Spidey and his Amazing Friends have jumped onto the dinosaur band wagon, just like many other preschool shows (Paw Patrol, Transformers: Rescue Bots, etc), hence these three LEGO sets targeted at ages 4 and up.
Spidey and Gobby’s Raptor Battle at Tree House HQ.
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog
Continuing with our overview of the 7 inch Cartoon Series by Wing Crown, Stegosaurus is next in line. Like the others in the series, this is simplified in its ‘early tetrapod’, just-walked-out-from-the-water form, with no anatomical intricacies to be found beyond the obligatory plates and tail spikes.
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog
Having recently set the scene for Wing Crown’s Cartoon Series in our introductory review, let’s now take a brief look at another of the figures in the 7 inch dinosaurs set. Parasaurolophus is next on the list, now in some nice warm colors, reminiscent of a sunset sky.
Mapusaurus is a carcharodontosaurid that lived in Argentina during the late Cretaceous and is also one of the largest theropods known. It was only slightly smaller than its close relative, Giganotosaurus, and the skeletal differences between them are minimal. Today we’re looking at Mattel’s Mapusaurus.
Here is the painted prototype of the 1/18 scale Smilodon for Creative Beast Studio’s Beasts of the Cenozoic line.
The colour scheme is clearly inspired by the African lion.
While considerably smaller than the 1/12 scale version intended for the Cyberzoic line, it is just as detailed and still comes with an alternative head.
Review and photos by BlueKrono, edited by DinoToyBlog.
The dinosaurs created by the Marx Toy Company in the 1950s hold a unique title: the first mass-produced plastic dinosaur toys. All others follow in their thunderous footsteps. Previous to the Marx dinos companies like Sell Rite Gifts (SRG) and Mignot had produced dinosaurs in materials like bronze and lead, but these were more intended as mementos to sit on a shelf.
Two 2025 LEGO Jurassic World sets were revealed this past weekend. Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops Skull follows up on this year’s T. rex Skull.
Rather than another fossil footprint, there is a bonebed featuring the skull and ribcage of a Triceratops, along with an aspiring young paleontologist.
Gastonia was discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah, USA. It lived during the Early Cretaceous period from 139 to 134.6 million years ago and is one of the very best known nodosaurids. Its name honours Robert Gaston, an American paleontologist and the CEO of Gaston Design, Inc., which makes and sells skeletal replicas of various dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.
Playmobil’s DINOS line will continue into next year with more spiffy repaints of moulds that date all the way back to 2007.
Velociraptor.
Triceratops.
Spinosaurus.
But wait, here are two brand new dinosaurs! There’s Pachycephalosaurus/Stygimoloch.
And a revamped Brachiosaurus that looks like a major improvement over the old one.
Here’s another of the more exciting additions to Yowie’s Ultimate Dinosaurs series, the Lambeosaurus. I say more exciting because Lambeosaurus is somewhat of a rarity on the toy market, especially in more kid oriented little sets like this. So, at the very least, the addition of this genus into the series helps bring awareness to Lambeosaurus.
The final CollectA reveals for next year have dropped, and they do not disappoint! First up is the massive megaraptoran Maip.
This 1:40 scale Deluxe measures 26 cm long and features a wound on its right shoulder. These are becoming a CollectA trademark.
No confirmation yet as to whether it will have an articulated lower jaw, but that will probably be the case.
