It is with a heavy heart that I share my review of the Hammond Collection Dilophosaurus because I’m not the one that was supposed to review it. Fellow reviewer, EmperorDinobot (Luis Perez) was supposed to write about this one but on July 21st he passed away.
Age: Jurassic
Review: Kileskus (Jurassic World: Danger Pack by Mattel)
3.8 (4 votes)
Discovered in Russia, Kileskus is a relatively small tyrannosauroid that lived during the Middle Jurassic period some 166 million years ago. While its remains are rather fragmentary, they are enough to determine that their owner was a proceratosaurid, closely related to Guanlong and Proceratosaurus itself.
Review: Yangchuanosaurus (Dayong)(PNSO)
5 (3 votes)
During the Middle and Late Jurassic, the largest predatory dinosaur in China was the fearsome metriacanthosaurid Yangchuanosaurus. Indeed, it is one of China’s most famous and popular dinosaurs, reflected by the fact that PNSO has made no less than four toys of it.
Review: Camarasaurus (Njor) (Prehistoric Animal Models by PNSO)
5 (4 votes)
Most collectors set limitations on themselves. They only collect a certain scale, one of each species, certain animal groups, certain brands, etc. With how spoiled for choice we’ve become this makes sense, very few collectors have the luxury of buying and displaying everything, we need these self-imposed rules to assure we remain responsible collectors.
Review: Torvoneustes (Jurassic World: Frenzy Pack by Mattel)
4 (2 votes)
The metriorhynchid Torvoneustes swam the savage seas during the Late Jurassic period around 145 million years ago. It was about 4.7 metres long, the same length as a very large American alligator and would have been a deadly predator of cephalopods, fish, and other marine reptiles—although like most other metriorhynchids, it would have in turn fallen victim to bigger pliosaurs.
Review: Dinosaur Missions: Stegosaurus Discovery (Jurassic World by LEGO)
5 (2 votes)
“Hello, my fellow dinosaur lovers. Dr. Bella Bricking here once again, as well as the indispensable Beth Buildit. As always, we are happy and proud to be here. Happy National Dinosaur Day and Happy Pride Month!”
“Hey there, folks. Hope you’re still holding up strong.”
“Today’s review is an exciting one, for it deals with an animal we have never tackled here before: the iconic Stegosaurus!
Review: Megalosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
5 (6 votes)
I got into the dinosaur collecting hobby around 2010, and from then until 2023 the 1974 Invicta Megalosaurus stood as the sole representative of the first dinosaur described by science in my collection. For shame! But 2023 saw the release of the PNSO Megalosaurus and my thirst for a modern figure of this important animal was quenched.
Review: Diplodocus (Jurassic World, Legacy Collection by Mattel)
4.2 (5 votes)
It has gotten to the point where I wince a little whenever Mattel announces a new giant sauropod toy. It wasn’t that long ago that the Legacy Brachiosaurus was released, and I naively thought that such an enormous toy was a one-off release.
Review: Huayangosaurus (Haolonggood)
5 (6 votes)
The Haolonggood Huayangosaurus was a figure originally teased on the 2024 Haolonggood announcement poster and since it’s a genus for which figures are few and far between a lot of collectors were eager to acquire one, me included. But then came the bad news, the Huayangosaurus was a bonus figure included with the Argentinosaurus pre-order.
Review: Ceratosaurus (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Captivz Build N’ Battle Dinos by ToyMonster)
4 (4 votes)
Before we begin the review, I would like to thank the generous folks over at ToyMonster for sending me this figure to share with the blog. Today we’re looking at the second to last figure from a batch of toys that ToyMonster sent me all the way back in June 2024.
Review: Apatosaurus (1992)(UKRD)
3.7 (3 votes)
Other reviewers seem to have stopped covering UKRD figures years ago, but there are still a lot of them left to go, so I guess that’s my lot in life. While they may seem like mass-produced dreck to most people, I find them interesting and charming because they often reflect outdated or downright bizarre ideas and vintage palaoart, usually (with some notable exceptions) based on John Sibbick’s paintings from the 1985 book Enyclopaedia of Dinosaurs by David Norman.
Review: Dilophosaurus and Stegosaurus (die-cast metal dinosaurs)(Jurassic Park by Kenner)
4.6 (5 votes)
To my surprise, there are still figures that were released as tie-ins with the original Jurassic Park film in 1993 that lack reviews here, including the die-cast metal dinosaurs line by Kenner, who of course made the main action-figure line for the film as well.