Bandai's "Plannosaurus" model-kit brand encourages you to learn about dinosaurs by assembling them yourself from the skeleton out! Begin with the "skeletal build," assembling the dinosaur's skeleton piece by piece; the "dinosaur build" them allows you to attach the outer skin parts to the skeleton. Nippers and glue are not required, so they're easy to assemble, too! The Brachiosaurus, the super-large sauropod from the late Jurassic period, features the huge nasal cavity on the top of the head and the row of chisel-sharp for biting into plants. The long forelimbs that extend from the shoulders, which are higher than the waist, are recreated as accurately as possible based on fossils. The tail, which is short for a sauropod but is thought to have been a powerful weapon against predators, is also reproduced. |