If my research is correct, it has been 13 years since Safari Ltd. released a prehistoric animal TOOB. Their last was the Cambrian Life TOOB, released in 2013 and retired from production 4 short years later. And in fact, all of the best Safari prehistoric animal TOOBs were retired in 2017, including the Prehistoric Sharks, Crocodiles, and Sea Life TOOBs.
Classification: Ornithopod
Review: Dryosaurus (Jurassic World, Hammond Collection by Mattel)
4.2 (5 votes)
Since its release in 2018 one of my favorite dinosaurs in the Jurassic World: Evolution video game has been Dryosaurus. Nearly every park I’ve bult in all three Jurassic World: Evolution games has had a large flock of these cute and charming ornithopods mingling with the Morrison Formation giants.
Review: Iguanodon (Haolonggood)
4.6 (5 votes)
Although I’ve been collecting toy dinosaurs for over 15 years my only representatives of the second dinosaur described by science have been the 1961 Marx, 1980 Invicta, and 1992 Carnegie Collection Iguanodon figures. It’s a somewhat embarrassing confession but let me explain myself.
Review: Magnapaulia (CollectA)
4 (3 votes)
Having grown up in the 80s and the 90s, I can vividly recall Lambeosaurus sometimes being described as one of the very biggest ornithopods, rivalling Shantungosaurus itself. That notion was based on a specimen known as LACM 17715, discovered in Baja California, Mexico, and named L.
Review: Shantungosaurus (1:35 Science and Art Model by Haolonggood)
5 (3 votes)
Shantungosaurus giganteus, as its name suggests, was a monster of a hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of China. It is known from a handful of incomplete skeletons. Shantungosaurus may be the sister genus to the American Edmontosaurus.
Review: Iani (Jurassic World Rebirth by Mattel)
5 (2 votes)
Back in early April, a commercial for the new Jurassic World Rebirth toys gave us our first taste of things to come, at least as far as the smaller Frenzy Pack figure assortment goes. One of those revealed was a small ornithopod, which immediately caught my interest.
Review: Minqaria (Jurassic World: Rebirth, Frenzy Pack by Mattel)
3.5 (2 votes)
Today we’re looking at Mattel’s latest fragmentary dinosaur that you’ve never heard of, Minqaria, a late Cretaceous lambeosaur. Until the announcement of this toy I had never heard of this dinosaur. Mattel’s odd assortment of obscure animals has introduced me to a lot of things I’ve never heard of, and I’m thankful for it!
Review: Saurolophus (Haolonggood)
5 (4 votes)
Before we begin the review, I would like to extend my gratitude towards Happy Hen Toys for sending this figure along as a review sample. Check out their large selection of animal and dinosaur figures by clicking the banner below.
Saurolophus, a genus of late Cretaceous hadrosaur, has been one of the most requested dinosaurs for as long as I can remember.
Review: Maiasaura (Jurassic World: Rebirth, Wild Roar by Mattel)
4.5 (2 votes)
Described in 1979 by Jack Horner (and Robert Makela), the “good mother lizard” and its communal nesting sites in Montana were discovered just in time to corroborate the notion that dinosaurs were active, warm blooded, bird-like animals, that invested time in rearing their offspring.
Review: Hypsilophodon (Jurassic World: Danger Pack by Mattel)
4.3 (3 votes)
The very first illustration of Hypsilophodon that I ever laid eyes on depicted it as a very lizard-like animal perched high on a tree branch, an erroneous notion that arose back in 1912 and persisted until 1971 when it was finally debunked—although that didn’t stop children’s dinosaur books from continuing to portray Hypsilophodon as arboreal until well into the 1980s.
Review: Parasaurolophus (ANIA by Takara Tomy)
3.7 (3 votes)
In my last Takara Tomy review, I covered the ANIA Styracosaurus, the 17th figure in the AL line and a decent, but admittedly somewhat drab-looking rendition of the horned dinosaur. As if in full awareness of the latter fact, Takara Tomy’s 18th figurine of the AL line features a striking contrast in the elegant and brightly colored Parasaurolophus, the first ornithopod dinosaur featured in the series.
Review: Iguanodon and Skorpiovenator (Jurassic World: Roarin’ Battle Pack by Mattel)
4 (4 votes)
I initially wasn’t planning on acquiring either the Mattel Iguanodon or Skorpiovenator for my children’s dinosaur collection, but back in February 2024, Amazon Canada put the Roarin’ Battle Pack on sale for $26.94, which in this country is three dollars less than the retail price of a single toy in the Roarivores/Roar Strikers/Wild Roar size category.