Brand: Kaiyodo

Review: Styracosaurus (Dinotales Series 3 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Styracosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.5 (10 votes)

Styracosaurus was a centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America. It is well known and popular amongst dinosaur fans because of its unique and menacing horn style. Despite the fact that many other ceratopsian dinosaurs with what seems to be increasingly bizarre horn adornments have since been unearthed, Styracosaurus still remains one of the most striking.

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Review: Triceratops (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.8 (11 votes)

Triceratops is the largest known ceratopsian and lived at the very end of the reign of dinosaurs in what is now North America. Kaiyodo came out with two different renditions of this dinosaur, one in its first series and then a newer, more up to date rendition in its fifth series featured here.

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Review: Anchiceratops (Dinotales Series 7 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Anchiceratops Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.6 (12 votes)

Anchiceratops was a large ceratopsian that lived during the late Cretaceous in what is now Canada. Like its relative, Chasmosaurus, Anchicratops is characterized by possessing a large frill complete with two large openings called finestre to prevent the skull from being too heavy.

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Review: Parasaurolophus (Jurassic Park III by Coca Cola)

Genus: Parasaurolophus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kaiyodo Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure, Figurine

4.2 (9 votes)

Famous among dinosaur figure collectors for their excellent Dinotales figures, Kaiyodo also produced a lesser known set of dinosaur figures in 2001, following the release of Jurassic Park III. The set, sponsored by Coca Cola, consisted of 12 dinosaur figures and a secret figure (a Spinosaurus skull).

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Pachycephalosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.6 (8 votes)

Pachycephalosaurus is the largest and most well recognized member of the dome-headed dinosaurs. It lived at the end of the Cretaceous 66-65 million years ago and therefore would have been amongst the last non-avian dinosaurs ever to be alive. It coexisted with other well known dinosaurs like Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus.

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Review: Therizinosaurus (Dinotales Series 4 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Therizinosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Therizinosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4 (10 votes)

Review and Photos by Dr Andre Mursch (“Brontodocus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.
One of the most bizarre dinosaurs ever found was Therizinosaurus cheloniformis from the Nemegt formation of Mongolia, which is approximately 70 million years old. Today it is a famous dinosaur every enthusiast has an image about how it looked like but that was not always the case.

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Review: Meganeura (Dinotales Series 4 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Meganeura Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Invertebrate Age: Carboniferous Type: Figurine

5 (5 votes)

Review and Photos by Dr Andre Mursch (“Brontodocus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.
Meganeura monyi was a gigantic insect belonging to the extinct Protodonata and superficially resembling a dragonfly. Its remains come from the Stephanian (late Carboniferous) of France and England and are approximately 300 million years old.

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Review: Ceratosaurus (Dinotales Series 4, by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Ceratosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (10 votes)

Review and Photos by Dr Andre Mursch (“Brontodocus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.
Although it was rather uncommon and a good deal smaller than contemporaneous Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus nasicornis is arguably one of the most famous theropod dinosaurs. At its time it was a rather primitive theropod with a four-fingered hand, a deep and heavy tail and a less athletic chest than more advanced theropods had.

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Review: Apatosaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

Genus: Apatosaurus Brand: Dinomania, Kaiyodo Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (10 votes)

Formerly known as Brontosaurus, Apatosaurus is perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognizable dinosaurs. Such fame and popularity guarantees its presence in many dinosaur toy lines. However, most of these figures tend to be on the larger side, and some of them are not quite accurate, with the hands often being inaccurate.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus (skeleton) (Dinotales Series 1 by Kaiyodo)

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

3.5 (4 votes)

The Dinotales series is well-known for high-fidelity detail at a preposterously small scale and low price. Even so, I must admit to having been sceptical as to Kaiyodo’s ability to successfully recreate highly complex dinosaur skeletons – such as this Tyrannosaurus – at the same minute size as their fleshed out reconstructions.

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Review: Carnotaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 5)

Genus: Carnotaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (9 votes)

One of the last South American dinosaurs, Carnotaurus was an interesting theropod that lived in what is now Argentina 70 million years ago. Its most distinctive features are the two horns that sit atop its head. In fact, the name Carnotaurus means “flesh-eating bull”.

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Review: Deinonychus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Dinomania, Kaiyodo Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (6 votes)

Ever since a certain motion picture was released in the early 90’s, dromaeosaurs have been ingrained into popular culture. Commonly referred to as raptors (much to the dismay of ornithologists), most people see them as swift killing machines that could hunt down anything using their vicious sickle claws.

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