Re: Metriacanthosaurus

["Larry Dunn" <larrydunn@hotmail.com>]

JAdamek390@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated Sat, 28 Feb 1998 01:49:58 EST, Dinogeorge@aol.com 
writes:
>
><<Metriacanthosaurus is known from only a couple of vertebrae and
>miscellaneous elements. It's beyond me why anyone would attempt a life
>restoration of this dinosaur.>>
>
>How about so they can feed off the public's interest in dinosaurs by 
selling
>kits for assembly? The kit lists for $110.
>
>$$$$$$$$$$$$$

The misnaming of the kit aside (apparently it is actually 
Yangchuanosaurus), admittedly not a minor problem, that's actually a 
totally fair and quite good price for an excellent sculpture in resin.  
Bob Morales isn't Revell-Monogram, which affects both his overhead 
(higher) and what he's offering (how many mainstream kits do you know of 
representing EITHER M. or Y.?).  If it's true and it is in fact 
Yangchuanosaurus, fine.  I'll change the name plate and buy that for a 
dollar (or $110).  

Bob Morales isn't "feeding off of" the public's interest in dinosaurs 
any more than Greg or Brian do by selling paintings of dinosaurs, or the 
paleontologists by selling their books.

I mean, were it a sculpture of Allosaurus fragilis and it were marketed 
as Tyrannosaurus rex (or even better "T-Rex"), you'd have more of a 
point.  But I don't think there's a huge hunger out there for kits of 
Metriocanthosaurus, even in the dinosaur modeling hobby (one of mine, so 
I know what I'm talking about).

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