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Review: Ankylosaurus (Tyco)

Genus: Ankylosaurus Brand: Tyco Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

2.6 (10 votes)

Time now to jump into the WABAC Machine and take a trip to 1988. It was a good time to be a kid or a collector. GI Joe and Transformers were still going strong, Barbie and Lego were around as always, and TMNT was taking its first steps towards iconic status.

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Review: Brontosaurus (Tyco)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: Tyco Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

3.9 (8 votes)

This review marks my 100th review for the Dinosaur Toy Blog and with having reached this milestone I think I need to reflect a bit. My first review was posted on July 16th, 2011. That’s just over 5 years of collecting and writing about dinosaur toys.

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Review: Chasmosaurus (Tyco)

Genus: Chasmosaurus Brand: Tyco Classification: Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.8 (6 votes)

So, friends, here I am again. It took a little longer, that’s for sure. I was busy writing and marketing my first book about my own and other people´s fascination for prehistory (The Dinosaur Toy Blog and Forum play a big role in it!) and had the usual private and professional struggles.

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Review: Deinonychus (Tyco)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Tyco Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3 (8 votes)

If your average person were hard pressed to name every dinosaur that came to mind we all know the names that would crop up; Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and since 1993…Velociraptor.

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Review: Dimetrodon (Tyco)

Genus: Dimetrodon Brand: Tyco Classification: Pelycosaur Age: Permian Type: Action Figure

3.5 (4 votes)

Review and photographs by “Paleona”
Another gem from the Tyco Smithsonian line of toys is the Dimetrodon. Everyone’s favorite synapsid features a simple, but fun action feature and a charming disposition.

This squatty little creature measures about 7.7″ (19.5cm) long and 4.5″ (11.4cm) tall.

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Review: Diplodocus (Tyco)

Genus: Diplodocus Brand: Tyco Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

3 (6 votes)

Review and photographs by Paleona, edited by Suspsy
No childhood collection of dinosaurs is complete without a large sauropod, and Tyco’s Diplodocus certainly fit the bill during the late 80’s. Originally sold among the Dino-Riders toy line as Diplodocus, it would later be remarketed under the Smithsonian line as Apatosaurus.

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Review: Edmontonia (Tyco)

Genus: Edmontonia Brand: Tyco Classification: Ankylosaur, Nodosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.3 (7 votes)

Edmontonia is a popular genus of nodosaurid that has been produced by toy companies many times over the years. CollectA, Schleich, and Battat have all taken a crack at the beast with fairly good results. Edmontonia is a very well-known genus with articulated specimens first discovered in 1915!

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Review: Kentrosaurus (Tyco)

Genus: Kentrosaurus Brand: Tyco Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

4.5 (4 votes)

Review and photographs by Paleona
Back in the late 80’s / early 90’s, pre-Jurassic Park, the Tyco dinosaurs were among the first dinosaur action figures. Tyco first released their dinosaur toys as a Dino-Riders toy line, but the Smithsonian Institution later hired Tyco to release a museum quality line of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals under their name.

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Review: Megachoerus AKA Archaeotherium (Tyco)

Genus: Archaeotherium Brand: Tyco Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene, Oligocene Type: Action Figure

4.2 (6 votes)

Review and photos by Archinto, edited by Suspsy
Here we will be taking a look at a classic rendition of the prehistoric mammal Archaeotherium, as perceived by the Tyco company in 1990 for their awesome Dino-Riders toy line. This particular figure was released for the Ice Age sub-theme (under the subgenus Megachoerus), which also featured a motorized woolly mammoth as well as an articulated Smilodon and Megatherium.

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Review: Megatherium (Tyco)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Tyco Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Action Figure

3.7 (7 votes)

Dino riders is a much cherished series by many, who eagerly looked to get all the figures of the line. The first two lines are large, full of various dinosaurs, while the latter two lines are smaller and often rarer than the first two.

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Review: Monoclonius (Tyco)

Genus: Monoclonius Brand: Tyco Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

2.7 (7 votes)

Review and photos by Griffin
Monoclonius was always known as a sort of “little brother” to Triceratops, characterized by its short frill and singular nose horn. Sadly for it, like several other dinosaurs I remember growing up with like Trachodon and Brontosaurus, it’s no longer believed to be a valid genus of dinosaur.

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Tyco)

Genus: Pachycephalosaurus Brand: Tyco Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.7 (6 votes)

Review and images by dinoguy2, edited by Suspsy

I knew I had a box full of Dino-Riders toys somewhere, and when it was rediscovered recently I was excited to take a fresh look at some of these 1980s’ era dinosaur figures, especially those I remembered as being ahead of their time.

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