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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Sauropods… my favourite dinosaur group! And for many years, my favourite model was the old Carnegie Collection 1:40 scale Brachiosaurus. I’d thought that manufacturers had all but abandoned the 1:40 scale for Sauropods and I’d never get another brachiosaurid of that stature… I’m glad I am wrong!
This is the W Dragon (万龙堂) 1:35 Giraffatitan, and it is an awesome. The detail, the understated colouration that belies the great skill needed to execute it, the SIZE. This is one GRAND model of a well-known species, brings back so many memories of what it felt like to be a kid discovering these majestic animals, and truly any sauropod lover’s dream.
Erratum: Thanks to viewer TAURON who pointed out I goofed on my math! I said in the video that for this 42cm, 1:35 would make the real animal 16.5m (54ft). Actually, it would actually be 14.7m (48ft).
This is a spectacular figure given it’s size, weight and excellent sculpt. Trust me, it’s worth every penny.
Sauropods have always been of great interest to me so I’m glad to see much more accurate display pieces of this scale at affordable pricing.
There’s really nothing I can point to as a miscue in the production of this figure.
As usual, a very positive, informative review that doesn’t skimp on going into actual physiology of some magnificent animals regardless of their absence.
Thank you for your thoughts! This is indeed an impressive model, and after PNSO stopped its large size PVC figures I'd lost hope of having anything of this size. W Dragon has done an amazing job, and that banded tail was like a little bow on top showing that everything was out of choice, and not lack of skill or laziness.
I hope you managed to get yours if you're living in the States. I understand Dan's Dinosaurs has discontinued this model. Truly one to have for sauropod and Jurassic Park lovers!
Happy, Birthday!! Yet another great review. And yes, the opening dinosaur scene in Jurassic Park is one of the best moments in cinema history as far as I’m concerned.
Thank you Michael! It is probably the scene that made the biggest impression on fans, especially those of us old enough to have actually watched it in the cinema. And perhaps one of those scenes that show the power of the big screen! Imagine if you could watch it on an 85" TV Screen with surround sound!
It makes that Brachiosaurus death scene in Fallen Kingdom even more poignant.
Hello, How far we've come
since the Carnegie model.
That was my first figure of
my adult collection.
The Titan is my first and
only D- Dragon but certainly
not my last! What a beautiful sculpture.
We have certainly come a really long way! The sculpt, paint apps, accuracy. I love having this next to my Carnegie, brings a real sense of history and evolution to the display!
belated happy birthday....i must say your reviews are the best of any dinosaur model reviewers ..perfect balance of scientific info about species and model info with some light humour and music...keep it up and do some more dinosaur model review ..
Thank you very much! I like to balance the two in my videos, instead of a straight review of a model, and I am happy that there is a group of people who does like that!
I will definitely have more dinosaurs coming (including some that are truly going to be mind-blowing) but I have neglected my dragons too long too, so I will do a few of those first 😁
When I was unboxing mine, I just played on my laptop this brachiosaurus scene from Jurassic Park for the atmosphere XD
Also I mentioned that the figurine has a pretty strange structure. It feels like it has a “skeleton” inside and cover “skin”. You can knock the different places and hear that it sounds really differently, like there are hollow places in some areas 🤔
Interesting! There may well be some hollow places to lighten on the weight, although I promise you as I was holding him up in front of camera I had to keep putting him down in exasperation because he was so heavy to manipulate! 😓
I was thinking many things, but I guarantee you that "Hey I think this figure is hollow" was definitely not one of them! 🤣🤣
Excellent review! And kudos to you on the opening of your video.
I'm really tempted to purchase an updated Brachiosaurus but no models out there are up to standard. There are theories about the sauropods having pouches, waddles akin to birds and elaborate heads which aren't incorporated. Most models of sauropods show them as elephant/ rhino drab. I really hope this will change; I asked PNSO if they would do an updated Brachiosaurus.
You mean like the Brian Engh reconstructions. It's really one of those things where, just because we haven't found soft tissue evidence, doesn't show they _didn't_ have them. It's all down to personal taste. You might like to see the Brachiosaurus done by Daniel Isaac Mendoza. Search Facebook under Esquizooic Artes plásticas
@@DinosDragons Precisely! All modern day archosaurs, the birds and crocodilians have a form of throat pouch.
Happy late birthday, my lad. And when you showed that Brachiosaurus scene from the original Jurassic Park, I just had a flashback to 1993 in the theaters as my seventeen year old.
Great review as always, too!
Thank you Mark, for you kind comment!
That moment of the Brachiosaurus from the original JP is indeed a special moment, especially so for those of us old enough to have watched it in theatres on the big screen! That was the moment I realised that magic of cinema, that we could now have _REAL_ dinosaurs on screen!
Happy birthday, sir! :-) And what a nice dinosaur model to celebrate it with! I was emotional in the theater so many years (decades!) ago when the Brachiosaurus in Jurassic Park slowly came into view. It was the combination of seeing a “real, live dinosaur” and John Williams’ music. (All the stuff that came after Jurassic Park only ruined the feeling for me: those movies were absolutely redundant and a waste of effort, in my opinion. But that is just that: my opinion. Ultimately it all is just entertainment.) I was thinking about acquiring this figure as well. I bought the wonderful W-Dragon Tyrannosaurus when it came out, just because I think it is the most accurate Jurassic Park T. rex toy model available: the detailing (no “overdone” scaling) and craftsmanship of the sculpt give it a very beautiful, refined, statuesque feel, and it is one of my favourite figures (besides the PNSO “Winter Wilson”, for which I built a nice little base to compliment it and give this excellent Tyrannosaurus rex model a sense of scale). If I had enough money, I would buy this Giraffatitan immediately. I do have other nice Brachiosaurus (not Giraffatitan) models in my collection (like Invicta, Tamiya), so that is a little comfort.
Thank you!
I don't collect Jurassic Park figures because I am really running out of space, but if I were to get a JP T rex, W Dragon would be high on my short list of candidates! It really captures the look so well, and it's really nicely detailed and painted too, so I think you have an excellent model there! Not being overly detailed is actually a very important consideration, the most I learn about these creatures and about anatomy, and actually spoils it for me.
I hope you can find something reasonably priced, or perhaps another company will come up with something more affordable, because Brachiosaurus is one of those iconic dinosaurs and really brings back a lot of memories of when JP first hit us.
I feel two ways about the JP sequels. I quite liked The Lost World, (in general the two sequels pale in comparison to the first) but they did give us a lot more dinosaur species on the big screen and for that I feel grateful.
On the other hand with Jurassic World, what really spoiled things for me was the idea of genetic hybrids. It takes away from the actual dinosaurs, and I feel that a good writer could have given us good stories without resorting to created monsters. Still, having watched and owned all the movies in the franchise, I definitely want to see how Dominion concludes, and because both casts are involved!
That's a long comment,so that's nice.
By far the best sculpted giraffatitan/brachiosaurus ever.
I hope there will be a bigger 1:20 sculpture of such a thing.
I have the Iron Studio brachiosaurus, it's nice but this one would be better.
My GOD, 1:20 is HUGE! If I ever struck the lottery and buy a big house, then yes, although if I ever reviewed a 1:20 brachiosaurus I foresee it will have to be me moving around with the camera on a gimbal!
The Iron Studio Brachiosaurus is _AWESOME_ . If I were to get one JP figure, that would be the one. I believe there's one that even comes with the tree. I'm not sure how much space you have, but that is worthy one to have if you had to limit yourself to just a few. I congratulate you!
Sauropods are also my favorite. Another wonderful and informative review.
Thank you! Sauropods are really amazing... the only thing is large ones take up space so I'm running out!
I got to say, those claws do be looking fine. Also adore the fact that the last toe on the front foot has just a bit of grey on it,as if it just has a bit of a nail.
Yes, you have good powers of observation! 👍
Happy late Birthday. Excellent review of this beauty. I need it!
Thank you very much Jrex! I love sauropods and Brachiosaurus/ Giraffatitan is always a special one! Unfortunately so many good models means more figures we _need_ lol, meaning more 💰
@@DinosDragons indeed! Sure gets expensive 🤐 lol
This model I absolutely love but I really wish I had the space for it. It’s just super impressive and much larger than any figure I own (that title goes to the Nanmu Spinosaurus).
Maybe some day perhaps
It definitely is big! And it's heavy too... I actually had to rest my arms a few times while shooting this video because they got so tired lol! 🤣
Speaking of birthday, mine is on the Sunday on the following week. I'm planning to get Domingo
You could _not_ get a more perfectly named dinosaur then! Happy Birthday in advance!
@@DinosDragons I just got him a few hours ago
Happy birthday! I've already bought this one, sad thing is, it landed in the wrong country! I don't know how, but i think it ended up in Spain, because the tracking showed "En reparto" and "entregado"... Pretty close, considering i'm Portuguese. Anyway, i got a refund, although i've even bought it in sale... Well, will buy it again, as soon as we're out of confinement... Things are CWAZY around here.
Sorry to hear that António! This sutation has really wreaked havoc on many things, and one of them is shipping. For example if I want to send something overseas, many of the intermediate options are no longer available. So when I sent a figure to Jay in Canada, it was either a fast air for $200 or slow (3 months!) shipping for $100!
I hope it shows up. Sometimes these things happen! 🤞
Gorgeous
It is a real beauty! 🙂
Happy B-day and another great review! Excellent figure!
Thanks William, having this figure to review was a nice present! 😁
Agreed on the Jurassic Park scene! Seeing the Brachiosaurus on the big screen was a religious experience for me. Really!
So many people have expressed this, but only right now do I suddenly recall... I have the 3D Blu Ray! I'm going to watch it right now lol. Thanks for being the jolt I needed to the old memory banks! 😁
Great reviews, subscribed.
Thank you Lou, welcome aboard!
This is definitely going on my wishlist!
It's so good! But I think you better hurry. If I'm not mistaken this is being discontinued by W-Dragon. Check with Dan from Dan's Dinosaurs or if you're closer to the UK, Everythingdinosaur.com!
@@DinosDragons Thanks for the warning, got mine ordered now. I haven't been too bad with impulse buys recently, so I think I can justify this one!
Wow that’s a hefty model, a very impressive one too. Happy birthday btw!
Thank you T O X I C!
I have to say, most reviews of large models I have to shoot different takes because of the size alone. This one I actually had to do it even in places I could have shot continuously because it actually got too heavy to hold up!
Happy birthday DD, I love your videos keep up the reviews!
Thank you Austin! I'm definitely looking forward to doing more videos and sharing the joy of these models with you all! 🙂
@@DinosDragons I can’t wait! Especially with how much is being released soon!
Awesome piece of dino art, i will love to contact you to show you the models at scale i draw about some not to known species of prehistoric creatures.
I will put on my page an Atlasaurus at scale if you want i can give you the link. I really love Sauropods.
I'm always happy to see what artists have done, because to do this is really quite a specialized field and it takes a real love of the subject to do it! I can be reached at dinosdragons1@gmail.com
One of the HIGHEST points of fW-Dragin....Superb....
This is definitely one of my favourite sauropod pieces! I am glad that the promise W-Dragon showed was also fulfilled in their Indoraptor model, and I can only hope that now they have an official JW license, they won't stop making real dinosaurs as well!
Great video! This one is on my list. I’m a fan of Jurassic Park, so do you think the brachiosaurus on JP is this giraffatitan? Or the new brachiosaurus with new head? Thanks for help!
Have an awesome birthday bro ! 😎
Love your reviews and keep them coming! I just got this Giraffatitan several weeks ago and it is just beautifully well done
Thank very much! I'm really happy to have this figure, and then do a review on it. I honestly had no idea how I'd even do it at first, because it is so large and hefty lol! But it's well worth having, as I am sure you found out a few weeks ago! Be careful of the paint though, I heard that it can flake off if you're not careful.
Happy birthday!!!!
Thank you, it was made happier with this figure to review! 😄
It's as great as the Terra Battet Diplodocus.
Also *it's...it's nostalgiasaurus*
Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY,DUDE also amazing video
Thank you my friend! It really is a beautiful model and one that I will hang onto for a long time!
Realistic because it follows the real bone structures and muscle attachments
Yes, I think sculptors now are very very caretful to pay attention to the anatomy, because they realise that a sizeable number of consumers are actually adults who are serious about their dinosaurs! 😁
Happy Birthday 🎉 my good sir
Thank you very much mate! 😁
@@DinosDragons
NP 😉 also I know it’s not much but since your a paleo-nerd, like me you might like these paleontology UA-cam channels.
• Ben G Thomas
• EDGE
• Henry the PaleoGuy
• North O2
@@carmelosaurus7480 Thank you for your recomendations! As a matter of fact, although I'm too busy to watch UA-cam these days, when I have the time, I catch up on Ben G Thonmas and EDGE. I also like PBS Eons, and Trey the Explainer (on the rare occasion he posts now!) The Royal Tyrell Museum also puts up good stuff from time to time.
Happy birthday!
Thank you! I'm happy to have celebrated with this review! 😂
@@DinosDragons Interestingly enough, my birthday is next month and I just ordered this Giraffatitan as a present for myself :)
Well, the Giraffatitan arrived - fantastic. Looks good alongside my Nanmu Apatosaurus, with their similar colour schemes. A titanosaur next, methinks 😁
How do you display this huge model on your shelf?
Thanks to this massive size, it is difficult for me to fit into my tiny room.
Also, I want to see how your other dinosaurs also displayed :)
Haha I actually have very little space! I've been meaning to get a display made, but that money seems more urgently needed what with all these marvellous artists from China from W Dragon, GR Toys and of course, PNSO keeping out wallets busy!
As for my display right now, I rotate my dinosaurs. Some of them, like the China ones are easy to store because they have boxes. Thinking mid term however, I have hit on a solution with two words: storage bed! 😂
@@DinosDragons the way you show the dinosaur models is beautiful. Please show off your dinosaur collection in the near future.
You are keeping your Chinasaurus under your bed!? Such a waste...😭
Disculpe en dónde lo puedo conseguir 🙏
No se, lo siento. Creo que puedes tratar de encontrar en Ebay o Aliexpress.
I had to google HMN SII to understand why it is not just simply a Brachiosaurus and why is/was not an adult specimen. So if it is a sub adult that is 12.6m tall and the fig is 42cm, then should not it be indeed 1:30 scale? Cause with 1:35 and 42cm the specimen should be 14.7m. 😕 Don't you think they just simply marked the scale wrong?
I can not help but prefer the Carnegie's bulkier, less detailed proportions over the more realistically proportioned and biologically more accurate 万龙堂, even though it is a no contest and W Dragon wins, hands down. 😂 Also, what you called veins on the sides of the belly, are really just wrinkles, copied from elephants. I like Carnegie's more scalie-texture over the mammal(elephant) skin, but with the more dull colours of 万龙堂. 😅
Well I stated 1:30 in the video but that was _iif_ this was based on HMN SII. I don't recall W-Dragon saying that's what it was based on. However, you are absolutely right, I messed up my math! 42cm x 35 = 14.7m! I'll put an erratum in my description box immediately. Thanks for checking it! 😁
I will _always_ have a soft spot for that old Carnegie! There is something very special about vintage models that were accurate for their time, that makes them very dear to me. Plus of course that's how I started, so there's plenty of nostalgia there as well. Unfortunately you might not get the old Carnegie ones so easily, but I have seen someon ebay, usually by people who aren't aware of the market for these, and just see some old 'junk' left by their now adult children wanting to get rid of it.
papo brakio is hansome but w dragon is ugly..
Then you get to save money on this one! In any case, I hear the model is being discontinued.