Age: Jurassic

Review: Camarasaurus (The Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Camarasaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Macronaria (basal), Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.4 (18 votes)

The Late Jurassic landscape of North America would not have been complete without its most abundant sauropod resident, Camarasaurus. Meaning “chambered lizard” due to its chambered vertebrae, Camarasaurus was among the earliest sauropod genera to be described in detail, likely due to the fact that its discovery occurred right in the middle of the famous “Bone Wars” between American paleontologists Edward D.

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Review: Cetiosaurus (Invicta)

Genus: Cetiosaurus Brand: Invicta Classification: Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine, Monochrome

4.9 (16 votes)

Review by Dan, Photos by Boki
Ask someone to name a sauropod, and “Apatosaurus” will often be the first species to come to mind. Consequently, this prototypical animal will often be the answer if you ask “What was the first sauropod ever discovered?” In fact, that title belongs to a relatively obscure creature known as Cetiosaurus.

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Review: Opththalmosaurus (Walking with Dinosaurs by Toyway)

Genus: Ophthalmosaurus Brand: Toyway, Walking with Dinosaurs Classification: Ichthyosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.7 (9 votes)

Toyway produced a set of 11 dinosaur figures for their now out of production Walking with Dinosaurs line. This number includes the pterosaur Ornithocheirus, which was only available as a magazine give-away and is thus almost impossible to find. For this reason many collectors consider a WWD set complete even without the pterosaur.

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Review: Brachiosaurus (Museum Line by Bullyland)

Genus: Brachiosaurus Brand: Bullyland Classification: Macronaria (basal), Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (6 votes)

More Bullyland – and this time it’s their 2005 resculpt of the giant African brachiosaur Giraffatitan (still known at the time as “Brachiosaurus” brancai. And yes, I am going to refer to it as Giraffatitan throughout the review, to annoy you all and because it’s only correct, so there).

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Review: Spinophorosaurus by Bullyland (exclusively for the Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Braunschweig)

Genus: Spinophorosaurus Brand: Bullyland Classification: Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.4 (7 votes)

Species
Spinophorosaurus nigerensis was a midsize sauropod that lived in what is now Nigeria in the middle Jurassic, about 170 million years ago. It resembled a small Brachiosaurid and belonged to a sister taxon of the Eusauropoda. It was 13 metres long.

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Review: Eustreptospondylus (Procon CollectA)

Genus: Eustreptospondylus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Megalosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

1.8 (10 votes)

Review by forumite Foooman666 (edited by Horridus)
The subject of my review today has been previously reviewed here, but the review in question seems to have been removed, so I decided to do a new one myself. The toy I’m going to review is none other than the much loathed CollectA Eustreptospondylus.

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Review: Dilophosaurus (Jurassic Park 2009 toyline by Hasbro)

Genus: Dilophosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park Classification: Theropod, Theropod (basal) Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

2.2 (6 votes)

Review by forumite Fooman666 (edited by Horridus)
Jurassic Park’s dinosaurs have had a profound impact on how the general public sees dinosaurs – to people who don’t know any better the subject of this review will always be their loveable little ‘spitter’.

First things first – WOW!

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

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

4.5 (26 votes)

Kenner’s first attempt at a Stegosaurus for the Jurassic Park line – released back in 1993 – turned out a little, well, ugly. The Lost World saw Stegosaurus‘ debut in the film franchise, and fortunately Kenner had a much, much better sculpt lined up, one that resembled closely the creatures as they appeared on screen.

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Review: Apatosaurus (UKRD)

Genus: Apatosaurus Brand: UKRD Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.8 (5 votes)

The mysterious early 1990s UKRD dinosaurs, then. Although clearly cheapo Chinasaurs, they were somehow a cut above – some people have referred to them as ‘semi-serious‘ while others have described them as ‘sub-museum‘. Good descriptions both, I think. Although clearly meant to be played with by children and with no pretentions to being a ‘museum-endorsed’ line whatsoever, they generally at least resembled the animal in question, even if in a slightly outdated fashion.

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Review: Ceratosaurus (Dinotales Series 4, by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Ceratosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (10 votes)

Review and Photos by Dr Andre Mursch (“Brontodocus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.
Although it was rather uncommon and a good deal smaller than contemporaneous Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus nasicornis is arguably one of the most famous theropod dinosaurs. At its time it was a rather primitive theropod with a four-fingered hand, a deep and heavy tail and a less athletic chest than more advanced theropods had.

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Review: Apatosaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

Genus: Apatosaurus Brand: Dinomania, Kaiyodo Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (10 votes)

Formerly known as Brontosaurus, Apatosaurus is perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognizable dinosaurs. Such fame and popularity guarantees its presence in many dinosaur toy lines. However, most of these figures tend to be on the larger side, and some of them are not quite accurate, with the hands often being inaccurate.

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Review: Allosaurus (original sculpt) (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.4 (18 votes)

The famous Allosaurus was the T.rex of the Late Jurassic. This large Theropod could reach lengths greater than 30 feet. The name means “different or “other” lizard. The first remains of Allosaurus were recovered from the Morrison Formation in Colorado in 1869, but a lot of notable specimens have been recovered from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in Utah.

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