I voted. This was certainly not easy to pick only ten let me tell you, made all the harder from not only a good selection from brands such as Safari Ltd and CollectA of some often neglected species, but also with the first of the Beasts of the Mesozoic, and with Mattel having acquired the Jurassic World license and blowing it out of the water, harkening back to what Kenner did by having a mostly in scale line with hunans and vehicles in addition to the vast plethora of species. I'm pretty sure Vitae was new on the scene too, and if I recall correctly this was also when PNSO came back on the scene after some troubling time.
The first three of the ten figures I picked included the Beasts of the Mesozoic Dromaeosaurus (fan's choice, though I think the brown variant is missing from the poll which I would have went with but I still love this one very much so it is fine), the Velociraptor mongoliensis (the first one made after all), and while it was hard to pick a third (especially out of all the accessory packs, including what are often neglected species), I ultimately went with the Troodon/Mountain pack, as that ended up the favorite of my bunch, not only because of the snowy theme, but because of the plants it features (such as that large Arucaria tree, and the other one of those, the fern, I did ask about if it could be included, which David thankfully pulled off). It also did unfortunately run into the trouble of the genus becoming a nomen dubium. As such the figure going forward has been renamed Stenonychosaurus, since most of what it was based on came from the remains of that genus. Additionally figures of troodontids in general are unfortunately rare to see made (although again same goes for those other accessory pack species except Microraptor). I picked the Velociraptor as it was the first figure's prototype that I had seen back in March of 2016, on reddit. I had no idea of what was to follow, and what I would end up with in addition to that particular figure, which is also the first of its kind, a highly detailed and articulated and up to date dinosaur action figure. The Dromaeosaurus (either color), quickly became one of my favorites. Not only was this the first dromaeosaurid discovered and named, which was sadly neglected when it came to figures made, but something about the colors and head shape also appealed to my interest in the Jurassic Park raptors, despite these being feathery. While the figures did have a few issues (in my case) when I finally received them, overall they've been a blast to pose and display.
The next two I picked were the CollectA Estemmenosuchus and Iguanodon. One is of a much neglected and fascinating Permian (and Paleozoic) animal. The Iguanodon is certainly far from the first of its kind but it is easily one of the nicest and accurate made. It also is much larger then the Safari Ltd one which provides a nice option for those that would have liked a bigger figure of this genus.
My next three went to Mattel. As someone who has spared no expense with collecting this line, I would be a fool not to vote for some of them at least. After Hasbro's rather poor handling (and poor distribution and thus poor sale) of the license back in 2015 after how long fans had waited for Jurassic World to release due to its troubling history, the bar was dropped so low (with permanent wounds on one side and screw holes on the other, and bad quality control for most figures), that anything could have gone with Mattel being given the license after it was pulled from Hasbro. Thankfully Mattel went all out with (mostly) movie accurate sculpts, a line (mostly) in scale, and featured various humans and vehicles in addition to the prehistoric creatures, often having lots of articulation and fun gimmicks. Again picking only a couple of these was no easy feat. I ultimately picked the Carnotaurus, the Mosasaurus, and Legacy Spinosaurus. I fell in love with the Carnotaurus and Mosasaurus after seeing both leaked prior to the toys being revealed at NY Toy Fair the next year, and even more so at their reveal there, and of course once I finally was able to buy them. They were also among the first of a collection that has expanded a whole lot more since. And while not completely accurate the Carnotaurus comes close, which is a plus to me as Carnotaurus is one of my favorite dinosaurs. It would be a shame if I were to not mention the rubbery skin of the Mosasaurus, a nice tribute to the older Kenner figures that often had that, which was an often desired and requested feature by fans for a long time. I picked the Spinosaurus, because despite its controversial release and poor distribution, and while it isn't perfect in its likeness to the JPIII Spinosaurus, it is very nice to have another large option for this creature as the previously animatronic one by Hasbro is quite rare (and expensive) to come by these days. The articulation on it is a bonus too.
My last two votes (which again wasn't easy with the phenomenonal selection) went towards the Safari Ltd American Mastodon, a beautiful and intricately detailed figure of a ling neglected Pleistocene mammal, and the Safari Ltd Regaliceratops, on account of it being the second figure of this relatively recently published ceratopsian that quickly became one of my favorites after finding out about it due to the distinctive crown like shape of frill. I also like the color scheme on it as the eye spots on its frill.
Lastly, as I only had ten votes to work with, I may as well mention my next ten runner up's which are:
-Beasts of the Mesozoic Buitreraptor/Wetlands pack (a nice and accurate figure of a neglected species. All the plants in that pack are a must have too, and the base is quite lovely with the broken cycad and muddy water)
-Beasts of the Mesozoic Mononykus/Desert pack (again a nice figure of a neglected species, and it also comes with a dandy Protoceratops skull perfect to pair with any of the Velociraptor figures in this line)
-CollectA Dunkleosteus (perhaps my favorite figure of this genus so far, even if the reconstruction of the tail is out of date, but at least they tried to give it more of a shark like shape, rather then it being fully eel like. Also props for the plates not being white like on so many other figures)
-Mattel Battle Damage Blue (I've brought this figure with me to so many places, so it now has sentimental value to me, aside from loving the movie accurate paint scheme and articulation, especially the neck)
-Mattel Battle Damage Stygimoloch (ditto)
-Papo Acrocanthosaurus (I realize it is a repaint but it is by far their better version of it, with that stunning exotic color scheme, that looks far more natural)
-PNSO Anchiornis (finally an accurate model of this genus with so much fossil evidence that we have a good understanding of what it's life appearance would have been like)
-Safari Ltd Ankylosaurus (which became sadly slightly out of date before it was released)
-Safari Ltd Triceratops (finally an accurate take of this genus that takes the discovered integument into account, though unpublished, while being highly affordable)
-Safari Ltd Hyaenodon (a nice model of this ferocious predator, and possibly the only non retired one of it now)
Edit: Fixed typos.
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