Age: Pliocene

Review: Megalodon ( PNSO Scientific Arts)

Genus: Megalodon Brand: PNSO Classification: Fish, Shark Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

3.8 (19 votes)

Review and photos by Bokisaurus

When it comes to suffering from identity crisis, no other extinct species exhibits this more than the mighty Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon), which is ironic given how popular it is.This identity crisis is of course due to the fact that very little fossil material is available to help create an accurately restoration of it and that the majority of the restorations, from paleo art to movies, are all based on the extant Great White shark, a species that many believed for years it resembles.

Despite this crisis, Megalodon is the most famous of the extinct sharks, and possibly only surpassed in popularity by the extant Great White that still roam todays oceans.

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Review: Megalodon (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Megalodon Brand: PNSO Classification: Fish, Shark Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine Scale: 1:30, 1:50

3.6 (27 votes)

This is no mere great white copy; Patton the Megalodon is a grade-A movie monster, a hulking brute with commanding shelf presence.

Let’s face it: people love apex predators. We’re scared of them, sure, but we also admire them and get excited by them. Sharks are one group of predators we humans seem particularly drawn to, and their fossil record shows a long history which eclipses the age of dinosaurs by a mile.

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Review: Megalodon (Deluxe by CollectA)

Genus: Megalodon Brand: CollectA Classification: Fish, Shark Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.5 (28 votes)

Anne Bonny is on the chase. She had been following the distant scent of a whale pod when a strange new scent and a distinct sound of splashing caused her to veer hard to starboard in the direction of the islands along the coastline. As she approaches closer, her many senses quickly inform her that a large beast is swimming slowly and clumsily at the surface.

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Review: Megalodon (Soft Model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Megalodon Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Fish, Shark Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

3.9 (7 votes)

Review and photos by Zim, edited by Suspsy

Otodus megalodon is probably one of the most well-recognized prehistoric animals of all time due to our fascination of giant versions of animals, in this case, sharks. Though it is frequently depicted as an oversized great white shark due to the resemblance between their teeth, many experts now agree that this is due to convergent evolution rather than a close relation.

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Review: Megalodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Megalodon Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Fish, Shark Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

2.2 (17 votes)

MEGALODON! The undisputed monarch of all sharks. Possibly the largest and most powerful flesh-eating animal to ever inhabit Earth’s seas. Star of cheesy novels, cheesier made-for-TV movies, and even cheesier pseudo-documentaries. And surprisingly enough, underrepresented in the world of prehistoric toys. For a long time, the proper scientific name for this animal was Carcharodon megalodon, however, it has recently been reclassified as Carcharocles megalodon.

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Review: Megatherium (Bullyland)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Bullyland Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.6 (8 votes)

With all that new JP, sorry, JW stuff around, let’s not forget that there’s plenty of retired figures not being reviewed yet. One of these is Bullyland’s Megatherium, released in 1998 and discontinued some years back. Despite representing a quite rare animal in the toy world, it probably wasn’t sold in big numbers, at least when one compares the chances spotting this on ebay or fleamarket sites with some other Bullyland figures as Stegosaurus or Tyrannosaurus.

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Review: Megatherium (Jurassic Hunters by Geoworld)

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

4 (8 votes)

Since it’s first discovery in 1788, Megatherium has garnered much attention, not just from scientists but by the general public, it’s large size and fearsome claws drawing in many. In spite of the discovery of larger creatures over the centuries, this gargantuan xenarthran still has it’s fair share of art and models dedicated to it.

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Review: Megatherium (Marolin / VEB Plaho)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Marolin Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

3 (6 votes)

Megatherium is one of the most famous prehistoric mammals. The last Megatherium died somewhere at the end of the Pleistocene epoch, only 10000 years ago. Even hair and feces of this 6m long giant sloth have been found in caves in South America.

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Review: Megatherium (Marx)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Marx Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

4.5 (12 votes)

Before we begin with the review, I want to ruminate on some things, because this review is significant in a couple of ways. For one, it’s my 200th review for the Dinosaur Toy Blog. I’ve known it was coming for some time now and over the course of several months deliberated over which figure should be selected for the occasion.

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Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Prehistoric Life, Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.8 (12 votes)

Back in the mid-2000’s Safari Ltd. released a series of mammals for what they dubbed the “Prehistoric Life Collection.” The series included popular animals like Smilodon and the woolly mammoth but also included some more obscure creatures like the Andrewsarchus, Arsinoitherium, Ambelodon, Doedicurus, and the giant sloth.

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Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Mammals by Schleich)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Schleich Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.4 (8 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
In many ways, the giant ground sloths are similar to prosauropods in that they are a familiar group, but only one member gets love in toy form. The other group of giant xenarthrans, the glyptodonts, tend get at least get two representatives, but only Megatherium gets a toy form among giant ground sloths.

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Review: Megatherium (Tyco)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Tyco Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Action Figure

3.7 (7 votes)

Dino riders is a much cherished series by many, who eagerly looked to get all the figures of the line. The first two lines are large, full of various dinosaurs, while the latter two lines are smaller and often rarer than the first two. The last line featured ice age mammals, four recognisable animals from the Pleistocene (and a bit before).

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Age: Pliocene

Review: Megalodon ( PNSO Scientific Arts)

Review: Megalodon (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Review: Megalodon (Deluxe by CollectA)

Review: Megalodon (Soft Model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Review: Megalodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Megatherium (Bullyland)

Review: Megatherium (Jurassic Hunters by Geoworld)

Review: Megatherium (Marolin / VEB Plaho)

Review: Megatherium (Marx)

Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Mammals by Schleich)

Review: Megatherium (Tyco)

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