Age: Cretaceous

Review: Deinonychus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3 (25 votes)

Now here’s a figure I know some of you will recognise from your childhood – the Carnegie Deinonychus trio. Remember your childhood? Those halcyon, carefree days that were spent frolicking through flowery fields and dawbing awful dinosaurs using wax crayons? Well, those days are gone – GONE – and you can’t have them back.

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Review: Deinonychus (Definitely Dinosaurs by Playskool)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Definitely Dinosaurs, Playskool Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

1.8 (6 votes)

Review and photos by dinoguy2, edited by Suspsy

Deinonychus was hot in the 80s’ – a relatively new, small, fast, vicious theropod that was beginning to catch kids’ attention in books and TV specials, and therefore made an obvious choice when it came time to fill in the small dinosaur slots in a toy line.

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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: Deinonychus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

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

4.7 (6 votes)

Ever since a certain motion picture was released in the early 90’s, dromaeosaurs have been ingrained into popular culture. Commonly referred to as raptors (much to the dismay of ornithologists), most people see them as swift killing machines that could hunt down anything using their vicious sickle claws.

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Review: Deinonychus (Paleo-Creatures by Jesus Toledo)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Paleo-Creatures Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous

3.9 (8 votes)

Review and photos by Takama, edited by Suspsy
Back in 2014, I was looking for a second person to help me out in creating figurines of my own, and I eventually found out about Dinotoyforum member Jesus Toledo AKA Jetoar’s creations. So I thought I would commission him to do a one of a kind line of models for me in a 1:32 scale.

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Review: Deinonychus (Soft model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.9 (8 votes)

In spite of not having a name ending in ‘raptor’, Deinonychus remains a high-profile dromaeosaur in the public imagination, and rightly so for an animal that revolutionised our understanding of dinosaurs. This fairly small and affordable toy is manufactured by Favorite, and is clearly modelled on their larger (and somewhat more expensive) resin ‘Desktop’ model.

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Review: Deinonychus (Tyco)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Tyco Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3 (8 votes)

If your average person were hard pressed to name every dinosaur that came to mind we all know the names that would crop up; Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and since 1993…Velociraptor.

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Review: Deinonychus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.8 (34 votes)

Review and photos by Patrx, edited by Suspsy

Deinonychus is kind of a big deal. Its inescapably bird-like skeleton is part of what led paleontologists of the early 1970s to re-examine old ideas about the origin of birds, and the nature of dinosaurs as a group.

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Review: Deinonychus and Tenontosaurus (Cerberus Clan and Ceryneian Hind by Rebor)

Genus: Deinonychus, Tenontosaurus Brand: Rebor Classification: Dromaeosaur, Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model, Set

4.6 (9 votes)

Review and photos by Apatosaurus3232, edited by Suspsy
It’s been awhile since a Rebor product was reviewed on the blog. So this will be a two-part review of the Ceryneian Hind (Tenontosaurus tilletti) and Cerberus Clan (Deinonychus antirrhopus).

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Review: Deinonychus and Velociraptors (Playmobil)

Genus: Deinonychus, Velociraptor Brand: Playmobil, playset Classification: Dromaeosaur, Hominid, Reptile (other), Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure, Figurine

2.7 (14 votes)

The Velociraptor pack has come across an unguarded nest of eggs. But a hungry Deinonychus has also found the nest, and he’s not in the mood to share!

The Playmobil Deinonychus is a small figure, standing only up to 9 cm tall and measuring 14 cm long.

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Review: Deinonychus Hatchling (Johan Scherft)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Johan Scherft Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Baby Dino, Papercraft

3.5 (4 votes)

Review and photos by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
Following my review about the Styracosaurus hatched from a chocolate surprise egg, I’ll introduce you to a “real” hatchling in this review, just the right thing to put some Mesozoic spice to your upcoming Easter celebrations–the model of hatching Deinonychus by talented Netherlands artist Johan Scherft.

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Review: Deinosuchus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Deinosuchus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Crocodile Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (22 votes)

Review by Cordylus, photos by Plesiosauria
There aren’t many prehistoric crocodilian figures, but out of the very few there are, the Carnegie Collection Deinosuchus stands out.

Deinosuchus was a big alligator (well technically it wasn’t an alligator- but it was more closely related to alligators than to crocodiles) from prehistoric Texas.

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