Brand: Kaiyodo

Review: Ceratopsian Collection (Capsule Q Museum by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Diabloceratops, Kosmoceratops, Triceratops Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Set

3.9 (7 votes)

The last several years have laid witness to the discovery of an ever more bizarre catalog of those charismatic and intriguing dinosaurs known as the ceratopsians. With outlandish head gear and eccentric names like Diabloceratops, Mojoceratops, Kosmoceratops and Medusaceratops it’s no wonder this group of dinosaurs is among the most popular.

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Review: Plateosaurus (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Plateosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Prosauropod Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.4 (8 votes)

Review and photographs by Dennis AKA Lanthanotus
When I first discovered the Dinosaur Toy Blog, I began with browsing the several dinosaur toy producing companies listed. The Kaiyodo site woke my interest, mainly because of the intriguing color schemes and accuracy of their models.

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Review: Copepteryx (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

Genus: Copepteryx Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Bird, Theropod Age: Oligocene Type: Figurine

5 (6 votes)

The Japanese toy company Kaiyodo isn’t afraid to tackle the obscure and one of the best examples of this would have to be the Kaiyodo Copepteryx. While other companies make and re-make the same tired old prehistoric favorites here we have Kaiyodo making a very obscure extinct bird that you’ve probably never heard of and who’s name I can never remember (maybe writing this review will fix that).

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Review: Australopithecus (Paranthropus) boisei (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 2)

Genus: Australopithecus, Paranthropus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Hominid, Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

3.9 (8 votes)

Toys and figurines representing early hominins and human evolution in general are rare in this hobby. The few that do exist by the likes of Safari, Bullyland, and CollectA are usually poorly sculpted and poorly researched, either looking like caveman stereotypes or generic upright monkeys.

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Review: Cretaceous Collection (Kaiyodo Capsule Q Museum)

Genus: Mosasaurus, Pteranodon, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Mosasaur, Pterosaur, Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Set

3.4 (14 votes)

Review and photos by Patryx
Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Mosasaurus, and Pteranodon. What a familiar lineup! This is a set decidedly influenced by the hype surrounding the latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, consisting of five iconic creatures from all over the Cretaceous.

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Review: Siamotyrannus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 1)

Genus: Siamotyrannus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.8 (6 votes)

Obscure dinosaur species only known from fragmentary remains are generally not made into toy form, but there are exceptions to every rule. Today we will look at Kaiyodo’s representation of Siamotyrannus isanensis, a poorly-known theropod from early Cretaceous Thailand.

Not much can be said as to the accuracy of this figure.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus Collection (Kaiyodo Capsule Q Museum)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus, Yutyrannus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Set, Skeletal

4.4 (9 votes)

A few years back the Japanese manufacturer of kits and figurines known as Kaiyodo announced the release of their “Capsule Q Museum” series. The various collections that have been released cover everything from anime characters, animals, food and, thankfully, dinosaurs. This was great news because with the discontinuation of their Dinotales line we were all sorely missing the exquisitely made and highly accurate little dinosaurs and prehistoric animals necessary to own for any collector of prehistoric toys, kits and figurines.

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Review: Shantungosaurus (Dinotales Series 4 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Shantungosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (11 votes)

Trust Kaiyodo to turn such a monstrously huge dinosaur into a miniature masterpiece of a figure. It might have had nothing on the largest sauropods, but this animal was named Shantungosaurus giganteus for a reason (it is the biggest non-sauropod dinosaur yet known).

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Review: Sinosauropteryx (Dinotales Series 1 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Sinosauropteryx Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Compsognathid, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (7 votes)

Over two decades after paleontologist John Ostrom described Deinonychus and subsequently launched the “Dinosaur Renaissance” yet a new genus would be found that would change the public perception of dinosaurs and finally bring forth the last piece of evidence needed to connect dinosaurs to birds.

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Review: Brachiosaurus (Dinotales Series 2 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Brachiosaurus, Giraffatitan Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Macronaria (basal), Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (9 votes)

Ah, Dinotales. You either love them, or you’re wrong. Although tiny, their finely-sculpted, pointy and brittle nature ensures that they are inherently unsuitable for use as toys; it also means that they combine the two desirable traits of being attractive and compact (particularly handy for the more fanatical collector who’s running out of space).

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Review: Male Velociraptor (Jurassic Park III by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Velociraptor Brand: Jurassic Park, Kaiyodo Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure, Figurine

3.6 (8 votes)

The Jurassic Park movies are what led Velociraptor to its great fame and popularity in popular culture. This dinosaur has been represented many times in Jurassic Park memorabilia, collectibles, and toys. It is fitting that when Kaiyodo produced a set of 13 figures based on the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park 3, figures of both the male and female Velociraptors in the movie were produced.

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Review: Kitadaniryu (Kaiyodo Animatales Series 6)

Genus: Kitadaniryu Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.2 (6 votes)

After the release of a certain film having to do with dinosaurs in 1993, dromaeosaurs have captured the public imagination. While some are famous, such as the notorious Velociraptor and Utahraptor, there are many more obscure species as well. Kitadaniryu is a very mysterious dinosaur, as there is very little information about it available.

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