The Identification thread

[crazy8wizard]

Did TS toys ever make an unofficial WWD Cryptoclidus figure? I saw this big, rubbery plesiosaur figure that looks very similar to the Walking with Dinosaurs Cryptoclidus but just a little bit off, which feels characteristic of the TS Toys WWD figures. If not, then what is it, and where did it come from?

[DinoToyForum]

That's the Wenno Plesiosaurus. I have it. It features in one of my video unboxings.

I should review it on the blog with the other Wennos: https://dinotoyblog.com/category/wenno/

[Halichoeres]

Ha, I asked about that same figure in this thread a while back, I think using a screenshot from the same listing.

[BlueKrono]

Is the listing still up?

[DinoToyForum]

Is the listing still up?

I don't know if this Danish store ships worldwide but it's available here: https://www.gucca.dk/dinosaur-figurer-30-stk-i-boette-med-ar-funktion-wenno-p571615

[Ikessauro]

Is the listing still up?

I don't know if this Danish store ships worldwide but it's available here: https://www.gucca.dk/dinosaur-figurer-30-stk-i-boette-med-ar-funktion-wenno-p571615

It seems it is also available on eBay US
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266246304991?hash=item3dfd8434df:g:aEgAAOSwmgJlts0h&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4PvZ8uh425X0NWFBfMVRkOM5Olwz7kRzBvNYERPyCOS%2BHgQgb0%2FGqt5xKMU%2BHUp%2Bwamc%2FAh5yrIgCmPYuZR8hAERWRsEHaU9wtY%2Bxg1bHtASYSUgULp8SWPVxYa%2FsvaPQs89eFSsO5k8IQBpB8fb8tkRRAGOahN29B2WkChj45wxfdVuvog25sS%2Fr1nd2V%2FK9JnQCXEr6UquKDP2EisnDH2XGfgpi18mKvGSSwFDewJNh8dHskHEy8WR3%2Bj7TuF85w8WjKJKruRiMC2mcREP8EGYl5m8q9CLlQ7OW7%2BtLO75%7Ctkp%3ABFBM_JXd165j

[KamenOH]

I'm not quite sure if this "Chinasaur," as I've heard these vaguely dinosaur toys be called, is anything new, given that most online sites say it's early 80's / late 70's, but I figured that where else but here would know what it actually was.


I know it's an Ankylosaur, made in Hong Kong, and that it's hilariously "wrong," but otherwise I'm kinda stumped. Read through a couple of the earlier posts, checked any companies mentioned, and got nowhere fast.

[DinoToyForum]

I've seen similar (=identical?) figures marked with the AAA logo, so I believe the original, at least, is AAA brand. See this lot on Ebay, for exxmple, which shows a photograph of the AAA logo: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134899831427 This model was knocked-off many times though, so you may not have the original. And I'm not an expert on figures from this time, so I guess it's even possible the AAA version was a knock-off of an earlier figure.

[Duna]

I've seen similar (=identical?) figures marked with the AAA logo, so I believe the original, at least, is AAA brand. See this lot on Ebay, for exxmple, which shows a photograph of the AAA logo: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134899831427 This model was knocked-off many times though, so you may not have the original. And I'm not an expert on figures from this time, so I guess it's even possible the AAA version was a knock-off of an earlier figure.

I completely agree. Either AAA ankylosaurus (or what-it-may-be) or made by them or other similar brand. They are from the late 70s to early 80s. Just use as a collector item, as its paint probably contains high levels of heavy metals.

[BrontoScorpio]

Once got an old Lot like that from Germany - passed them out as cheap 'Chinasaurs' for no other option presented itself ...

[DinoToyForum]

Once got an old Lot like that from Germany - passed them out as cheap 'Chinasaurs' for no other option presented itself ...

If I'm looking at the right set (the yellowish ones), those appear to be a line of small-size Imperial brand figures (or knock-offs thereof), such as the Nothosaurus reviewed here: https://dinotoyblog.com/nothosaurus-imperial/

[Duna]

The AAA dinosaurs have those blue eyes and dull color, and the ones made in Hong Kong have the AAA stamp on their belly. This is my collection from 1978:

[Halichoeres]

Somebody listed that AAA Ankylosaurus on eBay as Tsagantegia once, and they had me going for a second, but they clearly pulled that name out of thin air.

[crazy8wizard]

So I have this little rubbery purple dino that I was never sure the genus of.

I'm pretty sure it's Psittacosaurus because of the hooked beak but it could very well be a small ornithopod like Nanosaurus or Hypsilophodon.
What do you think it is? Does anyone recognize it specifically?

[BlueKrono]

@crazy8wizard It looks like the style of Weetos dinosaurs. I have some in this exact color with the stripes and with the soft rubbery texture. I would agree with the Psittacosaurus ID, but that's just personal opinion as I don't see that species named on any official Weetos advertisements.

[Halichoeres]

I'll be damned, I didn't know that Weetos dinosaurs even came in painted versions.

[Fossilized-Rubber]

Found in a charity shop. What species is it, and what make?

[Avian]

Found in a charity shop. What species is it, and what make?

It is a Placerias, but the maker of this figure is unknown.

[Flaffy]

@Fossilized-Rubber Good find! Some people specifically hunt for the Placerias out of the entire set.

Link: https://dinotoyblog.com/dinosaur-boxset-2-toyway/

EverythingDinosaur was lucky enough to have a couple of these for sale back in the day, many years ago.

[Crackington]

I think the company that made it was called Nayab.