Everything Dinosaur team members have posted up onto the company’s YouTube channel a video review of the new CollectA Deluxe Giant Short-faced bear model.  The video is a little over nine minutes in length.  It permits viewers to see some of the exclusive images of this new prehistoric mammal model supplied by the manufacturer.  The narrator uses these images to point out some of the features that could not be seen in the official media image.  For example, the figure has a torn right ear and there is a pad on the wrist to indicate the sesamoid bone.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

The CollectA Deluxe Giant Short-faced Bear Model

The figure is a 1:20 scale replica of Arctodus simus.  It stands 17.3 cm tall. As the largest male bears could rear up to a height of 3.4 metres, the 1:20 scale statement is quite accurate.  This new for 2025 prehistoric bear figure measures 9.5 cm in length from the tips of the digits on the outstretched paw to the end of its stubby tail.

It is likely to be in stock at Everything Dinosaur around the end of quarter one or the beginning of quarter two in 2025.

To view the range of CollectA Deluxe figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Life Models.

Mike who narrates the video explained that they try to post up a video review within a week of a new CollectA figure being announced.

Video Contents
0:00 – A Giant Short-faced Bear.
0:32 – Our Exclusive Images!
0:53 – Looking at the Head.
2:07 – Is That a Torn Ear?
2:42 – The Tail and Limb Proportions.
2:59 – The Colour of the Bear!
3:40 – It Stands on Two Legs!
3:56 – Why Chest and Face Markings?
5:52 – Spot the Sesamoid!
7:12 – Congratulations CollectA.
8:00 – In Stock When?
8:33 – Where to Buy?

The new for 2025 CollectA Deluxe giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). The figure has a stated scale of 1:20.

Remarks on the Model’s Colouration

In the video review the narrator comments on the model’s colouration.  It would have been difficult for CollectA to make a brown Arctodus simus model.  Furthermore, giving the figure a black coat would have been tricky.  CollectA already have models of brown bears and black bears in their wildlife series.  The burnished grey colouration helps to differentiate the CollectA Deluxe Giant Short-faced bear model from other figures in the CollectA range.  In addition, the white bib on the chest and the face markings are commented upon in the video.  Perhaps these markings played a role in visual display.  Moreover, these markings could have intimidated predators when the bear reared up onto its hind legs.

We are looking forward to learning more about CollectA new releases.

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