maanantai 10. huhtikuuta 2017

Diggin' up Dinos

Checking out two different types of excavation kits!



This one cost 2 € I think, and for that price you will get a laughably small and ugly lil' dino figure. The whole thing looks very uninspired. For something as cheap as this, the sculpt is acceptable, but the paint job is dull as hell. But hey, it's for kids! They don't care!



These ones have a skeleton to dig out, goodie! The price was somewhere between 3-4€ per egg, I can't remember the exact number. These kits are far more your money's worth than the previous one.  There are surprisingly many parts of the skeleton fitted inside and it will actually take you some time to dig them all out. I had the parts soaking in water for a while to get the last bits of clay/plaster out that was stuck between tiny spaces. 


I do have something to nitpick about. There were no instructions how to put these together and their species are not named anywhere. I recognize the one on the top is a T-Rex, but the one below? I don't know.... Giganotosaurus? Carcharodontosaurus? Something else?
It irks me that the bottom one's bones are in two different colors. Either one would have been fine, but mixed? Nope. (I like the lighter color better than the brown).  And why didn't this one get a stand like the T-Rex did!?