Dr Adam S. Smith (aka 'DinoToyBlog' here, and 'DinoToyForum' on the Dinosaur Toy Forum) is a curator and palaeontologist at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, UK. Adam launched the Dinosaur Toy Blog in July 2007 and followed it up with the Dinosaur Toy Forum in January 2008, and the Animal Toy Forum in December 2012. He is particularly interested in marine reptile figures, especially plesiosaurs. Adam also runs The Plesiosaur Directory website and has published several popular articles and technical papers on fossil marine reptiles. He is a children's book author with 'The Plesiosaur's Neck' (2021) and 'The Tyrannosaur's Feathers' (2023).Video showcasing the winning dioramas (first, second and first places) from the last five Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contests.
See the full contest results and all the entries on the Dinotoyforum here:
https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?board=27.0
All 27 entries in the Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2016. See details and vote here:Â https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4867.0
Top 10 new prehistoric animal and dinosaur toys of 2015 as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum. See all the results and vote yourself here:Â https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4643.0
Review of the Walking with Dinosaurs transforming plush toy Leaellynasaura.
Unboxing a delivery of new Recur dinosaur toys from Shenzhen Ankyl Toys Co. Ltd. Visit their site at https://www.recur.top/ Thanks to Recur for the review samples!
Top 10 pterosaur toys of all time, as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum Community, 2016. Agree or disagree with this top ten? Have your say in the active poll, where after voting you can also see all of the results:Â https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4442.0
The best of Safari Ltd’s Carnegie Collection as voted for by the Dinosaur Toy Forum Community. Agree or disagree with the top ten? Have your say in the active poll, where you can also see all of the results after voting:Â https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=3198.0
Back in 2010 I treated myself to a pair of statues and reviewed one of them shortly thereafter (Stegosaurus reviewed here). The second model has spent the last half decade standing proudly in my flat, begging for the review that never seemed to come.
All 65 entries in the Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2015, sponsored by CollectA
High resolution versions of all the photographs, the diorama titles, and the poll to vote for your favourites, are available on the Dinosaur Toy Forum here: https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=3899.0
