Looks kind of like an old Skeksi.
Tyrannosaurus rex maquette
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Looks kind of like an old Skeksi.
Scar
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It looks excellent in the preview; I think it's just not what people were expecting for this maquette's preview to look like.
The VS. dio's preview really accented the ferocity of the animal in its prime, but the maquette's preview elegantly showcases what a long, successful life as this predator can give you - an unchallenged status on the food chain due to immense bulk and longevity; and a body riddled with scars, each one a prominent indicator of the "... but you should see the other guy" mantra.
Every injury that this T.rex has sustained has a story behind it, and in leading such a violent life, these animals usually died violently, as with all large predators. It's an extreme anomaly when they get to such size that they won't even be challenged by the young, more virile Tyrannosaurs or other predators, and don't have to confront dangerous herbivores. This behavior is most prevalent in modern reptiles, particularly crocodilians and monitors.
I don't really like the look of it from the preview. I just don't like the fact that it looks like an old T-Rex, that's not the image I get when I think of them. It does look interesting though.
Honestly I'll probably be canceling the T-Rex Dio and Carnotaurus Maquette though, so with those gone I might not even start this line at all. The direction I'm trying to take my collection in, (what little direction it has), these just wouldn't really fit at all, and of course space is the major factor.
Well as to the "not what I was expecting" comment, see my above post.
The idea for this particular sculpt is interesting to me because it has a strong behavioral view behind it bolstered by current ethology. After a certain size and age, T.rex probably didn't have to actively hunt much of its own prey. Why bother when you can muscle your way into the dinner table of generally any other predator on the block?As to collections, well, mine has always been a healthy mix of extant and extinct animals, Jurassic Park, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, DC, Pirates of the Caribbean, weaponry from different parts of the world, and just plain ol' villains whether from movies or comic books. I too am running out of space, but I'll find the room to accommodate the Dinosauria collection. I love what I'm seeing thus far.
Same here. Dinos are my bread and butter, so this line is a keeper for me. My JP dio is my most expensive piece (probably around $500 all said and done with the necessary repaint and shipping), and in my opinion well worth every dime now to have a statue with so breath-taking a sculpt, and some time later, stunning paint apps to match. SS keeps bringing up the coloration and paint on these pieces as focal points, so hopefully this means they paid attention to the reaction from the JP production pieces' paint jobs, learned from their mistakes, and intend on correcting their errors.
I already know that I'm going to spend a great deal of time poring over this piece and looking at every scintilla of detail, every scar, every healed bone, every graceful sinew. I know I'll be pleased.
Scar
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Here's hoping for the pre-order tonight! 
Kratos
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Yay up for order today can't wait to see what it looks like in full
Scar
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I don't see any reason why it won't be up tonight after last week's preview. Should be a great night, and I can't wait to see more pics of this and fully appreciate every scintilla of detail.
Scar
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Scar
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Have to say, the detail is EXCELLENT! I'm glad I reserved full judgment for this until seeing the other pics. Check out all of the scars on this monster.
Looks to be quite close in scale to the Carnotaurus, which I think will please many.
Looks to be quite close in scale to the Carnotaurus, which I think will please many.
Scar
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Scar
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And THIS is the love that I like to see in a Dinosaur statue - a piece created with a story in mind, depicting the entire life of an animal in a single form.
Known as the Tyrant of Hell Creek, this T.rex stands alone. He has hunted the edge of the old growth forest for more years than he can remember. The food comes to him, walking past the forest on their regular migration routes, and he can count on the old or inexperienced of the herds to wander into his haunted woods.
He needs no social group, for he is a solitary hunter who has perfected his tactics. Other tyrannosaur groups have tried to claim his prized territory, yet he has managed to fight them off. One battle with a gigantic matriarch nearly killed him, leaving a massive wound on his face as a reminder. The number of life-threatening wounds he has sustained and survived is staggering. Triceratops horns, ankylosaur tail clubs and hadrosaur kicks; all wounds have healed leaving him to prowl to woods like some kind of indomitable monster. But perhaps the killer to claim him is not an animal at all, but the bone disease that slowly creeps through his ancient body.
Stalking through the forest, something catches his attention. He stalks toward the intruder, the forest floor so ancient that the moss and moist fallen logs muffle his heavy footsteps. Turning his scarred heard for a better look, he sees that a young tyrannosaur has dared to enter his territory and must be taught a lesson.
Known as the Tyrant of Hell Creek, this T.rex stands alone. He has hunted the edge of the old growth forest for more years than he can remember. The food comes to him, walking past the forest on their regular migration routes, and he can count on the old or inexperienced of the herds to wander into his haunted woods.
He needs no social group, for he is a solitary hunter who has perfected his tactics. Other tyrannosaur groups have tried to claim his prized territory, yet he has managed to fight them off. One battle with a gigantic matriarch nearly killed him, leaving a massive wound on his face as a reminder. The number of life-threatening wounds he has sustained and survived is staggering. Triceratops horns, ankylosaur tail clubs and hadrosaur kicks; all wounds have healed leaving him to prowl to woods like some kind of indomitable monster. But perhaps the killer to claim him is not an animal at all, but the bone disease that slowly creeps through his ancient body.
Stalking through the forest, something catches his attention. He stalks toward the intruder, the forest floor so ancient that the moss and moist fallen logs muffle his heavy footsteps. Turning his scarred heard for a better look, he sees that a young tyrannosaur has dared to enter his territory and must be taught a lesson.
Scar
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I really like all of the injuries, particularly the heavy damage to the face apparently done by a rival Tyrannosaur. Very, very, very interesting, and we have a great deal of evidence to believe that theropods did indeed attack and kill one another with bites to the head; one Velociraptor skull was found crushed and with the teeth of another Velociraptor embedded in it. Sue was riddled with injuries throughout its skull, including holes punched through the mandible and other rakings from the teeth of another Tyrannosaur.
The backstory crafted here is very compelling because it is an intriguing reflection of current paleontological theory regarding Tyrannosaur sexual dimorphism, territoriality, and gregarious behavior. It was long thought that females were the more robust morph and males the more gracile, but based on analysis of Sue and B-rex (B-rex being the only T.rex to have been definitively sexed), we have found that this may not be so. Sue was the more robust morph, but the damage she sustained over the course of a presumably long life, and the presence of a chevron anterior-most to a pelvis which is not notably wide, lead one to believe based on the sexing info used up to that point that Sue, the largest (publicized) Tyrannosaur is a male.
B-rex conversely had medullary deposits throughout her skeleton such as is found in modern birds, and conclusively indicates B-rex to be a female. That said, B-rex was not of outstanding size compared to other T.rex skeletons, being classified as more gracile.
This evidence has been rearranging how we determine which T.rexes reach enormous size. An increasingly popular opinion with a growing number of supporters, of whom I am a part, believe it to be highly likely that large size may simply correlate with age. Having this statue depict an alpha male T.rex, unchallenged in his dominion, supports this. For this particular T.rex to have successfully defended his territory not only from a large female (from whom he bears a series of large, gruesome scars) but from T.rex packs is a very intriguing behavioral statement in this piece, and is in direct line with current theory. Well done, Sideshow. Bravo. Bravo.
The backstory crafted here is very compelling because it is an intriguing reflection of current paleontological theory regarding Tyrannosaur sexual dimorphism, territoriality, and gregarious behavior. It was long thought that females were the more robust morph and males the more gracile, but based on analysis of Sue and B-rex (B-rex being the only T.rex to have been definitively sexed), we have found that this may not be so. Sue was the more robust morph, but the damage she sustained over the course of a presumably long life, and the presence of a chevron anterior-most to a pelvis which is not notably wide, lead one to believe based on the sexing info used up to that point that Sue, the largest (publicized) Tyrannosaur is a male.
B-rex conversely had medullary deposits throughout her skeleton such as is found in modern birds, and conclusively indicates B-rex to be a female. That said, B-rex was not of outstanding size compared to other T.rex skeletons, being classified as more gracile.
This evidence has been rearranging how we determine which T.rexes reach enormous size. An increasingly popular opinion with a growing number of supporters, of whom I am a part, believe it to be highly likely that large size may simply correlate with age. Having this statue depict an alpha male T.rex, unchallenged in his dominion, supports this. For this particular T.rex to have successfully defended his territory not only from a large female (from whom he bears a series of large, gruesome scars) but from T.rex packs is a very intriguing behavioral statement in this piece, and is in direct line with current theory. Well done, Sideshow. Bravo. Bravo.
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Wow, I really like it. How did you get bigger pictures Scar? I absolutely hate how the pics on Sideshow's site are so tiny.
Also is this bone disease they mention why his head is red or is it the injuries because they are fresh? Looks like the skin is raw or something. Gives him a very fierce look. I'm excited to add him to the Carnotaurus.
Also is this bone disease they mention why his head is red or is it the injuries because they are fresh? Looks like the skin is raw or something. Gives him a very fierce look. I'm excited to add him to the Carnotaurus.
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Wow, I'm really loving this line (wish I could afford the pieces right now). I'm SO glad this Rex doesn't resemble the JP Rex. It's definitely a great spin on the look of the dinosaur, and I love the fact that this one is suppsed to be an aged, experienced Rex.
Starkiller
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Laughable at best.
Kratos
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Ordered the EX I think it looks great
Scar
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They're actually just the pictures from Sideshow's page. I'll have to see if Wookster might be able to hook me up with better ones, as he has a talent for that.
Bone diseases often stemming from prolonged infection aren't uncommon among carnivores in the wild today, I'd assume that's what it would be from here as well, from one of the T.rex's many injuries. Big Al may well have died from a similar disease, if not dehydration from inability to hunt, compounded from a fracture of one of its middle toes. Difficult to say exactly which injury would have caused it in this T.rex. Could have been the wounds on the face, and being that they remain so gaping it's plausible.
As to why the head is red, I wouldn't say that's from infection, but rather it could be a sexually dimorphic trait that Sideshow artisans are using to portray that this is a male Tyrannosaur advanced in age; many species of birds and reptiles have males which do not show coloration until breeding season, though as they grow older that color becomes less vibrant and tends to be permanent rather than seasonal. Adds a very vulture or condor-like appearance to the t.rex here, particularly with all of the cranial damage.
Same here. The JP designs are classic, but it's nice to see an original take with an eye to accuracy and theory.
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Then you likely would have found the actual appearance of the Tyrant Lizard King rather laughable as well. This is MUCH closer to how T.rex actually looked, as opposed to the JP design.
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