My thanks goes out to Happy Hen Toys, who were gracious to provide a sample of YangZhi the Allosaurus for this review. YangZhi & SuoChao are the latest in a long line of Allosaurus toys, going as far back as 1955 and now numbering into the hundreds.
Age: Jurassic
Review: Liopleurodon (Painted) (British Museum of Natural History by Invicta)
4.2 (5 votes)
Whenever a line of toys gets a complete set of reviews on the Dinosaur Toy Blog, I consider it a milestone. This has happened many times over the years and in my opinion, it heightens the value of the blog and its usefulness as a resource.
Review: Stegosaurus (‘Cartoon Series’ by Wing Crown / Gosnell)
3.6 (10 votes)
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog
Continuing with our overview of the 7 inch Cartoon Series by Wing Crown, Stegosaurus is next in line. Like the others in the series, this is simplified in its ‘early tetrapod’, just-walked-out-from-the-water form, with no anatomical intricacies to be found beyond the obligatory plates and tail spikes.
Review: Brachiosaurus (‘Cartoon Series’ by Wing Crown / Gosnell)
3.5 (15 votes)
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog
Hello! Plenty of people who are passionate about dinosaurs today likely started being so early in their lives. The toy producers at Wing Crown are surely aware of that phenomenon. Their attempts to appeal to the young has resulted in the creation of dinosaur depictions so anthropomorphised, goofy and friendly looking, that a child who understands the concept of food chains might experience cognitive dissonance trying to play with these toys.
Review: Brachiosaurus (Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary, Pop! Movies by Funko)
3.7 (27 votes)
Here’s a figure I didn’t anticipate adding to the collection, the Entertainment Earth Exclusive, Limited Edition, Funko Pop! Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Brachiosaurus Vinyl Figure! Whew, that was a mouthful. My Jurassic franchise Pop! collection consists of a whopping two figures, the Stygimoloch and Dilophosaurus, which both have reviews here and are the only Funko Pop!
Review: Guanlong vs. Lystrosaurus (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Epic Evolution Danger Pack by Mattel)
4.1 (23 votes)
Recently, Mattel has started dabbling with small-figure two packs, first with an Eoraptor vs. Stegouros pairing and then with the set we’re looking at today, Guanlong vs. Lystrosaurus. I think these two packs are a fantastic idea and hope that Mattel will produce more of them in the future.
Review: Lufengosaurus (2024) (PNSO)
4.7 (43 votes)
Many of us will recall the old days when the term “prosauropods” was used to describe the likes of Plateosaurus, Massospondylus, Melanorosaurus, and other early long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs thought to be the ancestors of the great sauropods like Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, and Diplodocus.
Review: Compsognathus corallestris (Monster in my Pocket by Matchbox)
3.3 (17 votes)
I have a doozy for you today, a remarkable figure of C. corallestris, a semi-aquatic species of Compsognathus with fin-like hands. At least, that’s what palaeontologists thought when they described the type specimen in 1972. The interpretation didn’t last long though.
Review: Kentrosaurus (Jurassic World Dino-Trackers, Captivz Build N’ Battle Dinos by ToyMonster)
4.6 (14 votes)
Before we begin the review, I would like to thank the generous folks over at ToyMonster, for sending me a large selection of Captivz figures to share with the blog.
Today we’re looking at the Captivz Kentrosaurus…again. Yes, this is a figure that I already reviewed.
Review: Stegosaurus (Haolonggood)
5 (39 votes)
I’ve been in the dinosaur collecting hobby for about 14 years now and this hobby has evolved rapidly within that time. In 2010 most collectors were content to just get good models of their favorite genera. Nowadays, a figure of a genus isn’t enough, collectors want dinosaurs identifiable at the species level.
Review: Dilophosaurus (Haolonggood)
4.7 (44 votes)
Although I grew up with dinosaur toys around me for as long as I can remember, there was one dinosaur missing from my collection as a small child. This dinosaur, which I desired more than almost any other, was the “two-crested reptile”, Dilophosaurus.
Review: Monolophosaurus (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Epic Evolution Strike Attack by Mattel)
3.2 (27 votes)
Even before Monolophosaurus was featured in Camp Cretaceous, Mattel was making toys of them and they started pumping them out with the first wave of Jurassic World toys in 2018. Since then, they’ve produced at least nine of them, maybe more.