118: PNSO Pachycephalosaurus 2021 (Austin) Review
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2021
- You know that one obscure dinosaur that you never really seem to be able to find a good model of? Not the A-lister that most people think about… unless you are serious about your dinosaurs?
The pachycephalosaurs seem one of the oft-forgotten dinosaur groups, yet there was always something of the outré that really interested me about the group. And while I’m not that crazy ton one to collect many different versions, I did one at least one good one.
Well here it is. Coming (what a shock) from PNSO, who seem to have mastered the balanced triumvirate of detail, paintwork, and price. This little dinosaur packs a punch, and I don’t just mean from the skull! So intricately detailed, beautifully (and for me, nostalgically) coloured, this is going to be the definitive Pachycephalosaurus for me. My only disappointment is that PNSO isn’t likely to make more of different poses… I would love to have a Pachycephalosaurus herd!
#PNSO #Pachycephalosaurus #DinosDragons
Thanks so much for your amazing videos!!
The reason I love them is because of all the scientific papers you mention. I love all this information and I add most of the papers you mention to my personal collection of scientific articles!
Thanks so much for keeping us up to date and enriching our knowledge about these amazing creatures.
This really makes your videos stand out from the rest. And that’s why this is one of my favorite channels.
Please keep them coming!
Thanks so much! Love from Mexico! 🇺🇸🤝🇲🇽
Thank you Carlos that's very kind of you! I am glad that you like the content, as combining toy reviews with talking about dinosaurs probably appeals to a smaller group of viewers, but there's just so much I love about this learning journey I want to share with other dinosaur collectors that it's always a delight to meet a fellow traveller!
And with PNSO and some of these other models, with their commitment to scientific accuracy, it's plenty of fun to see how they stack up, and really lets us enjoy these models more I feel!
The articles I mention are easily available online and I keep them in different folders as as reference for different types of dinosaurs. Get you enjoy them too!
Another beautiful figure . With the Allosaurus and Yutyrannus on the way PNSO have put me in Dino heaven !! X
Absolutely! I was wondering when PNSO would bring their skills to bear on a larger feathered theropod and there's now no question when!
I'm in love with this figure, it's my favourite PNSO figure so far, and that is saying a lot!
I certainly can see the appeal of this figure Maddy! It's one that if PNSO decided to offer in other poses and in the same size, I would definitely get more of!
@@DinosDragons if I may ask, where did you buy the figure? Would love to know 😄
Well this was a great review on the excellent PNSO Pachy,so that's very nice.
Also I wish you a great day,you awesome dude.( also thay's one WIDE BOI 10:05 )
Thank you! And yes indeed, the hips and gut of pachycephalosaurs have been described as such, so we are thinking that Pachycephalosaurus might follow the same body form 😊
Hey DD, amazing review I thought I had known a lot about the pachy already, but you really blew the research and detail out of the water with this one!
Thank you Austin! There's really so much to learn about dinosaurs and not enough time. Pachycephalosaurus is interesting because we ironically know less about it than other members that are less well-known. No decent post-cranial remains, for example, AFAIK.
I asked PNSO a few months ago and have finally got my wish! 🤣 Can't wait to get hold of one!
A cracking review as always mate!😎👍🏻 I did ask PNSO if they would consider an updated Brachiosaurus as well as hypsilophodon to the mini figure range.
I'd completely forgotten about Hysilophodon! Yes that is very much a part of my childhood dinosaur literature and I would absolutely love to have a Hysilophodon/Camptosaurus.
Great review! I like how you consulted your friend on the anatomy of the original animal; reminds me of "Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong". Despite the minor oversight, PNSO has been on a roll this year with amazing new releases!
They have been! And since a lot of reconstruction/ restoration work is pretty subjective, it might not even be an oversight. Different people will have different reasonings, so I am generally not very fussed with it. And yup, Morgan knows what he's talking about!
This guy is very cute.
Would be cool if we got to see models of the other growth stages too to go along with it!
I wouldn't mind even seeing other adults, but in different poses to make a herd. Babies would actually be really small and even cuter than this one! But I doubt PNSO will do it unless they can keep the price low. Already plenty of complaints on the price of this small figure. ☹
Yet another fantastic review! I totally agree with your wishlist and as I’m sure you know, an Allosaurus is coming! Please get that one and review it soon! I’m going to wait to order it until I watch your review. I’m low on space and PNSO already has lots of my money!
Heyyyy! I’m waiting for his Allosaurus review before ordering too! This is the best channel I know about scientific and accurate dinosaur representations so I can’t wait for the next one!
Lol I take it you didn't get either the Nanmu or W-Dragon in the end! Both of those have their pluses and faults, and if anyone could marry everything into a balance of scientific accuracy, colour and sculpting detail, it's PNSO! If I were a betting man, I would put my money on PNSO without having seen any of the three sculpts!
@@DinosDragons haha! The problem is that I have BOTH of the others already. That’s why I’ll wait for your review to see if it’s worth getting a third. :)
A pnso pachycephalosaurus cool fascinating dinosaur
It's even more amazing considering how small it is. The kind of detail PNSO can do is really praiseworthy!
With prehistoric animals , we often underestimate how much soft tissue they had because we are looking at the bones but with the PNSO figure here I wish they had done a tiny bit more skeletal observations to had went to the same conclusions as the person helping out DinoDragons , or just looking at the saurian pachycephalosaurs that has a thick tail I think as they done their research, but I still bought the figure as its the most accurate figure of this species I have ever seen but I just wish that they done more of that research as its a beautiful figure.
Fortunately, I do believe that this is one mod that many sculptors will do, and it shouldn't cost too much. I know what you mean, when you feel something is perfect except for that one fatal flaw. Luckily for me, I've long since learnt how to actually unsee flaws unless they are really huge! Such as that hideous iToy Carnotaurus... the less said of it the better... 😫😫😖
Great sculpt and detail, not crazy about the paintjob though.
Lol ironically it's of my favourite things about this one! 😁
Wow. Wonderful figure :).
It would be nice also to see comparison on how it's actual size differ to human in a human figure as well. :).
But, anyway, its still a nice review sir.
That is an excellent suggestion Renante! I've been thinking of doing that and although I already have a 1:40 scale human figure if I ever review a 1:40 dinosaur, I never though to find a human scale figure for 1:25, 1:30 and so on. I'm going to get some. Thank you for your suggestion!
@@DinosDragons Your welcome sir 😁. . 👍👍👍.
Wow, that was quick! Another wonderful and informative video! The model is very nice but I wish it were bigger. It would be great if PNSO could do scale lines and stick with them. Tiny species like Microraptor could be 1/6 scale, medium/small dinos like like this Pachycephalosaurus could be 1/18 scale and the bigger ones like Tyrannosaurus 1/35 scale. There would still be a lot of wiggle room because the sizes used to calculate scale for many species are estimates based on a few, often incomplete fossils. Pachycephalosaurus is only known from skulls, so size estimates and body anatomy are far from factual knowledge.
That's actually a very good thought. I hadn't thought of that! Having a few distinct scale lines would allow collectors who like some kind of reference and consistency display like scales together, while allowing companies to still product bigger scales for dinosaurs too small to do in just one scale. I like that idea a lot!
Please review the PNSO Carcharodontosaurus.
I definitely will, if I decide to get it! 😁
@@DinosDragons where can you buy the PNSO dinos? If you don’t mind me asking
while i wish it was bulkier like your friend morgan suggested i think its the best pachy out there currently
also if you see this message did you show tarbosaurus to morgan? what is his opinion about it?
I like this so much that if PNSO were to make a few others in different poses I would be happy to have a little group of them!
I don't recall asking discussing Tarbosaurus with Morgan but with another comparative anatomist of mine. I also wrote to of the leading paleontologists on tyrannosaurs. Both felt it was within the realms of possibilty though certainly a very chunky representative.
@@DinosDragons o yea different poses would indeed give some variety finally, i personally am really satisfied simple walking poses but there must be some more variety
I agree with you, if it had been more bulky it would have been perfect, but for me it remains a great figure.
PS. PNSO just announced an Allosaurus :)
Haha yes! I heard the news! I can't wait for that.... I've been waiting for a good Allosaurus forever!
0:15 I like the 1996 reddish orange version better. 0:28 Oh, I like this one as well. 0:44 Hello, looks like we got a new & yet another Impressive Pachy figure. Only this one’s from PNSO, not Safari LTD.
That's the cool thing about PNSO. Their actual models are so well-painted that even if they don't exactly follow the product images, it's not in a _this is inferior_ way. And that's what makes PNSO pull head of the rest of the pack. Too bad about the Safari, which I think is an excelllent sculpt, but really cannot compare to PNSO paint-wise.
Outstanding video dude and by the way did you see the drawings I've done on my deviantart page
Yes Victor I did! I'm glad to see that your dinosaurs are not shrink-wrapped! 😊
@@DinosDragons thanks for that and the drawings that I've had done all three of them are tyrannosaurs that appeared in the franchise lore the first phase of the project which is the size comparison / family lineages starting with the tyrannosaurs starting with the tyrannosaurus rex right now I'm currently working on an updated version of the tyrannosaurus rex using both the prime 1 studio jurassic park tyrannosaurus rex statue and the Charles nye @ thepaintpaddock tyrannosaurus rex as reference material all rights go to their respective owners of course and in the first phase of the project it will crossover with other projects that I'm doing for example you'll see the vastatosaurus rex from Peter Jackson's king kong and the acceraptor or slasher from terra nova in the tyrannosaur line for example
@@DinosDragons and by the way did you see the leaked jurassic world dominion giganotosaurus animatronic yet
The best pachy out now, the only thing I find better in the safari one is the coloration
Both are really nice in their own way. I do feel that Safari is always let down by their paint applications though. I don't know how the Chinese are able to do such sterling paintjobs and yet keep their prices affordable, but that is one thing that I hope Safari can level up. They have shown in past offerings that they _can_ do it, for example their Postosuchus, Sauropelta and Coelophysis.
It seems beautiful, but I personally cannot bear how long the line is for a very wide mouth. Is it scientifically accurate?
I personally want only beak section of the mouth opens, but recently so many companies produce wide mouth for herbivore dinosaurs like PNSO triceratops and Eofauna triceratops.
Which line do you mean? There is a horizontal line across the cheek area but I didn't think that was the margin of the mouth. Generally for ornithischian dinosaurs, how wide the mouth is depends on whether the model makers believe these dinosaurs had cheeks and how much of it, I suppose.
EoFauna didn't add to much to their Triceratops, but they have always been particular about their scientific accuracy. I would imagine they either believe they didn't have them, or that there is not enough evidence one way or the other so they chose one. Kinda like T Rex and lips, which is always a sensitive topic among dinosaur enthusiasts! 😅
@@DinosDragons Yes, I was talking about the horizontal line on the cheek area as you suspected. If this line is not for a mouth, i have nothing to complain really.
Yes, you are rephrasing what exactly want to say. Thank you. I just grown up with herbivore dinosaur with cheeks, so when i see herbivore dinosaur without cheek, i just need sometime to get used to it. (Now I love my Eofauna triceratops for how unique it looks!)
Thanks for your kind comment! Nice review as always!!
I was just gonna coment "do you know about new pnso packy?"
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이녀석 사야할지 고민이다..
He's actually rather small as you can see. It would depend on what the focus of your collection is, and also how expensive he is compared to other dinosaurs you might want. Are these easy to get in Korea?
@@DinosDragons 한국에서 구하기 어려워. haha
Should be 1/35. I'll probably buy it, but not for now. At 1/35 i would buy it right away, doesn't matter how small he would get.
Hahah indeed Antônio I know how you feel about this. But using an estimate of 4.5m, 1:35 would bring this model down to 12cm... that's really small. Even if PNSO could sculpt enough detail to make it interesting, I doubt they could achieve enough colour variations and blends and still keep to the low price for this.
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The paint job is extremely flat compared to the vibrancy and depth of contrast in the prototype images. The head and crown are basically totally different colours - image is rich brown/red and murky green and the product is like a purple and beige, and it's missing the blue accent down from eyes entirely. Disappointing.
Yes it commonly happens that there is a fall-off between release image and actual in-hand model. The release images are often prototypes underdoing the kind of paint work that I get only after saving up for months for a commission with Martin Garrattt or Jay Carriere.