One of my favorite figures in the Mattel Jurassic World line to this day has been the 2019 Dino Rivals Amargasaurus. Strangely it has yet to receive a review for the blog here in all this time (short of the mini I took a look at in 2023), so here I am to rectify that. Despite the abundance of sauropods...
While Anomalocaris takes the number one spot for my favorite Cambrian period invertebrate, Opabinia is a very close second, due to its enigmatic anatomy, featuring a strange proboscis, five eyes, and with a body shape that is similar, yet distinct from Anomalocaris and kin. I was of course delighted when I saw that it was part of the From the...
Special thanks as always to Happy Hen Toys for sending this one out. If you want this figure or anything else from Schleich and more, prehistoric and extant, they have you covered. Now on to the review. One of the most famous prehistoric animals out there is Dimetrodon, and as a result it is commonly represented on the toy market....
Following up on my Hammond Collection Allosaurus review, is with yet another beloved animal from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, the Stegosaurus. More specifically the Hammond Collection juvenile Stegosaurus based on the one from The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Strangely this is my first time reviewing a figure of this animal, despite it being one of my favorite dinosaurs, and...
It’s interesting to think that the last time I reviewed an Allosaurus figure for the blog here was back in 2019, and based on the individual from the short film Battle at Big Rock, released in the same year. Here I am now with the Hammond Collection iteration, yet again based on the design from that short film. Worth noting...
Released back in 2024 is this interesting little Danger Pack set consisting of Eoraptor and Stegouros for the Mattel Jurassic World Epic Evolution line. Both dinosaurs were from what is now South America, with Eoraptor hailing from the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina, and Stegouros from the Dorotea Formation of Chile. However they couldn’t have been more far apart, as Eoraptor...
I’ll be honest, I initially planned to skip this figure back when it was originally announced in 2020 due to the animal in question’s fragmentary nature currently consisting of hind limb material for the most part. That’s despite the beautiful prototype it got later on, which was certainly tempting. Enter the “dragon prince” Khankhuuluu mongoliensis described just last year, which...
Right off the bat I want to give my sincerest thanks (again) to David James Armsby, who sent me this figure and for free, after a lovely conversation on the forum here. Not only that but with a wonderful little sketch as well. I cannot stress my extreme gratitude for his generosity enough. And yes that is Dead Sound himself,...
My absolute gratitude to Happy Hen Toys for generously sending this little figure of a cute fish for me to review here. You can pick up this figure, and many others like it from there as well. While I adore a number of prehistoric fish (like that silly Sacabambaspis that became a meme a few years ago), there is but...
This is not going to be just one review of sorts. Oh no, this is going to be a mammoth review… of mammoths. Both of the 1/18 scale adults and calves, in the standard and snowy colorations. The original plan was to tackle the snowy ones which are in a set together (and was exclusive to those that backed the...
Released just last year is a wonderful pair of Beelzebufo from Rebor. They have really outdone themselves this time. I’ve collected quite a number of their models over the years, and honestly I think this one may just be my favorite yet (though the Deinonychus trio are still tough contenders). It was first revealed on their social media accounts back...
Despite being described back in 2014 (Lü et al), I’ve only recently become enamored with Qianzhousaurus, informally known as the “Pinocchio rex”. While featuring in the likes of Prehistoric Planet, and Jurassic World Evolution 2, it was the Beasts of the Mesozoic figure that cemented my interest in it, thanks to the vivid coloration it sported. In fact this is...
