While companies like PNSO and Haolonggood might be in vogue these days there are some niches that are still dominated by the old standbys. In the case of dromaeosaurs, Safari is the only company that’s consistently delivering accurate figures of our favorite maniraptoriformes.
Classification: Theropod
Review: Tyrannosaurus (‘Cartoon Series’ by Wing Crown / Gosnell)
3.8 (4 votes)
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog.
Finally, to round up the 7 inch ‘Cartoon Series’ by Wing Crown, here is the Tyrannosaurus, without which no set of dinosaur toys would be complete. And also, to conclude my overview of the 7 inch series, at the end I will take a brief look at some of the many other sizes, variants, and styles of figures in the Wing Crown ‘family’.
Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Hunt ‘n Chomp)(Jurassic World: Dino Trackers by Mattel)
3.8 (4 votes)
Well, with yet another Jurassic World movie coming out this summer, I figured I had better review this toy now rather than later. Yes, it’s another of the many Tyrannosaurus rex variants that Mattel has churned out since 2018.
Review: Spinosaurus (Electronic Keychain)(Jurassic Park 3 by Tiger Electronics)
3 (3 votes)
Review and photos by Paleodude, edited by Suspsy
With the influx of Spinosaurus toys from Mattel following the species’ reintroduction to the silver screen in Jurassic World: Rebirth it’s hard to keep track of all the bits and pieces produced of the T.
Review: Tyrannosaurus (Osborne) (Recur)
4.7 (7 votes)
According to my DinoToyCollector profile I have 38 Tyrannosaurus rex figures in my collection, and I know that’s not all of them. Like many collectors, Tyrannosaurus is probably the last dinosaur I need more of on my shelves, and yet I keep getting more.
Review: Lythronax (Beasts of the Mesozoic by Creative Beast Studios)
5 (6 votes)
What better-suited rival for the “devil-horned face” than the “gore king” tyrant?
Some animals know the dangers of their environment by instinct. Other animals have to learn by experience – provided they can survive it. For young nestling Diabloceratopses exploring life in Late Cretaceous Utah, knowing danger could mean recognizing the difference between the casual bustle of the foraging adults, and the sound of the herd suddenly tensing in fear.
Review: Megalosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
5 (6 votes)
I got into the dinosaur collecting hobby around 2010, and from then until 2023 the 1974 Invicta Megalosaurus stood as the sole representative of the first dinosaur described by science in my collection. For shame! But 2023 saw the release of the PNSO Megalosaurus and my thirst for a modern figure of this important animal was quenched.
Review: Carnotaurus (Haolonggood)
4.6 (5 votes)
I was fond of the South American abelisaur known as Carnotaurus from the moment I learned about it back in the late 1980s. And really, who wouldn’t be? With its short, boxy skull, prominent pointed horns, and almost preposterously puny arms, it is easily one of the weirdest-looking theropods, and thus one of the coolest.
Review: Concavenator (Haolonggood)
4.8 (6 votes)
Concavenator is a genus of carcharodontosaurian that hails from Spain and was described in 2010, the same year I started collecting dinosaurs! Although only known from a single specimen it’s a nearly complete and articulated one. Concavenator is immediately recognizable thanks to two tall vertebrae in front of the hips that are thought to have supported a hump.
Review: Pyroraptor (Jurassic World Hammond Collection, by Mattel)
4 (5 votes)
Nearly 30 years after Jurassic Park released and had helped reform the general public’s perception of dinosaurs, Jurassic World Dominion released in 2022. It is the first film in the franchise to feature fully feathered dinosaurs (and a pterosaur), another major step moving in line with the science that had been going on for decades.
Review: Tyrannosaurus rex Off-road Tracker Pack (Jurassic Park, 93’ Classic by Mattel)
3.5 (6 votes)
The Tyrannosaurus Off-road Tracker Pack represents the last set released in the short-lived Jurassic Park 93’ Classic line, which was replaced last year by the (so far) inferior Jurassic World Reimagined line. I suppose it makes sense that the line wouldn’t last too far past the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park but I think the entire range of toys released under it are some of Mattel’s best and most fun.
Review: Carnotaurus (Roarin’ Real Feel, Jurassic World Legacy Collection Reimagined by Mattel)
4.6 (5 votes)
In 1994 Kenner released the first ever toy of Carnotaurus under their Jurassic Park line. Although now one of the most popular theropods, Carnotaurus had only been described 9 years prior to the release of the Kenner toy.