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Re: Morrison dinosaur replicas
Safari and Carnegie have become better models as of late, with some interesting species too.
I just wish some museum/toy company would make me an offer on my Antediluvia Collection line of 1/72nd dinosaurs (www.krentzpresentz.com/sculpture) . I love love sculpting them, but I hate the business end of selling them! I've looked into getting them produced as painted figures but the headaches involved there were not worth a garage full of plastic.
From the Morrison I have done Allosaurus, Stegosaurus and Apatosaurus. The Jobaria makes a pretty good Camarasaurus too! 

  David Krentz




On Nov 20, 2009, at 1:02 PM, James Whitcraft wrote:
A personal affordable favorite of mine has always been The Boston Museum 
of Science collection made by Battat.
Out of production, though, so hard to find.

Safari seems to dominate now.
They are generally good - with early issues such as chubby sauropods
and upright theropods]. Latter stuff or re-tooled species seem to have 
gotten better.
There's a "Safari Limited" and "Carnegie Collection by Safari".

Schleich has some fair examples of critters.

Lastly, I've got five great figures from a collection by Papo.  They
are pricier, larger, with amazing detail and paint jobs.  Cool
Allosaurus and Stegosaurus. (The Cretaceous Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, 
and Spinosaurus are based heavily on Jurassic Park, however. . .)



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"James Farlow" <farlow@ipfw.edu> 11/20/2009 11:39 AM >>>

A query for the collectors on this list:

Any thoughts about who offers the best deal, in the compromise between
cost and quality, of dinosaur replicas?  Carnegie?  Safari?

I am specifically interested in Morrison beasts