t-rex maquette or carnotaurus diorama?

[skazi316]

i have enough to buy either one of them,which one do u guys think is the better choice?

 

[Agent0028]

I would go for the Rex. It's a better known dinosaur and the scarring it has is cool. But really you can't go wrong with either one imo.

 

[p!tu]

sell something and get them Both!!!!!

 

[8th wonder]

The carnotaurus looks slighty better.

I hope they do a Troodon some time.

 

[Agent0028]

sell something and get them Both!!!!!

Now that's my kinda thinking.

 

[skazi316]

i ove both of them,i really do,but if i had to pick one,it would probably be the carnotaurus,theres just sumthin about its pose thats reallly cool,plus it reminds me of the abomination!

 

[Scar]

I would have to go with the T.rex. Admittedly I have a bias because it's the single dinosaur I've studied the most, completed the most papers and research regarding, and still read about the most frequently, but overall the maquette is just more artistically, paleontologically, and ethologically to absorb and muse over. The Carnotaurus is not a widely known animal and in that sense the maquette stands out, but the T.rex maquette is unique because we've simply never had a collectible (or much paleoart at all for that matter) that depicts this animal in this way. It's an older animal though the age doesn't belie that ferocity, but showcases it. Both are wonderful, but if I absolutely had to choose one it would be the T.rex.

 

[skazi316]

i dunno,the t-ex some how just doesn't have enough of that wow factor going,theres sumthin a lil off about it's face,think im gonna go ahead and preorder the carnotaurus in the next few days,keep your opinions cumin in though!

 

[Agent0028]

It's probably the scarring, which is what makes it so much cooler to me.

 

[skazi316]

no doubt the scarring's great,anyhow do u think the pieces will turn out as good as em' prototypes?

 

[Agent0028]

Not as good. Nothing mass produced will look as good as something with much more time and fewer people working on it. However I'm hoping that it comes out looking awesome. Sideshow has hits and misses with QC, but it seems like they are putting alot into the line so I think that is a good sign.

 

[Scar]

It's probably the scarring, which is what makes it so much cooler to me.

Yea, that's actually what rockets the T.rex over the top for me in terms of realism and how cool it is. Not sure how exactly that could prove as detractory for anyone who's looking at this.

 

[Scar]

Not as good. Nothing mass produced will look as good as something with much more time and fewer people working on it. However I'm hoping that it comes out looking awesome. Sideshow has hits and misses with QC, but it seems like they are putting alot into the line so I think that is a good sign.

no doubt the scarring's great,anyhow do u think the pieces will turn out as good as em' prototypes?

It's really a toss up with SS. I look at the JP dio and I see how different it looks from the preview piece in terms of paint apps, and then I look at the Green Goblin LSB, Jaws maquette, Reign of Fire bust, and Lurtz PF (just to name a few) and it's amazing how staggeringly similar the production pieces are to the preview ones. I'm holding out hope that Dinosauria will fall among the latter group and be as awesome as we're all hoping it to be.

 

[JC]

Well Im looking so forward to this line now that I will be severely disappointed if SS drops the ball on the paint apps, so I dunno if I should lower my expectations now just in case they don't come out the way we expect them too

 

[skazi316]

jus pre ordered the carnotaurus,hope it turns out as good as the pics,any idea whats gonna be the ext dio from the dinosauria line?

 

[skazi316]

the more i look at the t-rex the more i want it,what to do,decisionss!!!

 

[Kratos]

T-Rex is definitely better

 

[Kyuzo]

I'd vote both if that were an option. Either is distinct in its own way
and have qualities that recommend them as unique pieces : Carnotaurus for subject alone - you'd be hard pressed to find much out there for impressions of this beast in any scale. And although the T-Rex has been done to death (or extinction? ), by many companies, the way SS portrays their subject sets it apart from virtually anything done before. Not an easy choice for a dino fan but judging from the poll results thus far, most people are going for their first love.

 

[Scar]

Well Im looking so forward to this line now that I will be severely disappointed if SS drops the ball on the paint apps, so I dunno if I should lower my expectations now just in case they don't come out the way we expect them too

It's really hard not to get hopes up looking at the previews. They've certainly succeeded in blowing me out of the water with what they've shown thus far. For the vast majority of the SS collectibles I have, the production pieces are alarmingly spot-on with the preview shots. Here's hoping SS delivers as expected.

 

[skazi316]

any idea when the t-rex is out though?