Author: Suspsy

Suspsy has lived in Canada all his life. One day when he was in kindergarten, his teacher did a lesson on dinosaurs and put up some giant cutouts on the wall. Suspsy immediately began pretending to be a Tyrannosaurus rex at playtime, and continued to do so for many subsequent playtimes. Since then, he has acquired two degrees, worked many different jobs, travelled to many fantastic locations, fallen in love, gotten married, and settled down to raise a family, but his passion for dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals has never waned.

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Review: Stegosaurus (Mini)(Skeleflex by Wild Planet)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Skeleflex Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Construction, Skeletal

1.6 (11 votes)

Despite its immense fame and popularity, there are not very many complete specimens of Stegosaurus. Most of the skeletons you see in museums are actually composites of multiple animals. The most intact one is currently “Sophie,” a young adult that resides in the Natural History Museum in London, U.K.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Mini)(Skeleflex by Wild Planet)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Skeleflex Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Construction, Skeletal

2.1 (10 votes)

Today I’ll be taking a look at an unusual addition to the Dinosaur Toy Blog: Skeleflex. Released by a company called Wild Planet back in 2007, the line was described in its press release as “a creative ball-and-socket building system that puts kids in control.

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Review: Brachiosaurus (Baby)(Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Brachiosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Macronaria (basal), Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.3 (11 votes)

Although Brachiosaurus remains one of the most popular dinosaurs, in large part due to once being heralded(incorrectly) as the “biggest of the big,” the reality is that very little is known about this Jurassic giant. Only scant fossil remains have been found in North America, and what was once thought to have been an African species is now recognized as a separate genus, Giraffatitan.

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Review: Archaeopteryx (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Archaeopteryx Brand: PNSO Classification: Bird, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.4 (31 votes)

It’s all or nothing now. Having caught the young female’s eye, Jonas fluffs his feathers, spreads his wings, and raises his tail. She continues to watch him from a distance. Encouraged, Jonas rapidly bows his head and utters low clicks and rattles. At last, the female approaches him and the two touch muzzles.

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Review: Wuerhosaurus (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Wuerhosaurus Brand: PNSO Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (12 votes)

A wide variety of stegosaurs once inhabited North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, but Wuerhosaurus is the only one currently known to have survived all the way into the Early Cretaceous period. Unfortunately, few fossils of this intriguing Chinese animal have been uncovered to date.

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Review: Kronosaurus (Deluxe by CollectA)

Genus: Kronosaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (36 votes)

Slowly, steadily, silently, Keelhaul approaches his target, an elasmosaur too occupied in turn with stalking a school of fish to notice him. A sudden push of his flippers, a snap of his mighty jaws, a moment’s frantic struggle, and the elasmosaur is dead, its long neck nearly severed.

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Review: Einiosaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Einiosaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (28 votes)

After years of going ignored by toy companies, the centrosaurine known as Einiosaurus is finally enjoying a surge of attention. First there was the endearing miniature from PNSO, then the sterling rendition from Wild Safari. And now we have CollectA’s take on the ‘buffalo lizard.’

The first thing you notice about this figure is its size.

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Review: Pteranodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Geosternbergia, Pteranodon Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.4 (13 votes)

It was once thought that there were two distinct species of the famous Pteranodon. P. longiceps is the “standard” one with a knife-shaped crest, while P. sternbergi was larger and had a more ornate, upright crest.

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Review: Ampelosaurus (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Ampelosaurus Brand: PNSO Classification: Sauropod, Titanosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.8 (25 votes)

Ampelosaurus was a relatively small sauropod that lived in Europe during the Late Cretaceous. To protect itself against predators, this titanosaur’s back was covered in an impressive array of armoured osteoderms.

Meet Lans, the little Ampelosaurus from PNSO. He measures about 9.5 cm long, although he’d be longer if his tail were held out straight behind him instead of curling fluidly to the left.

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Review: Kentrosaurus (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Kentrosaurus Brand: PNSO Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.2 (15 votes)

As a hungry allosaur appears from the brush, Sethi abandons his breakfast and adopts a fighting stance. The predator moves in quickly, but Sethi responds by swinging his great tail in a full arc. The swooshing sound and flashing spikes give the allosaur pause, but then it resumes its advance.

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Review: Deinotherium (Mojö Fun)

Genus: Deinotherium Brand: Mojö Fun Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Miocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.4 (14 votes)

The name Deinotherium means “terrible beast,” and this powerful pachyderm must have seemed like one to our early hominid ancestors who lived alongside it in Africa during the Pleistocene epoch. Standing around 4 metres tall and weighing anywhere from 10 to 13 tons, it was possibly the third largest proboscidean of all time after the 24-ton Asian straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon namadicus (the largest land mammal of all time!) and the 15-ton mastodon Mammut borsoni.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (2017)(Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (98 votes)

The old bull snorts angrily, but Hardbit is unmoved. He has stalked and killed scores of calves and cows on his own, and together with his mate, Tanjaw, large bulls like this one. And there is no moon in the sky overhead. A good night for a kill.

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