Brand: Safari Ltd

Review: Prehistoric Mammal Skulls (Toob by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Arsinoitherium, Australopithecus, Daeodon, Embolotherium, Mammut, Smilodon, Uintatherium, Woolly rhinoceros Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Cat, Mammal Age: Eocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Set, Skeletal, Tube

4.7 (9 votes)

Prehistoric skulls, be they those of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, sea monsters, mammals, amphibians, or any other beasts, are always things of beauty and intrigue. Let us take a look at this interesting variety of mammal skulls from Safari Ltd. There are eight in total, all coloured medium brown with a pale brown wash, and all with their names printed on the undersides.

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Review: Prehistoric Plants (Safari Ltd)

Genus: Agathis, Araucaria, Tree fern Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Plant Age: Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Miocene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Triassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (10 votes)

Review and photographs by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
Plants and trees may not be a collector’s first choice of models to collect, and not only because there’s so few around. In general, humans feel more attracted to animals than towards plants despite the fact that we could still live well without keeping or even breeding (and feeding on) animals, but not without plants.

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Review: Prehistoric Sea Life Toob (Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Basilosaurus, Chlamydoselachus, Dolichorhynchops, Elasmosaurus, Henodus, Ichthyosaurus, Liopleurodon, Metriorhynchus, Nothosaurus, Tylosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Ichthyosaur, Mosasaur, Placodont, Plesiosaur, Pliosaur, Reptile (other), Whale Age: Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Triassic Type: Tube

4.5 (17 votes)

Review by Cordylus, photos and figure captions by Plesiosauria
This is truely a marine reptile lover’s dream come true. For years, Nothosaurus, Metriorhynchus, Basilosaurus and the like were all hard to find and expensive (if there were any to even be found) – until now.

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Review: Prehistoric sharks (Toob by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Cladoselache, Cretoxyrhina, Edestus, Helicoprion, Hybodus, Orthacanthus, Sarcoprion, Scapanorhynchus, Stethacanthus, Xenacanthus Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Fish Age: Cretaceous, Permian Type: Set, Tube

4.6 (14 votes)

The Dinosaur Toy Blog has been quiet in recent weeks. As for me, I’ve been distracted by my involvement in the new Animal Toy Forum, which was launched recently as a partner site to the dinotoyblog and forum. However, I’ve neglected the blog for too long and so it’s time for me to turn my attention back to prehistoric animal reviews.

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Review: Prestosuchus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Prestosuchus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Crocodile Type: Figurine

4.9 (22 votes)

Safari Ltd’s 2019 slate of releases made a lot of wishes come true, especially where up-to-date versions of popular dinosaurs are concerned. But for me, the most exciting release was the Triassic pseudosuchian Prestosuchus. It’s pretty rare that Safari makes Triassic animals–currently, the only other genera they offer from this period are Coelophysis and Postosuchus.

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Review: Protoceratops (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Protoceratops Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Ceratopsian, Ceratopsian (basal) Age: Cretaceous Type: Baby Dino, Figurine

3.7 (7 votes)

One of the more unusual early Carnegie releases (© 1988), this Protoceratops is less dinosaur toy, more cheap-‘n’-cheerful diorama. The inspiration’s pretty obvious for anyone who’s read a dinosaur book or two (a classic case of mistaken identity – nobody tell this guy!), but it made for an odd early entry among the chunky theropods with painted-on teeth.

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Review: Psittacosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Psittacosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Ceratopsian, Ceratopsian (basal) Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.2 (12 votes)

Psittacosaurus, the “parrot lizard” is a very early member of the broad dinosaur group Marginocephothelia which includes the horned dinosaurs such as Triceratops and also the distantly related dome-headed dinosaurs such as Pachycephalosaurus. It lived in Asia during the early Cretacious about 130 million years ago and was relatively small for a dinosaur, only about 6 feet in length.

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Review: Psittacosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Psittacosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Ceratopsian, Ceratopsian (basal) Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (17 votes)

Review and photos by amargasaurus cazaui, edited by Suspsy
In 2005, a fossil specimen surfaced at the Tuscon Gem and Mineral Show that would soon set the world of paleontology on end. The slab, containing a single specimen of Psittacosaurus, had been preserved in such a way that it would soon yield a treasure trove of scientific firsts, new information, and depth to our understanding of this species.

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Review: Pteranodon (2019)(Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Pteranodon Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine Scale: 1:22

4.9 (24 votes)

Despite surprising levels of controversy surrounding it upon release, this is an excellent model that reflects scientific understanding to the best detail currently possible.

Pteranodon is the default popular image of the pterosaurs (often misidentified broadly as “pterodactyls” – although Pteranodon IS nestled deep in suborder Pterodactyloidea).

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Review: Pteranodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

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

1.5 (11 votes)

Now here’s a figure that’s had a beating with the ugly stick. The Pteranodon was one of 17 models in the original Carnegie collection lineup, way back in 1989. It was retired in 1995 but reissued the following year and is still produced today.

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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: Pterosaur (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

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

4.3 (12 votes)

In 2003, a new species of African pterosaur was unveiled by paleontologist Paul Sereno. Discovered in the southern Sahara, the animal’s 16-foot wingspan and sharp teeth enabled it to soar down from the skies and snatch up fish some 110 million years ago.

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