Age: Jurassic

Review: Sinraptor (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Sinraptor Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.6 (10 votes)

Sinraptor is a medium-sized theropod from the Late Jurassic of China, named and described in 1994. Despite the name, it is not a member of raptor family (Dromaeosauridae) and it is actually related to the allosaurs, considered to be close to their ancestral form.

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Review: Yangchuanosaurus (Dinosaurs of China by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Yangchuanosaurus Brand: Dinos of China, Safari Ltd. Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.8 (11 votes)

Yangchuanosaurus is sorely underrepresented as a dinosaur toy so I’m glad Safari Ltd decided to make one as part of their Dinosaurs of China line (and moreover, make it good!) Yangchuanosaurus was a large theropod from the Late Jurassic of China – the T.

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Review: Huayangosaurus (Dinotales series 7 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Huayangosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.5 (11 votes)

This spikey Chinese stegosaur is hugely detailed for such a tiny figure (about 8 cm long). Kaiyodo has this down to an art and their figures are often tiny but very detailed and highly accurate. The Huayangosaurus figure is part of Kayodo’s Dinotales line, specifically from Series 7, the most recent release.

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Review: Plesiosaurus (Dinocrats by Toyway)

Genus: Macroplata, Plesiosaurus Brand: Dinocrats, Toyway Classification: Plesiosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (7 votes)

This review is dated 2009 but that’s not really true at all. Sure, I clicked the publish button back in 2009, but the only content was some photographs and a promise to update the review properly later. A decade passed… no review. Still, the years continued to roll by… no review.

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Review: Dilophosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Dilophosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Theropod, Theropod (basal) Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.1 (28 votes)

Wow. Where do I start? This is one fantabulous replica, and it is new for 2009. It doesn’t surprise me that Safari ltd. decided to make a Dilophosaurus for 2009– After all, the only other dilophosaurs they made were the peculiar Carnegie pair from over a decade ago.

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Review: Stegosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.1 (30 votes)

Review and photographs by ‘Tetonbabydoll’. Edited by Plesiosauria.
The first impression one might get when they see this Stegosaurus figure is its small size. The figure measures 6 inches long and 3.5 inches high at the tip of the highest plate.

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Review: Micromachines dinosaurs (National Geographic Collection/ Micromachines)

Genus: Brachiosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Pachycephalosaurus, Protoceratops Brand: Micromachines Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Ceratopsian, Ceratosaur, Macronaria (basal), Pachycephalosaur, Sauropod, Theropod, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Set

3.8 (5 votes)

Micromachines, a brand noted for their wide range of miniature automobiles, stepped outside the box when they produced a series of dinosaurs in association with National Geographic. Obviously they are all tiny, a bit smaller than the figures in Kaiyodo’s dinotales range, but they are quite nice and very collectible.

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Review: Liopleurodon (CollectA/Procon)

Genus: Liopleurodon Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.9 (18 votes)

Pliosaurs again! This time we will sample Procon’s offering which is a Liopleurodon.

This is the second plesiosaur produced by Procon, the first one being the elasmosaurid Hydrotherosaurus (reviewed here), but this is their first pliosaur. Procon are tending to divide collectors with their new lines.

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Review: Apatosaurus (Galaxy/Safari, 'Great Dinos' Collection)

Genus: Apatosaurus Brand: Galaxy, Great Dinosaurs, Safari Ltd. Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.6 (18 votes)

We reviewed this figure briefly before (here) but thanks to Atomic Elephant who sent us a review sample, we can now give this hefty figure a little more attention. There are two versions with differing paint schemes, a blue design and the grey/blue design, which we present here (although it look blue in our photos because of the lighting!).

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Review: Liopleurodon (Walking with Dinosaurs by Toyway)

Genus: Liopleurodon Brand: Toyway, Walking with Dinosaurs Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (24 votes)

It’s time to continue our series of pliosaur figure reviews and this time we will look at the Walking with Dinosaurs Liopleurodon toy by Toyway. The WWD line has been out of production for some years and was only available locally for a short period of time, so this rare figure is quickly becoming a ‘holy grail’ for dinosaur collectors.

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Review: Allosaurus (Papo) (Review)

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

4.3 (39 votes)

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Back in January 2008, the Dinosaur Toy Blog announced the unveiling of Papo’s latest addition to their dinosaur line (here). Well, it’s finally for sale so I’ve had the opportunity to review the figure in more detail and provide some detailed photographs.

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Review: Stegosaurus (‘Great Dinosaurs’ collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Great Dinosaurs, Safari Ltd. Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.8 (19 votes)

The Great Dinosaurs collection is a series of large hollow figures produced by Safari Ltd. They are cheap for their size and overall the sculpting is of a high standard, in fact, most of the figures are superior in terms of posture to their more expensive Carnegie Collection museum range counterparts (also by Safari Ltd), at least the older Carnigie moulds anyway.

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