TYRANNOSAURUS REX - Unboxing Day 2

The inner box is packaged beautifully, wrapped carefully in bubble wrap, surrounded by packing paper. The seller even included a personalized note and a package of Japanese Green Tea…

The product box is gorgeous. As you can see, this is Griffon Enterprises Inc.’s Master Fossil Life Model Series T. rex Tyrannosaurus rex. That’s quite a mouthful, and is just as awkward to remember as it is to say. The pictures adorning all sides of the box appear to be of the product itself, with no stylized caricatures or cg images.

The back of the box lists the sculptor and supervisor names and advertises the height as 410 mm (without base) and 540 mm in length. Apparently, a base is included and the model is made of PVC, Gypsum and EPS (which is expanded poly-styrene), the latter two of which are designed to help balance the model.

It’s time to take a look at the product inside, and I must admit that I’m very nervous. The model was expensive (it’s the most expensive T-Rex I’ve bought, by far), and I’m worried that what I’ll see inside is going to be reminiscent of a Safari product. Everything about the box says otherwise, but I’m still hoping to be pleasantly surprised rather than unfortunately deflated…