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 Iguanodon
Out
of the box review!
 This was the first add-on kit that I
was really excited about.
When I saw pictures of the sculpt and the kit, I
was really drooling for it.
Unfortunately, at the time, there was no way I
could swing the cash for it.
I was so happy when I found out it was going to
be issued again!
It's just so cool. The pose, the look, the
textures, the size!
I will warn you now. Some of the
pictures are not that good. Others were
completely unusable.
I was so psyched when it came in the mail, I
didn't take time to properly set up everything
for close-up shots. I hope it won't be too long
until I find the time to do a re-shoot.
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The kit is 15 pieces.
3 piece base, nameplate, body, 2 legs, 2 arms, 2
tail pieces, head, jaw, tree, and little snake..
It is molded in some great colorful resin that
really helps give it the fun feel that is so
important to making it feel like part of the
line. Having most of the pieces roto-cast also
helps with that.
The parts being hollow really give it the feel of
a true Aurora.
the worm / snake / bug (whatever it is) is a nice
touch.
It's one of those little things that really are
not needed, but at the same time just help make
the whole thing feel complete.
 
 
The legs and arms have locating pins build right
into the molding to make things easier.
I'm not sure, but I think, theoretically that you
could just drill into the body and and keep
things poseable. Though, I don't know how well it
will work in practice.
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The tail is in 2 sections.
 
 
Just like the rest of this kit, the tail has lots
of great detail and textures.
Quite a variety of textures actually. The
smoother underside. The pebbley scales, and the
cool spikes along the back.
And, as with everything else, it is designed to
make it very easy to put the pieces right into
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The head is awesome!
Great detail and texture. Somewhat vicious
expression to the face.
Very easy to put the jaw into place also. I could
almost get it to stay there all on it's own.
The only thing is, that I might add a bit more
teeth to the top portion of the mouth. The jaw
has some great teeth in it, but the roof of the
mouth they are a little smaller. Probably due to
casting limitations. There is already a whole lot
going on there, so longer / bigger teeth probably
just were not possible.
On to the body.
Here you can get an idea just how big this kit
actually is.
As you can see, it is a very nice size. Which
makes the amount of detailing even more
impressive. With tons of paint possibilites.
 
 
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Here is the tree that goes on the base.
About the only piece I would really call fragile
in the whole kit.
The branches are thin, and it does need to be
handled with a bit of care.
But that said, you can see there was no slacking
on the detail here either.
 
The base is massive and comes in 3 pieces.
Again, lots of detail and texture.
Though I think this is also where the most putty
work is going to be needed.
The gaps where the parts come together are a
little on the "very obvious" side.
So you are going to need to do some work to make
it look great.
 
Here are some more shots of just some of the
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If you noticed. I
didn't really mention anyting about seams until I
got to the base.
That's because there really aren't any to deal
with on this kit.
Sure, you are going to have some work, where the
pieces go together.
But the joints seem so tight to me, that I don't
think it is going to be that big a deal.
I really didn't notice any mold lines to deal
with either. I am sure I will find a few with my
first coat of primer, but they are going to be
small. As I couldn't find them when looking for
them on the raw resin. And there were no bubbles
or pin holes to be found either.So, in
summary. This kit lived up to all my expectations
and then some.
About the only way it could really have been any
better would have be if it were a styrene kit.
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And
now with instruction sheet!
  
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