159: PNSO Cretoxyrhina (Aidan 2021) Review
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- Опубліковано 5 лис 2021
- I’m really excited to bring you yet another marine animal from PNSO: Cretoxyrhina, the Ginsu Shark! While I loved the Helicoprion, it’s nice to see a true shark this time, and one that ISN’T Megalodon!
This beautifully metallic shark is reconstructed along lamniform lines, and sculpted wonderfully, down to details like claspers and the lunate tail as proposed by Shimada 2006. It’s really exciting that PNSO is helping us fill out the oft-neglected domain of the ancient seas, which is either glaringly missing in many collections, or else filled with multiple versions of the few usual, popular suspects.
Now if PNSO could give us even more marine life, from sea scorpions to plesiosauroids and even more fish, such as Xiphactinus or Leedsicthys, that would really start populating our collections with a diversity approaching that of our land-based animals!
Addendum: Viewer The NOTORIOUS K.E.K pointed out that there are in fact known vertebrae of Megalodon, including a set of 150 from Belgium. Thanks mate!
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Awesome!! Educational!! Thank you. Love me some Ginsu 🦈. Might pick it up
Haha I'm sure this shark had far more durable teeth than the Ginsu knives had! But I think it's definitely worth a pick up for such a lower price.
Wow it really looks made out of metal 👍😎👍
Yes indeed! That's a bonus to me!
Great review, as always! PNSO should hire you as an official reviewer! :) Thanks to your reviews, I first bought a Tyrannosaurus Winter Wilson and was blown away by the quality. And tomorrow a big package with an Allosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus and Carnotaurus comes to me. And then, after this video with beautiful Cretoxyrhina, I'm afraid I will have to fork out for the marine fauna from PNSO. hahaha
I'm sorry to hear that I have been responsible for helping you bleed money 😛. I blame it on PNSO however. I am not a completist at all, but PNSO's offerings give me a blend of what I would expect in a higher end model in a regular figure!
Wow I think you are really going to be over the moon when your package arrives! The Allosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus especially, with the new finer skin textures, and the Carnotaurus is still a good sculpt though that was using the older skin textures. Congratulations on your purchase! 😁
would be amazing if PNSO were to release an Otodus Obliquus, Otodus Auriculatus, Otodus Sokolovi, Otodus Angustidens or Otodus Chubutensis I would love to see one with PNSO's updated style!
their "large" megalodon is amazing but at 35cm it feels more like an Otodus Chubutensis compared to my 1/35 figures. However with the PNSO Livyatan they both are about the same size and fit perfectly in the 1/45 scale range
You just named more sharks than I can so this is obviously an area of interest to you. Should I ever review another PNSO shark, I should hope to see your educated opinion on it! 😁
@@DinosDragons 😂😂 Can't wait! Also amazing review as always 👍
I like this sculpt. The “bronze-y” finish, as well as the general shape of this fish, reminds me of a moment, while swimming in shallow surf off a California coast, I dove into about 5 feet of water and, maybe, 25-30 yards away, I saw a bronze-y flash of a shark about 7-8 foot long as it was chasing after something. The look is uncannily similar, color-wise, as to what I saw.
Not wanting to be a “something” being chased after, I spent the rest of the day on the beach….
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water...
Reading about that harrowing experience, I can only say it's a good thing that "something" it was chasing in the first place wasn't you! On the one hand I am glad that we still have enough left of Nature in the wild to have occasional encounters like these, but on the other that of course brings danger and in cases tragedy when Nature meets Man.
If you were to purchase this Cretoxyrhina, perhaps it would make a good storytelling lead-in, about how you actually escaped/ defeated one! 😁
@@DinosDragons I’ve had a couple of other shark interactions that were not in the least frightening. Situationally, if the fish was aware that I knew it was there-watching the shark, watching me, watching the shark-there was no aggression.
And I’ve had one on one experiences with handling alligators-up to 8 foot-that were interesting.
There’s definitely room for more respect of, and for, our fellow travelers on our spinning bit of earth and iron.
I’ll be ordering a Cretoxyrhina this week.
I have this model and I love it.I love your video and I want models of Prehistoric Shark you mentions. It come with a poster but what is the marine creature it is going to bite and is there a model of it?
It looks like a mosasaur of some sort, though which exactly I couldn't say. There have been evidence of predation on mosasaurs though I would imagine the courtesy went both ways, depending on growth stages and sizes. As far as I know, PNSO never made a similar model.
I heard about these Sharks, they’re like Great Whites of the Cretaceous Period.
Yes, probably closer in form to a Great White than Megalodon in fact. They look built for both speed and pulverizing power!
This has to be my favourite review of yours so far, especially the comparison with the Xiphactinus and Tylosaurus! I was REALLY surprised by the announcement of this specimen! I'm gonna get it as Cretoxyrhina is featured in two chapters of my 2nd book. I bet if I took it down to the pub people will automatically think that its a great white shark!
I was too! PNSO constantly surprises with models that are not in the mainstream, and that's one thing I'm really grateful to them for doing. It used to be that CollectA was Johnny-on-the-spot with new genera, but since they release only once a year once they've declared the releases that's it. PNSO on the other hand does a year around release that keeps us excited.
I was completely unprepared for Cretoxyrhina as well, and I thought I was well-informed! 🤣 The bonus is how much cheaper this is. Perhaps PNSO has found a way to balance cost and profit, while still taking our feedback into consideration. Certainly I hope it will be a bit of a relief for EU fans.
You're an author as well? What book is that? Would love to check it out.
@@DinosDragons I don't know when I'll be doing another review, too busy and budgeting issues... My novel, Carnian Street is in the early stages of the publication and most likely won't be released until the end of next year as there have been major delays with the lockdowns. This novel doesn't feature Cretoxyrhina but does feature specimens from various points in time in Northern England. I'll keep you informed when I hear more news. I have a finished short story that I intend to release following the release of my first book and am working on 3 other tied in works at once.
Fantastic Review DD, I have been awaiting this release and your take on the figure. I am currently involved in Upper Graneros Shale sediment research at my university and have come across quite a few Cretoxyrhina teeth! I feel I have a great appreciation for this specimen now being one of the first species I have successfully identified. Always look forward to your reviews!
Thank you for your compliment and I am always happy to meet viewers who are actually involved in one way or another in the practical aspects related paleontology! Must be exciting to make a find first hand. I hope you were allowed to keep some of them! 😁
@@DinosDragons It is very exciting! Unfortunately I can’t keep any specimen remains as they are to be sent to a museum to be properly cataloged.
Great review, as always! Definitely picking this guy up, been waiting for a model of this shark for some time, and PNSO's hit a home-run, yet again. And much like you, I'd also really like a Hybodus, Stethacanthus (which is also a eugeneodontid now 😔), or even Ptychodus to help round out the Western Interior Seaway fauna.
Yikes is it now! I still think of Stethacanthus as belonging to its own order! I need to keep more up-to-date on sharks 😁
Now Ptychodus would be a really interesting addition! In fact I'm a big fan of a representative that is unusual or atypical in some way, and this shellcrusher certainly qualifies! For its size it would probably be right at home in the 1:45 range. Come to think of it, the sea is one vast domain with so many creatures that a good selection could possibly be as large as many dinosaur collections.
@@DinosDragons My bad, I meant holocephalian 😒 I always get the two confused. Still in the same group as Helicoprion, Edestus, and other oddballs. And likewise, I had not paid much attention to extinct sharks for some time, and now I hear most of them are now holocephalians; even such creatures as the quintessential "first shark" Cladoselache, are now thought to be holocephalians 😔
Agreed, it is such a shame most companies are happier just cranking out megalodons any chance they get (PNSO included) when there are so many weird and wonderful sharks and "sharks" lurking in the depths of prehistory. A shell eating shark twice the length of a great white is perfect. Though admittedly, mainstream audiences might find it "boring" compared to a more fearsome lamnid-shark. Still, PNSO's taken risks before so I hope they do it again. I'd also add Falcatus, Xenacanthus, and Edestus. Maybe even the "proto-great white" Cosmopolitodus.
Hello,just wanted to say this review was pretty great and I like it.
And I think Adian the Cretoxyrhina does this speices justify,and that's great.
Thank you! This is a really nice little shark for a good price too!
It's cool
how can a company like p.n.s.o do such beautiful work but CANT GET RID OF THE UGLY SEEMS !!!!! ?
I guess it has to do with hollow figures. Seams are a necessary joint, but the only thing is, how fine can they make that joint. I believe it won't be a problem for dinosaurs and certainly mammals with all that fur to hide them!
Mine arrived over a week ago despite it’s overall contemporary appearance , the price compelled my purchase . Like you , I would have preferred something with an archaic appearance like Xenacanthus , or the newly discovered Aquilolamna milarcae . If PNSO continues releasing marine life I would be more excited for a Xiphactinus , Odobenocetops , or Kutchicetus .
While it's nice to have more outré animals I also enjoy some that superficially look contemporary, but reward closer inspection. I'm glad the lower price encouraged you to get it. How do you like it now that you have it in hand?
If I were to bet money on it, I would say a Xiphactinus is a no-brainer for PNSO! It would be nice to see how it compares to the CollectA Xiphactinus, that one being such a recent release. But I have to say, what I really want is that elusive plesiosauroid! 😁
I don't mind watching a long video from you. Becasue I always enjoy your videos so much. And as always I waited for this review. Becasue as always I learned so many new things thanks to you. This little buddy looks so beautiful and nothing to complain about. I would love to see them make Edestus and cladoselache. Becasue like Helicoprion those two had the unique looks and they were quite the beauties. Anyway, I always wonder whether you have those Eofauna figures? If that so I would love to see you review those amazing figures. Keep up the good work dear Sir. Much love to you
I had completely overlooked Cladoselache. Good call, you must know quite a lot about prehistoric sharks! 😁👍 If I were to fantasize, I think Cladoselache, Hybodus, Stethocanthus and so on could be a different larger scale, that would show their distinct features but maintain some size reference to each other.
I don't actually have many EoFauna figures. Just the Giganotosaurus and the Atlasaurus. And so many reviewers talk about those there's not much value-add I can provide. I wasn't too fond of the scale of the prehistoric mammals as nice as they are, because I have so little space I have to find some way to limit something, and my prehistoric mammals I want in around 1:20 scale. As for the colour scheme of the Triceratops, the less said the better.
By the way I think you mentioned before it was difficult to buy these figures. Did you manage to get anything you like this year?
Oh no dear Sir, I'm just a simple man who loves to learn new things. So I do have some images of these animals and I do read about them. So I find them so interesting. Oh, and I totally forgot to mention 'Aquilolamna' and recently discovered 'Dracopristis'. Would love to see them at least as mini figures. Because each and every prehistoric animal deserves some love
@@MrRajithasandaruwan That is one beautiful model! What other PNSOs do you have and what is your ideal buylist for PNSO?
I'm curious to hear what are your wishlist favourites 😊
At the moment I only have Eurhinosaurus and Lambeosaurus. As I said it's quite hard to save and buy these figures with their high prices. So I'm hoping to buy figures whenever I can and when I have enough savings. Three months savings = one figure.. that's the basis and that's my plan for the time to come. Last month I did 30 hours of overtime at work just to save some more money. It may sound crazy, but I'm hoping to buy these figures in alphabetical order. (L-Lambeosaurus) now it's 'M' and it'll be be either 'Machairoceratops, Microraptor, or Miragaia. And my most favorite PNSO figure is Miragaia. So i think I'll go with that one next time.
I'm quite new for this, but since childhood, I was a Dino head. But here in Sri Lanka we don't have places to buy these kinds of figures and most of the people have no idea about these precious creatures. So one day my collection will be a unique one
I kinda prefer the unarticulated jaw, it looks weird on the Megalodon for me
At least the seam line on this one isn't bad
Yeah I was never interested in Megalodon, and with an articulated jaw that looks a little odd to me, less interested in owning a model. If PNSO ever releases a new one without an articulated jaw, I might get it.
this looks gorgeous. I still hope PNSO will eventually do a Great White Shark or Tiger Shark.
They do have some extant animals so I wouldn't be surprised if they brought those skills to bear on popular sharks eventually!
I'm a big fan of your reviews! Also wishing for more shark figures from PNSO or CollectA (and Leedsichthys)... Seeing you have the CollectA Xiphactinus (me too), are you planning a review for that?
Thank you Luis! The CollectA Xiphactinus has actually been out a few months already and I'm sure other reviewers would have done a great job, so I don't think there's much value-add I could contribute. I do some tidbits to share about Xiphactinus itself however, and hopefully I'll be able to add those in if PNSO does it's own Xiphactinus! 😁
My cretoxyrhina didnt come with the supports is that normal?
Oh yesI IIRC, the stands I took from other PNSO marine animals. I'd be more concerned if the paint doesn't look so shiny anymore. I hope it was not the case, as newer production runs usually have paint deterioriations.
Do you run the stand?
Sorry I don't quite understand what you mean.
1:10 we actually have some decent vertebrae from megalodon, including a set of 150 vertebrae in Belgium. However, no skulls, like there are for Cretoxyrhina :(
Thank you KEK! I will update my description to account for this oversight. Shows how interested and updated I keep with Megalodon lol!
In this figure cretoxyrhina looks similar to a salmon shark, wondering why did they infer it has such huge eyes
I believe the skull had very large orbits though I can't get a hold of the original Shimada paper on the anatomy of Cretoxyrhina now. Unfortunately it's not in the public domain and if I had more money I would actualy buy it. 😕
@@DinosDragons ah I see, so they did find the remains of the skull, thanks for the explanation
Imagine if pnso does multipacks of smaller animals
I believe PNSO did have very small figures released before but not in a set. I take it you mean like a toob, which I don't recall PNSO having. But then I got to know PNSO quite late. Maybe someone else can comment.
The huge eyes suggests a deeper water lifestyle?
Hi Zimp, not necessarily. Pelagic sharks with the largest eyes can be epipelagic (0-200m) or upper mesopelagic (200-600m), but also benthic sharks which frequent the deeper levels.
Oceanic environments tend to have good clarity so light can penetrate up to 1km deep. Hunting at upper levels with more light, larger eyes still convey benefits such as a long focal length as well as wider apertures that come with having larger pupils.
Very deep seas animals may actually have smaller eyes, but eyes that are more specialised to detect biolumniscence.
@@DinosDragons ahh I see. Thanks. My point was from the giant squidsand icthyosaurs like temnodmontosaurus having big eyes to help them see in low light environment
At first I wasn't really interested because I thought this Cretoxyrhina can be easily passed for some generic shark but now looking at it in-hand, it actually appeals to me alot more than I initially thought.
That's great! You'll probably appreciate it when you recognize various things that comprise the anatomy of this shark, at least, as much as can be speculated on within reason. I really like that shine!
PNSO the HORRIBLE SEAMLINES company.... Hate them