Brand: Wild Safari

Review: Velociraptor (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.7 (59 votes)

For a long time now, too long in fact, various collectable dinosaur companies have tried and failed to make a properly feathered and accurate representation of one of the world’s most popular dinosaurs; Velociraptor and its kin the stem-birds we call dromaeosaurs or “raptors.” When I first started collecting dinosaur toys the best representations included those by Bullyland and CollectA and while we commend their efforts to popularize feathered dinosaurs they ultimately failed to make convincing looking animals.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Adult and Baby)(Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

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

4.1 (51 votes)

With Wild Safari having released an absolutely stellar assortment for 2017, I thought it would be both amusing and humbling to take a trip back in time to when the line was widely perceived as being strictly for kids and inferior to the now-defunct Carnegie Collection.

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Review: Microraptor (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

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

4.6 (16 votes)

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Microraptor is a relatively recent discovery, but it has quickly become very popular with dinosaur enthusiasts. And why not? It’s one of the best known dromaeosaurs, with a whopping 300 or so fossil specimens spread out globally in various museums.

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Review: Utahraptor (Wild Safari, by Safari Ltd.)

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

1.9 (8 votes)

The first specimen of Utahraptor ostrommaysorum was found in 1975. In 1991 further remains were found, and like its fellow dromaeosaurids, it also sported a large, nightmare inducing, “killing” curved claw on its toe. Thanks to its size being comparable to the over sized Velociraptors in Jurassic Park, and starring in a popular book written by paleontologist Robert T.

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News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2017)

News Category: Upcoming Releases Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari

5 (5 votes)

This month Safari Ltd excited us all by announcing a bumper lineup of 13 new prehistoric creatures scheduled for release over the coming months. Feathers play a key part of the story with five of the new dinosaurs sporting up-to-date plumage, including some very familiar species.

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Review: Pterosaur (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

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

4.3 (12 votes)

In 2003, a new species of African pterosaur was unveiled by paleontologist Paul Sereno. Discovered in the southern Sahara, the animal’s 16-foot wingspan and sharp teeth enabled it to soar down from the skies and snatch up fish some 110 million years ago.

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Review: Ceratosaurus (original version)(Wild Safari by, Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Ceratosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.5 (14 votes)

With a long wiggly tail, nasal horn, preorbital horns, bony scutes along the back, and large blade like teeth, Ceratosaurus was a spectacular animal. This medieval dragon was not the biggest predator during the late Jurassic epoch, but with jaws designed for slicing, it was an active predator that struck fear into the Jurassic herbivores.

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Review: Carcharodontosaurus (original version) (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Carcharodontosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.3 (21 votes)

When a dinosaurs has a name that means “shark toothed lizard”, you would probably expect the toy depicting that dinosaur to be scary and intense. Carcharodontosaurus was an apex predator and carnivore that frightened most of the local fauna in its day.

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Review: Brachiosaurus (1996, Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.2 (6 votes)

With an excellent catalog of accurate, high quality collectibles it’s hard to believe that the Wild Safari line by Safari Ltd. once produced a range of models that were often poorly sculpted and garishly painted. And if one were to forget about the past, the old Safari Suchomimus would surely jog some memories.

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Review: Triceratops (original version)(Wild Safari by, Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.3 (10 votes)

When it comes to iconic dinosaurs, even after the rise of Velociraptor and Spinosaurus from Jurassic Park fame, Triceratops is placed towards the top of the list along with Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus.

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Review: Smilodon (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Smilodon Brand: Prehistoric Life, Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Cat, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.4 (12 votes)

Review and photographs by Quentin Brendel (aka Pachyrhinosaurus), edited by Suspsy
Smilodon, the notorious sabre-toothed cat, has been included in dinosaur toy sets for decades. It’s often depicted in the likeness of a modern tiger, probably in part due to its common name being “sabre-toothed tiger.” On the contrary, this cat wasn’t closely related to tigers, belonging to a now-extinct subfamily of felidae: Machairodontinae.

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Review: Ammonite (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Unspecified genus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Classification: Ammonite, Invertebrate Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.5 (20 votes)

The shelled cephalopods known as ammonites first appeared in the Devonian and then flourished all the way to the very end of the Cretaceous. They came in a wide variety of shapes and they ranged in size from ones you could hold in your palm to ones with shells measuring more than two metres in diameter.

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