Brand: Safari Ltd.

Review: Andrewsarchus (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Andrewsarchus Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene Type: Figurine

3.7 (18 votes)

Andrewsarchus was a large basal mesonychid which existed roughly 45 million years ago during the Eocene epoch. It is known only from a large skull measuring more than three feet long and a few bone fragments, so most reconstructions of the animal’s postcranial anatomy are based on its smaller and more well known mesonychid relative Mesonyx.

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Review: Baryonyx (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

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

3.1 (27 votes)

Baryonyx figures have a tendency to be produced in a quadropedal posture. This is most notable in the Schleich version (reviewed here) and the Invicta version (reviewed here), and is almost the case in this Carnegie Collection version by Safari Ltd.

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Review: Apatosaurus (Galaxy/Safari, 'Great Dinos' Collection)

Genus: Apatosaurus Brand: Galaxy, Great Dinosaurs, Safari Ltd. Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.6 (18 votes)

We reviewed this figure briefly before (here) but thanks to Atomic Elephant who sent us a review sample, we can now give this hefty figure a little more attention. There are two versions with differing paint schemes, a blue design and the grey/blue design, which we present here (although it look blue in our photos because of the lighting!).

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Review: Kronosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Kronosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine Scale: 1:40

3.2 (23 votes)

We now return to our series of pliosaur reviews. We have already looked in detail at the popular Chap Mei Liopleurodon here and more recently the Kronosaurus by Schleich. Let’s now take a look at Safari Ltd’s offering, another popular figure, the Carnegie Collection Kronosaurus.

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Review: Velociraptor (Wild Safari Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Velociraptor Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.5 (30 votes)

It looks as though Papo finally has some competition. This Velociraptor by Wild Safari is great, and it can be found pretty cheap too. I bought mine for $7.99. It has to be the best Safari velociraptor ever (All of the other safari velociraptors are ugly in my opinion!).

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Review: Triceratops (‘Great Dinosaurs’ Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Galaxy, Great Dinosaurs, Safari Ltd. Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.5 (15 votes)

This most famous of ceratopsids has been reincarnated in toy form on many occasions, Triceratops is, after all, a household favourite.

Once again, Safari Ltd’s Great Dinosaurs collection impresses us with a pretty good figure, far exceeding our expectations for a $6 bargain and offering an embarrassing comparison for one of Safari’s other attempts at this dinosaur (the original Carnegie Collection Triceratops is simply appalling, in my opinion).

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Review: Giganotosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Giganotosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (42 votes)

At last the Carnegie Collection Giganotosaurus is available to the world. This is one of the finest dinosaur pieces of its generation, due to its high level quality. This is simply one of the best dinosaurs Carnegie has ever released, not because it’s an impressive dinosaur, but because it’s very accurate, and very detailed.

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Review: Amargasaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Amargasaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (31 votes)

Carnegie has to keep up with the dinosaur market, which was gotten really competitive lately, with near-perfect accurate sculpts, and amazing paintjobs, from lines like Kaiyodo, Kinto, and so on. For the last 4 years, Carnegie has been making some nice new molds.

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Review: Dimetrodon (Version 2, Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Dimetrodon Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Pelycosaur Age: Permian Type: Figurine

4 (23 votes)

The distinctive sail-back ‘mammal-like reptile’ or basal synapsid, has always been a favorite for dinosaur toy companies, even though its certainly no dino. I wrote a very brief blog on this figure back in July 2007 but I have since managed to acquire a figure for myself and can thus indulge you in some of the details.

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Review: Stegosaurus (‘Great Dinosaurs’ collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Great Dinosaurs, Safari Ltd. Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.8 (19 votes)

The Great Dinosaurs collection is a series of large hollow figures produced by Safari Ltd. They are cheap for their size and overall the sculpting is of a high standard, in fact, most of the figures are superior in terms of posture to their more expensive Carnegie Collection museum range counterparts (also by Safari Ltd), at least the older Carnigie moulds anyway.

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Review: Microraptor (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Microraptor Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (27 votes)

The recently discovered and described Microraptor is known from a number of specimens from China. Not surprisingly, given the short scientific history of this feathered dinosaur, there are very few models or toys of Microraptor. The Carnegie Collection introduced a bunch of feathered dinosaurs in 2005, including this Microraptor, to reflect the recent surge in the number of fossil feathered dinosaurs discovered over the last decade.

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Review: Dunkleosteus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Dunkleosteus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Fish Age: Devonian Type: Figurine

4.3 (29 votes)

Review by Tomhet, photographs by Dinotoyblog
As of late, Safari’s newcomers really have become something to look forward to, even more so if one of those newcomers is a late Devonian Placoderm (Placodermi are an exotic but fertile terrain only Kaiyodo, Prehistoric Panorama and Starlux had dared to explore) The Dunkleosteus is a fresh idea from Safari, and as such, it’s had a warm welcome among collectors.

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