Classification: Cat

Review: Smilodon (2015 version by CollectA)

Genus: Smilodon Brand: CollectA Classification: Cat, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.2 (11 votes)

Smilodon, the legendary sabre-toothed cat (not tiger!), is rivalled in popularity among prehistoric mammals only by the woolly mammoth. Despite the fearsome appearance of its huge canines, they were actually quite fragile and could not have withstood the stress of struggling prey.

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Review: Smilodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd.)

Genus: Smilodon Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Cat, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4 (7 votes)

This is the first Smilodon review on the DTB, so I think it is only fitting that I start with the original Carnegie Smilodon. When Safari launched the Carnegie line in 1988, Smilodon was in the first group of scientific models released.

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Review: Prehistoric Life Toob (Safari Ltd)

Genus: Andrewsarchus, Arsinoitherium, Doedicurus, Homo neanderthalensis, M. primigenius, Macrauchenia, Mammuthus, Megatherium, Smilodon, Woolly mammoth Brand: Safari Ltd. Classification: Cat, Elephant, Hominid, Mammal Age: Eocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Set, Tube

4 (10 votes)

Safari Ltd has released several new tubes in 2010, or Toobs, to be funky but grammatically incorrect, each of which contains a selection of prehistoric critters. But before we pour these new toobs out for review, let’s take a look at one of the existing toob sets.

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Classification: Cat

Review: Smilodon (2015 version by CollectA)

Review: Smilodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd.)

Review: Prehistoric Life Toob (Safari Ltd)

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