#94: PNSO 2020 Miragaia (Rosana) Review
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- Опубликовано: 20 дек 2020
- Erratum:
I've mentioned elsewhere that geography isn't my strongest knife in the drawer and I think it's time I sharpen it! Thanks to viewer Bernardo Filipe, who pointed out that the map I used to show Miragaia is actually incorrect.
There are two Miragaias in Portugal, the one where the actual dinosaur is from. The correct one should be the the actual village of Miragaia closer to the City of Lourinhã (aka the Capital of Dinosaurs of Portugal). The Miragaia in my video is a small neighbourhood in the city of Porto, and has nothing to do with the dinosaur except in name.
Inicidentally, Bernardo Filipe is a really talented paleoartist as well. I love his black and white illustrations on Instagram. Look him up!
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I’ve used the word “beautiful” for many PNSO dinosaurs. But while in those contexts, there are laymen who would call me crazy, for this dinosaur, not even the most uninterested layman could disagree.
This Miragaia is one of PNSO’s most beautiful pieces yet. It has the same quality of its previous stegosaur, Tuojiangosaurus, and far obliterates that of its previous Stegosaurus. PNSO has taken great creative licence in its conjecture in the shape of the plates and spines, while not neglecting the rest of the animal with a poverty of detail and texture.
The proportions are very nicely captured, and what would normally be the showcase of this animal, the neck, isn’t lost in the splendour that is the array of plates. The result is a total package of beauty, not a one trick pony of plates. If there is a top 3 of MUST HAVES from PNSO, this certainly takes up one spot!
I know this video is at the least 1 year old.
But small fact checking.
There's two Miragaias in Portugal, the one where the actual dinosaur is from.
The true and actual village of Miragaia that sits closer to the City of Lourinhã (also know as the Capital of Dinosaurs of Portugal).
The Miragaia you just showed on video its actually just a small neighborhood called Miragaia right in the middle of the city of Porto, that sadly has nothing to do with the actual dinosaur.
Other than that everything you said is right! Great video.
Thank you Bernardo! I will put a correction in my descriptoin immediately.
Also, I love your art! Your illustration of Nasutoceratops is my favourite 😁
@@DinosDragons Sadly you must have mistaken me for another Bernardo...
But I gladly appreciate your kindness regardless, but I will give you some insight on me.
I occasionally volunteer and work with the Museum of Lourinhã, being a fossil preparator, been there for 3 years now. Prepared lots of pterosaur tracks, worked on a sauropod's foot, a nodosaurid and also on another local predator of the area Lourinhãnosaurus.
But I really did enjoy the video you did on one of our local dinosaurs.
"Excelente trabalho!"
Another great review! And another great figure from PNSO. Talk about a reenergized company. Looking forward to the T. rex. And yes, Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas William! I think it would be a most welcome new year gift to open 2021 with that amazing specimen! It definitely looks like an improvement over the previous incarnation of Wilson!
Another fantastic review!! And another one that might just make me change my mind about buying it. Miragia to me has always been so speculative with its form that I haven’t been willing to add anything of significance to my collection, but this might just be it thanks to you!
I tend to resist the temptation to buy a model that is based on too fragmentary remains, unless it's an exceptional work of art and this thing is beautiful! You definitely won't be thinking too much of anything else once you have it in hand!
Much of previous reconstructions seem to borrow from Dacentrurus, but there seems to be evidence that it's a different animal. The Costa 2019 paper is a most excellent read for a boring afternoon at about 120 pages long but makes a good argument for its validity. Also check out the Miragaia Project on Facebook!
@@DinosDragons wow! Even your comments are super informative! Thank you. I actually will see if I can find that paper. It’s a very interesting animal.
Oh, and Happy Holidays to you!
Can’t wait to see you review the new PNSO Winter Wilson!
Thank you Michael and to you too! I can't wait to get my hands on that tubby T rex, it looks absolutely wonderful!
@@DinosDragons I just wish it had lips.
@@michaelkawano1951 Haha there are reasons why PNSO decided not to include them as I will explain in my review 🙂
As someone who could never find the Carnegie Miragaia for sale for a decent price I’ll definitely picking this beauty up
I wasn't aware that that was in such demand now. I can't for the LIFE of me imagine where mine is!
@@DinosDragons i call Rosana the Miragaia "Rosie".
Very good video and beautiful Miragaia!!! Thank you very much for making these incredible videos, they have really helped me when choosing which figure to buy, looking forward to see you review of the new wilson T.rex.
My absolute pleasure Pez! That was one of my intentions for this channel, to review figures that either help people decide what to get, and if they already have it, highlight points of interest to appreciate.
I guess with PNSO offering so many one after another, some choice needs to be made, but I would say if I had to choose only 5, this Miragaia would definitely be in there!
Amazing piece. 💯🙌🥇🏆
It is absolutely stunning!
Wow, Miragaia has changed so much (compared to the old carnegie safari figure). What a nice name too, love it.
It's certainly a beautiful figure and I love the name too! Something classy and classical about it!
It looks so elegant, I'm planning to get it with others pnso models real soon
Excellent you definitely will not regret it! The actual colours are even more impressive when you see it up close!
Great review. Beautiful!
Thanks Rik! It's even more amazing in hand. Hope you're getting this one!
@@DinosDragons On its way with the two hadrosaurs I had to have.
@@rikbryan9709 You absolutely will love them. They are stunning and more so in person!
I’ve heard about this Stegosaur. I even saw it on Dinotasia AKA Dinosaur Revolution. Along with a larger Predator Torvosaurus.
If you like Torvosaurus, check out the CollectA 1:40 Deluxe Torvosaurus. It's beautiful!
@@DinosDragons Oh yeah, I’ve heard of that CollectA Figure. Very recently since it showed up. Especially the Saurophaganax too.
This figure is amazing. Btw, have you seen the new PNSO T rex? It looks very good.
It certainly does and I can't wait to get my hands on it! 😁
Cool spikes
The spikes and plates both! 😀
have you got the latest PNSO Stego with baby? can you compare to Rebor Stegosaurus garden too in your review?
Yes although there was a delay. I did a comparison to the Rebor Stegosaurus at the end of my review video.
This miragaia is actually so good, i will be definetely picking it up. Also once/if u review the new winter wilson could u make a comparison of it next to the eofauna giganotosaurus and/or PNSO Doyle the triceratops if u own those?
I definitely will do that! I don't own the Doyle though... have always hoped they would have a new improved version also in the 1:35 scale.
@@DinosDragons Great thank you! I remember seeing a blue limited version somewhere (only 100 models I believe), and it actually looked good in person but it went for $120+ which is extremely overpriced
@@ToxicMidget21 The first few runs will be hard to get for a good price, and if recent experiences by myself and others are representative, it seems that later runs will have much poorer colour application than the first runs. So it pays to get these as soon as they are released.
As someone who is Portuguese, i can only say that the interpretation of the name Miragaia is, at least, very colourful. In fact, my home town is Gaia, wich name comes from an old setlement, Calle, already ancient when the Romans came here. The city Gaia has borders with the city Porto (meaning Port, portus in latin), wich names combined, Potus and Calle are the origin of the name Portugal (Port of Calle, portus Calle, because that was exactly what it was, although some place Calle where the modern city of Porto is, although in an ancient Roman itinerary Calle is placed in the territory of modern Gaia). There's also a part of Porto called Miragaia, meaning a place from where you see (mira) Gaia, although the name of the stegosaurid comes from another land called Miragaia in the south. Anyways, the plates (splates, as a Portuguese paleontologist who is involved in Miragaia's study calls them) are supposed to be based on more recent material found.
Wow thanks Antônio! Geography has never been my strong suit, and you've painted such a clear picture that I can imagine it clearly. We tried contacting the paleontologist to ask his opinion of the plates, but unfortunately did not hear from them. The Miragaia project is the MG4863 specimen, but as far as I know that one didn't have plates. If you have any further reference on this, I would be very grateful!
@@DinosDragons Unfortunately, i don't have much on that, except for a comment from a Portuguese paleontologist in Facebook, regarding Pnso's Miragaia figure, where he replies to my comment about the figure being "wildly speculative" about the plates. And that was exactly what he claimed, that although the figure is not based on the latest reconstruction it is very accurate still, based on more material found. I'm not sure, but maby those comments are available on everything dinosaur's Facebook page, on the Miragaia's release fotos.
@@DinosDragons Yep, that's where it is, just checked. I'm under the name "Amândio Rocha", my first and last names. Sorry if i can't provide more information.
@@antoniorocha3967 No worries at all, I'm always excited when viewers point me to something interesting. That's how I learn more and more! Thanks and Merry Christmas!
@@DinosDragons i also am portuguese, well, azorian i live on the arquipelago, anf i hqve a miragaia toy, you have shown mine on the video, but it has a different color. vbut this is way better
Greetings. Is it in scale 1:20 or it is has changed with new studies or similar?
As far as I know, the size estimate for this is still abou 6m to 6.5m. So I think it would still be around the 1:28 I calculated for this model.
@@DinosDragons thanks for answering 👍
*This Was A "beautiful" video*
And i like it
Hahah thank you for your beautiful reply! 😁😁
I thougjt this was a rely?
Just wait till you see their new rex! It's amazing! Even if it's not the most accurate
It lacks lips among other things but I still feel like it’s one of, if not the most accurate rex figure currently on the market with its bulky build and derpy face included.
people also said the scales were still too large, at least he isnt as bumpy as their last rendition. I also feel like his head is a little small though that could just be me.
It's certainly amazing and I'd be most keen to see how the proportions actually shape up in hand. I note all your thoughts, and I also am a little puzzled as to how prominent they've chosen to make the antorbital fenestra.
@@DinosDragons Recently photos were released of the production run for the tyrannosaurus and the antorbital fenestrae isnt as obvious as on the promo pics can lead you to believe.
7:27 👀
🤣 You caught me! 🤭
Apparently bent/warped thagomizers is not an uncommon issue on the Miragaia figure.
Unfortunately I've heard the same from other colletor as well. It's really challenging because in order to reduce warp they'd have to use a much harder material, but then that wouldn't be too safe. On the other hand like with the Tuojiangosaurus the spikes will keep in place better but are actually almost dangerously sharp.
I call Rosana the Miragaia "Rosie"
Haha it's nice to have some affection for our figures!
pnso is out here releasing beautiful figure after beautiful figure
Yes and not caring too much about our wallets it would seem! 😂
Is it 1/35th scale?
No it's not. I estimate about 1:28.
Pnso mosasarus
I'm thinking of it! It's one of my favourite models and I will probably review that once this current neverending wave of figures subsides a little!
You've seen the new Tyrannosaurus?
Yup, tubby terror and it would make a good welcome to 2021! Better than the original Wilson for sure!
By any chance are you dinosdragon on carousell. Sg?