Classification: Ornithopod

Review: Prehistoric Tube A (CollectA)

Genus: Baryonyx, Diplodocus, Kentrosaurus, Mosasaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Hadrosaur, Mosasaur, Ornithopod, Pachycephalosaur, Pterosaur, Sauropod, Stegosaur, Theropod, Thyreophoran, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Set, Tube

4.3 (14 votes)

Following in the footsteps of Safari Ltd and Papo, CollectA burst into the world of miniatures in late 2015. Today we’ll be looking at Prehistoric Tube A, which contains no less than ten figures of some of the most popular dinosaurs and other extinct animals.

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Review: Prehistoric Tube C (CollectA)

Genus: Alamosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Guidraco, Iguanodon, Mapusaurus, Mercuriceratops, Oviraptor, Pliosaurus, Therizinosaurus, Utahraptor Brand: CollectA Classification: Allosaur, Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Dromaeosaur, Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod, Oviraptorosaur, Plesiosaur, Pliosaur, Pterosaur, Sauropod, Therizinosaur, Theropod, Titanosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Set

4.3 (27 votes)

Since they first started producing tube sets back in 2015, CollectA has covered a pretty decent variety of prehistoric life, wild animals, sea creatures, and farm stock. In 2021, they went back to the beginning with a third dinosaur (mostly) set consisting of ten figures, all based on previously released toys.

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Review: Saurolophus (DinoWaurs Survival)

Genus: Saurolophus Brand: DinoWaurs Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Monochrome

4.5 (8 votes)

Review and Photographs by Indohyus
When it comes to Hadrosaurs, Parasaurolophus always seems to steal the lime light. The number of figures made of the species is huge, from high end to low end, from adults to juveniles. This leaves many of the rest of the family with very few figures, so any opportunity to grab copies of the more elusive species is often jumped upon.

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Review: Saurolophus (Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Saurolophus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (7 votes)

Part 2 of the Nemegt Fauna Series. Review and photos by Bokisaurus, edited by Suspsy
Back in 2012, the Osaka Museum Of Natural History launched an impressive special exhibit highlighting the impressive diversity of dinosaur fossils found in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. This special exhibit was aptly named “The Gobi: Cradle of the Most Enchanting Dinosaur Fossils” and consisted of beautiful specimens of some of the most famous Mongolian dinosaurs for the public to admire.

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Review: Saurolophus (Tyco)

Genus: Saurolophus Brand: Tyco Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.1 (7 votes)

Saurolophus was a genus of late Cretaceous hadrosaur that had a large distribution, occurring in both North America and Asia. Despite its wide range, and thus the large assortment of material we have for it, Saurolophus has never been a popular dinosaur.

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Review: Seven Little Dinosaurs (China Post by PNSO)

Genus: Gigantoraptor, Huayangosaurus, Mamenchisaurus, Microraptor, Sinosauropteryx, Tsintaosaurus, Yangchuanosaurus Brand: PNSO Classification: Allosaur, Compsognathid, Dromaeosaur, Hadrosaur, Ornithopod, Oviraptorosaur, Sauropod, Stegosaur, Theropod, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Set

4.7 (7 votes)

Within the unfortunately short time of its existence, Chinese company PNSO released two products in collaboration or commission for China Post. One is their glorious Mamenchisaurus, the other is a boxed set of “Seven Little Dinosaurs”. Unlike the “Six Little Dinosaurs” the seven do not depict juvenile dinosaurs but rather adult ones, though they are indeed not big figures.

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Review: Shantungosaurus (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Shantungosaurus Brand: PNSO Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine Scale: 1:35

4.6 (24 votes)

Hello, all, this is Fembrogon with my first review for the DinoToyBlog. My featured creature for this review is a big hadrosaur from an equally big up-and-coming toy brand: the gargantuan hadrosaur Shantungosaurus from PNSO’s Age of Dinosaurs series. Shantungosaurus is a genus which I believe could achieve minor stardom in the mainstream with the right push.

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Review: Shantungosaurus (Dinotales Series 4 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Shantungosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (11 votes)

Trust Kaiyodo to turn such a monstrously huge dinosaur into a miniature masterpiece of a figure. It might have had nothing on the largest sauropods, but this animal was named Shantungosaurus giganteus for a reason (it is the biggest non-sauropod dinosaur yet known).

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Review: Tenontosaurus (Antediluvia Collection)(David Krentz)

Genus: Tenontosaurus Brand: Antediluvia, David Krentz Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (6 votes)

The grand history of paleontology puts quite a bit of emphasis on Iguanodon. As a child, I could never understand why people failed to recognize this dinosaur, especially when all the books lavished it with so much attention. It was almost as though they weren’t reading the books at all.

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Review: Tenontosaurus (Collecta/Procon)

Genus: Tenontosaurus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.6 (15 votes)

Review and photos by Griffin
Tenontosaurus was an Iguanodontid ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Western United States during the early Cretacious period. In life it would have co-existed with dinosaurs like Iguanodon, Dienonychus, Utahraptor and Acrocanthosaurus. Thanks to a Tenontosaurus skeleton discovered with Dienonychus chew marks on its bones in addition to Dienonychus skeletons nearby, the idea of pack-hunting Dromaeosaurs is now widely accepted. Unfortunately this has also lead to the image of poor Tenontosaurus to ALWAYS be the prey item for Deinonychus. (Seriously, google image search “Tenontosaurus”. Like 80% of the images that pop up will be of it being attacked and/or eaten by the Deinonychus.) Medullary bone tissue, which is used by modern birds for laying eggs, has also been found on the bones of Tenontosaurus fossils.

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Review: The Dinosaur Expo 2016 set (Kaiyodo)

Genus: Parasaurolophus, Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Yi Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod, Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Set

4.9 (16 votes)

In the first half of 2016, the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan, held an event simply named ‘The Dinosaur Expo’ (still ongoing at the time of writing). Though I haven’t been myself, the exhibit seems to focus on recent dinosaur discoveries, with an accompanying set of figures.

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Review: Tianyulong (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Tianyulong Brand: PNSO Classification: Ornithopod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.1 (13 votes)

A lot of ornithischian dinosaurs lacked teeth in the front of the mouth, having only cheek teeth that ground up food, and often a beak for clipping vegetation. The family Heterodontosauridae (“different-toothed lizards”) was unusual among ornithischians in having three different kinds of teeth in different parts of the mouth.

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