I’ll be honest, I initially planned to skip this figure back when it was originally announced in 2020 due to the animal in question’s fragmentary nature currently consisting of hind limb material for the most part. That’s despite the beautiful prototype it got later on, which was certainly tempting. Enter the “dragon prince” Khankhuuluu mongoliensis described just last year, which...
It’s yet another hot summer day and the last thing that Cameron would care to do is move a single muscle of his ten ton body. That’s because he’s been beating the heat by lounging comfortably in a shallow pool, with his huge head resting on the muddy bank, his titanic trunk half submerged in the cool brown water, and...
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the popular Marvel Comics character Deadpool back in 2021, Funko POP released six special figures that year. Included among them was none other than Dinopool, which combines the traits of the fourth wall-smashing Merc with a Mouth and the simply smashing Tyrannosaurus rex! Funko has made countless characters from all manner of...
Review and images by Frey, edited by Suspsy Introduction Despite launching in early 2026 (with preorders available in late 2025), Nanmu Studio may have already released the most popular Tyrannosaurus rex figure of the year. Creative Beast Studio plans to release their updated T. rex in both 1/18 and 1/35 scales later this year, so that title may change, but for now...
Review and photos by Frey, edited by Suspsy Introduction A large, bipedal theropod with short arms, two‑fingered hands, a deep skull lined with dozens of sharp teeth, and highly developed sensory capabilities—if you guessed a tyrannosaurid, you would be correct. But not a tyrannosaurine. This review focuses on Albertosaurus sarcophagus, the larger of the two recognized albertosaurines. Its species name,...
Review and photographs by Frey, edited by Suspsy Haolonggood’s 2025 Tyrannosaurus rex comes in two variants: model #HLG‑159‑T (note that they also use #HLG‑159 for their Limited Edition Blue Brachiosaurus, differentiated as #HLG‑159‑B, although the boxes in my experience do not show the “B” or “T,” so I wanted to clarify this for fellow collectors who notice such things)...
Review and photographs by Frey, edited by Suspsy. Released in 2023 as part of the now‑concluded Tyrannosaur Series, the Creative Beast Studio Dilong paradoxus stands out as the only 1/6‑scale figure in the entire line. Known from Early Cretaceous deposits in eastern China, Dilong represents the earliest definitive evidence of feathers in tyrannosaurs, making its inclusion in the series both...
Up until this year, the largest Mattel toy in my sons’ Jurassic World collection was the Dino Escape Mosasaurus. I had had no intention to bestow anything greater than that upon them. But as it so happened, the latest Super Colossal Tyrannosaurus rex went on sale last December for a whopping 55% off, which I reckoned was a bargain simply...
Despite being described back in 2014 (Lü et al), I’ve only recently become enamored with Qianzhousaurus, informally known as the “Pinocchio rex”. While featuring in the likes of Prehistoric Planet, and Jurassic World Evolution 2, it was the Beasts of the Mesozoic figure that cemented my interest in it, thanks to the vivid coloration it sported. In fact this is...
For folks that have read a number of my previous reviews, then one should know that I am quite fond of the Dinosaur Park Formation fauna. Ever since getting my hands on the pair of Dromaeosaurus albertensis (in goshawk and American kestrel colors) from the Beasts of the Mesozoic 1:6 scale Raptor Series, I’ve longed for more from that formation....
Ah, Nanotyrannus. It has perhaps been the most divisive dinosaur of them all, the one most likely to spark intense discussion, heated arguments, and outright vitriol among members of the paleontology community. It’s been doing so for decades now, with one side contending that it is its own beast, its own pygmy tyrant, its own valid taxon, and the other...
Review and photographs by Noideaforaname, edited by Suspsy The Transformers brand is no stranger to dinosaurs, much less Tyrannosaurus rex, but while Cybertronian saurians have traditionally been mechanical and occasionally organic, the Kingdom toyline introduced something new: fossils! The aptly-named Fossilizers are modular in nature and need to be taken apart and rebuilt to change forms. Ostensibly, this is to...
