I generally don’t have favorable opinions about the Jurassic World trilogy, but I’ll give them credit for one thing: reinstating Mosasaurus as the A-List paleo-media star it deserves to be. Mosasaurus has been a staple of Mesozoic media since its discovery two centuries ago now; but thanks to its prominent appearances in the Jurassic World films, the mighty quasi-lizard of the ocean has been thrust front and center into widespread fame once again.
Age: Cretaceous
Review: Euhelopus (1:35 Science and Art Model by Haolonggood)
5 (4 votes)
In the last several years, the toy dinosaur community has seen an exponential increase in figures of dinosaurs discovered in China, driven mainly by the prolific China-based companies PNSO and Haolonggood. Today we looking at the first dinosaur seriously scientifically investigated from China, the sauropod Euhelopus zdanski of the early Cretaceous.
Review: Stygimoloch (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Hammond Collection by Mattel)
5 (2 votes)
With its crown of thorny spikes and a name meaning “demon from the river Styx”, Stygimoloch is one of the coolest dinosaurs around. Too bad then that many consider it to be a juvenile of Pachycephalosaurus or a different species of Pachycephalosaurus.
Review: Velociraptor “Blue” (Jurassic World: Dominion)(Movie Mates by Wow! Stuff)
2 (2 votes)
Review and photos by PrehistoryResurrection, edited by Suspsy
Today we will be taking a look at a new Jurassic World line which I believe has not yet been covered on the blog, as well as a new type of figure, which is an articulated stop motion type.
Review: Maiasaura (Jurassic World: Rebirth, Wild Roar by Mattel)
4.5 (2 votes)
Described in 1979 by Jack Horner (and Robert Makela), the “good mother lizard” and its communal nesting sites in Montana were discovered just in time to corroborate the notion that dinosaurs were active, warm blooded, bird-like animals, that invested time in rearing their offspring.
Review: Ankylosaurus (Eofauna)
5 (3 votes)
The mating season has come around once again. The bees are buzzing, the birds are chirping, and Clock is positively champing at the bit. For days, he roamed the bluffs in a fruitless search for a female. He failed to mate at all last season and his increasing desperation has now driven him to descend deep into the forest.
Review: Spinosaurus (Mesozoic Life Project)
5 (5 votes)
Dawn breaks across the Egyptian marsh. Rays of sunlight begin piercing the treeline, and Ramses stirs as the warmth of the rays tickle the arch of his sail, working their way down his flanks. His six-foot long, toothy jaws open wide in a yawn, and he begins stretching his muscles, readying his body for a new day of activity.
Review: Mosasaurus (Jurassic World: Rebirth, Captivz Build N’ Battle Dinos by ToyMonster)
4 (2 votes)
A new Jurassic World film is on the horizon and with it we’re getting a fresh clutch of Captivz eggs from ToyMonster. Well, sort of. There are 13 figures in total with 6 of them being repaints of previously released figures and 3 of them being slightly different sculpts of dinosaurs we’ve seen before.
Review: Tyrannosaurus (Lab Lockdown, Jurassic World: Rebirth by Mattel)
4.7 (3 votes)
Every Mattel Jurassic World Tyrannosaurus I’ve bought since 2018 was supposed to be the last one but when the company keeps releasing new and improved versions of one of your favorite pop culture dinosaur designs, it’s hard to resist. I now have 7 Mattel Tyrannosaurus toys but to be fair, that’s only a fraction of the number that Mattel has made.
Review: Hypsilophodon (Jurassic World: Danger Pack by Mattel)
4.3 (3 votes)
The very first illustration of Hypsilophodon that I ever laid eyes on depicted it as a very lizard-like animal perched high on a tree branch, an erroneous notion that arose back in 1912 and persisted until 1971 when it was finally debunked—although that didn’t stop children’s dinosaur books from continuing to portray Hypsilophodon as arboreal until well into the 1980s.
Review: Velociraptor (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Hammond Collection by Mattel)
4 (3 votes)
Although I no longer hold The Lost World: Jurassic Park in high regard, I do have nostalgia for it. I was 13 when the movie was released and I don’t think I was ever more hyped for a film, aside from the first Jurassic Park, perhaps.
Review: Craterosaurus (Jurassic World: Danger Pack by Mattel)
4 (3 votes)
Discovered in the Woburn Sands Formation in England and formally described in 1874, Craterosaurus was a relatively small stegosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous some 113-112 million years ago.
Mattel released the first and so far only Craterosaurus toy in 2024 as part of their Danger Pack series.