You know what?

The ankles don't have to be a trick after all!

I took the skull off the guitar and the other out of Optimus Primal's hand and used them to connect the pairs of ankles together.



Now they're rock solid!

Thanks, @GAUGE, you're helping me make improvements now.  

~L~

 

Ahhhhhh so thaaaats what i was doing wrong. Hmmm.... okay, I get it now. Your photos are gonna help big time now.

Thanks dude! Yup, I need to find me one more Paleotrex for sure.

Ah' good good. It's much better for sure.

 

Fixed it for ya.    


I now want to see a fossilizer creation with Iron Maiden's Eddie.

 

Awww man Now I regret not owning any of those old Eddie figures made by McFarlane

 

*Maximal Fossilizers revealed today*

Boy this post aged well...  

 

About time the Maxies got some of their own! The old BW line usually gave both sides the same gimmick; it was really weird that the Preds were the only ones getting the fossilizing fun.


On topic-ish, Paleotrex's legs have pegs that slot right into Ractonite's sides.

 

Check out thi awesome creation posted by facebook user: Ng Koon Lim from the HK-TF fb group!

Amazing creation!

 

I love this mold.

 

Here's my contribution, it's not as crazy as what others have made, but I like it:



It's made from 3 Paleotrex, and uses all the parts.

I love how crazier the creations become with more Paleotrex's to work with.

 

Beautiful.

 

Preporations are nearly complete.



Still awaiting 1 more.

 

While I'm waiting for my 6th to arrive....

Kingdom - Leader Class: [Insert Name Here]

 

Terrortoma

 

I changed the tail top. It was a bit weighed down. Cool concept though.

 

So we don't gum up this thread anymore with Paleotrex Creation photos, we should all start posting our creations in this cool new thread over here:

FOSSILIZER Appreciation Thread! NIGHTMARE FUEL Back In Stock!

 

Ok, this figure is right out of an 80's heavy metal Iron Maiden type video. The skull head is all kinds of awesome.

 

he he. the fossilizers are still pegwarming where im at. People dont know how much theyre missing out.

 

Almost 4 months ago I decided to try the fossilizers & got 1 each of Kingdom Paleotrex & Wingfinger when they were $19 & $14 respectively on Amazon. Since then my opinion of Paleotrex has slowly shifted from "ok", to "terrible", to "terrible and Wingfinger's better", to "fossilizing is kinda cool", & finally to "Paleotrex is awesome thanks to Siege Brunt"! Basically, get Paleotrex if you have Brunt. But before I get to the most awesome partsforming duo ever I must finally review Paleotrex himself. There's a lot to cover so I abridged the full size pictures throughout the review. A full gallery with thumbnails of all my pics is at the end.

Anatomically inaccurate bones aside, P-Rex is an awesome looking T-Rex skeleton with lots of brown paint seemlessly blending the beige & brown plastic, & tan paint bringing out details like the teeth, head sockets & ribs. He has a fair amount of joints like 90 degree jaw, ball joint arms, hinged tail, and unhindered universal hips & hinged knees, ankles, & toes. Unfortunately, his far-too-loose knees literally bring the beast down hard & many attempts to pose it usually end up like this:

Alt mode comparison with Kingdom Beast Megatron, Rhinox, Airazor & Rattrap, Earthrise Smokescreen, & Beast Wars Reissue Tigatron.

Bone-bot is mostly arms with somewhat loose weapon storage behind the shoulder. Again, joint variety is great but his lower limbs are the weak link as his feet are small and the heel spurs can bend a bit further back than they should, making posing a troublesome balancing act. Joint & peg/hole tolerances are great other than the aformentioned loose hinges(somewhat better as elbows) & somewhat loose side locking points on the shins. Not as bad as other partsformers but still not perfect. More on other tolerances when fossilizing is covered further down.

He does have decent options for rearanging body parts. Serious question: can anyone on here find out what parts of him would make more stable feet?

An appropriate creepiness is the best thing about him. I always have his skull-faced battle mask flipped down. With how long his arms are, he creeps, crawls & crouches way better than posing like other action figures.

And posing him like that, especially on all fours, makes him more & more disturbing.> 

His head is on a long peg so extending it is possible. Eek.

Also, apparently Paleotrex is totally Beast Megatron's targetmaster:

Megatron holds P.Rex very well since pegholes & other parts rest on top of Megs' claw, & Megs' joints, mainly in the arms, are strong enough to hold it up! Made a few aesthetic tweaks myself. I don't think Paleotrex's head likes it though, lol.

Robot comparison with previously mentioned, plus Kingdom Wingfinger.
By himself, Paleotrex is an exceptional creepy crawler who otherwise suffers greatly as an action figure and as a T-Rex. His legs in both modes bummed me out on him & his alt mode is sadly not worthy in my book. So to me he's not worthy on his own. Fortunately this is only part of the experience. Read on for fossilization!

Most of Paleotrex's bones were totally meant to be weapons & armor. Only the legs and ribs are somewhat weird. Loose or slightly loose tolerances on my copy are:
the hole in the pelvic blade,
the hole where P-Rex's robot neck pegs,
the knee hinges in the dino shins,
the mushroom peg swivels in the ankles, and
the holes in the dino feet.
All other tolerances are either snug or perfect. I used every piece in the following pics. Upfront, as demonstrated above, I'm not very good at making my own creations & more adept at tweaking existing works. Original creators will be credited.
My 'Prime' fossilizing subjects were WFC Trilogy Netflix Nemesis (same mold as Siege Optimus), & Earthrise Optimus. They work as well as expected & the Primes & Fossilizers both make good matches for each other. Most other WFC vehicle-formers have the same peghole locations as Er OP. Surprised I haven't seen more of Nemy & P-Rex; they look great!



Next is my take on a fossilizer combiner of Paleotrex & Wingfinger. Inspiration comes from this:

A lot of this madlad's builds are sadly more compromised in articulation & stability than I'd like, but tweaking that combo makes this one that mostly doesn't have those faults. Best part of the OG design is Wingfinger's forearms making much better feet than Paleotrex's.

The limbs on mine can also be rotated around so Wingfinger's head & body can be in front instead.

Finally, thanks to slightly modifying two rocking designs by @Napalm earlier in this threadWFC Kingdom WFC-K7 Paleotrex Fossilizer deluxe I fell in love with them! First, a solid fully posable quadroped with just the right shape for Wingfinger to ride.
This is the Bruntosaur!



Next, all Paleotrex needed to be a great action figure was a pair of legs & feet, & Brunt delivers that & even more, combining to form
the B-600 Rex!



Here he is in Zetar flavor. Serious question: how would Transmutate/Spindle & Zetar look combined like this?



Phew! If that isn't a way to either end off the Paleotrex thread with a bang, or explode it back to life, I don't know what is. I'm so glad I found more ways to like Paleotrex than I previously thought possible, & I hope this inspires others the way Grim's Transformers Reviews, Bot Bender Orinj, & especially @Napalm & others on this site have inspired me.
Here's the gallery, with even more pics for every part of the review: