt selves to another board.

>>5633787
keeping an eye on this kickstarter, will decide later in the month wether or not to make this my first kickstarter to back. Feathers, scales, it matters not to me, we NEED more higher end dinosaur figures. So let's slap down our wallets and show the companies that is what we want and not barely 5 POA chunks of hollow plastic with extremely visible screw holes.

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>>5633984
enjoy your hasbloob poop as its all anyone will make

>>5634010
Better than this kickshitter scam.

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I can't wait for these they look amazing!

>>5634087
Too bad he screwed up with those awful feathers. We almost had actual dinosaur figures.

>>5633984
You're the one coming in a perfectly fine thread to cry about "f-featherfaggotry".

So actually: no you.

>>5634087
>>5633787
These look fucking dope! Sad to see that /toy/ has become overrun with normies who hate cool shit.

>>5634149
You're the featherfag crying because nobody wants your bullshit. Fuck right off.

Scalefags, featherfags, I don't care. Whoever is coming in this thread to bitch about how it doesn't cater to their exact whims and how it's shit because of that is fucking cancerous.

Not everything has to be exactly to your tastes. If it isn't, get over it and move on. If, instead, you're gonna shit all over the thread, then you're a cancerous shitposter.

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>>5633889

>Anon jokingly quotes a famous movie line
>Turns into a scales VS feathers shitstorm

Holy fuck, /toy/.

>>5634087
I a little torn, I like the mongoliensis but hate the color, but I love the marshali raptor but don't really like the face.

>>5634173
Any fucking dino thread will turn into a scales vs feathers shitstorm.

In this thread alone, the idea that anyone wouldn't create raptor figures the way they want them to be created is enough for them to want to shit up the thread.

It's quite sad.

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>>5634185
how sad, anons not being happy with hasbro's offerings

>>5634194
On the other hand, ecstatic featherfags shouldn't be fueling the flames.

If you like the feathers and are interested in them: good. Go for it.

If you're not, leave a constructive comment or ignore it, but don't shit up the thread and taunt people.

I just don't know if I should get one of each or a pack of 3 velociraptors

>>5633787
I'm definitely in for one of these, I'm just not sure which. I'm torn between the 'classic' Velociraptor or the beefy Atrociraptor. The jaw articulation alone sold me, most moving mouths on toys don't even bother with the flesh inside the mouth, but this guy made a simple but very efficient representation of that in toy form.

As for the feathers v 'scales' (i don't think anyone ever said dinos had scales, I thought it was just thick skin) I'm an 80s kid and I grew up with my fleshy dinos and upright T-rex. But I do love science and in science sometimes you have to abandon those theories that just don't work and accept whatever the facts point to. If signs point to these guys being 3 foot tall angry chickens then so be it. That said, as a toyline, it probably would've been smart to include at least one retro lookin raptor in the line up. Even if it was just a high tier stretch goal. Not everyone embraces change well, but everyone wants cool dinosaur toys.

>>5634256
Science is very often wrong. It's mostly dipshit pushing an agenda to further their career.

>>5634017
>this kickstarter, will decide later in the month wether or not to make this my first kickstarter to back. Feathers, scales, it matters not to me, we NEED more higher end dinosaur figures. So let's slap down our wallets and show the companies that is what we want and not barely 5 POA chunks of hollow plastic with extremely visible screw holes.
Icant believe you wrote that. Get the fuck out ot toy peasant. Go shill hasbro somewhere else.

>>5634262
>er stretch goal. Not everyone embraces change well, but everyone wants cool dinosaur toys.

AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS PEER REVIEW, ITS WHAT MAKES SCIENCE GREAT YOU SHIT HEAD. IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE WHATEVER SHIT YOU WERE INDOCTRINATED INTO, GO TO RELIGION, DONT EXPECT SCIENTIFIC FACTS TO STAY STATIC FOR TOO LONG.

>>5634297

Jesus Christ, you really are a shitposter aren't you?

>>5634256
Unfortunately a featherless raptor would take a whole new set of molds (except for maybe the lower legs/feet). That would have doubled the kickstarter goal.

It would be easier to make a whole new KS for featherless ones.

Post favourate and why

>Tsaagan
>spooky colour
>Sick neckbeard
>best face

My only complaint about these is that the knees don't bend more.

I'm so sick of bearded vulture raptors.

>>5634439
Im so sick of butt blasted red necks

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>>5634411
I want this bad motherfucker, unfortunately its only a stretch goal

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>>5634469
And if you're wondering whether the feet was an artist mistake or not, it's not. That's a scientifically accurate raptor with double sickle claws

>>5634475
Wow Balaur, why does evolution let you have TWO sickle claws?

>>5634455
Good, maybe you should kill yourself. Nobody wants your pretend feather shit.

>>5634386
>Unfortunately a featherless raptor would take a whole new set of molds (except for maybe the lower legs/feet). That would have doubled the kickstarter goal.

So what parts are just pallete swap for the three current raptors? Do they all have the same bodies, just different head? It doesn't seems like it based on the wingspan for each raptors

>>5634502
I'm all for movie monsters, maybe you should kickstart your own figure line or help the current kickstarter and beg the sculptor afterwards for movie monster line instead of hating on other people's project.

>>5634503
Atrociraptor has a different head shape and his legs are fully feathered.

and mangas has slightly different arm wings.

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>>5634503
>>5634528
He's actually doing a really smart job of it. There's a mixture of parts that are being used between all three, and whatever other figures get added to the line. The unique pieces seem to be the head, upper neck, fore-feathers on the wings, and the tail.

>>5634518
Or maybe you should give up on shilling your feather bullshit? Nobody gives a shit.

>>5634563
>no one gives a shit

are you jealous you're not as smart as David Silva and makign toys for a living anon? you sound jelly and buttblasted

Feather raptors look cooler than naked ones

>>5634563
>Nobody gives a shit.
$30,000 dolarydoos currently says otherwise

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>>5634595
>nothing else

u kno reik hasblo?

god fucking damn
the international shipping costs almost as much at the figure itself... fuckkkkkkkkkkk
i can't bring myself to buy it

>>5634630
You should contact the kickstarter and negotiate something

>>5634630

That's why I went with one figure. That is the curse of being International (on the plus side at least you're not American)

>>5634602

I am pissed as fuck at the stomp strike T-Rex looking great from promo shots, then Hasbro cucks us with one side having screwholes everywhere.

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>>5634552
The bodies, feet, and tails could just as easily be identical. I would rather shave a few dollars off the price than have a negligible difference in sculpt. But whatever, if it makes him feel satisfied that's fine.

>>5634654
is that the agito chick?

>>5634666
Good eye anondesu!

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>>5634646
We'll never get movie accurate Rexy

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>>5634682
impeccable taste anon
best ass indeed

>>5634690
how bout the revo?

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I know we won't get that much, but it is still hilarious. I'd be so upset if it's not funded

>>5634654
strange display you have there, anon

>>5634262
I'm well aware of that, but generally speaking the truth prevails over time and constant review and those pushing agendas get left by the wayside. The actual concept of feathered dinosaurs isn't even new, it's an idea thats been kickin about for decades (iirc). It's just that it's only recently being talked about and accepted by the general public as a whole as more and more evidence shows this to be the truth. In 20 years from now it might even be considered the norm and the JP styled raptors will be seen as the outdated hollywood concept that they are. Again, 30 years ago popular notion saw the t-rex walking upright, but over time that idea changed.

>>5634386
True, plus it would more or less go abainst the whole "scientifically accurate" aspect of the line. Mostly wishful thinking as a toy and monster movie fan.

>>5634552
For a first time toy producer, it's really a clever way to build the line. It keeps the main goal low while offering a good variety of figures to start. If they were cheaper I might've been tempted to grab a pack, but a 35 a pop, just one will be enough unless the unnannounced figures are really impressive.

>>5634646
Hasbro has some really good sculpters, but being made as cheap as possible the toys end up being rather poor overall. I mean they're fantastic toys for their target demographic, but it's a group that pretty much ignores collecters entirely. Which is understandable...but disappointing.

>>5634151
no thats not whats going on, its just trolls who know full well how easy it is to cause feather vs scale shitstorms. yet EVERY TIME people fall for it.

I backed the pack for all 3, I hope that this gets funded.

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145 USD for all three....182.63 Canadian Dollar ;-;

>>5634697
These things are always highly innaccurate when it comes to toy based KS. I remember during the articulated icons tracker had it set to pretty much fail all the way into the final week. Then in the last 5 days, the pledges skyrocketed, broke every stretch goal and even flew past the added ones.

Toy KS always follow a distinct bell curve pledge rate. A big pop at the start, a long, quiet middle run and if people actually like the creators, a massive boost at the end. This thing will certainly succeed ad probably break a stretch goal or two.

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>>5634694
>how bout the revo?
I was thinking more of pic related. What's the point of dino figure if it can't eat/stomp other figure

>>5634720

he can stomp Figurines and little pilot figures (like action fleet)

I don't like the colors they chose, they're so generic. I think the chosen colors would look great for a scaly raptor but not for feathery ones. If they're going for "accuracy" then Paleontologists always mention they were likely very colorful.

>$45 for one
>$115 for 3
Uh, no. Like those ninjas, they priced themselves out quickly for something that is likely to break soon after receiving.

>>5633787
>Dromeosaurids with wing-feathers
>Scientifically accurate
Not all raptors are Neotherapods, asshole

this will be my second KS to back, I wish those ninjas would release already..

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>>5634720
>>5634728
I still have my Thrasher

The shipping kills it for me since I don't live in the US. Will these be available at BBTS and the like? I bought the Skeleton Warrior figure at BBTS and even with the $10 extra that the figure cost there it was cheaper because of shipping.

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>>5633787
yay

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$35 for possibly the most articulated dinosaur toy on the market (not counting customs obviously).

Most major companies aren't willing to gamble on making something that isn't part of some movie/etc license.

This is a great opportunity.

In b4 literally every unforeseen accident happens.

>>5635219
>$35 for possibly the most articulated bird toy
fixed that for you

>>5635219
it's 35 + 25 for shipping for me...
i'm kinda torn
always wanted a pack of raptor figs but goddamn

I want to get all three, but paying nearly 200 (base price + shipping + customs combined), yeah. No.

what fuck category are these under? I'm trying to find similar projects and there isn't an action figure category.

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>>5635353
Birds are dinosaurs anon.

It all looks nice and well, but the mass-produced version will look nothing like the promotional.

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>>5635415
caw.

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>>5635428
Caw, nigga.

If these are 1/6 then why are they so small? Shouldn't they be at least 12 inches tall? This is a scam!

>>5635449
would you just stop being an asshole, featheranon?

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So, is no one going to mention the fact that THESE CANT STAND UP WITHOUT THE FUCKING BASE AND STAND?????

>people will defend this
>people will buy this
>people will shill this

>>5635509
>jump pose
problem solved

>>5635509
problem?

>>5635509

That's the trade off with the more articulation on bipedal figure.

>>5635509
>>people will defend this
>>people will buy this
>>people will shill this

>>5635512
>>5635520
>>5635531

>>5635532
problem?

>>5635509
>Expecting a properly articulated raptor to be able to stand unaided when even humanoid figures struggle without stands

Kek.

Anyway, I hope these come out, they look awesome.

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>>5635532
Pack it up boys, threads over he quoted his post and then quoted our posts implying things

>91 replies
>38 unique poster

Sure is shilly in here.

>>5635545
>hue hue hue shill

HA HA HA YOU SAID THE WORD. xXXXDDD ECKS DEE.

>>5634898
I don't think you know jack shit about dinosaurs, m8

>>5633787
Fuckin stupid. Why the feathers?

>>5635611
Because special snowflakes. Total waste.

>>5635611
Because it's now commonly known that dinosaurs had proto-feathers. Where have you been the past few years, Anon.

are this figures complete? I mean, they have cloaca?

Dang, one day in and already 40 grand.

Not bad. I might chip into this one.

>>5635690
Don't listen to shills like this.

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>>5635727
lol, are you this mad no one cared about your silly pretender knock offs walky?

>using modern feather types for raptors
into-the-trash.tiff

Overpriced, shitty feather crap? Why yes, I will ignore these and laugh as this guy rips people off.

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I think Ill go for one of each.

>>5635611
>>5635623
>>5635747
>>5635753
problem?

>>5635794
Shilling is against the rules.

>>5635794
you missed the reddit reaction face

Not even a featherfag but these look good. Pretty good size too, it should be about as big or larger than my Revo T.Rex. Intended to back it when I read about this about a month ago, but I've never actually backed any KS before so I'll just wait for the last few days before giving my support.

feels good knowing science wins over idiocracy

>>5635819
So is trolling

>>5635832
Why wait? KS doesn't collect your money until the project ends, and pledging now not only helps reach the goal faster, but also helps to unlock stretch goals.

>>5635869
Not him, but maybe some people only want the stretch goals? Like during the ninja kickstarter I don't particularly care about the basic plain ninjas, but once they added Jet Li, Evil Bruce Lee, Snake Eyes, and Ryu Hayabusa (Blue Ninja) through the stretch goals I ended up spending $200 dolarydoos on the last hour.

>>5634719
>I remember during the articulated icons tracker had it set to pretty much fail all the way into the final week. Then in the last 5 days, the pledges skyrocketed, broke every stretch goal and even flew past the added ones.

The amount of backers didn't increase that much. It's more that the stretch goals are getting hit, so that people double downing on their pledges

>>5634575
This. I know JP dinosaurs have their place but ever since I've been looking at feathered dinos, I can't stop thinking how some of them look so naked without them now.

>>5634087
how do they know what color they were? they should be with out color and come with a set of paints.

Born after 95 = feather fag iguana-bird hybrid lover
Born before 95 = Real dinosaur lover.

>>5635958
problem?

>>5635965
yeah, git off of my lawn!

REEEEEEE

>>5635958
What about those born in 1995?

>>5635958
Anon, I was born before 95 and I can actually appreciate both scaly and feathered dinosaurs. It's not that hard

>>5635947
That's because you're a miserable faggot.

>>5635867

Then you should take this feather crap and leave, shouldn't you?

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>>5635951
>how do they know what color they were? they should be with out color and come with a set of paints.
The current kickstarter figures are based on RL bird of prey color pallete based on the environment in which scientist thought these animals live in.

So for example. Tsaagan was found in the sandy gobi desert of mongolia, and his color scheme was based on Egyptian Vulture

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And the black one is based on a jungle parrot I think

>>5635990
>says the miserable faggot
I'm sorry if my opinion triggered you.

>>5635993
Feathers existed before your sexual fantasies of naked dinosaurs existed.

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>>5635958
>Real dinosaur lover
>Real
>Scaly dromaeosaurs is not even real

These would be great for all sorts of fantasy collections.

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>>5636090
>feathered dinosaurs
>fantasy collections

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>>5636113
What went wrong?

>>5636001
Thats so fucking cool. I love the attention to detail he put in.

>>5636090
Funny enough thats exactly what im getting them for. Cant wait to have them tear appart my ML knights.

>>5636134
Speaking of ML, they've arrived at the 4H studio. Woo hoo!

Knights vs Dinosaurs definitely needs to be a thing

>>5636134
>>5636137
Will there be a chance for non-KI backer to get some ML stuff? I remember they had 2nd round pre-order session for the birds stuff

>>5636137
>having them fight
>not having your knight jousting another on top of a Raptor steed

Step it up desu senpai

>>5636120
haha this is fucking lame

>>5636144
>>5636137
>>5636134
>We want scientifically accurate dinosaurs
>Let's have skeleton knights ride on it and the dinosaur eating anime girls

1 anon is trying reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly hard to get (You)s

>>5636144
They gotta catch and break them before they train them

>>5636161
Well if they're going for the fantasy look, may as well put them with their unrealistic bretherin.

I would get on if it wasn't for the 25 shipping
But who knows, maybe I could get encourage to it

>>5636196
it's only 10 for me

>>5636213
Lucky you
The advantages of not being foreign.

>>5636237
I'm actually only one state over from them too.

Don't know if I should go with velociraptor or atrociraptor, but there's plenty of time to decide. I don't like Tsaagan though, those colors make it look like an oversized chicken.

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A streach goal could be a "flamingo raptor"?

>>5636241
Ks by figure always balloon in prices. You can buy more to justify the 25 shipping, then sell the rest in the secondary market for profit

>>5635690
>proto-feathers
Why do they look like modern feathers instead?

>making an atrociraptor
>only specimen consists of jaw pieces
Might as well make a dragon then.

>>5636277
maybe the artist is a dumb fuck.

>>5636456

You'd have to be to put feathers on them in the first place....so, yeah, probably so.

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>Articulated Dinosaur figures
YES! FINALLY! I CANT WAIT TO GET THE-
>Weird, feather covered design no one asked for
ahhhh, oh.... thanks I guess.......

Got the 3 pack, it's the best deal desu

>no Deinonychus

I need a saurornitholestes

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Nigersaurus when?

>>5633814
>>5633895
>>5634113
>>5634161
>this one anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq0mWxumeqo

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Not trying to be a downer, but do you guys think this is necessary? Four legged creatures except horses doesn't articulate well. I have D-Arts Venusaur and despite the segmented body it has next to none usable articulation.

I'd rather have sauropods, or maybe underrated dinosaurs like therizinosaurus, or fuck it just go all in and make giant articulated T-Rex for $100 a pop

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>>5636897
dindu nuffin
#sauropodlivesmatter

>>5636949
I don't know why people shit on Venusaur for poor articulation. He somehow was more articulated than Blastoise.

Ideally an articulated ceratopsian would have better articulation in the neck and tail. And longer legs, too.

>>5636949
>flat, wide body with short legs
>lean horse like body with long legs
>having similar articulation
how were your problem solving skills in school?

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>>5636959
Or just made it out of good ol' rubber like the Kenner days. I don't understand why this is so hard nowadays, has rubber gone up in price exponentially? I see they're still selling bathub rubber duckies for $5 in the dollar store

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>>5636949

All depends on the joints you use. Most Four Legged dinosaur toys only have ever had swivels etc.

Just give it universal joints for the limbs would be a great start. Look at how the MotuC Battle Cat and all the figures based off that work. Or the Hobbit Warg figure.

Even the old G.I. Joe Sigma Six Tiger that got a retool as an SDCC Marvel Legends Zabu has fantastic articulation.

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>>5636984
>flat, wide body with short legs
This is what Triceratops look like though. I'm saying that Triceratop body is more akin to Venusaur and it'll be hard to do articulation. Think of the super thick neck for example, for the dinosaur to be able to look left/right it'll take some engineering masterpiece. I've never seen a triceratop/rhinoceros toy that could turn its head left/right

>>5637002
>I'm saying a species thats been extinct for millions of years bears an uncanny resemblance to an imaginary children's cartoon character

uh-huh. you should make one anon instead of crying about no one else doing so

>>5637002
venusaur has a goddamn toad body, it's nothing like a triceratops. if you said maybe a ryhorn I'd give it to you but venusaur doesn't have the same body type as a triceratops.

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>>5636113
This is the future you choose

>>5636143
Yup theres not an exact date but itll be soon so keep an eye out on the site.

>>5636161
>being this butthurt over dino toys

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>>5635951
>how do they know what color they were? they should be with out color and come with a set of paints.

Scientist knows several colors of dinosaurs. Big surprise, just like modern birds they were mostly black, brown, and tan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinosauropteryx
>Among the specimens studied was a previously undescribed specimen of Sinosauropteryx, IVPP V14202. By examining melanosome structure and distribution, Zhang and colleagues were able to confirm the presence of light and dark bands of colour in the tail feathers of Sinosauropteryx. Furthermore, the team was able to compare melanosome types to those of modern birds to determine a general range of colour. From the presence of phaeomelanosomes, spherical melanosomes that make and store red pigment, they concluded that the darker feathers of Sinosauropteryx were chestnut or reddish brown in colour.[7]

And not to shit on the kickstarter, but the raptors need to be MORE birdlike like pic related

>>5636090
nice bait

>>5637421
Yeesh it looks kinda cute, until it opens its mouth full of teeth.

Also is it really a thing that Dinos had full blown feathers? Could it just have been during certain times?

>>5637465
Certain species did. Believe it or not modern birds are closer relatives to dinosaurs than reptiles are.

>>5637465
this is an interesting watch related to the topic.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken?language=en

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>>5637465
>Also is it really a thing that Dinos had full blown feathers?
Depends on which dinosaur you're looking at. Raptor family definitely have feathers, and up to the snout like pic related due to recent discovery of Dakotaraptor. This means that even the compromise version between feather vs. scale with the entire raptor head being scaly is wrong. It is very unlikely that dromaeosaurids molt, considering the Dakotaraptor specimen is 2nd biggest one out there and it is fully covered in feathers. Like you wouldn't think that modern bird of prey would molt right?

Bigger dinosaur like T.rex though might very likely molt. Baby ostriches had fuller feather, and adult ostritches are bald around the head and legs. There is still no direct evidence of feathers in T.rex, and there is direct scale imprint on fossilized T.rex leg and the underside of the tail. However most of T.rex ancestors had hair so it is very likely that T.rex has partial hair.

>>5633787
>Implying birds are dinosaurs.

>>5637500
Dinosaurs are birds

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>>5637500
>>5637510
Birds are dinosaurs
Dinosaurs though not all birds.

>>5637510
>>5637512
Holy fuck how dumb are you? Saying that dinosaurs are birds is like say that owls are birds.

FUCKING RETARDS.

>>5637518
>implying owls are real
literal retard

>>5636160
How is a sea monster not cool?

>tfw humans were too late to taste a T.Rex

>>5637571
I seriously think about this every time i see feathered dinosaurs.

>>5635958
Yeah, you're such a true dinosaur lover that you can't stop sperging out that science ruined your totally awesome scaly movie monster dinosaurs.

You're anything but a dinosaur lover.

Sure is a lot of moviebob fans in here.

>>5637822
The /tv/ invasion happened right under everyone's nose.

>>5637486
The fuck are you going on about? All birds molt, it's how they replace worn, broken or ragged feathers. Most birds molt twice a year.
Any dinosaurs that were feathered would molt too. It doesn't impede them, it just might make them pissier and uncomfortable, like bird PMSing. My birds get moody each time they molt.

>>5638002
I think he's using molt to mean like losing feathers as they get older, like in his ostrich example.

>>5638004
Oh, well then I'm a dipshit.

>>5638018
problem?

Can scalefaggots stop being salty that stuff isn't made to cater to their tastes for once. There'll be lots of scaleshit in the future. You're not entitled to or owed anything. Stop shitting up the thread just because you prefer silly movie monster designs over currently more scientifically accurate appearances.

>>5638046
stop being stupid and taking bait
ignore em

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Capture gear stretch goal when?

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>>5638091
Stay salty, there's nothing you can do to stop this kickstarter and other people from celebrating. So sulk in your sad corner

>>5638091
>>5638099
>>5638102
problem?

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>>5638102
>proper authorities on dinosaur toy made in china
>crying in a cambodian imageboard

>>5638099
More so than scale stuff, at least.

And probably in a decade, our interpretation of what raptors looked like will have inevitably changed as a result of new fossil finds and research yet again, as is typical of this kind of stuff.

And I'll appreciate that new interpretation the same way, as will I the one that comes after it. I won't stay stuck in the past, hanging on to some age-old interpretation that has long been debunked because it makes me feel better.

The good thing about science is that it doesn't care if you believe in it or not. I choose to adapt. You choose to stick to the past.

(Not that I think there's essentially anything wrong in liking the Jurassic Park raptor, but I do think being a little bitch about anything non-scaly like you're entitled to your scale stuff is)

>>5638107
>>5638030
>>5635965
>>5635794
>>5635535
>>5635520

This is some Avatap tier autism.

>>5638364
Good thing the world doesn't care about your interests and you'll continue to be shamed for your stupidity and fagfeathers.

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So wait, when Silva first showed his sculpts for this, wasn't there a scaled raptor too? Or am I just imagining that?

>>5638458
Nope, there never was a scaled raptor

>>5638430
Apparently not.

>Movie that establishes that the dinos are lab monsters
>"Pssh what the fuck is this? Where' the feathers? hurr Trash!"

>toyline where the designer establishes that he's focusing on feathered raptors
>"Pssh what the fuck is this? Where' the scales? hurr Trash!"

Featherfags and scalefags have to be the biggest retards.

>>5638458
The line seems to be very heavily based on realism, so I doubt it. Even the scale is designed to be 1/6, which has them being about waist-high to twelve-inch figures and Jurassic Park-size to 1/12 figures.

I just can't get into these fairy tail critters, just not worth the money. It's a shame, cause the articulation looks good.

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>>5638458
are you referring to his resin kits which you can already buy?

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>>5639355
>fairy tail

>>5639156
>Movie that establishes that the dinos are lab monsters
>"Pssh what the fuck is this? Where' the feathers? hurr Trash!"

This never happens. The complaints about Jurassic World Hasbro toys is because the shitty quality paints, screwholes, broken gimmick, dinosaur who aren't able to stand, and the velociraptor pack not having any articulation and the sculpt straight out missing on the sickle claw. Lots of dinosaur figure collector are perfectly happy with getting movie monster replica, but hasbro even failed that obligation

>>5639432
I think he meant about the movie in general and he is right, there was a lot of angry comments about not respecting the current 'science accuracy' despite the movie having a fairly sound reason for why that happened.

>>5639514
>fairly sound reason for why that happened

to make money?

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>>5638458
Obviously everyone here has the memory of a goldfish..that or they havent been following this for long. You're probs thinking of pic related

>>5639514
I have some friends who are real paleontologists and their disappointment is justified. The first Jurassic Park sparked a lot of renewed interest in their field and utterly smashes the public notion that dinousaurs are slow cold blooded giant lizards in one full swoop. JW is another chance for them to get their research in the last 2 decades known. Think of it as the nerds who finally got a chance to shine in a graduation ceremony but the graduation host botches the introduction, it is kinda sad. I know it is handwaved in the movie, but they think that it is still a missed opportunity, if JP can completely change public perception about dinosaur, why shouldn't JW do the same? What's the risk? Fat popcorn Americans can't accept scientific breakthrough?

However this is /toy/ and not /sci/ so its a different complain. A good chunk of paleontologists and hobbyists were lamenting the missed opportunity, but not all of them are dino figure collector. With the lack of good dinosaur figure line since kenner died, most dino figure collector doesn't give a shit as long as they get quality figure/statue. Just look at Rebor and Papo, they're releasing "museum replica" but scientifically innacurate dinosaur. Despite that, Rebor is still accepted with open arms by the dinosaur toy collectors.

>>5639556
>their disappointment is justified.

Not especially. They seem to do more whining than anything else when things don't go their way.

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>>5639557
I think you meant Ham Hocks?

>>5639557
Its not like real paleontologists could crowdfund a multi million dollar Hollywood production, so yeah all they could do is whine because they're at the mercy of Hollywood producers.

>>5639562
Did you mean Jews?

>>5639564
>tfw no schlomo jew action figure to get mauled by my dinosaur figures

>>5639432
I'm talking about the movie and unless you never pay attention to the movies, it should be real clear that the characters are fully aware the dinosaurs are not accurate and are lab monsters.

'What John Hammond and InGen did at Jurassic Park is create genetically engineered theme park monsters. Nothing more and nothing less."
-Dr.Grant

Yet people still bitch the dinos are inaccurate over a decade later and JW is around the corner.

>>5639757
>'What John Hammond and InGen did at Jurassic Park is create genetically engineered theme park monsters. Nothing more and nothing less."
>-Dr.Grant

Even then, Dr.Grant's supposed real research is also utterly wrong. "T-rex movement based on vision" from Dr. Grant, and also "air bones in velociraptor so they could communicate like dolphins." These two """"real"""" research and were utterly wrong, but the show confirmed these researches anyway

the Sullivani just got unlocked for add on.

>>5640321
Doesn't change the fact that the dinos in JP are still lab monsters, even if III had a wonky story. The I-rex is a dinosaur that doesn't even exist in real life and two decades before, you have dinos that spit acid and another that can camouflage in the books. The dinosaurs are lab monsters.

>>5640701

Doesn't change the fact that nobody gives a shit about your fantasy feather bullshit.

>>5640710
I think scales and feathers are whatever. I'm more annoyed by retards like you shutting up dino threads.

>accurate
>has feathers

>>5640710
Then why are you here in this thread for an articulated feathered dinosaur, bitching and having a little fit over the fact that someone dares to not use his own time and talent to make scalefag shit for you?

>>5640743
More accurate than any scalefag shit.

I'll donate later in its life cycle, that black one looks cool.

>>5641001
you don't pay any thing til may 27, donating now can unlock that black faster

>>5634690

There's this: http://www.amazon.com/Papo-55001-Tyrannosaurus-Rex/dp/B000KO7QK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462051228&sr=8-1&keywords=trex+figure

Probably just repaint it if you want it movie accurate, but looks good as is..

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>tfw like feathered and scaled dinos
>tfw just want to talk about cool dinosaur toys

>>5637518
Owls ARE birds you fucking idiot.

FIGHT ME

One of my friends "studies" paleontology, (in reality he dropped out of college and never completed his degree for it_ but acts like a know-it-all about them, hates Jurrasic World,. He even bitches about how inaccurate DINOBOT of all things is. He's made me fucking sick of feathered dinos. Im all for the classic scaley reptile dinos.

>>5641115
I feel your pain anon, this shit never ends

>>5641360
You should make your own company and make a kickstarter like David here is doing.

The lack of a classic looking velociraptor is what will ensure that this will fail to reach funding. There will be a second KS with a classic scaled raptor and that will make the "ackshually" people sigh and I will laugh as they will cry. You will piss and moan "scalefags" and continue to post hilarious modern paleo art that only an Australian would find frightening.

>>5641442
t. retarded 'murican scalefag from the south

>26 more days
>already half way

wew, not even the knock off pretender play with this too made that much and failed twice.

>>5641454

Get a load of the fake intellectual here. Keep jumping on that bandwagon.

Can scalies just stop? Its not 1940 anymore. Its 2016. Scales are outdated,like tail dragging dinosaur.

>>5641473

Pushing your agenda isn't progressive for your tranny dinos.

>>5641474
hows it like being on an image board for beta white boys with nothing interesting going on in their lives?

>>5641474
Your the one trying to pretend dinos were something they aren't (featherless). If anything that's much closer to tranny mentality.

I'm a little confused by a lot of the posts in this thread. Everyone knows there's evidence a large majority of dinos had feathers at this point, right? It's not some purely aesthetic choice.

Lol you scaley fags are just conversative try hards you start comparing new feather ideas to the struggles of transgender individuals. I bet you follow manly looking women into the bathroom thinking its a man invading spaces reserved for both women and trans woman.

>>5641533
Kill yourself.

>>5641530
its trolls plain and simple. I have a feeling a lot of people suffer from being told something for most of their lives, and then one day suddenly the scientists all go 'hahaha sorry guys but we decided instead of researching the cure to cancer we would go and make everything you know to be a lie! Pluto is no longer a planet and dinosaurs are birds!" And thus they are taking out their frustrations at feeling like their education was for nothing if it all just gets changed anyway on stupid trolling like this.

It kinda makes me sad that there will never be a dinosaur disscusion that doesnt end up in scales vs feathers

>>5641616
There's sadly really nothing to talk about and to be excited about other than trolling each other until both sides doesn't know who's trolling who anymore. The dinosaur fad is dying unlike the 90s where most anon grew up. We don't get cool big dinos like the Kenner JPs or Dino Riders. Smaller statue dinos like Papo, Rebor, CollectA stuff is not as cool.

This kind of KS is nice, but there is no way we'll be getting 2-3' big dinosaur figures out of crowdfunding and none of the major company is doing anything. Maybe if David is successful since he's a full timer at NECA he might convince NECA to make a full line of larger more obscure dinosaurs.

>>5641608
I knew about the relationship between birds and dinos since i was a toddler though. It's the feather part that's newly accepted.

>>5641608

Well they really aren't trying to cure anything anymore anyway. It's all about making as much money doing whatever they can and padding their own pockets now.

>>5641530
>a large majority of dinos

That's actually not true at all. A small amount did, at best.

>>5641791
every time someone says something like that, it's because they forgot all about the poor four legged herbivores. Man some of the coolest defensive weapons in nature were on those guys, why do people go and forget about them?

>>5641832
unprofitable

>>5641832

They didn't have feathers.

>>5641833
Don't know how. Ankylo best. Seriously though, I love them. Like Ancient turtles with hammers on their tails. I love dinosaurs.

>>5634720
Which rex is this?

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>>5641832
Predators have more "cool" factor, like comparing lions and wolves to cows or elephants.
That said, triceratops is still the most iconic dinosaur.

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As somebody who only cares for aesthetics, I don't really mind what it looks like as long as it still looks intimidating and dinosaur-like. I mainly prefer the larger dinosaurs anyway and from what we know right now it's mainly smaller dinosaurs which suffer from full feather chickensaurus syndrome. Larger dinosaurs like T.Rex are said to have already shed most of their feathers by adulthood and even with them on some research theorized the larger dinosaurs probably did not have a heavy coat of feathers or wing-like arms, so that shouldn't compromise its appearance.

I'll probably order the velociraptor or the atrociraptor. I prefer atrociraptor's colors but velociraptor has a nicer biuld.

>>5634087
>Velociraptor
+Best overall sculpt
+Love the eye markings
-Colors are "eh"

>Atrociraptor
+Coolest name holy shit
+Solid color scheme
-Something really weird is going on with the face and I can't place it
-The fuzzy feet are a detail a lot of modern birds have, and it's neat to see, but I don't think it works on this one very much

>Tsaagan
+Good colors
+Great wings
-The mane looks okay in the artwork, but doesn't translate to the sculpt.
-Weirdass nearly naked neck doesn't help the mane at all

I'm sticking with the Velociraptor, personally, but I'm really excited about the two stretch goal guys.

>>5642019
>-Something really weird is going on with the face and I can't place it
The jaw is thicker and less birdlike compared to other two. This results in weird JP raptor head on lean feathery raptor body. However, this is intentional, as atrociraptor is known to have beefier than normal jaw compared to other raptors

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>>5641832
>>5641889
>>5641975

Hopefully he does get to tackle some next

>>5636949

As the man responsible for this kickstarter also sculpted this for Hasbro

Probably gonna hop on this. I'm still sad that I didn't know about Mythic Legions until way too late.

>>5642041
>dat ahegao face

>>5636264
Yes. I would immediately make a purchase of a flamingo pink raptor.

Very conflicted right now, as I don't especially like the current three offered. Atrociraptor is the closest to a definitive pic, but I'd rather Balaur or Saurornitholestes if their colors stay similar to the art. Tsaagan would've been the winner if the body didn't look so weird, with the stark shifts to brown between the various body segments, would've preferred more white like in >>5636001 instead.

>>5642047
It's not too late, the Mythic Legions figures go on sale to the general public Monday May 9th at 3pm. Supplies will be limited, but there should be a good variety of figures available for a few days with some lingering even longer then that.

>>5642082
A Pink Raptor would be a fantastic KS Exclusive piece, as it would be a fun little "joke" Raptor that could still look pretty cool and striking. I doubt that's what the exclusive *will* be, but if it was I'd probably grab one.

>>5642112
Is there a source on that date? I know their extra stock is supposed to go up for preorder, but I haven't seen a date yet.

>>5641529
Underrated post, and that's coming form someone who still loves JP dinosaurs.

Why is this even up for discussion? These fresh depiction of Raptors are literally the point of these figures. Seriously, scalefags need to grow the fuck up if that's all they can complain about. JP is always there to cater to one's movie monster fantasies anyway.

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>>5641889
that love stems from a childhood nostalgia or idealization of something greater, if inaccurate and fantastical.

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>>5641753
>We don't get cool big dinos like the Kenner JPs or Dino Riders.

Just PM'd David. He's in the process of adding a tier for getting just a pair of the same raptors. Keep your eyes peeled.

>>5641889
I know man, friggin war turtles
Stegs always pretty cool too.

>>5642041
>>5641833
I meant more from a general discussion about dinosaurs then about them getting good toys.

Peronally I can see why at least the Quads won't really get decent toys, 4 legged figures really don't have as much need for super high articulation since there is a lack of poses they can get into anyway sadly. Especially something like dinosaurs who tend to have stocky limbs, in my case it would be cool to have a really well done accurate articulation for pose reference purposes, but from a 'display it in my room' perspective not so much.

>>5641979
there are tons of theories on what Trex's feather coverage was, all we know is we haven't found samples of feathers, only scales, and that pretty much every other rex relative had some level of feather coverage.

>>5642112
how do things like 'KS Exclusives' work? especially as strecth goals? I have never backed before and wondering if I put up money now can I change choices later if he adds new tiers from stretch goals?

>>5642323
You basically just pledge the amount. Then at the end of the Kickstarter, if it's successful, you'll be sent some form on what you actually want.

Of course, if you didn't pay enough, you can't get certain things.

So basically, all you're doing is pledging the amount so far, the item you pick now has no real bearing on it yet.

If the exclusive raptors will cost the same price as the base ones, and you pledged that amount of money, then you can just say that you want one of the exclusive raptors, of course only in cases of the stretch goal being broken.

>>5642190

Needs more articulation.

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>>5642190
>>5642339
Wrong picture, faggot.
This is the right Dinorider choice.Imaginext line was better.

>>5635353
Wow are you some type of like dinosaur truther or something?
"Science is lying to you. Dinosaurs never had feathers!"

>>5636120
Well finding new fossils is what happened. But yeah poor Spino

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>>5637541
>sea monster
more like midget awkwardisaurus
This version of spino looks like a fucking Corgi

And this is the only good thing i see about reaction on those new dinosaurs.
Every time there is a feathere raptor or feathered t-rex - some girl says "D-AWWWWW HE IS SO CUTE :>"

Here is a new Corgi = Spinosaurus meme for you to droll over.

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>>5642365
I find most modern depiction of feathered rexes to be acceptably badass. I'd love to see one in motion. Although I would be surprised if they actually had even this many feathers as an adult.

I just wish we'd accept that T rex had three fingers. That's been a fact for decades.

>>5642365
I always thought scaly dinosaurs were cute so that doesn't really say much when you're putting things out as looking lame or cute just because it's different from what you're used to.

>>5642376
>posting that pokemon/weeb representation
I don't really thin T-rex was looking like that.
In fact - i hate when people put their fetishes on something that supposed to be a realistic animal.
This why they called "featherfags".
A land predator would never fucking look like a goddamn white-feathered chicken with read face.

he will look either gey or dark green or brown.
Why would a giant lion look like a peacock?
Oh and of course!
>never forget to add a mohawk

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>>5642376
>>5642386
I always liked this art of a feathered rex in terms of still looking scary.

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>>5642376
Personally not a fan of that, especially since it woefully misrepresents what a feathered T-Rex most likely looked like. According to the artist, that's actually more of a fun mockup for purposely fluff-looking T-Rex (so no need to get your panties in a bunch
>>5642386 ).

After better consultation, the artist drew this later piece that better showcases what feathers on a T-Rex would have actually looked like based on the most current info.

>>5642393
>still posting retarded videogame-art by anime artist
...
Do you even understand that you failing horribly in terms of arguments scalyVSfeathered that is going on in this thread?
You like this because it's your fetish and it triggers yours happy center. Just like when furfags or JP-fags do when they see scaly t-rex.
>>5642395
yeah this is better. i don't have problems with that.

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>>5642395
Also here's another visual representation of what a feathered Rex might have looked like (which looks very similar to the artwork).

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>>5642365
That's because they're mainly aquatic creatures. If anything, it looks more like an oversized crocodile than a corgi you dingus.

How would this scale to the revoltech t-rex?
Roughly same size?

>>5642398
What are you on about fetishes? Don't be a dumbass.

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>>5642411
Slightly bigger/longer.

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>>5642411
>>5642413
Here's another comparison using the early sculpt before feathers were added, this time with Star-Lord.

>>5642417
Looking at this, I love how it actually looks like a Velociraptor. That said, I kinda wish they made Deinonychus since I'd have wanted to see the JP raptors updated with feathers.

>>5642399
God damn that looks stupid as shit.

>>5642359
Science doesn't know what it's doing anyway. They make shit up and then retcon it later when they feel like it.

>>5642422
Nah

>>5642399

SWOL

>>5642432

Actually, yeah, he's right, it does look really bad. It's like all these artists have a sickness in their head when they try to come up with these designs.

>>5642425
Well that is literally the scientific method.

>>5642398
>You like this because it's your fetish and it triggers yours happy center. Just like when furfags or JP-fags do when they see scaly t-rex.

You sound like an insufferable twat. I'm sure the people around you would agree if you actually left your basement once in a while.

This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRbUlEntLH4
is actually the best big dino we had.

How come noone has ever dared to Kickstart a premium, footlong or more figure? NECA manage to make Queen Alien at reasonable pricepoint, and I bet if it's a big mighty T-rex everyone would buy it. The only problem I could think of is the lack of incentive for stretch goals because everyone would just want the T-rex, and there's no selling big duckbill dinosaur for $80

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>>5642417

>>5642398
I honestly dont like most art of feathered dinos so don't know why I like it because of a fetish. I like it because it still looks like a fearsome rex with minimal feathers that don't make it look overly goofy.

but I do dislike it in terms of how the rex's face is done. Falls into the trap of 'dinosaur skull with saran wrap skin' that I really hate seeing so much.

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>>5642493
>Falls into the trap of 'dinosaur skull with saran wrap skin' that I really hate seeing so much.
That's a meme in itself to discredit paleontologists. Do you think that Rex had a fat puffy cheek then? The head is "shrink wrapped" because most birds are, see pic related. There can't be any additional junk in there to maintain the binocular vision

>>5642511
I see that more as 'latex suit' tight then 'saran wrapped' tight. Puffy cheeks would be too much, but also showing big depressions in the snout is also too much. Most artwork in which the scientists are getting done through ither commisions or requests tend to look alright, but it's the amateurs coming in without doing some proper research, who get that effect wrong most of the time. this >>5642395 I think gets the face tissue better then >>5642393

>>5642474
lol what a flop, no kids bought toys of this shit, forgettable film

>>5642474
>NECA manage to make Queen Alien at reasonable pricepoint

its anorexic and doesn't demand large empty hulls, just sticks with joints.

>>5642395
>showcases what feathers on a T-Rex would have actually looked like based on the most current info.
>we have literal T-Rex imprints that show he had no feathers
>even young rex skin imprints
>scientific consensus state that such a big creature with feathers would die due to overheating
>we have skins impressions of other dinosaur related to the rex that didn't have feathers
>try to force feathers anyway because a much smaller T-Rex cousin had it
Are featherless dinos the privileged saurians of the paleontologist world?

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so how come no one here has a problem with dinotrux? it sounds much cooler if dinosaurs were actually robots and not just fleshy biological lame brains like you and me

>>5642544
This is true. When observing evidence we have to look at both the new and the old. If the old contradicts the new, especially when it doesn't even have to do with the topic at hand but simply a related one, why are we pretending that the new evidence is contrary to the old and thus the true one? That isn't how it works, and because raptors had feathers doesn't mean every bipedal dino did too. That'd be like concluding that every bird with wings can fly, simply isn't true, especially when there are obvious examples to the contrary.

>>5642154

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fourhorsemen/mythic-legions-action-figures-by-four-horsemen-stu/posts/1562701

It's also on the Four Horsemen's website and forums.

>>5642323
Basically, at the ends of Kickstarters you'll get a survey to basically choose what rewards you want based on how much to pledged into it. So during the KS, if you pledged enough to get three figures, you'll essentially pick which three figures they are.

If one of those figures is a Kickstarter Exclusive, that means that figure will only be produced and sold through the actual Kickstarter/Post Kickstarter survey itself where all other figures will eventually see general direct sales once they're finished being produced.

>>5642376
Well for tyrannosaurus they believe they have more quill-like feathers rather than the more modern ones raptors have. So it would look more like fur rather than feathers

>>5642338
>>5642588
thanks

>>5642544
the imprints we have are very few and dont cover much area. Extremely limited, so we can't use it as proof T rex never had feathers in any form at any point in it's life span.

On one hand, the largest dinosaur with proven feathers is a relative of the T Rex which meausures at 9 meters for the longest speicimen so far. T Rex is 12.5 meters, so the size difference isn't all that much greater.

On the other hand, the skin samples we have of T Rex and the other relatives bigger then the feathered example were all from areas of the body that had feathers on the feathered one. But of course, these samples are still belly and legs, it is possible that Rex had something on it's back but definitely not close to an insulative covering. Whatever feathers it may have would be sparse and in very isolated areas like hair on large mammels such as the elephant.

>>5641833
Thats probably true and really to bad, id buy and articulated longneck in a heartbeat.

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>>5642603
Yeah I agree. Among my real scientist paleontologists friends (I'm a grad student in Dept. of Earth Science) the prudent answer for T.rex is simply we don't know yet for sure. The evidence is tilting on slight fur like on Elephants, which is "split the baby" conclusion based on imprint vs. phylogeny. There's nothing they could do to break the deadlock barring new fossil evidence, and T.rex doesn't matter that much anyway in the grand scheme of things. There's a lot of pop culture ramifications, but T.rex is just one of many species. What if T.rex is not feathered, but Tarbosaurus (T.rex asian contemporary) is feathered? Take the parallel between lion and tiger, if we reconstruct them based on fossil alone, we probably thought that they look the same, and any hypothesis about Tiger being a bright orange striped ambush predator in a lush green jungle would be deemed preposterous. Why does T.rex matter so much, is it just because he's 'Murican? What matters is that we now know that Tyranosaurid ancestry were feathered. Whether any particular species were fully feathered, partially feathered, or barely feathered like an elephant depending on the environment in which they lived in the grand scheme of science discovery doesn't particularly matter, it's just a bonus little detail.

I personally think that "paleoartist" also kind of exacerbate the problem. They're all artist first, and scientist later. Being an artist, they all want to be edgy and on the bleeding edge on what's the latest and the most hip, sometimes they take the conclusion way too far like pic related and they give people who believe in state of the art science a really bad name

>>5641979
That would be the cutest fucking superpredator ever and I love it.

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>>5642471
>You sound like an insufferable twat
there is no need to be upset.
No need to write big post. You could just yell "F-FUCK OFF!" - this sounds a lot more honest than your silent butthurt.
>>5642412
>What are you on about fetishes? Don't be a dumbass.
Did i trigger you calling your obsession a fetish? Poor Timmy.

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>>5642399
>Also here's another visual representation of what a feathered Rex might have looked like (which looks very similar to the artwork).
This is pretty much why i dislike all those flamboyant (no i don't hate gays lol) awful colorful peacock retardation that some artists do.

If T-rex had feathers it will look like this - Slick and stylish. He is a LAND PREDATOR, and a giant one.

1) Such things don't need to look like fluffy birds
2) Neither they had crazy colors with all those "Bright orange mohawks" and shit - because nature is not a toy factory nor its a Hollywood movie

Not to mention - on a giant creature feathers won't be so damn long that they will make it look fluffy like a baby-chicken from this post: >>5642376

Which means that Feathered T-rex will look exactly like scaly t-rex from a dinstance but when you come closer (why would you do that tho), you will notice that he is covered in feathers.

>>5642717
>If T-rex had feathers it will look like this
i mean like this: >>5642399
my pic is just random

>>5642511
>thinks that prehistoric dinosaurs had feathers with design similar to modern evolved feathers
No.
We must not just mindlessly copy modern birds fether coverage.

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Best grrl

>>5642399
This doesnt look bad, I just cant why a t rex would have feathers in the first place. Didnt scientist find fossils of a t rex legs with scales on it anyways?

>>5642752
Yeah, there were confirmed scale imprint on the feet and tail, hence you see the hair on that statue avoiding the leg and tail region.

Argument for T rex having feather comes from phylogeny, T rex relative and probably direct ancestor Yutyranus live in similar climate, only 25% smaller and were almost fully covered in feathers. Think of it as an ostritch with bald head, butt, legs, but feathered elsewhere. How much feather T rex had nobody knows, but fully scaled is very very unlikely. It could be bald with stray hair here and there like an elephant or it could be fully fuzzed. Even whales still carry fur based on their ancestry in some body parts, despite absolutely no need for it. But then again this is not that convincing of an argument, and barring new fossil evidence there's no way to break the deadlock.

>>5634720

I remember seeing this advert and then being annoyed when Kenner decided to colour the Rex red and black for some reason.

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>>5641360
>He even bitches about how inaccurate DINOBOT of all things is

Reminds me of David Willis' stupid feathered Dinobot.

>>5641360
>One of my friends "studies" paleontology, (in reality he dropped out of college and never completed his degree for it_ but acts like a know-it-all about them, hates Jurrasic World,. He even bitches about how inaccurate DINOBOT of all things is. He's made me fucking sick of feathered dinos.
this pretty much explains my hate against featherfaggotry.
If you ever been on Deviantart you can spot those immideately.
1) Has a t-rex or raptor avatar
2) Starts throwing words that really don't mean nothing
3) Whines and complains about such an understandable reasons (Like for example a design of a childrens toy that is not realistic)
4) In the most retarded examples - starts conversation with WELL DINOSAURS ARE ACTUALLY BIRDS

>>5642741
>Patents are Tricratops
>Lacks pair of horns above eyes.
Parents: "Sera, you and your siblings are adopted."

>>5642479
"Watch it, Atroci!"

>>5642641
I myself wanted to go into marine biology before settling into the art scene myself so I have always had an eye on the wildlife art scenes. There has been an interesting movement going on in the paleoart scene with a lot of the older and more traditional artists really getting upset at the emergence of tons of new amatuers trying their hand at it. They will either under sell themselves or even offer their services free of charge for a chance to get some art one of dinosaurs for the scientists. Obviously when taking a free of charge artist a lot more liberties ted to be allowed. Why are the scientists doing this despite the issues that tend to pop up with these new guys? Budget constraints, a free hundred bucks not being spent on art can be spent on research.

Now as to why the T Rex matters? He became the flagship iconic big predator from a very early time in the history of paleotology. It's like the lion being the King of the Jungle/beasts. We know lions are not the biggest and baddest predators out there, they certainly ain't king of any jungle since they are savanhah animals, and even their wives are better hunters then they are. But they have become the king of beasts and will remain that will, T Rex is the same way. So any dinosaur discovery will be unlikely to really reach the public attention unless it has something to do with Rex, raptors, or MAYBE triceratops. in the grand scheme of science it may not matter much and make no sense, but thats how it is. everyone else knows what a T Rex is, nnot what Tarbosaurus or Gorgosaurus are.

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>>5643344
>They will either under sell themselves or even offer their services free of charge for a chance to get some art one of dinosaurs for the scientists. Obviously when taking a free of charge artist a lot more liberties ted to be allowed

This doesn't make sense. If it is a commissioned work, then no matter whether it's free or not it needs to have a scientific accuracy wanted by the commissioner. If I am the scientist who say work on >>5637421 which has a confirmed striped tails based on real hard science, but then you give the guy a red chikeny head for artistic purpose I'll be upset because it detracts from the scientific finding.

The bigger problem is maybe the lack of officially sanctioned artwork vs. just paleoartist clowning around in their own time on devianart. For example, pic related is an official commissioned art by scientists

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>>5643361
>For example, pic related is an official commissioned art by scientists
And pic related is not, for comparison. Sadly a lot of scalies anon are getting triggered by non official artwork that takes a lot of liberty on the reserved nature of scientific progress

>>5643361
oh it's never nothing as major as say a chicken head for no reason other then artistic liberty, its usually adding a bit more color or definiteion then what the scientist wanted. It's minor enough for the scientist to go 'oh well, it was free anyway and took a week and I need it for my presentation this weekend so whatever' yet enough to still have an impact on future art.

I seen a couple articles over the years discussing the trend and I can't seem to find them again, but I will keep looking.

>>5642797

That is absolutely the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

>>5643482
and how is that stupid precisely?

>>5643482
>calls something stupid
>doesn't proceed to say why
>just that it's stupid

I don't know what else to tell you but you sound really stupid.

>>5643257
It's still not a good reason for all the incessant scalefagging. Featherfaggotry isn't an excuse to go the other side of the deep end especially when a lot of dinos are confirmed to have them (just not typical fluffy chicken kind). I like scales and feathers on dinos depending on context respectively (movie monsters/old sources vs. modern scientific discoveries) but even I get aneurysms over the zealousness of both sides.

>>5634469
i hope he does some larger ones that scale, utahraptors were the base design for the jurassic park veloceraptors and were like 13 feet tall

i'd like a combo pack that was a huge raptor like that and then a tiny, smaller than veloceraptor species
have a hole ensemble of different sized, in scales beasties

>>5636949
i can see the problems with articulated legs, but i'd like to be able to pose their heads/necks and tails

>>5642188
fuck you for posting that

>>5642550
i'd buy the shit out of some gunpla of them

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>>5642698
It's so fluffy

>>5643697
Actually the Deinonychus were the base design of the raptors in JP. The main thing was, Crichton was a proponent on the notion that Deinonychus be named as "Velociraptor antirrhopus", hence why he uses Velociraptor instead of the later (more widely accepted) "Deinonychus antirrhopus".

This kind of led to the assumption that Crichton purposely referenced "Velociraptor mongoliensis" (the one in this Kickstarter) when he was actually using Deinonychus as his main point of reference.

Utahraptor was actually discovered only after JP already came out, hence why they thought it was pretty cool that Raptors of such size like the JP ones actually existed in real life.