Which mammoth is better?

[SeanieP]

i know this is an old thread, but did you check out CollectA's mammoth?

I like this one:

http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/prod...oolly-mammoth/

[Bowhead Whale]

Beautiful! The posture, with the head looking back, is rather original.

[STORMnl]

Go for the CollectA mammoth,,it's a beauty
it has a calf to

i have also a few,,and i can know

martien

[Bowhead Whale]

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.

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!