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).Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Figures of 2019, as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum community. Yep, we’re posting this rather late but better late than never! Thanks to Gwangi who generously offered to compose this video for the channel while I was unable to do so.
I’ve been meaning to plug some of the gaps in our Marx review series for a long while, so thanks to the other reviewers who have been most patient with me. The Marx Iguanodon toy under review today was part of the Second Series Mold Group, PL-1083, first released in 1961.
Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Figures of 2018, as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum community. Yep, we’re posting this very late, three years late in fact! But better late than never.
Trailer for my new children’s book, The Plesiosaur’s Neck, which is being released May 6 2021. Co-written with Jonathan Emmett, illustrated by Adam Larkum, and published by UCLan Publishing. I’ve listed all purchase options here: https://plesiosauria.com/the-plesiosaurs-neck-book-pre-order/
Trailer by Jonathan Emmett.
Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Figures of 2020, as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum community. 2020 is clearly the year that PNSO established their place amongst the top companies.
In which I unbox some teeeny Sega miniature dinosaur figures acquired in a recent trade on the Dinosaur Toy Forum.
In which I unbox some PNSO figures and a Schleich toys purchased from Everything Dinosaur.
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Some more unboxings to catch up on including an unusual Monster in my Pocket depicting ‘Compsognathus corallestris‘ (figure subsequently received a written review on the blog here), several mystery critters, a bunch of Weetos cereal dinosaurs, and an Ichthyosaurus gift from Safari Ltd sculptor Doug Watson (figure reviewed here).
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This is an update to the 2014 video! The animals are arranged somewhat loosely into taxonomic groups, and there are a few out-of-place for aesthetic reasons, and some overlapping groups.
Music by Diplodocus (https://diplodocus.bandcamp.com) and Martin Stynes (https://genesisvii.bandcamp.com), used with kind permission.
Top 10 ‘raptor’ dinosaur toys, i.e. dromaeosaurs (+ troodontids were included in the poll), as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum community in 2018. I’m a bit late posting this! As you will see, the community obviously has a lot of love for accurate, feathered renditions!
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Video showing all 45 entries in the Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2019, sponsored by Urzeitshop.
View the entries in detail and vote in the poll: https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=8241.0
Visit Urzeitshop: http://urzeitshop.eu
I’m back after a short break, with a new unboxing In which I take a wind-up plesiosaur for a swim and inspect some margarine figures, the latter a gift from Libraraptor.
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