Old forum banners

[DinoToyForum]

A trip down memory lane. Here's all the old forum banners I think I have the dates and order correct, and haven't missed any, but if I'm wrong, let me know

Pre-2009 and 2009.


2010


2011


2012


2013


2014


2015


2016


2016 April 1


2016 Xmas


2017


2017 April Fools


2017 Xmas


2018


Between 2018-19 the forum became dynamic (mobile friendly), and so the banner format changed to a simple logo overlying a separate low opacity background. Here's the logo, followed by the changing backgrounds.

2018 (end)


2018 (end) - 2019


2019 (onwards)


2020 / 2021/ 2022


2023


It's a shame no new plants were released in 2013  My favourite is 2011. Not least because there is a pliosaur in the lineup

Edited with more banners

[Jetoar]

One part of our history friend. Thanks for you create this amazing forum  .

[DinoToyForum]

I've updated the banners in the first post with those from recent years. Interesting to see the evolution.

Oh, and this doesn't include the occasional Christmas and April Fools Day variations. 

[bmathison1972]

I like those prior to 2015 with more species

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

I also prefer the classic version.

Wasn't there a banner at some point with a Battat diplodocus and Bullyland deinotherium on it?

[Reptilia]

Last three years have been all quite nice and chromatically pleasing, in my opinion.

[Bokisaurus]

Love the holiday touch to the banner

[DinoToyForum]

I also prefer the classic version.

Wasn't there a banner at some point with a Battat diplodocus and Bullyland deinotherium on it?

I don't think so.

[DinoToyForum]

Love the holiday touch to the banner

Ho ho ho.

[ceratopsian]

Fun to see the changes!  Personally I prefer the more recent format with just two beasts.  And I love the Christmas decoration!  I'm not sure how long it took me to notice that the animals had accoutrements!

[DinoToyForum]

I've updated the first post and fixed some broken links.

As you can see, there's been a new forum banner every year since 2009 except for 2021 & 2022.

I've also included the occasional Xmas and April Fool special banner. 

[Sim]

It's nice to see them all together!  I'm amazed we managed to survive three years with the Papo Giganotosaurus in the banner.

[Stegotyranno420]

Seeing them all was a trip down memory lane, even if I joined relatively recently (2019). These have been great years.

[SidB]

The continuity of both the DTB and DTF is something to celebrate and for which to be grateful.

[Faelrin]

I never even noticed the Cyberzoic Utahraptor was present this whole time. Or the Wild Past Scutosaurus for that matter.

[Gwangi]

The continuity of both the DTB and DTF is something to celebrate and for which to be grateful.

I agree. I was in a lot of forums back in the 2000's and I think they've all gone under since then. Some don't even exist in archive form, just all that information...gone. Not the DTF though, and it's the only forum I'm active in anymore.

[Doug Watson]

I have realized two possibilities from this posting either I have never logged in on April Fools or I'm not as observant as I thought. Clever girl, I mean admin.

[Halichoeres]

The continuity of both the DTB and DTF is something to celebrate and for which to be grateful.

I agree. I was in a lot of forums back in the 2000's and I think they've all gone under since then. Some don't even exist in archive form, just all that information...gone. Not the DTF though, and it's the only forum I'm active in anymore.

For that matter I'm glad the old forum has been kept online. Such a valuable archive.

[DinoToyForum]

The continuity of both the DTB and DTF is something to celebrate and for which to be grateful.

I agree. I was in a lot of forums back in the 2000's and I think they've all gone under since then. Some don't even exist in archive form, just all that information...gone. Not the DTF though, and it's the only forum I'm active in anymore.

For that matter I'm glad the old forum has been kept online. Such a valuable archive.

I wish I could migrate that content here but I don't have access to the database - Proboards own it. They could pull the plug on it any time, of if they go under, so do all the forums they host.

[Halichoeres]

Oh wow. I imagine that precarity influenced the decision to move in the first place (before my time so I never knew).