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Cryolophosaurus (CollectA)
…) and relies on a ram-rod like tail-prop to make it stand up. The Carnegie Cryolophosaurus is ably reviewed by Plesiosauria here so you can compare the two and make up your own mind. Buyers new to the Collecta range should be aware that this Cryolophosaurus, like many of their figures, is quite small in size. The model is about 14cm long, and since the real animal was around 7 metres long, this would make the scale something like 1:50, give or tak…
Cryolophosaurus (Papo)
…s of accur… …the tail, yeah, it’s…interesting, by which I mean impossible. Cryolophosaurus is thought to be the most basal member of tetanurae, a group of theropods classified for several features, including their stiff tails. This pose would have been simply impossible for a Cryolophosaurus to achieve without breaking its tail; it brings to mind the old practice of museum workers breaking dinosaur skeletons to achieve the outdated “kangaroo” trip…
Cryolophosaurus (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)
…eyes somehow seem particularly alert. His body is covered in crisscrossing wrinkles and the musculature in his limbs is well-defined. He also features a small row of osteoderms along his tail and a shaggy mane of feathers on the back of his neck. With the Carnegie Collection Cryolophosaurus. On the whole, I find that Loader the Cryolophosaurus is a pretty cool toy, indeed one of the best of PNSO’s miniatures. I can’t stress enough how much I want…
Cryolophosaurus (Dinosaurs by Schleich)
…n most reconstructions, and while only three neck vertebrae are known from Cryolophosaurus, the size of them would suggest a longer neck. The arms are held in a grabby, rodent-like position which is mostly emphasized by the shape of the fingers. The number of the fingers is correct as Cryolophosaurus is a tetanuran, closely related to Sinosaurus. Both were once believed to be close relatives of Dilophosaurus, but this former classification has bee…
Cryolophosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)
…other figure to look forward to this year. The most distinctive feature of Cryolophosaurus is the transverse fan-like crest situated above the eyes. There are also two low ridges formed by the nasal bones, that run along the top of the narrow skull in front of the crest. These cranial characteristics are beautifully an accurately restored in the Carnegie figure, clearly based on the fossil skull material. In-keeping with its probably function as a…
Cryolophosaurus (Jurassic Hunters by Geoworld)
…o was warmer and host to a large number of dinosaurs, such as the theropod Cryolophosaurus, nicknamed “Elvisaurus” for its phenomenal crest. Several toy companies have recreated this dinosaur, including Geoworld in their first expedition, the subject of this review. As with all my reviews of Geoworld, I will start with the fact card, as this often sees the worst of Geoworld’s largest problem: plagiarism. While I can’t find any art that precisely m…
Cryolophosaurus (DinoWaurs Survival)
…the world of blind bag collectables to see what comes from it! This time, Cryolophosaurus is our focus, a great reptile of Antarctica’s Late Jurassic period. Let’s see if this edition of ‘Elvisaurus’ is a big hunk o’ love, or if we will return to sender. Let’s find out! Once more, we have a little figure, a mere 2.9″ long and 1.5″ high. If it had a few more paedomorphic features, it may make a decent juvenile for a larger line figure. As with the…
Cryolophosaurus (Terra Series by Battat)
…new models. No real need to introduce the species we’re reviewing either. Cryolophosaurus ellioti is a bit of a fan favorite for those of us “in the know” where dinosaurs are concerned. Sure, normal folks may not be familiar with the genus but we’re not normal folks, just look at how excited we are for these toys! Nope, most of us are already familiar with the early Jurassic theropod from Antarctica described in 1994. In fact, most of us probably…
Rajasaurus (CollectA)
…ur toys, usually in the form of Tyrannosaurus Rex but, also in the form of Cryolophosaurus, which is jokingly nick named Elvisaurus, the king of the paleo rock and roll. In 2012 CollectA added to the royal family by releasing a prince into their collection. Rajasaurus which means “princely lizard” was an abelisaurid from India, which lived during the Cretaceous. This predator is similar to Majungasaurus, but it is different from its contemporary b…
Tyrannosaurus rex (2014) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)
…oks less stiff and unnatural than the obvious ‘prop tails’ on the Carnegie Cryolophosaurus and Concavenator. The overall proportions of the body are excellent; the hips are massive, the chest suitably barrel-shaped, and the arms are as tiny as they should be (by no means a given in T. rex toys, in spite of the animal’s reputation). The head appears very large at first glance, but it’s by no means disproportionate for T. rex – ‘Stan’ in particular…
Carnotaurus (2011 Version)(Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)
…down prey and striking like lightning with its lengthy neck. Much like the Cryolophosaurus and Spinosaurus of years gone by, the new Carnotaurus starts in a modest beige base color. Moving up the flanks, the warmer gold and orange continue to the dorsal side, where dark mottled patterns taper back down the body. The effect beckons to our primitive response to fire, crackling flames with plumes of ash and smoke. The patterns are actually reminiscen…
Sinraptor (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)
…rmoeus, Velociraptor, Carnotaurus, T. rex, and it looks like the upccoming Cryolophosaurus, are all guilty as charged. But the Sinraptor (and also the Albertosaurus, to be reviewed soon), show that it should be possible to buck this trend and reconstruct theropods in a more natural pose. This small Sinraptor figure is 17 cm long and quite slender with a long swiping tail. The staggered legs and arms and open mouth give the figure a modest energeti…
Stegosaurus (CollectA)
…dinosaur models (for example, I have written favourable reviews for their Cryolophosaurus and Nothronychus) but this Stegosaurus, (representing one of their older sculpts) is not one of them. I include it on this blog in the hope that one day a full set of reviews for the CollectA dinosaur range will be complete, and also as an utterly gratuitous excuse to include an appalling visual pun to finish with. Stegosaurs, as is well known, took great pr…
Allosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd.)
…apod models that would be released years later like the Giganotosaurus and Cryolophosaurus adopted this same pose pretty much but none have as much of the crazy eyes as Big Al. The sculpt is decent. It has plenty of little wrinkles all over but the teeth could probably afford to have a little more definition. My least favorite thing about this model, however, is by far the paint application. I see this in a lot of older Carnegie models, unfortunat…
Albertosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
…t or hate it. I’m definitely in the love it camp. Between this and the new Cryolophosaurus, along with the 2023 Majungasaurus, Safari’s color palette has gotten increasingly more varied and interesting. This figure is a mix of brown and minty green colors with a pale underside. These colors weave around each other in such a way that although they’re vibrant I feel like the outline of this animal would be hard to discern in the wetland environments…
Ceratosaurus (Papo)
…me of Papo’s other prehistoric releases, namely their Acrocanthosaurus and Cryolophosaurus, boasting such dynamic poses it’s actually nice to see a figure with a more subdued stance. There’s not a lot happening here and, truth be told, that’s far from a bad thing. It’s incredibly likely that this is what Ceratosaurus would have been doing in its natural life, not striking extravagant poses, but simply drifting from one place to another. This more…
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…) Plateosaurus (9) Tylosaurus (9) Anomalocaris (9) Carcharodontosaurus (9) Cryolophosaurus (8) Microraptor (8) Mamenchisaurus (8) Ichthyosaurus (8) Tarbosaurus (8) Coelophysis (8) Yangchuanosaurus (8) Dimorphodon (8) Pentaceratops (8) Megatherium (8) Compsognathus (8) Majungasaurus (8) Coelodonta (8) Suchomimus (7) Troodon (7) Torosaurus (7) Concavenator (7) Woolly rhinoceros (7) Sarcosuchus (7) Rhamphorhynchus (7) Paraceratherium (7) Homo neander…