Three questions about three models

[greendog]

1) The 1988 Carnegie brachiosauruses have an extra thickness under the "Brachio" label on their undersides; does anyone know why this is? Did they correct a typo in the mold?

2) The 2008 Bullyland Giganotosaurus has an underside label saying 1:20, a tag that says 1:30, and at about 14 inches long, might be close to 1:40 in length. Which scale is it supposed to be?

3) Our recently acquired Collecta Irritator doesn't stand up; is this a common problem with the model or is ours defective?

Thanks for any info on any of these items!

[ikessauro]

Can't help on the brachio or giga subject, but my Irritator stands perfectly. But I have to say that some of the other theropods, like Liliensternus or Lourinhanosaurus are a pain in the ass, they keep falling and even after I corrected the feet position with hot water, they keep falling. It's really annoying.

[gwangi]

My brachiosaurus has the same raised letters but I don't know why. My Bullyland figures all say 1:30 as well despite the tags having a different scale listed on them. I'm just as curious for answers as you.

[Horridus]

Bullyland always seem to claim that their figures are 1:30, but a lot of them most certainly aren't (like the Giraffatitan).

[Libraraptor]

My Irritator stands quite well.

[sbell]

I find that my Irritator doesn't always stand well either--I have to occasionally reinforce the hot water treatment on the feet. My Liliensternus and Lourinhanosaurus are the same way. I think this is what happens when they don't oversize the feet to make a bipedal dinosaur.

[postsaurischian]

My Irritator and Liliensternus both stand perfectly.
I was thinkinking CollectA found the perfect formulation, but obviously I was just lucky.

[greendog]

Thank you all for your replies! I've checked the bottom of my Giganotosaurus and it definitely says 1:20, despite the tag that says 1:30. At that scale, giganotosauruses would be just 23 feet long; hardly living up to their name! There's a picture here



showing the raised letters under the "brachio" part of the label. It seems like a last-minute change, as if they fixed a typo. It's surprising that so much effort is put into making such beautiful models, yet they make mistakes in the label (like in the "Ambelodon" spelling of Amebelodon). (Maybe in this case they fixed it lol.)

[gwangi]

My Brachiosaurus that has the raised letters is the grey one so if it was a last minute change it carried through the various generations of the figure.