Age: Pleistocene

Review: Deinotherium (Mojö Fun)

4.4 (14 votes)

The name Deinotherium means “terrible beast,” and this powerful pachyderm must have seemed like one to our early hominid ancestors who lived alongside it in Africa during the Pleistocene epoch. Standing around 4 metres tall and weighing anywhere from 10 to 13 tons, it was possibly the third largest proboscidean of all time after the 24-ton Asian straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon namadicus (the largest land mammal of all time!) and the 15-ton mastodon Mammut borsoni.

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Review: Deinotherium (Starlux)

Genus: Deinotherium Brand: Starlux Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Miocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine, Oldies

3.7 (11 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
Once again I find myself returning to the origins of dinosaur figurines, Starlux, to look at another animal reproduced long before other companies got to it. This time, it’s Deinotherium, the terrible beast!

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Review: Dimetrodon (Lindberg)

Genus: Dimetrodon, Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal Brand: Lindberg Classification: Mammal, Pelycosaur Age: Permian, Pleistocene Type: Kit

2.3 (6 votes)

When people talk of dinosaurs, a few will always spring instantly to mind. Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Diplodocus are usually mentioned, along with Dimetrodon. However, Dimetrodon is not a dinosaur, but a synapsid, a mammal-like reptile, that died out 40 million years before the first dinosaurs.

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Review: Dinosaurs (Tim Mee Toys by J. Lloyd International Inc.)

Genus: Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus, Dimetrodon, Edmontosaurus, Mammuthus, Nedoceratops, Smilodon, Stegosaurus, Trachodon, Tyrannosaurus, Woolly mammoth Brand: Tim Mee Toys Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Cat, Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Elephant, Hadrosaur, Mammal, Ornithopod, Pelycosaur, Sauropod, Stegosaur, Theropod, Thyreophoran, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic, Permian, Pleistocene Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies, Set

4.2 (33 votes)

Back in 2012 a representative from the toy vendor VictoryBuy joined the Dinosaur Toy forum looking for member feedback with regards to reissuing the Tim Mee set of toy dinosaurs, originally produced in the 1970’s. Flashforward to 2014 and VictoryBuy once again stopped by the forum, this time to announce the actual release of the set.

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Review: Diprotodon (Deluxe by CollectA)

Genus: Diprotodon Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine Scale: 1:20

4.3 (30 votes)

The very first Australian prehistoric mammal to be named and described (by Sir Richard Owen back in 1838), Diprotodon is by far the biggest marsupial that we know of. A mature male would have been over 4 metres long, 1.8 metres tall at the shoulders, and weighed at least 2800 kg, which is heavier than a male hippopotamus and rivalling a male white rhinoceros.

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Review: Diprotodon (Dinosaurs and Friends by De Agostini)

Genus: Diprotodon Brand: De Agostini, Dinosaurs and Friends Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Caricature, Figurine

4.6 (7 votes)

Guest review and photographs by Viergacht, edited by Suspsy

At the local CNA, I was intrigued to see a children’s book–“Prehistoric Plants: Algae, Fern and Mosses” – that was packaged with a toy fern and what looked to be a Diprotodon, a rhino-sized, bear-like relative of modern wombats and a prehistoric animal not often represented in toy form.

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Review: Diprotodon (Lost Kingdoms Series A by Yowie)

Genus: Diprotodon Brand: Lost Kingdoms, Yowie Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

3.3 (4 votes)

Marsupials are a fascinating group of mammals. With the ability to have multiple young at once and pouches to keep them safe. They have been around for millions of years, now restricted to Australia and South America. Australia once had the largest member of this class: Diprotodon, a giant Wombat relative the size of rhinos, they died out 50,000 years ago, just as the first Aborigines came to Australia.

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Review: Diprotodon (Southlands replicas)

Genus: Diprotodon Brand: Southlands Replicas Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.6 (13 votes)

Southlands Replicas has grown to become a really great little toy company for Australian animals. Their figures are high quality, providing a great range of unique Aussie species (and a few horses). What has stood out for many on this site is the inclusion of two extinct species in their initial line, Thylacine and Thylacoleo.

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Review: Dire Wolf (Bullyland)

Genus: Dire wolf Brand: Bullyland Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

3.4 (7 votes)

A new pack of Dire wolves have claimed this stretch of territory just on the edge where the forest meets the open plains. The pack, numbering seven animals, is led by a young pair of Alpha male and female, both just recently left their old packs to form their own.

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Review: Dire Wolf (MPC)

Genus: Dire wolf Brand: MPC Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

3.8 (18 votes)

You’d think a creature like the dire wolf would have a few more toys to its name. Canis dirus (now reclassified as Aenocyon dirus) is almost unheard of on the prehistoric toy market, even though the genus made its introduction to paleo merchandise over fifty years ago.

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Review: Doedicurus (CollectA)

Genus: Doedicurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.9 (39 votes)

Weighing up to more than two tons, Doedicurus clavicaudatus, sometimes known as the morning star-tailed glyptodon, was one of the last and largest members of its family. Like most other prehistoric jumbo armadillos, it featured a heavy domed carapace and an armoured tail, but in its case, the tail was extra long and terminated in a thick club that probably bore spikes.

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Review: Doedicurus (Jurassic Hunters by Geoworld)

Genus: Doedicurus Brand: Geoworld, Jurassic Hunters Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4 (7 votes)

Review and photos by Takama, edited by Suspsy
When it comes to glyptodonts, only two species have ever been replicated in toy form. The first one is the standard Glyptodon, which has been made by many companies over the years (yet many have yet to be reviewed).

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