Brand: Wild Safari

Review: Dilophosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

3.1 (28 votes)

Wow. Where do I start? This is one fantabulous replica, and it is new for 2009. It doesn’t surprise me that Safari ltd. decided to make a Dilophosaurus for 2009– After all, the only other dilophosaurs they made were the peculiar Carnegie pair from over a decade ago.

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Review: Dimetrodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.9 (22 votes)

Among the 2018 lineup for Safari Ltd. is everyone’s favorite sphenacodontid, Dimetrodon. This famous not-a-dinosaur was the T. rex of the Permian period and has been a pop-culture darling since its discovery. Even now it seems we’re treated to one of these flamboyant synapsids every couple years or so with Papo, Schleich, Favorite, and Recur all producing one within the last five years.

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Review: Dimorphodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Dimorphodon Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Pterosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.1 (15 votes)

Dimorphodon is one of those classic pterosaurs that old thirtysomethings like myself grew up reading about in the 1980s. With a large, blocky head, stout body, and relatively short wings, it would not have been the most skillful of flyers. Instead, it probably took to the air only for brief periods in order to find food or escape predators.

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Review: Diplodocus (2017) (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

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

4.5 (30 votes)

Available from Amazon here.
For some reason, I can remember that one of the dinosaur books I had as a kid included a picture of a Diplodocus-style sauropod, with a quote from a paleontologist in the caption saying that “for most people, this is literally Mr Dinosaur himself”.

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Review: Doedicurus (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Doedicurus Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.5 (22 votes)

Doedicurus was a large genus of glyptodont sporting a bony carapace and a tail ending in a spiked club. These adaptations may have been for defense from Smilodon, which coexisted with Doedicurus, but the club may also have been used during confrontations with other Doedicurus.

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Review: Dracorex (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Dracorex Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (18 votes)

Where reviews of new toys are concerned this 2012 release has somehow gone neglected. Now, amidst the flurry of reviews for newer models I’m writing one for this little guy. I’m writing of course about the Safari 2012 Dracorex, one of a stellar lineup of toys released last year and the only one from that lineup that has yet to be reviewed.

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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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Review: Edmontosaurus (2020)(Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.3 (62 votes)

Edmontosaurus (AKA Anatosaurus, Anatotitan, Claosaurus, Thespius, and Trachodon) is the quintessential “duckbilled dinosaur,” the one many of us grew up seeing and reading about in books when we were kids.

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Review: Edmontosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.5 (31 votes)

It has been said that if one simply dropped into the middle of late Cretaceous North America, the massive herds of hadrosaurs are likely one of the first sights to see. Despite their prevalence, the so-called “duckbill” dinosaurs are extremely underrepresented in the dinosaur toy market.

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Review: Einiosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Einiosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

5 (26 votes)

Described in 1995 by Scott Sampson the Einiosaurus has been known to science for over 20 years but has never really caught on in popularity. Although not as iconic as Triceratops, or as flashy as Styracosaurus, the Einiosaurus has to be among the most bizarre looking ceratopsians.

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Review: Elasmosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Elasmosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Plesiosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.5 (16 votes)

Here we have another new release from Safari Ltd for 2013, the long-necked Elasmosaurus. I lent a small helping hand with the design of this figure, as I had done previously with Safari Ltd’s other recent plesiosaurian offering (Liopleurodon).

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Review: Estemmenosuchus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Estemmenosuchus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Therapsid (non-mammal) Age: Permian Type: Figurine Scale: 1:25

4.7 (110 votes)

My introduction to Estemmenosuchus came from the 1994 episode of Paleo-World titled “Tail of a Sail”, which was about Dimetrodon and other synapsids, their evolution, and how they relate to mammals. Estemmenosuchus was only featured briefly via images of its skull and a couple pieces of paleoart but that was enough for me to become enamored with this animal and to help broaden my appreciation for prehistoric life beyond the Mesozoic.

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