This small outdated ankylosaur mannequin was offered by the Early Studying Centre within the UK within the Nineties. It doesn’t have any model markings, however I’m moderately assured it’s an AAA mannequin based mostly on the model and understanding the sturdy relationship the Early Studying Centre had with AAA. If anybody is aware of in any other case, please let me know. We’ve already reviewed an AAA Euoplocephalus on the DinoToyBlog, however they’re very completely different. So, I’ve added “Early Studying Centre” to the title of this evaluation to distinguish them – I’m undecided which got here first.
The determine is marked “EUOPLOCEPHALUS MADE IN CHINA CE”, so we will be assured of the generic identification. Nonetheless, that is nearly meaningless for the reason that anatomy of this toy is a generic ankylosaur, in a method depicted for a lot of the twentieth century. It has a roof of neat rows of flatish rectangular osteoderms alongside the pinnacle, again, and tail. The armour over the pinnacle is armadillo-like.
This armour plating above is flanked by quick conical spines alongside all sides. These rows are positioned fairly excessive, so the warty pores and skin on the perimeters of the ribcage and stomach is uncovered. The bumpy wart-like pores and skin is typical for AAA fashions and is likely one of the options that makes me assured in regards to the model. The tail ends in a generic oval membership, which it’s swiping to the facet.
The arms and toes all have four-clawed digits. So, that’s one toe too many in every foot, and one finger too few within the arms, though not each digit within the hand of Euoplocephalus had a claw.
This can be a comparatively small mannequin, 11.5 cm lengthy, however nearer to 12 cm as measured alongside the backbone. It has fascinating metallic blue stripes on the armour, and the spines and toes are painted white. In any other case it’s painted gentle brown on what seems to be a pale creamy blue base plastic.
The historical past of AAA dinosaurs is poorly identified. If that is certainly an AAA mannequin it reveals there’s all kinds of figures by this model that might not be marked as such. AAA fashions are typically a notch or two above no-brand Chinasaurs, however nonetheless lack refinement and a spotlight to element, in order that they often fail to impress. And that ends this quick and candy overview of a pleasing sufficient however in any other case unremarkable conventional depiction of an ankylosaur.
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