Brand: Carnegie

Review: Woolly mammoth (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: M. primigenius, Mammuthus, Woolly mammoth Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.9 (26 votes)

There’s a vast array mammoth models out there in the world of prehistoric animal figures but they rarely get much attention here on the Dinosaur Toy Blog. That is, of course, because they are just boring old mammals, but let’s not hold this against them, they can’t help it.

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Review: Dilophosaurus pair (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Dilophosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Theropod, Theropod (basal) Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.1 (19 votes)

Review and photos by Emperor Dinobot, edited by Plesiosauria.
The legendary Dilophosaurus pair by the Carnegie Collection (Safari Ltd), was first released in 1995 with follow-up variations in 1997 and post 2000s. Luckily, I have all three variations which are differentiated by coloration and mold.

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News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2015)

News Category: Upcoming Releases Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd., Wild Safari

5 (5 votes)

This news comes a little earlier in the year than usual, but maybe that’s because these figures will all be released late in 2014, just in time for Christmas. These early images come from a PDF version of a “2015 New Product Guide” by Safari Ltd, which was posted as low resolution images on Facebook by a dealer based in Sweden.

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Review: Carnotaurus (1996 Version)(Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Carnotaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Abelisaurid, Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.3 (19 votes)

Let me start off by saying this is a review written on impulse. I didn’t expect to write a review today and never thought I would even own the model I’m reviewing. There is a bit of a story here so get comfortable, maybe grab a drink.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (2014) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.5 (41 votes)

Just as the Carnegie collection’s 10 year milestone was celebrated with the release of an updated Tyrannosaurus sculpt, so this year’s 25th anniversary sees the release of an all-new T. rex figure, one better suited to the line’s current aesthetic.

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News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2014)

News Category: Upcoming Releases Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd., Wild Safari

4.8 (5 votes)

It has become an annual dinotoyblog tradition, around this time of year, to post an overview of each toy company’s upcoming dinosaur figures. So, here we go again, starting with Safari Ltd.
There’s just a single new addition to the Carnegie Collection in 2014, a brand new version of the ever-popular T.

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Review: Triceratops (Version 2, Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.4 (11 votes)

Guest review by John Hall.
Let’s face it – if you’re reading this blog you have known since your age could be measured in single digits that Triceratops was a late Cretaceous ceratopsian from North America whose name means “three horned face”… etc., etc., etc.

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Review: Stegosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Stegosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4 (15 votes)

Now here’s a dinosaur figure that’s somehow evaded review year after year. The classic Stegosaurus model by Safari Ltd has gone through several incarnations since its original release in 1988-9. The Stegosaurus figure is one of the originals in the Carnegie Collection line up.

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Review: Concavenator (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Concavenator Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (19 votes)

In recent years, the fossil beds of Spain have provided spectacular examples of dinosaurs, but perhaps the most famous is Concavenator. First revealed in 2010, this allosauroid’s distinctive physique made it an instant celebrity. The peculiar hump along the back does not seem as awe-inspiring as the humongous sails lining the backs of certain other critters, yet it has clearly made an impression upon us.

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News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2013)

News Category: Upcoming Releases Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd., Wild Safari

4.8 (6 votes)

Although it’s only September, Safari Ltd have already provided information on the new figures they plan to release in 2013. The line up of prehistoric animals includes one new addition to the Carnegie Collection, several new critters in the Wild Safari line, and a new ‘toob’.

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Review: Caudipteryx (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Caudipteryx Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Oviraptorosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (19 votes)

It’s a bird…it’s a dinosaur…it’s possibly both. It’s the Carnegie Caudipteryx! Although reviewed briefly in 2007 it’s time this stunning oviraptorosaur got the more in depth treatment it deserves. Released in 2006 with several other feathered representations of China’s Yikian formation, this is Carnegie’s take on the small theropod that remains one of the best feathered dinosaur models available.

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Review: Euoplocephalus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Euoplocephalus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.2 (14 votes)

One of the earliest Carnegie figures made (it’s stamped ‘© 1988’), this Euoplocephalus is also the line’s very first ankylosaur figure. Remarkably, this review will also be this blog’s first to feature a toy that’s actually labelled Euoplocephalus, rather than simply de facto representing the genus (like the Favorite “Ankylosaurus” and original Schleich “Saichania“).

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