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Review: Concavenator (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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3.2 (30 votes)

Review and photos by Loon, edited by Suspsy

Concavenator was an Early Cretaceous carcharodontosaur hailing from Spain. The beautifully preserved holotype fossil possessed a set of extended vertebrae that formed a triangular ridge in front of the hips. This bizarre feature has caused the species’ star to grow quickly, causing it to receive several toys and even cameo in the second Jurassic World movie.

Review: Dracorex (Schleich)

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4.5 (24 votes)

Review and photos by Killekor, edited by Suspsy

Schleich is a brand known among collectors both for their wide distribution and for their usually inaccurate prehistoric models, although sometimes (especially in the most recent years), they produced some decent or even great ones like their two versions of Kentrosaurus and last year’s Spinosaurus.

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (2009)(CollectA/Procon)

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1.3 (24 votes)

Review and photographs by ‘Prehistory Resurrection,’ edited by Suspsy

Hello, this is ‘Prehistory Resurrection’, formerly known as ‘Resurrection of the dinosaurs.’ The figure that I will review today is CollectA’s 2009 brown Tyrannosaurus rex figure from its old Procon line. At first, I thought that it was just a repainted version of the original 2006 version, but when I compared it with the images, I saw some differences in their sculpts which I will describe in full.

Review: Paradeinonychus (Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect by Kenner)

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2.8 (13 votes)

Review and photographs by Sketchy, edited by Suspsy

As many of you know, Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect was a short-lived toy line famous for its hybrids. While most fans remember the Velocirapteryx, there was one other raptor hybrid created: the Paradeinonychus, a cross between a Parasaurolophus and a Deinonychus.

Review: Mei long (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

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4.8 (18 votes)

Review and photos by Ravonium, edited by Suspsy

In addition to preserving their anatomy, fossils can also show us how organisms behaved. One example of this is the Chinese troodontid Mei long, the type fossil of which is a complete juvenile specimen preserved in a sleeping position.

Review: Baryonyx (2019)(Deluxe by CollectA)

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4.6 (20 votes)

Review and photographs by Patrx

To me, Baryonyx is the quintessential British dinosaur. Perhaps a more classic taxon like Iguanodon or Megalosaurus really deserves the top spot, but there’s something about Baryonyx that stands out in my mind as inescapably British, and I think this is very likely to do with the fact that, for a long time, the best Baryonyx toy available was the classic monochrome rendition produced by Invicta Plastics for the British Museum.

Review: Stygimoloch skeleton (Dino Excavation Kit by Geoworld)

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4.3 (6 votes)

Review and photographs by DrWheelieMobile, edited by Suspsy

A staple of any paleo-nut’s childhood – and source of dread for said paleo-nut’s parents! – were so-called excavation kits, which usually took the form of plaster blocks with parts of a skeleton model jumbled inside.

Review: Tyrannops (Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect by Kenner)

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3.8 (9 votes)

Review and photographs by Sketchy, edited by Suspsy

Over the course of Kenner’s Jurassic Park line, three figures used the same Lycaenops sculpt. The first one was made for Series 2 in 1994. The second one was for the 2000 Jurassic Park: Dinosaurs line under the bizarre name of “Lynx.” And finally, Kenner made the third one for their Chaos Effect line, but called it the “Tyrannops.” Crazy.

Review: Therizinosaurus (2018 Repaint)(Conquering the Earth by Schleich)

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2.7 (24 votes)

Review and photos by ‘Resurrection of the dinosaurs,’ edited by Suspsy.As I wrote a review about a repainted figure in my last review for the DTB, I figured I would finish reviewing repainted figures instead of skipping to other ones. So here I am with the Schleich ‘Conquering the Earth’ 2018 repainted Therizinosaurus.

Review: Compstegnathus (Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect by Kenner)

3.2 (12 votes)

Review and photographs by Sketchy, edited by Suspsy

Although the Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect was far from successful upon its release, it has since generated a cult following from some hardcore collectors. One of the most well known and easiest to find of the hybrids is the Compstegnathus.

Review: Alpha Velociraptor (Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect by Kenner)

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3.4 (23 votes)

Review and Photographs By Sketchy, edited by Suspsy

While Jurassic World popularized the idea of genetically modified dinosaur hybrids, Kenner beat them to the idea over 17 years prior with the Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect line, a mix of crazy hybrids and similarly crazy repaints of old figures.

Review: Polacanthus (Definitely Dinosaurs by Playskool)

2.9 (9 votes)

Review and photos by Art Rex, edited by Suspsy

Before the release of Jurassic Park in 1993, Playskool’s Definitely Dinosaurs was one of the best brands of prehistoric playtime, rivaled only by Tyco’s Dino-Riders. Most of the Definitely Dinosaurs were relatively simple in design, almost cartoonish to play to a younger demographic.

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