Stellasaurus is a centrosaurine that lived in North America round 75 million years in the past. Its title after all means “star lizard,” and it was bestowed upon this explicit species each for the form of its frill and as a homage to the late, nice David Bowie. It lived alongside its fellow centrosaurine Einiosaurus, the hadrosaurs Hypacrosaurus and Maiasaura, the ankylosaurs Edmontonia and Euoplocephalus, and the tyrannosaur Daspletosaurus.
PNSO is the primary firm to make a toy of Stellasaurus, and naturally, they’ve named theirs ‘Stella.’ She is posed along with her tail turned to the left, her proper hind leg prolonged again, her left entrance leg half raised off the bottom, her head turned to the correct, and her mouth open. Her eyes are extensive and alert, as if scanning the scene for hazard.
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Stella measures about 16 cm lengthy and stands practically 8 cm tall on the tip of her nasal horn, which makes her one of many smallest PNSO ceratopsids (not together with the miniatures). Her principal color is a lightweight orangish brown with darkish brown for the big patch on her again, the stripes on her sides and tail, and her ft, which have muddy brown claws. There’s additionally heat purple orange to be discovered on her neck, stomach, and tail. Her head is darkish and medium brown with purple orange for her beak, horns, forehead ridges, eppocipitals, and jugals. The information of her horns are very darkish brown for good measure. Her mouth is pink, her tooth are white, and her shiny blue eyes are streaked with white. Topping all of it off are the straightforward false eye patterns on the entrance of her frill. She seems very good certainly this manner.
She additionally has high notch sculpting, as anticipated of any PNSO product. Her head is roofed in tiny scales, with patches and rows of bigger scales right here and there. Her forehead ridges are thick and bumpy. Her horns are pleasingly pointy and principally easy, though the nasal one options grooves close to the bottom. The within of her mouth can be painstakingly detailed, proper all the way down to the very tiny however nonetheless seen rows of tooth.
Stella’s physique can be coated in tiny scales. Bigger scales cowl her stomach and dozens of spherical osteoderms dot her sides. Additionally loads of wrinkles to be discovered on her too. And naturally, her musculature is superbly outlined. She seems regal, sleek, and redoubtable.
So what’s the distinction between a Stellasaurus and a Styracosaurus anyway? For sure they’re very related, to the purpose the place one would possibly confuse them at first look. Nevertheless, Stella’s nasal horn is way more sharply curved than that of Styracosaurus’, somewhat like half of a crescent. Furthermore, she numbers solely 4 massive spikes rising out of her frill versus six, and they’re noticeably shorter. Stellasaurus is presently considered a transitional kind between Styracosaurus and Einiosaurus, which in flip is considered ancestral to Pachyrhinosaurus. At all times cool to have toys you could organize in an evolutionary parade.
Stella’s accompanying poster is somewhat little bit of a letdown in that it’s merely a picture of the toy somewhat than a portray. Equally, the data part of her booklet solely comprises toy pictures. However at the least there’s a pleasant illustration within the how-to-draw part. And my youthful son likes having the poster on his wall.
Total, Stella the PNSO Stellasaurus is a really cool and really properly made toy throughout. Most undoubtedly well worth the buy.
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