Schleich 2015 Anhanguera walkaround

Since I just posted a walkaround for the Kaiyodo Anhanguera, I thought it would be fitting to do the Schleich Anhanguera as well.

Anhanguera was a medium sized pterosaur that lived in the early Cretaceous in what is now Brazil.  It had a 14 foot wingspan and probably ate fish.  It is thought to have had a lifestyle similar to a seabird.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]DSC_8291 by E H, on Flickr
I really like the mane of pycnofibers on its neck.
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Closer view of the head and mouth.  As you can see, the jaw is articulated.
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Other side.
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The wings are too short on this figure.
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This is a nice figure and a pretty accurate representation of Anhanguera.  It is well-sculpted and painted.  It is nice to see these companies give some of the more obscure pterosaurs some attention.

Overall, 8 out of 10.

Very fascinating creature I do not know about this type of dino, but certainly interesting to think of something like that inhabited the sky long time ago.

And another thing is that I really like how Schleich has started to give many of their dinos movable jaws. It seems to work very well for them, and I'd have loved such a feature when I was a kid and played with plastic dinos (had loads of AAA dinos back then)

Great :)

I am glad you're giving a good ponctuation to this figure. I find it unacttrative and a non reasonable morphology for a flying creature. Though, my understanding about it is very limited and it is nice to know that Schleich performed it competently. Thanks again for your great walk around.

Carola wrote:

Very fascinating creature I do not know about this type of dino, but certainly interesting to think of something like that inhabited the sky long time ago.

And another thing is that I really like how Schleich has started to give many of their dinos movable jaws. It seems to work very well for them, and I'd have loved such a feature when I was a kid and played with plastic dinos (had loads of AAA dinos back then)

I agree, it is amazing to think that these amazing creatures flew in the skies eons ago.

I like the movable jaw feature too. It looks especially good on the Papo models.

widukind wrote:

Great :)

Thanks.

Roger wrote:

I am glad you're giving a good ponctuation to this figure. I find it unacttrative and a non reasonable morphology for a flying creature. Though, my understanding about it is very limited and it is nice to know that Schleich performed it competently. Thanks again for your great walk around.

Thanks. I'm glad you like my walkaround.

It's not the greatest pterosaur model out there, but it's decent. My biggest issue with it is that the wings are way too short.

Great walkaround again
This is a typical Schleich, - isn't the head far too big ? It wouldn't be able to fly

I love it when dino-experts show and comment on Schleich models

SUSANNE wrote:

Great walkaround again  
This is a typical Schleich, - isn't the head far too big ? It wouldn't be able to fly

I love it when dino-experts show and comment on Schleich models    

Many pterosaurs had ridiculously huge heads in relation to their bodies. Here's what Anhanguera's skeleton looked like [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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