Love the commentary on color!! Informative and presented in a way that makes the concept easier to understand. Thank you!

Really useful facts about pigmentation, thank you!.

To make it look more natural, I love to see some scars on its body. For a giant like this who's been through some rough times, it should have some scars to prove its toughness. This looks so damn near perfect. I'm in love. And thank you for that lesson about skin color. I never knew that, and it never even crossed my mind. This is why I always say I learn so many new things by watching your precious videos. Even though most of our collectors adore Beast of the Mesozoic figures, I'm not a huge fan of them. Mainly because of their color schemes. And, of course, those unnatural joints. Either way, this figure wins again. Unarguably, it's the best Mamenchisaurus figure out there.

Excellent explanation about the blue colloration, as always, thanks for all we can learn by hearing you DinoDragons. Greets from Argentina.

The unfortunate thing is, blue, in nature, is exceptionally rare among large vertebrates (even the "blue whale" is more of a grey, and only LOOKS blue in the water). In fact, I can think of NO extant vertebrates over 100 kg in body mass which are truly BLUE. So, it seems in light of that a bit improbable that sauropods, much as I LOVE the look, would BE truly blue. Wh evidence we do have for skin pigmentation in Diplodocus, however, which is at least a sauropod, suggests an earthy yellow hue - maybe like a rusty brownish-yellow, not banana or lemon yellow, but muted. The GOOD news for us of course is that since it's very hard if not impossible to discern true skin color in an extinct animal, lacking exceptional skin preservation, we can speculate all we want and it's somewhat unlikely that said speculation - barring really incredible preservation under special circumstances - will be disproven any time soon .PLUS, with Diplodocus being a color that frankly you ALSO don't see a lot in 100kg + extant vertebrates (I suppose some crocs can have a yellowish undertone to their scales), it does open that door to other hues on the "brighter" and more fanciful side of things than a mere grey, brown or dark green. Sauropods, as adults, PROBABLY did not COMPLETELY change color palates from when they were young - some of it likely carried over into adulthood - but once big enough to deter all but the most determined and largest predators, they could likely AFFORD a splash of color here and there - probably in a highly visible location, high up, like...the neck and along the dorsal region. Then again, the biggest animals TODAY tend to be FAIRLY monochromatic - they have just one color dominating, maybe some countershading, but that tends to be it, with the exception the spots on a giraffe or speckles on some crocodilians. By and large though, conservatism with color seems to be dominant in large terrestrial MODERN vertebrates and I suspect the same is likely true for sauropods: one dominant color throughout but perhaps with some lighter shade on the underbelly and possibly a splash of red or something catchy on the head or throat. Elephants are kind of just brown-grey. So are rhinos. Giraffes have spots, but only two colors dominate. Of the living terrestrial archosaurs, however, we DO have some FAIRLY large taxa like the Cassowary which has a BRIGHT blue to its face and neck region - so certainly, even though it's a bit of an exception among the earth-toned ground-running birds that exceed 60kg (ostriches, emus and rheas are all fairly earth-toned or black). But it's also important to note that there ARE no direct allegories living today for giant sauropod dinosaurs. An elephant, giraffe, a crocodile, an ostrich, NONE of them are really occupying the same niche (moving mountain capable of changing entire landscapes who are also scaly-skinned non-avian archosaurs) - and in general scaly animals tend to exhibit more color variation than furry or scale-less animals (I've seen bright red lizards, neon green snakes, yellow and blue and almost purple - but mammals are with a few exceptions - baboons - pretty muted and I've never seen a bright blue, neon green or magenta mammal) - so I'm prepared to accept the possibility that they were very different from large Africa herbivores or even crocs and birds.

Another fantastic video. I love the thoroughly researched scientific content of all your vlogs. We're waiting for these figures to come into stock with Everything Dinosaur here in the UK. Like you I will be going for brown and blue. Hope the throat feels better soon. Thanks.

So, I watched Part 1 and was glad to see that the figure was much better than released images. I was considering the green but, like you, there’s enough green in my collection and most of it from HLG. The color plus patterns will begin to just blend on the shelf. The blue, even as a limited collectible, wasn’t my cup of tea so, I ordered the brown and looking forward to it. Pigmentation and how it’s acquired is really fascinating and the flamingo has always been the standard example of this process. Doesn’t mean there weren’t blue dinosaurs but that was a color that may have been common amongst the feathered dinos and probably harkens to a continued physiological process within extant birds we have today, many of whom sport blue or blue-ish feathers. Great work, as always. Looking forward to the comparisons. Take care and feel better. Aaannnd….great job on covering the pneumatic workings within the neck vertebrae. The counterbalancing act of certain sauropods is so amazing given the neck/body, tail ratios. Rest the voice.

I can't wait to get mine soon

Excelente información sobre la causa de distintos colores en los animales 😁🙌 Aunque la variante azul es poco plausible, es una versión muy hermosa 👌 Tú decías que el color azul es es tu color favorito, ¿entonces veremos el stegosaurus azul de Haolonggood en alguna Review? 👀

(late)May the fourth be with you! I was also waiting for your in-hand reviews of both brown and blue versions, yet the blue is a true eye-catching scheme. I think it will arrive at the same time as my late sea shipping purple Alamosaurus, so that would make a good timing. Highly speculative, yet it will be amazing to be displayed in a Shaximiao formation collection with the upcoming HLG Huayangosaurus and last year's Y.magnus 'Dapeng'. Get well soon and thanks for the review!

Totalmente de acuerdo contigo en tus argumentos sobre los colores de estos animales. Es un tema extensamente comentado entre nuestras amistades amantes de la paleo y que tiene todo el sentido del mundo. Me alegra ver que somos de la misma opinión al respecto 😊

I've not heard anything about scale type affecting structural colour before, do you have any further reading on that? :o My (fairly surface level) understanding was that since it occurs at the nano scale and that it occurs in feathers, which themselves are just derived dino scales, and mammal skin so frequently it would probably be quite widespread among dinosaurs too.

Damn, i was hoping for the comparisons... Well, still very useful. I may go for the brown one. I do like the browns and greys on my giant sauropods.

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You'd better have that Nanotyrannus in the size comparison! I'm watching you...