
27th August 2011, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Mauricie, Quebec, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HyenaSean
The problem with the way the Carnegie walks is the leg position--most animals, except cats and camels (!)--walk with an opposite pattern, i.e., the front limb that swings forward is complemented by the rear leg from the opposite side (this is actually a very common error in many figures, models, and even museum mounts).
The Carnegie mammoth has its two right limbs swinging forward at the same time, a very unnatural way for most animals to move. To be honest, I just noticed that they are all moving unnaturally; the Carnegie just has a much more obvious swing.
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They obviously made them that way so the toys would be better balanced! Imagine of they were made in a natural walking pose; the toy would tend to fall down on the side where the legs are further apart. My Papo centaur has this problem; it tends to fall down on the side where the front leg and the back leg are put far apart. This is what the makers of the mammoths wanted to avoid! 
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