Brand: Safari Ltd.

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Version 2)(Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.6 (33 votes)

There was once a time when no proper museum gift shop didn’t feature the legendary and now-defunct Carnegie Collection. Let us take a closer look at one of its biggest stars.

Here we have the second version of the Carnegie Tyrannosaurus rex, released in 1996.

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Review: Parasaurolophus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Parasaurolophus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.7 (9 votes)

Review and photographs by Laura aka “Paleona”, edited by Plesiosauria.
Hadrosaurs may not be as exciting as toothy theropods, as elaborately ornamented as ceratopsians, or as grand in size as sauropods, but I’ve always had a fondness for the “duck-bills”. There’s a certain charm in their unique shape and distinctive crests; I like to imagine them peacefully grazing in the prehistoric swamps, trumpeting to their family members. Parasaurolophus is the most easily recognized of all hadrosaurs, and is the star of todays review!

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Review: Tanystropheus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Tanystropheus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (14 votes)

One of my favorite critters from the Triassic period has to be Tanystropheus. In a period renowned for its strange non-dinosaur Archosauromorphs the Tanystropheus is certainly among the strangest. Superficially similar to a plesiosaur this animal appears to have been semi-aquatic, with webbed feet instead of flippers.

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Review: Megalodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Megalodon Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Fish, Shark Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

2.2 (17 votes)

MEGALODON! The undisputed monarch of all sharks. Possibly the largest and most powerful flesh-eating animal to ever inhabit Earth’s seas. Star of cheesy novels, cheesier made-for-TV movies, and even cheesier pseudo-documentaries. And surprisingly enough, underrepresented in the world of prehistoric toys. For a long time, the proper scientific name for this animal was Carcharodon megalodon, however, it has recently been reclassified as Carcharocles megalodon.

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Review: Smilodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd.)

Genus: Smilodon Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Cat, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4 (7 votes)

This is the first Smilodon review on the DTB, so I think it is only fitting that I start with the original Carnegie Smilodon. When Safari launched the Carnegie line in 1988, Smilodon was in the first group of scientific models released.

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Review: Guanlong (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Guanlong Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.7 (15 votes)

Review and photos by Nathan ‘Takama’ Morris, edited by amargasaurus cazaui and Suspsy
In the world of dinosaur toys, smaller species are not all that common. Most companies seem to think that members of the general public find them to be boring. But we, as a specialized community of dinosaur enthusiasts, can agree that this is far from true.

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Version 1, Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Pachycephalosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.9 (12 votes)

Despite my lifelong love of dinosaurs, I never made make a point of acquiring Carnegie Collection figures as a child. I suppose I was far too busy acquiring Lego sets and Ninja Turtles. But when my mother returned from a business trip with the Carnegie Pachycephalosaurus as a gift, I was delighted.

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Review: Dimorphodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Dimorphodon Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Pterosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.1 (15 votes)

Dimorphodon is one of those classic pterosaurs that old thirtysomethings like myself grew up reading about in the 1980s. With a large, blocky head, stout body, and relatively short wings, it would not have been the most skillful of flyers. Instead, it probably took to the air only for brief periods in order to find food or escape predators.

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Review: Sauropelta (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Sauropelta Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Ankylosaur, Nodosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.8 (26 votes)

Between marauding packs of Deinonychus and the hulking Acrocanthosaurus, the nodosaurid Sauropelta lived in extremely dangerous times. Fortunately, the “lizard shield” was more than capable of defending itself.

The 2015 Wild Safari Sauropelta measures 19 cm long from nose to tail tip.

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Review: Archaeopteryx (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Archaeopteryx Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Bird, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (32 votes)

Review and photographs by Patrx, edited by Plesiosauria.
Archaeopteryx lithographica, the famous “ancient wing”, was named for a single wing feather found in the Solnhofen Lagerstätten in 1861. That feather would soon be joined by more fossils, adding up to a remarkably detailed body of evidence for the creature’s shape, anatomy, and integument.

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Review: Woolly Mammoth baby (Prehistoric Life by Wild Safari)

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

4.8 (10 votes)

After completing the 2004 Wild Safari Prehistoric Life Woolly Mammoth review, it was brought to my attention that I should take a look at the retired WS Baby. With this thought in mind, I sat down and took a close look at this little toy.

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Review: Spinosaurus (1992) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Spinosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.8 (14 votes)

For today’s review, we are going to travel back in time, to such an unimaginably distant era that the world as we know today it simply didn’t exist… specifically, the year 1992. For lovers of carnivorous dinosaurs, this was a simpler and more innocent time.

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