Chinese & Japanese novelties - New for 2024 (various companies)

[Halichoeres]

Animal Heavenly Body


marine animals, apparently Dunkleosteus, Livyatan, and megalodon


Lufengosaurus
Shantungosaurus
Sinosauropteryx

Bandai

Flaffy started a separate thread for the "Diversity of Life on Earth" miniatures: https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=11354.0


Plannosaurus (snap-together model kit) Giganotosaurus, due in April


Plannosaurus Pteranodon, due in January


keychain dinos



Megahouse anatomy model kit Tyrannosaurus


"Strongest Dinosaur Friends"
Brachiosaurus
Pteranodon
Spinosaurus
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus (in two colors)

Hotline


Sacabambaspis keychains

Kabaya



Hone Hone Zaurus #44


Nanoblocks


extra-large Mosasaurus kit

Qualia

A series of animals fashioned after stationery includes this Ankylosaurus designed to resemble a soroban (Japanese abacus)

Yell


dinosaur/shark mash-ups

[Halichoeres]

New year, new Kabaya Hone Hone Zaurus kits:


Deinocheirus
Amargasaurus
Pteranodon
dragoon


Megaraptor
Mosasaurus
Spinosaurus
"kong"

They can combine in various ways to make other creatures.

[Halichoeres]

little keychain guys from Bandai:

[Halichoeres]

Qualia is making a series of animals fashioned after stationery, including this Ankylosaurus designed to resemble a soroban (Japanese abacus):

[Stegotyranno420]

How is this not a pokemon?

[Halichoeres]

How is this not a pokemon?

It definitely does have a Pokemon vibe.

[Halichoeres]

Megahouse (Bandai) Kitai anatomy model of Tyrannosaurus, with a mane:




They're also making one of a salmon, which is a little more tempting.

[BlueKrono]

Megahouse (Bandai) Kitai anatomy model of Tyrannosaurus, with a mane:




They're also making one of a salmon, which is a little more tempting.

Why did they make an anatomy model of Kenny Powers?

[Halichoeres]

I had to look that up, but yeah it does have something strongly resembling a mullet.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Always another T.rex !

Polystone Kaiyodo statue

[Flaffy]

Very well made, and very boring.

[Concavenator]

Yikes, Kaiyodo's "Tyrannosaurus fee" is annoying.

And the following day, they announce yet another Tyrannosaurus. Poetic.

[Halichoeres]

Well at least they acknowledged how boring it is by sculpting it yawning.

[Reuben03]

im desperate for more extinct marine life and obscure fish. my favourite thing is when they steal moulds and make them into stretchy little toys. I wish we could get some new weird freaky palaeozoic fish releases with good distribution. before all the best weird fish would come from japan, mostly in plushie form.

i think clearly i'm not the only one that would rather some weird extinct fishy freak over another boring tyrannosaur.

[brettnj]

The Kaiyodo t-rex is a September release, 55000 yen, W31 cm x H32.5 cm x D47 cm.

[Halichoeres]

i think clearly i'm not the only one that would rather some weird extinct fishy freak over another boring tyrannosaur.

I would certainly rather see an extinct fishy freak, but it seems like there is an insatiable appetite for boring tyrannosaurs. It's like there's always a demand for chicken nuggets despite the availability of much better foods.

[BlueKrono]

i think clearly i'm not the only one that would rather some weird extinct fishy freak over another boring tyrannosaur.

I would certainly rather see an extinct fishy freak, but it seems like there is an insatiable appetite for boring tyrannosaurs. It's like there's always a demand for chicken nuggets despite the availability of much better foods.

Like dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets.

[Halichoeres]

i think clearly i'm not the only one that would rather some weird extinct fishy freak over another boring tyrannosaur.

I would certainly rather see an extinct fishy freak, but it seems like there is an insatiable appetite for boring tyrannosaurs. It's like there's always a demand for chicken nuggets despite the availability of much better foods.

Like dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets.

Well, obviously dinosaur-shaped ones taste better!

[Halichoeres]

Extra large Mosasaurus set by Nanoblocks:

[Halichoeres]

Not as nice as the Ikimon versions, but here's another set of Sacabambaspis keychains from Hotline:



I wonder if whoever made the Finnish museum model that sparked this fad is getting royalty checks from all this merch.