Brand: Safari Ltd.

Review: Leptoceratops (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

4 (12 votes)

Leptoceratops was a small ceratopsian from the Maastrichtian period at the very end of the Cretacious in North America. It would have lived alongside it’s much more famous cousins, Triceratops and Torosaurus as well as other dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus and Anatotitan to name a few.

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Review: Tapejara (Wild Safari Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Tapejara, Tupandactylus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (10 votes)

Tapejara is a pterosaur from the Cretaceous deposits of Brazil. Historically, several species have been referred to this genus, each species was differentiated based on the shape and size of their head crests. Safari’s offering shows a tall semicircular crest and a long prong protruding from the back of the head, this arrangement is characteristic of the species Tapejara imperator.

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Review: Scutosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Scutosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Permian Type: Figurine

5 (21 votes)

The bear-sized pareiasaur Scutosaurus inhabited the semi-arid Late Permian landscape of Russia, likely being common on floodplains and in similar environs which would have supported in relative abundance what plant life could be found in that region 250 million years ago.

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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: Saltasaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Saltasaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Sauropod, Titanosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.8 (16 votes)

Titanosaurians are a quite poorly known group of sauropod dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period. Saltasaurus, from Argentina, is one of the better known representatives of this group and it provided the first conclusive evidence for osteoderms (bony armour) in a sauropod; many titanosaurians are now known to have been armoured.

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Review: Suchomimus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Suchomimus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

1.4 (14 votes)

Suchomimus is believed to have been a large piscivorous theropod, related to the extremely large Spinosaurus. Despite Suchomimus being relatively well known to dinosaur enthusiasts, it is usually not made in PVC form, in favor of Baryonyx.

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Review: Corythosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd)

Genus: Corythosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (26 votes)

Corythosaurus was a lambiosaurine hadrosaur that lived during the Campanian in the Late Cretaceous about 75 million years ago. Its bones were discovered in Canada and the USA. It belongs to the same general group of dinosaurs as its slightly more popular cousin, Parasaurolophus.

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Review: Plateosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Plateosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Prosauropod Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (18 votes)

This Plateosaurus, with “1994” stamped on its tummy, is fast becoming one of the older figures in the Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd. Plateosaurus is from the Triassic of Germany and is classified as a prosauropod dinosaur, that is, a close relative of the later large long-necked sauropods.

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Review: Beipiaosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Beipiaosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Therizinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.5 (30 votes)

Beipiaosaurus is a therizinosauroid, although it is not included within the family Therizinosauridae because it is more ‘primitive’. Fossils of therizinosaurs have confused palaeontologists for many years. Their fragmentary remains were originally allied with prosauropods because of their long necks, backwards-facing hips, peg-like teeth suited for a herbivorous lifestyle, and other anatomical features.

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Review: Diplodocus (2008) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Diplodocus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (22 votes)

Although the 2008 Diplodocus has been featured several times on this blog already, it has never been reviewed, so it’s time to make amends with a photographic walkaround and short review.

This is Safari’s second attempt at a Diplodocus and this version is a much improved affair.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (10th Anniversary) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd) (Review 2)

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

4.5 (34 votes)

This is a reproduction of an original review of this figure by Tomhet, although I include an additional comment (*) from my own personal observation.

Talk about improvements. I mean, I have nothing against the old green Carnegie Rexy, it may not be a beauty but it was a solid combat replica, apparently aimed for the kids… and geared toward outdoor use.

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Review: Nigersaurus (Wild Safari collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Nigersaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.8 (22 votes)

As coincidence would have it, two separate companies (Procon and Safari) released a Nigersaurus figure this year. The current review will concentrate on the offering from Safari’s rapidly maturing and increasingly impressive Wild Safari line. I won’t be comparing the two figures directly, but it is worth noting in passing that Procon’s rival pales in comparison to this superior Safari replica.

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