Brand: Wild Safari

Review: Apatosaurus (2010) (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine Scale: 1:50

4.3 (23 votes)

Review and photos by Dr Andre Mursch (“Brontodocus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.

Get your fore feet back down to earth, Bronto, here comes 2010’s latest release of the Wild Safari Dinos series by Safari Ltd:

Apatosaurus maybe regarded the archetype of a sauropod – a highly iconic dinosaur taxon almost everybody knows today – despite the long taxonomic confusion caused by its popular junior synonym Brontosaurus coined by the same author, O.C.

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Review: Kentrosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Kentrosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.1 (18 votes)

What’s that coming over the hill? Why, it’s the Wild Safari Kentrosaurus, new for 2010. A special mention should go out to the magnanimous and quite probably very handsome Dan Liebman, he of Dan’s Dinosaurs, who was generous enough to airmail me this little guy for a reviewing.

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Review: Hypacrosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.5 (17 votes)

Guest review by forumite Rugops
Safari has done a wonderful job of bringing us this obscure dinosaur. This is probably one of their best hadrosaur models.

The body of this hadrosaur is well designed, and is very accurate except on a few details.

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Review: Liopleurodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Liopleurodon Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (24 votes)

One of the first new releases of 2010 is the Liopleurodon from Safari’s rapidly growing and excellent quality Wild Safari line. This is Safari’s first replica of the infamous Jurassic sea monster, originally made famous for its appearance in Walking with Dinosaurs over a decade ago.

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Review: Brachiosaurus (Wild Safari By Safari Ltd) (2010 Version)

Genus: Brachiosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Macronaria (basal), Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.2 (15 votes)

Review and Photos by Dan of DansDinosaurs.com
Safari Ltd. released their first Brachiosaurus figure in 1989, and it remained the largest prehistoric figure in their entire collection for two decades. Despite the changes in paint application, its mold has been unchanged to this very day.

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Review: Allosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.2 (23 votes)

This little Allosaurus comes from Safari’s ‘Wild Safari’ line which, although not intended as a museum-quality line (and not set to a certain scale), has seen a huge leap in the quality of its prehistoric creature toys in recent years. Models like this one, the Stegosaurus, Dunkleosteus and Postosuchus have become very popular with collectors as they feature excellent detailing at a very low price.

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Review: Apatosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.8 (12 votes)

Review and photos by Marc Vincent aka Horridus
Since Safari are soon to replace their classic sculpt of this most well-known of sauropods, it seems only fitting to take a closer look at this ‘retired’ figure before it disappears into bargain bins and onto eBay for the next several years.

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Review: Leptoceratops (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

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

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: 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: 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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