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Re: New Set Availability at US S@H
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Sun, 23 Apr 2000 20:38:24 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
> Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> > PS: I have a related rant on the palaeontological accuracy of the
> > documentation, but I'll save that.
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> Ooh, I'd love to hear it:-) Since I haven't gotten the actual dinos for closer
> examination yet, I'll hold my nits to two. First, kudos to TLC for placing the
> shoulder girdle *under* the ribcages of the tricerablocks and the stlegosaurs.
> With the tails elevated, IMO this is the most accurate representation of these
> animals.
Yes--the design of the actual models is pretty good (although I do have issues with
the stegosaur's plates being *raised*--they probably laid pretty flat, if John
McLoughlin is correct--and the Triceratops frill not being attached to the body, when
it was probably an anchor for some very serious muscles and so was probably well
attached to the back). My big beef is also that the legs still attach to the sides of
the animals; in reality they were held underneath, sort of like a rhino or elephant.
You don't see any toys of *them* with these big 'ol upper-leg juts! Take the horses
as an example--or even the Kaadus.
> Now, I disagree with the double row of spikes on the stlegosaur. I would like to
> have seen 1 row alternating side to side.
Well, they *are* alternating--for example, if there's a plate on one side, there's no
plate on the other; it was done this way to allow for a 2x2 stud segment at the top
(over the hip).
> I was just at Walmart yesterday and saw some pre-release action dinos from
> Disney's DINOSAUR and was surprised at how crummy they were. I like the LEGO ones
> better!
My big beef is with the documentation; the little instruction-sheet shots show the
dinosaurs in all their Great Fossil Lizard glory, tails on the ground, lizard scale
lips on the T-Rex, and whatnot. It's depressing, IMHO. At least the Disney movie
should be good--they did a great job of rendering Oviraptor. (although I tend to be of
the school that believes the bizarre beaked head was used for cracking crustaceans and
not cracking eggs--for which you just don't need a head that solid!)
best
Lindsay
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| Lindsay, what's your academic specialty? -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| (...) Ooh, I'd love to hear it:-) Since I haven't gotten the actual dinos for closer examination yet, I'll hold my nits to two. First, kudos to TLC for placing the shoulder girdle *under* the ribcages of the tricerablocks and the stlegosaurs. With (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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