Earlier than we start the assessment, I wish to thank the beneficiant of us over at ToyMonster for reaching out and sending me a big choice of Captivz figures. Though I used to be informed that I don’t need to assessment all of them I’m going to do my finest to get by way of them anyway, so put together yourselves for lots of Captivz critiques within the coming months!
At present we’re trying on the Pachyrhinosaurus, a model new sculpt from ToyMonster and a part of the Jurassic World: Chaos Idea set. For these unaware, Captivz are blind bag type Jurassic World toys. They arrive in an egg together with slime or kinetic sand and a card or token with battle stats as a way to combat your dinosaurs with different opponents. The dinosaurs include both the pinnacle, tail, or each unattached to avoid wasting area however are simply assembled.
The Captivz Pachyrhinosaurus measures 3.5” (8.89 cm) and stands about 1.5” (3.81 cm) tall on the hips. The determine represents P. lakustai and might be recognized as such due to the presence of three outstanding horns on the midline of the frill, above and behind the eyes. That isn’t the species that options in Chaos Idea, nonetheless. The one from the present represents P. canadensis and lacks these small horns.
At any price, the species issues when scaling the determine as a result of the 2 species grew to completely different sizes. P. lakustai is estimated to have reached 16.4’ (5 meters) in size which places the Captivz determine at about 1/55 in scale.
The Captivz Pachyrhinosaurus has the burly stocky construct that makes Pachyrhinosaurus one among my favourite ceratopsians. It’s introduced in a static pose with the appropriate forelimb barely lifted as if pawing the bottom. The top is barely lowered and the mouth open, giving the determine an appropriately agitated look.
The nasal boss is properly textured with faint grooves and two supraorbital bosses are sculpted above the eyes. Epoccipitals are sculpted alongside the frill edge and atop the frill are two horns that hook outwards and two smaller horns that hook forwards. The general design of the determine is prime tier and largely correct to the actual Pachyrhinosaurus. The one actual inaccuracy I can discover are the palms, that are the 5 clawed elephantine-like palms that each one Jurassic World ceratopsians have however they’re so small that to even level it out feels ridiculous.
The high-quality particulars are jaw dropping on this diminutive toy, a toy that I really feel compelled to remind you is a blind bag toy costing lower than $5. Nostrils are evident on the snout and the frill has a bumpy texture and consists of some texturing on the again as nicely. The physique is roofed in high-quality pebbly scales and wrinkled pores and skin the place applicable, like alongside the torso and limb joints.
The face is drab inexperienced, and the frill is white with a unclean wash over it. Inexperienced stripes run off the face and up onto the frill. The again is pale inexperienced with mild inexperienced speckling till about midway down the torso the place it switches to mottled darkish inexperienced and brown. The underside is white. This tri-color horizontal sample runs throughout all the determine, together with the tail. The nasal boss is darkish inexperienced, matching the darkish inexperienced used on the physique. The eyes are vibrant inexperienced with black pupils.
Shut examination reveals the printing strains on the face however they’re barely noticeable to the bare eye. My solely situation with the paint job is that the colours on the pinnacle piece don’t match up precisely proper with these on the physique however this paint job is total spectacular given the dimensions and worth level of this determine.
I really feel odd making this declare, however I feel this is likely one of the finest Pachyrhinosaurus figures out there! It’s fairly correct to the actual animal with a bulked-up construct befitting its genus, and it’s impressively detailed and painted. That stated, it’s not correct to the present’s Pachyrhinosaurus, which frankly makes little distinction to me however must be talked about. When you’re a fan of Pachyrhinosaurus or ceratopsians normally, you don’t wish to miss this one. Chaos Idea Captivz figures are at present in manufacturing however if you need a assured Pachyrhinosaurus you’ll have to take a look at eBay or look to commerce with different collectors.
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