Carnegie collection

The Carnegie Collection is a series of authentic replicas based on dinosaurs and other extinct prehistoric creatures, using fossils featured at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History as references. The line is produced by Florida-based company Safari Ltd., known for their hand-painted replicas.

Statistics

The collection was first released in 1989, seventeen models. The line has seen a steady stream of additions since that time, usually two or three each year. As of 2009, 70 models representing 49 species of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals have been produced for the line, although several of these have been retired during the course of its run. Each of the models is hand-painted, ensuring that no two copies of the same model are identical. Each animal featured is authenticated by paleontologists employed by the scientific data available (although models are occasionally outdated by newer findings, see below). Most of the dinosaurs are designed at a 1:40 scale (where one inch on the model represents 40 inches on the real creature), although some models representing smaller creatures were built at a scale of 1:10. Models in the collection range greatly in size from 24 inches long (Diplodocus) to only three inches long (Dimetrodon) with all shapes and sizes represented in-between. On the underside of each model is information detailing its name, year of initial production, and copyright information.

The models feature an informational hang tag providing scientific details about the animal represented by the replica. In some cases, the dinosaurs were packaged in cardboard display boxes, in which case a small booklet featuring information on each dinosaur featured in the collection was included in lieu of the hang tags. In some instances, two or three models would be packaged together in a box. Examples include Dimetrodon and Deinonychus, Protoceratops and Euoplocephalus, Apatosaurus and Apatosaurus Baby, Elasmosaurus and Mosasaurus, and Australopithecus Male/Female pair and Smilodon. The boxes are not often seen today, and most of the time the dinosaurs are found free of packaging. Also produced for the collection was a specially-designed display "mountain". The display featured multiple tiers upon which the pieces in the collection could be placed in a variety of creative ways. This display was touted primarily to retailers in order to encourage sales of the replicas, but the display has also become popular with collectors. A second display set was made in gray plastic that featured a volcano, but this design was short-lived.

Models

Prior to 1996, each model was cast from a grey material and covered in a coat of paint corresponding to the base color of the finished model. The details of the model were then painted onto this layer of paint, resulting in a loss of the finer sculpting detail due to the thickness of the paint on each finished model. Beginning in 1996, each model was cast from a pigmented material corresponding to the base color of the finished model. The details of the model were then painted directly onto this material, resulting in greater detail and a less shiny appearance.

To coincide with this change in production, eight models were retired between 1996 and 1997, and the sculpts of the remaining eighteen models were updated. Despite the modifications, the seventeen remaining models retained the same model numbers as their predecessors. This became the cause of some confusion as a single model number was used to refer to two versions of the same model, which was particularly noticeable with the new color schemes for Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and Pachycephalosaurus. Colorful name tags were also designed and attached to each model in place of the original folded paper name tags.

In 2007, twelve more models received new color schemes. These models, however, did not retain the same model numbers as their predecessors. New model numbers were assigned to distinguish them as new versions.

1989

#400-01 Stegosaurus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4000-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#401-01 Tyrannosaurus rex (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4001-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#402-01 Brachiosaurus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4002-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#403-01 Apatosaurus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4003-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#404-01 Apatosaurus baby (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4004-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#405-01 Parasaurolophus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4005-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#406-01 Triceratops (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4006-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#407-01 Allosaurus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4007-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#408-01 Australopithecus male (1:10 scale, retired in 1996)
#409-01 Australopithecus female (1:10 scale, retired in 1996)
#410-01 Diplodocus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4010-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#411-01 Maiasaura (1:40 scale, retired in 1996)
#412-01 Euoplocephalus (1:40 scale, retired in 1997)
#413-01 Dimetrodon (1:40 scale, retired in 1997)
#414-01 Pteranodon (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4014-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#415-01 Protoceratops (1:40 scale, retired in 1996)
#416-01 Smilodon (1:10 scale, retired in 1997)

1990

#417-01 Deinonychus (1:40 scale, retired in 1997)
#418-01 Pachycephalosaurus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4018-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996, retired in 2002)

1991

#419-01 Elasmosaurus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4019-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#420-01 Mosasaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 1999)

1992

#421-01 Iguanodon (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4021-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)
#422-01 Spinosaurus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4022-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)

1993

#423-01 Corythosaurus (1:40 scale, renumbered to #4023-01 in 1994, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996, retired in 2009)

1994

#424-01 Dilophosaurus pair (1:40 scale, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996, retired in 2009)

1995

#425-01 Plateosaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 1995, reissued in 1996)

1996

#4000-01: Stegosaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007) - Updated sculpt and repaint of #400-01.
#4001-01: Tyrannosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #4001-01.
#4002-01: Brachiosaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007) - Updated sculpt of #402-01.
#4003-01: Apatosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #4003-01.
#4004-01: Apatosaurus baby (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #4004-01.
#4005-01: Parasaurolophus (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007) - Updated sculpt of #405-01.
#4006-01: Triceratops (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007) - Updated sculpt and repaint of #406-01.
#4007-01: Allosaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007) - Updated sculpt of #407-01.
#4010-01: Diplodocus (1:40 scale, retired in 2007, reissued in 2008) - Updated sculpt of #410-01.
#4014-01: Pteranodon (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #414-01.
#4018-01: Pachycephalosaurus (1:40 scale, retired) - Updated sculpt and repaint of #417-01.
#4019-01: Elasmosaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007) - Updated sculpt of #419-01.
#4020-01: Mosasaurus (1:40 scale, retired) - Updated sculpt of #420-01.
#4021-01: Iguanodon (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007) - Updated sculpt of #421-01.
#4022-01: Spinosaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007) - Updated sculpt of #422-01.
#4023-01: Corythosaurus (1:40 scale, retired) - Updated sculpt of #423-01.
#4024-01: Dilophosaurus pair (1:40 scale, retired) - Updated sculpt of #424-01.
#4025-01: Plateosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #425-01.
#4026-01: Deinosuchus (1:40 scale, active)
#4027-01: Maiasaura and nest (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #411-01.

1997

#4028-01: Carnotaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007)
#4029-01: Kronosaurus (1:40 scale, active)
#4030-01: Saltasaurus (1:40 scale, active)

1998

#4031-01: Quetzalcoatlus (1:40 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007)
#4032-01: Deltadromeus (1:40 scale, retired in 2009) - Sometimes referred to as Deltadromeus agilis.
#4033-01: Baryonyx (1:40 scale, active)

1999

#4034-01: Psittacosaurus (1:10 scale, retired in 2004)
#4035-01: 10th Anniversary Commemorative Tyrannosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #4001-01.

2000

#4036-01: Triceratops (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #4006-01.
#4037-01: Tanystropheus (1:10 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007)

2001

#4038-01: Dimetrodon (1:15 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #413-01.
#4039-01: Acrocanthosaurus (1:40 scale, active)

2002

#4040-01: Styracosaurus (1:40 scale, retired in 2005)
#4041-01: Camarasaurus (1:40 scale, active)

2003

#4042-01: Woolly Mammoth (1:24 scale, active)
#4043-01: Velociraptor (1:10 scale, retired in 2006, reissued in 2007)

2004

#4044-01: Albertosaurus (1:40 scale, active)
#4045-01: Sinraptor (1:40 scale, retired in 2009)

2005

#4046-01: Oviraptor (1:10 scale, retired in 2009)
#4047-01: Ankylosaurus (1:40 scale, active)

2006

#4049-01: Beipiaosaurus (1:10 scale, active)
#4050-01: Microraptor (1:4 scale, active)
#4212-01: Caudipteryx (1:4 scale, active)
#4213-01: Dilong (1:10 scale, active)

2007

#4052-01: Amargasaurus (1:40 scale, active)
#4053-01: Oviraptor (1:10 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #4046-01
#4101-01: Tanystropheus (1:10 scale, active) - Repaint of #4037-01.
#4106-01: Velociraptor (1:10 scale, active) - Repaint of #4043-01.
#4108-01: Iguanodon (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4021-01.
#4109-01: Allosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4007-01.
#4110-01: Spinosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4022-01.
#4111-01: Parasaurolophus (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4005-01.
#4115-01: Triceratops (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4006-01.
#4116-01: Quetzalcoatlus (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4031-01.
#4117-01: Elasmosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4019-01.
#4118-01: Carnotaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4028-01.
#4119-01: Stegosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4000-01.
#4120-01: Brachiosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Repaint of #4002-01.

2008

#4054-01: Diplodocus (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #4010-01.
#4122-01: Giganotosaurus (1:40 scale, active)

2009

#4215-01: Tylosaurus (1:40 scale, active)
#4216-01: Spinosaurus (1:40 scale, active) - Updated sculpt of #4110-01.

2010

#4217-01: Ichthyosaurus (1:10 scale, active)
#4218-01: Cryolophosaurus (1:25 scale, active )

Miscellaneous Facts

4001-01 Tyrannosaurus originally featured a bulky body, a large head, painted on teeth, and an upright stance. This was adjusted sometime before the model was re-issued in pigmented material in 1996.
The original mold for 4003-01 Apatosaurus had a tail that dragged on the ground. The updated model's tail is suspended in the air.
4004-01 Apatosaurus Baby was featured craning its neck backward on release. The 1996 revision has the neck outstretched.
4007-01 Allosaurus originally featured a bulky body and a large head with the snout facing the ground. The resculpt has a much slimmer head and body.
409-01 Australopithecus female holds a child.(Perhaps that's why the models were retired; the female carrying the child was probably seen as a racial stereotype.)
411-01 Maiasaura was featured sitting on a nest of eggs. This is an inaccurate pose, as the creature's weight would have crushed the eggs. A new model was later released with a detached nest to account for this.
415-01 Protoceratops featured an adult and baby attached to a nest with eggs in it. Unlike Maiasaura, the parent is not shown sitting on the eggs.
417-01 Deinonychus features three figures on one stand; the figure on the right lacks the distinctive "terrible claw" on its right foot.
The original version of 4019-01 Elasmosaurus had a neck that extended further outward than the current sculpt, which was changed to have its neck craning upward.
Two slightly different color variations exist of 4020-01 Mosasaurus, one with vertical stripes across its sides and one without.
4026-01 Deinosuchus has different variations of its eye paint; one with completely black eyes similar to those of an alligator, and another with vertical slit pupils similar to those of a crocodile.
Produced for only four years, 4040-01 Styracosaurus is the shortest-lived model in the collection thus far. It also has two variations; one with green eyes and one with gold eyes.
Some 4035-01 Tyrannosaurus and 4122-01 Giganotosaurus are posed in a 'tripod' posture with their tail touching the ground to enable them to stand; while others have their legs posed slightly differently allowing them to stand without their tail touching the ground. There are also two variants of the Tyrannosaurus, one of which has bright red stripes running down its neck.
4217-01 Ichthyosaurus features an ammonite clenched in its jaws.
A few of the active models have doubles, notably Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Spinosaurus.

External links

Safari, Ltd. — producers of the Carnegie Collection.
Blog of Forest Rogers — sculptor for the Carnegie Collection

Statistics

Models

Miscellaneous Facts

See also

External links