Evaluation and photographs by Torvosaurus, edited by Suspsy.
Howdy from fantastic, windy Wyoming! Immediately we’ll check out the Honourable Lead Boiler Go well with (HLBS) Protoceratops. This evaluation might be a comparatively quick evaluation, as there isn’t a lot to this determine, which was made someday in the course of the Nineteen Nineties.
The mannequin is 1.5/8 inches (4 cm) lengthy, putting it at 1/53 scale utilizing a size of seven toes for Protoceratops. That is the smallest HLBS determine in my assortment. My spouse truly has key fobs which are bigger. The physique is brief with a reasonably thick, outward stretched tail. The again legs are longer than the entrance legs. Every of the toes has 4 toes, which is ok for the again toes however incorrect for the entrance ones, which ought to have 5 toes. There are not any precise unguals sculpted on any of the toes. Contemplating that your complete foot is simply 3/32 inch (2 mm) lengthy, its truly stunning they had been in a position to get 4 toes sculpted.
The determine is in a mouth open pose, as if it’s calling to different Protoceratops in its herd. The top is giant in comparison with the physique, appropriately. It may use a shorter beak, because the beak is prolonged towards the entrance and provides the pinnacle an “overbite,” and it makes the pinnacle too lengthy. The top has enlarged jugal bones and the frill extends properly over the again. The top doesn’t have a boss on the nostril nor bosses above the eyes. The nostril boss may have been added, however the two forehead bosses most likely couldn’t be added contemplating the dimensions of the mannequin.
The mannequin got here as a single piece, unpainted mannequin. It’s all white metallic. HLBS at present has a Protoceratops determine on its website, however it’s totally different from this mannequin. It might probably often be discovered on eBay.
I bought this Protoceratops as a result of I wanted to spherical out my HLBS assortment. It’s pretty correct contemplating the dimensions of the determine. Immediately, I wouldn’t go on the lookout for it on eBay, however I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase it if I got here throughout it for affordable elsewhere. It could be a great determine for ceratopsian collectors who don’t thoughts a really, very small determine.
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