Age: Cretaceous

Review: Mosasaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

mosasaurus carnegie collection safari ltd

3.6 (16 votes)

If you like retro marine reptiles, this one’s for you. The Carnegie Collection Mosasaurus is clearly based on some archaic paleoart, so it really shouldn’t be taken too seriously – if you try to focus on every wrong aspect with this figure surely you will give yourself a headache!

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Review: Suchomimus (Dinotales by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Suchomimus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (12 votes)

Suchomimus was a large theropod dinosaur that lived a few million years before one of it’s famous cousins, Spinosaurus. Considering how it’s closely related to such a famous dinosaur, I’m surprised more replicas of this really cool dinosaur haven’t been produced.

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Review: Styracosaurus Maquette by Sideshow Dinosauria

Genus: Styracosaurus Brand: Sideshow Collectibles Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model

4.9 (7 votes)

Styracosaurus Maquette by Sideshow Dinosauria
Review by Scar, Photos by Jeremy Killian
There are aspects of this piece in creative interpretation which I absolutely adore, and others which I feel could have been improved upon.
Overall, I will credit SS for infusing this piece with personality.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Kabaya)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Kabaya Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3 (6 votes)

Review and photos by Brandon. Edited by Plesiosauria.
We recently reviewed the Kabaya Deinonychus, well, next in line from this series is the Tyrannosaurus rex (Green Version)!

Before the animal was officially known as “T.rex”, it was known as Manospondylus gigas and Dynamosaurus imperiosus, but when the animal’s true name was revealed along with better finds, this coelurosaurian became one of the most popular dinosaurs ever and most likely the most well known all!

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Review: Iguanodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (16 votes)

Iguanodon was the second dinosaur ever to be recognized by science. The first fossils of the animal were teeth unearthed in England in 1822. Since then this iconic dinosaur’s image has undergone numerous changes throughout history as more discoveries are made about it.

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Review: Deinonychus (Kabaya)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Kabaya Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (6 votes)

Review and photographs by Brandon. Edited by Plesiosauria.
In Japan, many figure companies are quite exciting due to their sculpting and selection of lines. For a good example take Bandai’s Godzilla Complete Works, Konami’s Gamera, Kaiyodo’s Dinotales to mention a few and if you know these lines and their respected makers then you know the orient also holds fantastic figures and not just the USA.

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Battat)

Genus: Pachycephalosaurus Brand: Battat Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.5 (21 votes)

Photographs by Doug Watson, edited by Dinotoyblog
The North American marginocephalian, Pachycephalosaurus, has been reconstructed as a toy or model quite often. This review is the best example for this thesis. To put it bluntly at the beginning: The Battat Pachycephalosaurus is one of the best Pachys out there, due to its anatomical correctness, very detailed head, credible posture, and unusual paint job.

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Jurassic Park, Series 2, by Kenner)

Genus: Pachycephalosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.3 (12 votes)

Following up on the Pachycephalosaurus theme started in the last blog entry, here’s a review of a quite different version of this dome-headed dinosaur. Both the review and photos are by Griffin8891
Now before we all start pelting poor Jurassic park toys with “that’s inaccurate!” and “not scientific!” let’s make one thing very clear.

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Pachycephalosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (15 votes)

Pachycephalosaurus belongs to the general group of dinosaurs called marginocephalia which encompasses all the dome-headed pachycephalosaurs as well as all of the ceratopsians. Pachycephalosaurus itself was the largest of the dome headed dinosaurs, estimated to have grown to between fifteen or perhaps twenty feet in length.

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Review: Spinosaurus (Kinto Favorite Desktop Model)

Genus: Spinosaurus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model

4.2 (9 votes)

Kinto Favorite Desktop Spinosaurus Model
Review by Dan of DansDinosaurs.com
After a fairly prolonged dry spell, the Favorite Company of Japan (formerly known as Kinto) has unveiled a new dinosaur desktop model. This model features the highly-popular Spinosaurus aegypticus, a theropod whose name became famous after appearing in a certain feature film.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (kinto favorite collection)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd., Kinto Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4 (9 votes)

Ah, the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex! One of the coolest dinosaurs ever. However, most replicas of this guy are rather crude and don’t do the dinosaur justice – But this one by kinto surely does!

Let’s start off with the sculpt.

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Review: Lambeosaurus (Invicta)

Genus: Lambeosaurus Brand: Invicta Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Monochrome

5 (16 votes)

Well known Lambeosaurus from North America belongs to the classic set of cretaceous dinosaurs being reconstructed as figures.

The 1993 Invicta release is probably the best one currently available. It is the last and probably the best ambassador of the highly esteemed Invicta line.

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