From the savage teeth of tyrannosaurs to the intimidating horns of ceratopsians to the endearing crests of hadrosaurs and to the peculiar noggins of pachycephalosaurs, dinosaur skulls truly are stupendous. I previously reviewed Safari’s toob of prehistoric mammal skulls; now I’ll be looking at their Dino Skulls toob.
Classification: Ceratopsian
Review: Diabloceratops (Schleich)
4.4 (18 votes)
Review and photos by Bokisaurus
It’s been a good six years since Diabloceratops first burst into the toy figure world scene. It was way back in 2013 when CollectA then followed shortly by Safari both released a figure of this unique ceratopsian in the same year.
Review: Triceratops (Scientific Toys Ltd.)
3.6 (5 votes)
Review and photographs by Charles H. Peckham V, edited by Suspsy
Scientific Toys Limited is a Hong Kong company that makes a variety of toys that mostly have nothing to do with paleontology. Among things like remote control cars and drum sets, they have a dinosaur game named Interactive 3D Dino Adventure.
Review: Serendipaceratops (Science and Nature Pty Ltd.)
3.7 (6 votes)
Review and images by Aldon Spencer, edited by Suspsy
What Australian dinosaur has something in common with Horace Walpole and Arthur C. Clarke? The answer is Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei. This dubious dinosaur is based upon a single ulna discovered by Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich in 1993 while digging at Dinosaur Cove, an Early Cretaceous sediment belonging to the Wonthaggi formation near Kilcunda, Victoria, Australia.
Review: Spinops (Mini Age of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animal Models by PNSO)
4.4 (18 votes)
Review and photos by Bokisaurus
Ceratopsians, along with the sauropods are my favorite groups of dinosaurs. I’m actually surprised that I don’t have many reviews of these two groups. So, I was excited to hear that PNSO (yes, they have been pumping new figures so fast!) was releasing a new ceratopsian in their larger size figure line.
Review: Nasutoceratops (Jurassic World Dino-Rivals, Duel Attack by Mattel)
4.6 (15 votes)
Nasutoceratops was a centrosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the late Cretaceous in the south-western United States. Only having been described in 2013 this very unique looking dinosaur has gained a bit of popularity with toys released from both Safari and CollectA in 2015, and now from Mattel for their Jurassic World line.
Review: Velociraptor with Microceratus (Destruct-A-Saurs)(Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by Mattel)
3.3 (9 votes)
Review and photos by Faelrin, edited by Suspsy
The Destruct-A-Saurs line of figures is yet another reminder of how controversial the distribution for Mattel’s Jurassic World figures has been. They were originally to be exclusive to Toys R Us (in the United States at least), and with the stores closing nationwide, it is no surprise these would soon seem hard to get for those in the States, let alone elsewhere.
Review: Leptoceratops (Definitely Dinosaurs by Playskool)
3.3 (3 votes)
Review and photographs by dinoguy2, edited by Suspsy.
Playskool released several series of individually carded dinosaurs between 1988 and 2000. These were very similar to the small vinyl toys released as Wendy’s kids meal promotions in 1988 and 1989, though the Wendy’s dinosaurs generally had different color schemes and didn’t include some of the carded species.
Review: Styracosaurus (Prehistoric Scenes by Aurora)
2.7 (17 votes)
2019 marks my fifth year as a reviewer here on the Dinosaur Toy Blog. It’s been both a wonderful adventure and a genuine pleasure to share my thoughts with all of you on various prehistoric and extinct animal products by CollectA, LEGO, Mattel, Papo, PNSO, Safari, and other companies.
Review: Chasmosaurus ( Kaiyodo Natural History Collection)
4.5 (11 votes)
Review and photos by Bokisaurus
Part 1 of Kaiyodo Dinoland Natural History review series
Greetings dinofans and welcome to another review! I promise its not another Spinosaur review this time! Haha.
Kaiyodo is perhaps more well known for their small size set of prehistoric figures, such as the Dinotales and Chocholasaurus.Many years ago, Kaiyodo released a collection of large, hollow vinyl figure called Dinoland Collection of Natural History Series.
Review: Liaoceratops (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)
4.7 (18 votes)
When we think of ceratopsians, we usually envision famous genera such as spiky Styracosaurus, burly Pachyrhinosaurus, or, of course, the numero uno itself, Triceratops. But one of the most important ceratopsians of them all is the humble Liaoceratops.
Review: Psittacosaurus (DinoWaurs Survival)
3.7 (9 votes)
The more I go into the DinoWaurs Survival line, the more I love the diversity of it. It’s not just the giants and often repeated species like Tyrannosaurus, but everything from Permian synapsids to plesiosaurs. Another thing I like is that they give the smaller species a chance to shine, such as today’s subject: Psittacosaurus, a genus so common that it is used as a bio marker in stratigraphy.