Collecta 2019: DINOSAURS - Baryonyx Deluxe 1 by 40 scale (88856)

I've just got this good news from Collecta:

"Baryonyx which stands for heavy claw.

Early Cretaceous era 130-125 million years ago in England and parts of Europe. It was a member of the Spinosauridae family. It was primarily a fish eater as its teeth and notched jaws were specially adapted for catching fish. However the first example found had a young Iguanodon bones in its stomach which means it was probably omnivorous when food presented itself. It is possibly the same species as Suchomimus with which it shares great similarities. Like our earlier Deluxe model, we have given the Baryonyx longer neural or back spines than the official reconstruction in the Natural History Museum at Kensington has. Their fossil has damaged neural spines but vertebrae discovered on the Isle of Wight some years ago suggest that the animal had much longer ones than was originally thought. We have based the arrangement of tail scutes on those of crocodilians and we have also given him webbed back feet."

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Ready for a hug! I suspect it will be very well accepted among dino collectors. The pose is amazing very good balance and detail. We can see already a school of fish flying away from the terrible bary.

Marvellous model

I need to see some other angles, but for now I really like the bulky Baryonyx.
Like Roger says: Ready for a hug!
And maybe a french kiss too?