Thanks to my Always reliable Dutch shop these baby's got here today...
Have made a photo report and since not many people seem to have this yet, decided to make a little more than usual.
My own opinion on the piece:
First part is the box: this is convienently small, which is good 'cause it wouldn't be a good thing if we would have seven boxes the size of Apatosaurus laying around. There is a little place on top of the styrofoam box that houses the base, a base which is simple but fine and nicely made.
Then there are the dinosaurs. Since it is a bit dark in the room where I unpacked them, to be honest at first I thought the colours were a bit blunt (can you say that like that?) compared to the ones of the prototype. The males head has really nice colours with the blue and red, but the nuances and versatility of colours on the body's of both of them seemed a bit less strong on the real thing than on the proto. Of course this is the case most of the time with prototype vs. selling pieces, but when I brought it downstairs and put it in daylight, it actually looked a lot better immediately and it was almost as if they came to life. As I was making pictures and looking at it longer, it really grew on me and I started liking it more and more. I specifically like the posture and attitude of the female, she has a really bird-like, submissive stance that really brings it to life. I would say that despite the fact that the colours on the males head are really beautiful, she is my favorite of the two, since the way the motion is caught in the statue is really unique. This goes for the male as well by the way, especially from behind you can really imagine how it would pick up his next foot and take another step, just like how the T-rex really gives me that feeling, really awesome.
Overal: in the end I like it very much, the paint apps to me personally don't have the quality like the early pieces like Carno and Rex but it sure is a really, really good statue. The interaction between the two is great, the sculpt is marvellous and the paint isn't bad either. It looks really good with the others and I'm happy to have it, even though it's quite expensive. Really loving it
So some pics. Excuse me for the crap around it, only realized it was annoying until after making the them.
No edition number/size anymore?