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In 2011 my first review for the Dinosaur Toy Weblog was posted, it was of the AAA woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). Fourteen years and 318 critiques later I’m writing my second evaluate of a woolly rhinoceros, however quite a bit has modified in 14 years. Again then, the choices for prehistoric mammals had been severely restricted. Collectors needed to scour the likes of eBay for retired and sometimes overpriced chunks of rubber within the approximate form of the mammal they desired (principally by AAA and Bullyland). So far as the woolly rhinoceros goes, we received the primary good and available mannequin of the animal from Papo in 2013. Safari adopted swimsuit in 2019, a few years after Papo retired theirs. It’s a mannequin that I needed however nonetheless haven’t acquired. Then, Mojo Enjoyable launched a woolly rhino in 2023. It seemed like an appropriate mannequin and one which I may additionally present a evaluate for, so right here we’re.
Mojo Enjoyable is an organization that’s hit or miss with extant animals and customarily unremarkable with extinct ones, apart from prehistoric mammals. The place these are involved, Mojo Enjoyable is likely one of the greatest firms round. In 2013 they launched extremely regarded fashions of Hyaenodon, an Entelodon, Brontotherium, and Deinotherium. Then, they took an extended break from prehistoric mammals till they produced a Smilodon in 2021, after which a woolly mammoth in 2022, adopted by this rhino in 2023.
The Mojo woolly rhinoceros measures 5.5” (13.87 cm) from snout-to-rump however has a complete size of seven” (17.78) when measured from the tip of its horn to the outstretched left hindleg. It stands 3” (7.62 cm) tall on the shoulder. The precise woolly rhino reached between 10.5- 11.8’ (3.2-3.6 meters) in size and had a shoulder top of 4.8–5.2’ (1.45–1.6 meters). Utilizing shoulder top, we get a scale of 1/20 for the determine. The determine is offered in a static pose with a considerably excessive ahead lean. The forelimbs and left hindlimb are braced and pushing the animal ahead, and the pinnacle is wanting barely leftward. It’s a considerably uncommon pose and makes it look as if the animal is straining to succeed in one thing over some unseen impediment.
Along with skeletons, we even have woolly rhino mummies preserved in perma-frost and cave work that give us a good suggestion of what this animal seemed like. In comparison with extant rhinoceros species the woolly rhino had an extended head and physique and shorter limbs. It had two horns with the primary horn being longer than the second. The anterior horn may measure as much as 4.4’ (1.35 meters). A hump over the shoulders accommodated the musculature wanted to help the horns and in addition served as a fats reserve. Whereas fashionable rhinos have horns which are round in cross part, the woolly rhino’s horn was flattened. It’s thought that woolly rhinos used their horn to brush away snow whereas foraging. Mojo does a superb job in illustrating these options and I see nothing to take problem with, anatomically.
That is simply one of the best detailed mannequin in my assortment of Mojo toys (each extinct and extant). The horns are properly textured with faint rings round them and hair at their bases. Exquisitely detailed wrinkled pores and skin is sculpted across the muzzle and eyes. Ridges might be seen on the within floor of the ears. Though the determine is shaggy you may nonetheless see options just like the jaw line, musculature across the neck and limbs, and a slight protrusion of the hips. No genitals are sculpted so maybe the determine is supposed to be a feminine.
The hair element is outstanding, with tufts of hair weaving out and in of one another and the general coat properly following the contours of the determine’s physique. Overlapping patches of hair assist suggest a thick coat. It’s shaggiest within the entrance half of the physique and over the shoulders. The hair on the limbs is relatively brief and in life this may have helped maintain snow from sticking to them. A tuft of hair might be seen on the tip of the tail and a ridge of hanging hair is sculpted alongside the underside, the place hair from either side of the physique meet.
Since now we have hair samples from woolly rhinos, we all know that they had been reddish-brown in colour. This determine can be described as reddish-brown, however it’s a lot darker than Safari’s determine. Maybe it’s meant to symbolize an older particular person, since youthful rhinos had lighter hair. The eyes are shiny black, and the horns are cream coloured with a lightweight brown wash over them. The whole determine is shiny, and it has a considerably waxy texture to it.
The Mojo woolly rhino is a powerful determine that matches Safari’s in accuracy and surpasses it intimately. It might be tough to select one over the opposite but it surely’s nice that we now have two wonderful choices for this species concurrently in manufacturing, and I’m excited that Mojo is as soon as once more producing prehistoric mammals. Hopefully we’ll get extra mammals from them sooner or later. You should purchase the Mojo woolly rhinoceros over at Completely satisfied Hen Toys by clicking on the banner beneath. Your herd of rhinos received’t be full with out it!
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