Prehistoric Animal Models Being Retired by Safari Ltd in 2017
Much has been said about Safari Ltd’s drip feeding of information with regards to their new models and replicas. Everything Dinosaur team members have tended to stay on the fence as it were, but we do know that there has not been much said about which models are being retired and coming out of production. In this brief blog post we intend to address this.
For model collectors and dinosaur fans knowing what new replicas are coming is great, but it is also extremely important to know which models are not going to be made any more.
Lots of Fuss About the New Models but Which Ones are Going?
A montage of new model images from Safari Ltd.
Time to flip the coin and give our ten cents worth on the prehistoric animal retirements from Safari Ltd.
Gastornis is Gone!
Fans of this particular “Terror Bird” are going to miss this replica of the giant, flightless Gastornis or should that be Diatryma? There is still some debate as to just how distinct these two genera are. However, after a little more than three years, this colourful and highly collectable replica is going to go to that great big aviary in the sky. Models of “Terror Birds” are rare and with the demise of this particular figure, they are likely to become rarer still. If you have not got this replica yet, snap it up quick – or should that be “quack” after all, as a member of the Anseriformes, Gastornis is distantly related to today’s ducks.
Wild Safari Prehistoric World Gastornis – Out of Production
The Prehistoric Life range – Gastornis
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Tree Fern Felled!
Also for the chop is the tree fern model, one of three prehistoric plants (cycad and agathis conifer being the other two), in the Wild Safari Prehistoric World range. These replicas proved to be very popular with dinosaur diorama makers and not being able to add a tree fern or two to prehistoric scenes is going to disappoint a lot of model makers.
Wild Safari Prehistoric World Tree Fern – Gone to Seed
Wild Safari Prehistoric World tree fern model.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
With Everything Dinosaur having received news of the demise of the tree fern it seems likely that the cycad and the agathis conifer models could have their days numbered too. We are still able to source these two prehistoric plants but we suspect that remaining stocks will soon be exhausted.
Toob Strike
The hand-painted designer toob product line is also having a bit of a sort out. Team members at Everything Dinosaur were sad to see the excellent prehistoric crocodiles toob retired a little while ago and now we hear that the prehistoric sharks and the prehistoric sea life toobs are also being withdrawn from production.
Prehistoric Sea Life and Prehistoric Sharks Scuttled
Prehistoric Sea Life and Prehistoric Sharks designer toobs retired.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Prehistoric Animal Model Retirements
These two toobs contained a number of replicas not found in mainstream prehistoric animal model production. For example, in the prehistoric sharks toob there were models of Cretoxyrhina, Hybodus and Xenacanthus, whilst in the prehistoric sea life toob we know that collectors will miss the Metriorhynchus and the Basilosaurus replicas. Credit to Safari Ltd for bringing out these models in the first place and we do understand, that in order to introduce new figures some older models, inevitably have to be retired.
For more rare and difficult to obtain models visit Everything Dinosaur’s website: Everything Dinosaur.
Everything Dinosaur will have stocks of these items for a while yet, our advice is simple, purchase whilst you can if you want to add any of these to your model collections. As these items get rarer and more difficult to obtain, expect prices to rise on auction sites as dealers get greedier and greedier.
To view what’s available from Everything Dinosaur, including rare Carnegie Collection models: Wild Safari Prehistoric World Figures.
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