Age: Cretaceous

Review: Spinosaurus (1992) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Spinosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.8 (14 votes)

For today’s review, we are going to travel back in time, to such an unimaginably distant era that the world as we know today it simply didn’t exist… specifically, the year 1992. For lovers of carnivorous dinosaurs, this was a simpler and more innocent time.

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Review: Nasutoceratops (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Nasutoceratops Brand: Wild Safari Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.9 (19 votes)

Dinosaur lovers have been blessed with an abundance of new ceratopsians out of North America lately and among them is the increasingly popular Nasutoceratops or “large-nosed horn face”. While the nose is indeed large, the pair of “Texas long-horns” on the head also helps make this a unique looking dinosaur.

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Review: Velociraptor (2015) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.5 (19 votes)

So this is it – the very end of the Carnegie Collection. At least we got our feathered Velociraptor before the final bow. It’s by no means perfect, but it should at least prove more popular than last year’s bafflingly despised T.

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Review: Velociraptor “Cyclops” (Jurassic Park: Dinosaurs by Kenner)

Genus: Velociraptor Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.5 (16 votes)

The various Jurassic Park lines have given us many Velociraptor toys over the years (and more still to come). One of the more interesting ones is the battle-hardened “Cyclops.”

Cyclops first appeared in the 1997 Lost World line, but like many of the smaller JP toys, it was re-released in subsequent years.

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

Genus: Pteranodon Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.5 (15 votes)

While it was by no means the largest pterosaur, Pteranodon, with its distinctive blade-shaped crest, remains the most recognizable. It was heavily featured in Jurassic Park 3 and also made a dramatic (and more accurate) cameo at the end of The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

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Review: Yutyrannus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Yutyrannus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (28 votes)

Review and photographs by Tallin, edited by Plesiosauria.
Approximately 125 million years ago, Northern China had a similar temperature to today – it was cold – at least by Mesozoic standards. Indeed, the Yixian Formation of China shows that the climate of this part of early Cretaceous China would have had an average temperature of only 10°C.

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Review: Amargasaurus (Deluxe version by CollectA)

Genus: Amargasaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.9 (22 votes)

Review and photographs by Tallin, edited by Plesiosauria.
One of the most recognisable of the sauropods, Amargasaurus cazaui has been well represented in toy form, with examples from most of the major brands. This is the second Amargasaurus that CollectA have released, this model dating back to 2012 and part of their 1:40 scale line – four years since their first attempt at recreating this beastie.

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Review: Alamosaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Alamosaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Sauropod, Titanosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3 (28 votes)

Review and photographs by Tallin, edited by Plesiosauria.
One of the last and most massive of the sauropods, Alamosaurus sanjuanensis, was a colossal titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. Its reign lasted right up until the K-T extinction and it lived in the same environments as Tyrannosaurus rex – it has been found all over North America.

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Review: Ankylosaurus (Tyco)

Genus: Ankylosaurus Brand: Tyco Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

2.6 (10 votes)

Time now to jump into the WABAC Machine and take a trip to 1988. It was a good time to be a kid or a collector. GI Joe and Transformers were still going strong, Barbie and Lego were around as always, and TMNT was taking its first steps towards iconic status.

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Review: Therizinosaurus (World of History by Schleich)

Genus: Therizinosaurus Brand: Schleich, World of History Classification: Therizinosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.8 (22 votes)

Review and photos by Tallin, edited by Plesiosauria.
As one of the strangest looking dinosaurs discovered it is unsurprising that Therizinosaurus and its kin have been represented in toy form by most of the major companies, sometimes more than once or in different scales.

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (CollectA)

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

3.9 (17 votes)

With its wonderful knobby skull and domed cranium, Pachycephalosaurus is one of the most distinctive dinosaurs. Paleontologists are still divided over how precisely it used its noggin, although a 2013 study by the University of Wisconsin concluded that it did indeed engage in intraspecific conflict.

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Review: Bistahieversor (CollectA)

Genus: Bistahieversor Brand: CollectA Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.5 (21 votes)

Bistahieversor was a large basal tyrannosaurid hailing from New Mexico. ‘Bistahi’ is a Navajo word that refers to the Bisti badlands where the dinosaur’s fossil remains were discovered while ‘eversor’ appropriately means ‘destroyer.’

In stark contrast to 2013’s lethargic Daspletosaurus, the 2014 CollectA Bistahieversor is sculpted in a dynamic action pose.

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