Prehistoric Dinosaur Models: Paulwun The Dakosaurus 5"

Love how the Tylosarurus figure looks and the details.

Beautiful impressive and my dad loved it. Has great quality and more detail than you would expect when you look at the underside.

The sculpt of this beast is impressive--a plausible, personality-filled reconstruction of a long extinct marine reptile. Same with the thoughtful, realistic paint job. It's truly a delight to behold. Worth noting: this won't make a good toy for younger kids (maybe 12 and under). It's a fairly rigid display piece. Though exceptionally well crafted and suitable for collection and educational purposes, it is not an ideal plaything for youngsters.

Look, it's expensive. I get it. But this is so high quality that it could bring a nerd like me to tears. It is so worth the money. The realism is off the charts, it's beautifully sculpted. I truly wish I could afford everything they sell, because they are all true works of art. Indulge your inner child if you find yourself, like me, daydreaming about these forever before taking the price plunge.

Great model and decent size. The first of my two issues with the model are the scratches that are across the body. I was told they are intentional but they just look like scratches in the paint. My second issue is that they only gave the shark four gill slits. For a company that takes such extraordinary care to ensure high levels of accuracy with their models, this is a disappointing, and surprising, oversight.

I collect and review Dunkleosteus models, and this is my new favorite. Except for the dorsal fin being too far back (recent material from Morocco puts it further forward), I think the details here are correct or very close to it, considering we don't have fossils of the complete creature. It flows like a real animal, not like a static model: you could hang this in a fish tank and most people wouldn't notice anything amiss at first look. The color is necessarily speculative but highly believable. Little details some modelers pass over, like the wrinkles where the fins join the body, are all here. Uniquely among affordable models, the skull tips up as the jaw moves down, creating a more realistic simulation of the way this giant actually fed. It's superb work.

This thing is awesome, super realistic.

Beautiful figure with a very nice color scheme.