122: GR Toys Carcharodontosaurus (Blue) Review
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2021
- Carcharodontosaurus - the Shark-Toothed Lizard.
This is what GR Toys has decided to give us for their second offering… and it is SICK.
The sculpt is insanely detailed and the paint application is UNBELIEVABLE. This is easily one of the top models we’ve seen so far in the year. For any collector who loves dinosaurs, and wants an amazing model of one of the would-be contenders of biggest and baddest. And even though that accolade has been cast in doubt, of this there is none: the GR Toys Carcharodontosaurus will easily be one of the MUST HAVES for 2021.
I’m super-excited to see what GR Toys comes up with next!
Easily my favorite representation of this genus from any manufacturer. Even the forthcoming PNSO figure will be a marked second because of their recently uninspired paint schemes . As much as I appreciate the detailing I’ve always felt these behemoths should bear enormous scales or calluses on the ankle , heel , and ischium boot , especially if these animals rested their entire weight on them . A padding of spongy cartilage or perhaps some fatty tissue may have been necessary to support its mass without undue stress on the bones themselves .
An excellent point indeed! If we look at points of contact, and even in our own fragile bodies protected by everyday clothing, we can't avoid developing calluses too. The ischial boot is a very educated speculation, since that's probably what they rested on!
I have to say that with regards to the colour palette, I hope that PNSO starts to explore other colour schemes. There is an increasing number of people who are complaining about the general brown base, and I can understand where they are coming from. PNSO has done a great job marrying a great sculpt with paint applications of high quality unlike other toy companies. It would be a pity if they start to lose ground because they don't change this.
Thanks!
Wow thank you so much! And for such an old review too... what a pleasant surprise! 😁😁
you couldnt *fathom* how fast i clicked on this
Hahaha I hope the model doesn't disappoint! It's really astounding what they've done with the colour. I would never have expected this level of paint application for a mass produced model. It actually looks even better in person. My camera doesn't do it justice!
Man I love this model because it really looks it stepped right out of a piece of Paleo art
You've got that right! I didn't realise it, but it looks exactly like one of the pictures that stepped out from some of my dinosaur picture books. I wish I'd thought to mention that!
Beautiful sculpt. The scalation is gorgeous. I’m a fan of conservative paint apps on dinosaurs. Give me shades of grey/brown with a little light banding and counter shade and I’m happy. That said, I feel your figure’s paint actually looks better than the box art. Great review.
You know William, I was actually surprised that a few people have expressed the same. I think the concept art was just a little too over the top for many people, and I know many people like dinosaurs that look realistic. The Blue version is anything but. Perhaps the Flame variant will be more to your liking. 😁
Wow! GR Toys is stepping it up! Based on what you showed, this really looks to be competition for PNSO’s version. Can’t wait to see your compare video when that comes out! :)
It's definitely going to be a hard fight Michael! I'l really only know when I have a product in-hand, but I'll say that if PNSO has followed the skin texturing technique shown in their Allosaurus, and GR Toys having completely upped their game in skin texturing, it will probably boil down to 1. The colouration, and 2. Whether the mouth of the PNSO can fully close 😅
Haha! Yeah, I’m in the dinosaur-lip-camp as well, so I agree!
This is really nice (and scary!) model! Great + detailed review as always!
Glad you enjoyed it! This does look pretty scary, and not one I would give to a child for sure! Certainly, not right before bedtime!
An amazing review once again! Thanks so sooo much for this amazing example! SICK INDEED!!!
My pleasure! This was an especially amazing model to review. My camera doesn't capture the colour perfectly... it looks much better in person!
An absolutely MAGNIFICENT figure ! GR Toys absolutely DESTROYED Safari Ltd, CollectA, and PAPO with this one !!
I'm still absolutely blown away by the paint application on this. I wish my camera would let me really capture the colour. Safari Ltd and CollectA have got excellet sculpts, but their paint apps just keep falling behind the Chinese companies and that's a real pity. I hope one day they can level up their paint apps or they really will be left far behind, and that would be a sad fate.
Fascinating spinosaurus and carcharaodontosaurus
For sure! They are both very good in their own way. I didn't expect how good they'd look next to each other, and I'm keeping them together when I display them!
This guy is beautiful! I like that the company offers different colours too! Not only adds variety but also lets you headcanon one as male and the other female.
I would love to see the company do a rex! Especially if they get their jaw articulation down and continue adding lips!
I wish PNSO would experiment with lips.. Though from what I've heard their main sculptor is highly against it :(
I don't think he's so much against lips as that more recently, he interprets the evidence as more likely to be lipless, as he explained in his PNSO Tyrannosaurus review. His Yangchaunosaurus had lips, and Giganotosaurus as well.
@@DinosDragons Oohhh okay. I stand corrected then!
Finally,someone made a review of the Carcharodontosaurus
What an amazing piece, might have to get it myself👀. I also really love how they sculpted the musculature, it looks like a powerful animal
It's truly astounding. The scale detail is insane, as you can hopefully appreciate from the video when I zoom in on the hands and feet! Together with the colour, this really looks like art!
I don't like Spinosaurus GR Toys, but this Carcharodontosaurus looks amazing. Much better than I expected. Great sculpture, excellent painting.
There are definitely refinements compared to the GR Toys Spinosaurus. I liked that model very much, but the unfortunate strangement off the wrist is something I can't unsee.
I don't like the crocodile texture of that Spinosaurus. The head should also have a more pointed snout. It is not bad, but it is not scientifically correct.
But this Carcharodontosaurus is already on order. It will be mine.
Sorry for my translated English. I'm Brazilian, I only speak portuguese
Muchas gracias por la revisión, la coloración es una de las mejores que he visto en figuras similares, te felicito y saludos desde Chile
Muchas gracias! Por seguro es un modelo muy maravilloso. Estoy muy feliz de tenerlo! 😁
I can't wait for them to release their Dicraeosaurus, I only own PNSO and Nanmu figures but the Dicraeosaurus is definitely going to be in my collection
I look forward to it too! GR Toys has shown it can improve quality and paint applications, and Dicraeosaurus is a sauropod I don't have a single model of. If it's 1:35 it would sweeten that pie for sure!
It’s so Beautiful ☺️
It's absolutely stunning. Like a piece of art! 😲
@@DinosDragons
I couldn’t agree more with, you and along with the PNSO Carcharodontosaurus & Torvosaurus. This was the finger I was super exited to see.
Woooow!!!
My reaction too! 😁
I just got this in the mail and i got to say, the detail is astounding, truly my only gripes with my figure is a slightly crooked jaw and ofcource the fact that the mouth needs a forcefull closure to appreciate the lips. 8/10 Figure IMO
That really is a pity! Considering how important lips are to many collectors, the one time they have a set of lips, the effect is ruined by one deficiency. Would have been truly awesome to have the mouth closed with no teeth at all. I didn't think it could be done, and yet looking at this model again, it definitely could have if only the QC was tighter.
Well, since this is only the second GR toys dinosaur, and its already up there with the populars, im looking out for any new gr toys releases ☺️
After I've seen your review I'm really undecided if I'd take this model from Gr Toys or wait for the one from PNSO ... I am very tempted :)
It's going to be a very hard fight! I usually don't go on product images but rather the in-hand product to judge for myself, but I would say that sculpt-wise both will probably be equally good. Perhaps what might help many people decide would be the colour, as well as whether the mouth can fully close! 🤦♂️
awesome
It definitely is! I couldn't believe they could get this kind of paint application on a mass produced model!
@@DinosDragons its so acurat
The overall sculpt work and the paint application are more refined compared to their Spinosaurus.
From your review, I see that the left side looks kinda different front the right and the orange colour near the arms reminde of Hong Kong roast chicken. Perhaps it's just because I'm watching on empty stomach.
I would still wait for the PNSO version before I make a decision between them as the PNSO design seems interesting too.
😂😂 If you've ever wondered how dinosaurs tasted like, there are quite a few articles online speculating about that! But I can see how that looks. At certain angles it also reminds me of Chinese sausages.
The PNSO promises to be a real challenger if they maintain the same skin texturing they did with their Allosaurus. I had not expected GR Toys to reach this level of excellence after just one offering. But I also understand they collaborate with different sculptors for different products. I sure hope their next offering has the same quality. I am sooo looking forward to a new, decent sauropod!
Man, I hope you're right about the Trex. This model is beautiful but with how much is known about Tyrannosaurus, I'm confident theirs could be THE one
Very good point. By now they have sat back and seen all the other go first, as well as the comments, critiques and curses from the fan base. So they have a real last mover advantage. I can imagine how good they could make a T Rex... but I'm glad they are going to do Dicraeosaurus first. We need more good sauropods!
@@DinosDragons agreed!
Didn’t they confirm dicraeosaurus? They showed images of it and of two variants.
Also I think I may want this now. From what it looks like it has a LOT of purple and I LOVE purple!!! 💜
Someone uploaded an image. When I contacted someone from GR Toys about this, they wouldn't confirm or deny. Just sent me a smiley in reply. Make of that what you will 😁
And yes... I would never have believed it if you'd told me before this I'd love a purple dinosaur. The only one I know of is Barney! And this totally blew me away! I actually chose this variant as a bit of a joke, just to see how far off the release images it would be. I was shocked!
@@DinosDragons yeah there were several images of those Dicraeosaurs. There may be videos showing them and I’m sure the Dinosaur Toy Forum shared them at some point months back.
And yes it looks EPIC
Theres a gr toys quetzalcoatlus now!!!
Haha I've known about it a while. It looks good but unfortunately I have to save on space, so I have to pass on this. Besides I have some suspicion GR toys is going to announce something much better 😉 so I'm saving space and money for that.
I love the paint but realy Dont like the pose
Great review as always
Thank you! I did think about that, but I think that if you want to make a model without a base, and want it freestanding, there are probably very limited ways you could pose them and still be able to stand. My hope is that the legs don't warp; this didn't come with a stand like the PNSOs.
@@DinosDragons yes i wish it was roaring or other pose that is balance
Hey so what's wrong with the CollectA Carcharodontosaurus? I'm curious to hear your opinions. But I plan on getting Gamba from PNSO because I love how it looks
In my opinion, the horrible hugeass hips! A compromise in order to balance the figure on two feet without a base. I would much rather have a base, real proportions, and a more dynamic pose a base offers. It looks especially horrible from the side.
@@DinosDragons that's a valid opinion and I totally see what you mean
I really want to get that figure and the pnso
You will be happy with both. I'm sure of it! 😁
Where can i get it?
If you're in the States, try Dan's Dinosaurs. Otherwise you can also try Lanatimeshop.
I prefer the simpler colouring on the production model. The prototype is a tad too busy looking for my taste, it reminds me more of rock layers than an animal.
ditto!
I believe you've hit it on the head! I did think it had a kind of opalescence, but I never made the link to rock layers or I would've mentioned that in the video!
The production model really is very good. My camera doesn't do it justice at all. And it would certainly be more natural looking than the release images, which I thought looked like a creature of fantasy. 🐉
Beautiful figure, but too big as i was expecting. It looks bigger than the Eofauna giganotosaurus, although not so long. And that doesn't work for me. Of course, for all we know, it could have indeed been bigger, but i think i'll get the pnso's. But sure it's a great model.
It thought it wouldn't belong in your preferred scale 😔 Guess if you really wanted it you could choose the size estimate you want. Still if you gravitate towards smaller estimated sizes, i.e. anything less than 12.7m, then definitely this will be too big.
I think either this or the PNSO would be much better than the other models we've seen so far, at least to my knowledge. And the PNSO is going to be cheaper than this, so you get to save money too! Perhaps leftover you could put into the PNSO fund... they just announced their Stegosaurus and it's going to be in the Museum Line 🤣
@@DinosDragons Yes, still, down the road i might get this one as a Saharicus, and pnso's as the smaller species. Truth is, by the way things are going i may get broke. Almost all the releases of dinosaurs are a must have. The new Stegosaurus, also. And Eofauna is developing a diplodocus... Eofauna, my number one brand... This is becoming a real problem. Oh well, i can always sell my house.
should i get this from ali express? i dont know whether to trust the legitimacy of the website..
I can't say for sure. I know some collectors have their favourite places on Aliexpress and are happy with them. And Aliexpress will almost certanly be cheaper than others. You might want to ask around on the various Facebook groups for dinosaur model collectors, for example.
@@DinosDragons thanks for the info, ill do some research before getting this model or the PNSO one :))
Though the available fossil material is scant, I really like this representation. I just received my Blue variant and have to say the negatives are far outweighed by what I have in hand. The paint scheme is actually quite awesome.
I may spring for the Flame version sometime but I’m pleased with this guy.
So far, my Carch doesn’t have jaw issues.
Because I prefer it in the closed position, if it starts to show a gap, a couple of drops of superglue should help and still leave it easily parted if need be.
Wow you did! I hope that the paint application is every bit as good as the first run! With a scheme this insane, I have concerns for how long it can be maintained. Then again given that GR seems to take the approach of once in a while, they don't have constantly new models to service. FWIW, I think this is the colour to get if you could only get one. The Flame is a nice to have! 😁
I'm glad your model has no jaw issues! On my part, I'm wondering when - if ever - will I get a lipped theropod with perfectly closing jaws !
I found out about this one too late, its out of stock everywhere 😢
Yes that's the sad thing. The really good ones are often sold out fast, and the earlier PNSOs and HLGs that tend to have some gems can hardly be found. Except on the secondary market, and at really high markups.
T. rex is still the largest in terms of mass
Definitely! I think T Rex is so well established, it will take a lot of proof for any contender to make a realistic run at the title.
Can you do feet as well as meters?
Didn't I for this video? I usually give both units of measurement.
Is he made of pvc
I believe it's vinyl.
So they forgot to paint the jaw?
or is it from another figure?
🤣😂😆
I think that this model did not originally have a movable jaw and at the "last minute" of production they decided to do it
It's hard to say. I asked my Chinese contact who is clueless. It almost looks like the parts were manufactured separately, and nobody coordinated the colours, so they were painted separately and then put together with the result here. Hopefully it's just mine, or at least, only my run!
T rex was the biggest by 2 tonnes
I like the other spino color better
Many people didn't like this very flamboyant colour on the Carcharo it seems.