Age: Cretaceous

Review: Albertosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Albertosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.8 (28 votes)

Albertosaurus was a mid-sized theropod that flourished throughout what is now North America during the Campanian era of the late Cretacious about 75 million years ago. It can best be described as a smaller, more lightly built version of its later, more famous relative, Tyrannosaurus rex.

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Review: Chasmosaurus (The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Genus: Chasmosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.4 (16 votes)

Chasmosaurus is surely one of the strangest additions to the Jurassic Park toyline. Although it was at least a dinosaur (unlike Dimetrodon, Estemmenosuchus etc.) it was never mentioned in the books or movies, and isn’t the sort of dinosaur that your ordinary MOTGP (Member Of The General Public…nothing to do with the Moto GP, hail Rossi) could recall from memory.

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Review: Baryonyx (Invicta)

Genus: Baryonyx Brand: Invicta Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Monochrome

4.6 (25 votes)

The spinosaur Baryonyx was big news when it was unearthed in England in the 1980s, so it’s understandable that Invicta would have wanted to produce their own model of ‘Claws’. This 1989 plain-coloured toy is (sadly) still one of the best spinosaur toys yet produced, in spite of its outdated posture.

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Review: Styracosaurus (Battat)

Genus: Styracosaurus Brand: Battat Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.9 (23 votes)

Review and Photos by DinoLord.
In 1994, the Boston Museum of Science released a line of dinosaur figures produced by the toy company Battat and sculpted by professional paleo-artists. While new figures were released in 1996 and 1998, the project was scrapped in 2002, and the line remained discontinued.

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Review: Tsintaosaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Tsintaosaurus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.7 (16 votes)

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Tsintaosaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur, or hadrosaur, that lived in China about 84 to 71 million years ago. Like many Lambeosaurs, Tsintaosaurus is believed to have sported a fancy crest on its head. In this case, the crest is a skinny rod that stuck out above of the dinosaur’s face much like a mythical unicorn’s horn.

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Review: Triceratops (Invicta)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Invicta Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Monochrome

4.2 (20 votes)

Ah, the Invicta dinosaurs – every one a retro-tastic delight, and every one now sadly out of production (and replaced at the Natural History Museum (London) by a piece of Toyway tat not worthy of the museum’s seal of approval…BAH). Triceratops here is one of the earlier figures in the line, and it shows – which is not to say that it isn’t a delightful figure, like the majority of Invictasaurs.

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Review: Triceratops (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.6 (15 votes)

When Wild Safari began pumping out figures that all of a sudden were leaps and bounds better with regards to detail and accuracy then their previous work, it shouldn’t be surprising then, that they decided to revisit many old classic kinds of dinosaurs and give them much needed face-lifts.

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Review: Triceratops (Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.8 (18 votes)

Triceratops is easily one of the most iconic and recognizable dinosaurs ever discovered. Possessing three lance-like horns and a solid bone frill, this largest member of the ceratopsian group has been depicted in countless movies, books and other media involving dinosaurs all around the world.

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Review: Acrocanthosaurus (FameMaster)

Genus: Acrocanthosaurus Brand: Fame Master Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Construction, Figurine

3.2 (16 votes)

Review by “DinoLord”
Acrocanthosaurus was a theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now Texas and Oklahoma. Its most distinctive feature is the tall neural spines that run down its back. These most likely supported large muscles, like in present day bison.

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Review: Pachyrhinosaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Pachyrhinosaurus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.9 (14 votes)

Pachyrhinosaurus was a ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Campanian age of the late Cretacious in what is now Canada. It was the largest of the “thick nosed” ceratopsians and is recognized by the fact that its skull sports no nose horn, just a large lumpy mass of bone.

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Review: Young Tyrannosaurus rex (Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.8 (48 votes)

Following yesterday’s look at the queen of the Jurassic Park toyline, here we present the pretender to the throne. This ‘young’ Tyrannosaurus rex (also known by the cutesy if nonsensical name of ‘Junior’) is about half the size of its big red sister, but is no less mean-looking for its diminutive stature.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.9 (76 votes)

Much as I feel bad for peddling nostalgia yet again, here’s a real classic – a toy that will be instantly recognised by anyone who grew up during the 1990s and loved dinosaurs. Just as the movie dramatically raised the bar when it came to on-screen dinosaurs, the original Kenner action figure line was, as my fellow reviewer Dan might say, “a slap in the face” for anyone used to small, poorly-detailed dinosaur toys.

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