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Re: New Set Availability at US S@H
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Tue, 25 Apr 2000 04:48:56 GMT
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Lindsay, what's your academic specialty?
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Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
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Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
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> John Neal wrote:
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> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
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> 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.
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> > Now, I disagree with the double row of spikes on the stlegosaur. I • would like to
> > have seen 1 row alternating side to side.
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> 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).
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> > 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!
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> 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!)
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> best
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> Lindsay
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| (...) It's a looooong story. By various measures, at various times, it's been palaeontology (vertebrate evolution), astronomy and stellar evolution, biochemistry, and (most importantly, because it's what I study now) history. I can usually find an (...) (26 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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