On the identical time that Tyrannosaurus rex dominated North America, Majungasaurus was the apex predator of Madagascar, principally filling the identical area of interest because the tyrant lizard on the opposite aspect of the world. However Tyrannosaurus was a 40’ (12 meter) lengthy predator that might swallow a human complete, whereas Majungasaurus maxed out at round 23’ (7 meters) and will have appeared you within the eye. It’s troublesome to think about simply how small Majungasaurus was once you’ve solely ever seen it in documentaries like Prehistoric Planet and Jurassic Battle Membership, with out something fashionable for scale. Though I’m not a scale acutely aware collector, being one is one of the simplest ways to get a bead on the dimensions of issues from the consolation of your individual house.
The Haolonggood Majungasaurus is a only a tiny man, measuring 9” (22.86 cm) lengthy and standing 2.25” (5.72 cm) tall on the hip. The pinnacle is about the identical dimension as my thumbnail, and its foot might stand comfortably on an American dime. To get a scale of 1/35 the determine must be scaled down from an animal measuring about 26’ (8 meters). Fragmentary stays of enormous Majungasaurus specimens counsel that they did attain this dimension, however extra conservative estimates put it at 18-23’ (5.6-7 meters). Scaled down from a size of 18 ft the determine is 1/24 in scale. Given the small dimension of the determine, it’s no shock that Haolonggood selected to scale it down from the utmost estimated size.
Since I have already got the Safari Majungasaurus in my assortment, I didn’t actually need one other consultant of the genus however there are just a few attributes this determine has that I couldn’t ignore. Certainly one of them is the pose. Majungasaurus is an oddly proportioned animal, with a protracted neck, torso, and tail, nearly non-existent forelimbs, and brief legs. It’s lovingly known as a sausage (or hotdog) with legs inside our group. That makes it a tough animal to steadiness in toy type, I assume, and Safari obtained round that by twisting theirs right into a considerably unlikely posture that admittedly balanced the determine nicely.
For this determine, Haolonggood has your complete physique straightened with the tail base barely elevated, the torso dipping down, and the pinnacle lifting again up and degree with the hips. The ft are spaced far sufficient aside in mid-stride that they help the heaviest elements of the determine, the hips and torso, and the determine is remarkably steady in consequence. It’s a marvel of dinosaur toy engineering!
The cranium is appropriately brief and deep, and wider than that of its cousin, Carnotaurus. The dorsal floor of the snout has a thick ridge, and a small horn sits atop the pinnacle and between the eyes. The mouth is meticulously detailed with minute, tightly packed tooth, and nasal openings might be seen on the roof of the mouth. There’s additionally a sculpted tongue and the again of the throat is fantastically detailed. Labial scales might be seen alongside the lips and enormous scales are clustered across the orbits. A wrinkled dewlap stretches alongside the underside of the neck.
As an alternative of nice scales the pores and skin is detailed with a wrinkled and pitted texture, however giant characteristic scales might be seen scattered about. They’re just like the randomly positioned characteristic scales we see on Carnotaurus pores and skin impressions. Scutes might be seen working down the fingers and toes, and a row of spines runs over the hips and tail base. The claws on the toes are very refined and sharp. Good muscle definition is sculpted across the shoulders, legs, and base of the tail.
The arms are appropriately puny and oriented straight backwards, as if the Majungasaurus is making an attempt to do a pitiful Naruto run. The precise Majungasaurus had a brief, curved humerus, and an exceptionally brief radius and ulna that made the elbow motionless. 4 clawless digits are sculpted on the palms and in life the finger bones had been fused collectively and motionless, and probably clawless. There have been no wrist bones and the metacarpals connected on to the forearm. Popular culture likes to choose on T. rex for its small arms, however they had been at the least totally purposeful, abelisaurid arms are way more pathetic. It appears cheap to imagine that they could have misplaced their arms solely had they not gone extinct.
The Haolonggood Majungasaurus is available in two completely different colours, as common. Deng Fei is blue/grey whereas Ou Peng is predominantly orange/yellow and the latter’s paintjob is a serious promoting level of this determine. That is one in every of my absolute favourite paintjobs on any dinosaur toy. The patterning is typical, stripes down the again, however the shade decisions and mixing of them are really impressed.
Ou Peng is boring orange in shade alongside the again, down the shoulders, and on the entrance of the legs. A hazy stripe runs down the midline of the again and ochre stripes run down alongside the edges, arms, and entrance of the legs. On the arms they transition to spots. The tip of the snout and the ridge over it, and the brows and horn, are vibrant orange. Electrical blue is painted over the antorbital fenestra, roughly, and there’s an electrical blue wash over the edges of the neck that travels alongside the underside of the jaw, neck, stomach, and tail the place it connects to a completely electrical blue tail tip, with ochre stripes that transition to bands that wrap across the tail tip.
Along with the electrical blue there’s additionally sizzling pink working down the jaw, throat, and the underside of the arms. Extra sizzling pink highlights the cloaca area and again of the legs, the place there’s some extra of the blue wash as nicely. Between the orange parts of the physique and the colourful underside there’s a vibrant yellow band that travels from the neck to the hindlimbs. The palms are tipped in orange, and the ft are so darkish that they’re nearly brown. The tooth are white with a shiny pink wash, and the within of the mouth is shiny pink and pink. The eyes are easy shiny black spots.
This paintjob is very complicated and distinctive. I like that essentially the most vibrant elements of the physique are largely hidden alongside the underside, just like how plenty of lizards have naturalistic dorsal coloration however vibrant undersides for show. It’s straightforward to think about that this dinosaur might be camouflaged when it wanted to hunt, however eye catching when looking for a mate. My solely difficulty with the paintjob is that there’s a little bit of asymmetry occurring, with many of the pink coloration on solely the fitting underside of the determine.
The Haolonggood Majungasaurus is without doubt one of the firm’s greatest theropods so far. So far as I can inform it’s virtually flawless, and I’m astonished by what they had been in a position to obtain at such a small dimension. Its stability and distinctive paintjob made it a will need to have for me. This determine is broadly obtainable on-line for about $24.
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