The DinoToyBlog has evolved over the years, much like the prehistoric creatures we review. Articles here are more substantial now than ever before. The average word count has increased, the number of photographs has gone up, and the scientific vigour has shot through the roof. It’s fantastic!
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Review: Plesiosaurus (Mini Dinosaurs I by Bullyland)
This small Plesiosaurus toy belongs to the first line of dinosaur figures produced by Bullyland beginning in 1980, a few years after the German toy company was founded in 1973. The line of seven miniature dinosaurs (and other prehistoric creatures) is informally known as Mini Dinosaurs I, to separate it from a later line of mini dinosaurs released by Bullyland in 1993 (Mini Dinosaurs II), and other separate Bullyland dinosaur lines.
Review: Stegosaurus (Animal World Dinosaurs by Bullyland)
Video: Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Figures of 2023
Video of the ‘Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Figures of 2023’, as voted by the DinoToyForum community. Edited by Sim and DinoToyBlog. Title graphics by Patrx
Review: Spinosaurus (Monster In My Pocket by Matchbox, Series 6)
After four series the Monster in my Pocket line began to run out of actual monsters to make, and began to take inspiration from the real world instead. Series five was a line of ‘Super Creepies’, essentially an array of extant bugs and other creepy crawlies, and series six turned its attention to dinosaurs in 1993 – that’s the line we’re all interested in here.
Video: The Birthday Liopleurodon
In which I unbox ‘the birthday Liopleurodon’, a gift from mum and dad, and recount its epic journey from bondage to freedom and onto my display shelves. The toy is the Jurassic Clash action figure by Lanard Ltd.
A version of this video was originally uploaded to Youtube on Sep 18, 2018. Title graphics by Patrx.
Video: Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Toys of 2022
A compilation of the top 10 new releases in 2022, as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum community. Main video content edited by Sim.
Video: DinoToyBlog Channel Trailer
The Dinosaur Toy Blog Channel is now directly here on dinotoyblog.com. We’ll be migrating all our legacy video content from Youtube over here in time, and new video content is being posted here instead of Youtube. View all the DinoToyBlog Channel content here.
Title graphics by Patrx (check out his own channel on Youtube).
Video: Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Toys of 2021
A compilation of the top 10 new releases in 2021, as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum community. Main video content edited by Sim.
Review: Dimetrodon (small version) (AAA)
Review: Struthiomimus (Marx)
Review and Photos by BlueKrono and DinoToyBlog.
Struthiomimus, the ‘ostrich mimic’, was named in 1917 for a species (S. altus) originally referred in 1903 to the closely related genus Ornithomimus. Despite the history of ornithomimosaurs spanning back to the late 1800s, they are relatively rarely made as toys.
Video: Sega Miniature Dinosaurs Unboxing
In which I unbox some teeeny Sega miniature dinosaur figures acquired in a recent trade on the Dinosaur Toy Forum.
Originally posted on Youtube 13 Sept 2020.
Video: Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2023 – all 34 entries
This video showcases all 34 entries in the Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2023. You can view all the entries in detail and see the results of the winners’ poll on the DinoToyForum here.
Review: Iguanodon (Marx)
Review: Prehistoric Animals (Panini, review part 2)
Figure numbers 13 to 15 are a trio of marine reptiles, and their dark blue colour works very well for aquatic animals.