Top 10 Paleozoic toys (excluding Dimetrodon) (poll open)

[Faelrin]

Hey mods please fix the title if need be. Never did one of these particular polls before.

Let this be a shortlist for Paleozoic toys. I'm excluding Dimetrodon because it gets far too much rep compared with anything else from the Paleozoic. I have a (slightly outdated) thread here with a lot of stuff compiled together, but that isn't going to be the shortlist obviously. Use it as a reference. Let me know what you want to vote for and I'll add it to the list here.

I wonder if sets should be included as is, or broken up? Like I'd surely vote for the Favorite Mini Model Burgess Shale set as a whole for example (which includes Anomalocaris, Opabinia, Wiwaxia, etc). Both ROM and Safari also have Cambrian period sets. Then there's the Play Visions prehistoric amphibians set which is mostly Paleozoic genera, minus Gerrothorax and Triadobatrachus which are both from the Triassic.


Okay here's a list. I've bolded those suggested.

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API/I Dig Sharks Echinochimaera
API/I Dig Sharks Helicoprion
API/I Dig Sharks Orthacanthus
Bullyland Edaphosaurus
Bullyland Procynosuchus
Bullyland trilobite
Chap Mei Dunkleosteus
Cog LTD Dino Horizons Aysheaia
Cog LTD Dino Horizons Dicynodon
Cog LTD Dino Horizons Diplocaulus
Cog LTD Dino Horizons Dunkleosteus
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons Groenlandaspis
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons Hallucigenia
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons Ichthyostega
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons Opabinia
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons Ottoia
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons Pikaia
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons Scutosaurus
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons Stethacanthus
Cog Ltd Dino Horizons trilobite
CollectA Anomalocaris
CollectA Cooperoceras
CollectA Dunkleosteus
CollectA Edaphosaurus
CollectA Estemmenosuchus
CollectA Jaekelopterus
CollectA Orthoceras
CollectA Redlichia
CollectA Prehistoric Animals Estemmenosuchus mini
CollectA Prehistoric Marine Cameroceras mini
CollectA Prehistoric Marine Dunkleosteus mini
CollectA Prehistoric Marine Olenoides mini
Colorata Acutiramus
Colorata Anomalocaris
Colorata Cameroceras
Colorata Cephalaspis
Colorata Dunkleosteus
Colorata Olenoides
Deiner Edaphosaurus
Deiner Eryops
Eikoh Dunkleosteus
Favorite Mini Model Anomalocaris (any color)
Favorite Mini Model Canadaspis
Favorite Mini Model Hallucigenia
Favorite Mini Model Marrella
Favorite Mini Model Olenoides
Favorite Mini Model Opabinia
Favorite Mini Model Pikaia
Favorite Mini Model Wiwaxia
Favorite Soft Model Anomalocaris (any color)
Favorite Soft Model Dunkleosteus
Favorite Soft Model Opabinia
Favorite Vinyl Model Anomalocaris
Favorite Vinyl Model Dunkleosteus
F-Toys Confect Anomalocaris (any color)
F-Toys Confect Hallucigenia (any color)
Hasbro/Kenner Jurassic Park Estemmenosuchus
Hasbro/Kenner Jurassic Park Lycaenops (any color)
Hasbro/Kenner Jurassic Park Scutosaurus
Ikimon Nature/Science Techni Colour Sacabambaspis (any color)
Innovative Kids Groovy Tube Book Arthropleura
Innovative Kids Groovy Tube Book Opabinia
Kaiyodo Dinotales Acanthostega
Kaiyodo Dinotales Anomalocaris
Kaiyodo Dinotales Bothriolepis (any color)
Kaiyodo Dinotales Cladoselache (any color)
Kaiyodo Dinotales Diplocaulus (any color)
Kaiyodo Dinotales Dunkleosteus
Kaiyodo Dinotales Dunkleosteus skull
Kaiyodo Dinotales Eryops (any color)
Kaiyodo Dinotales Eurypterus
Kaiyodo Dinotales Eusthenopteron (any color)
Kaiyodo Dinotales Hallucigenia
Kaiyodo Dinotales Hemicyclaspis
Kaiyodo Dinotales Lystrosaurus
Kaiyodo Dinotales Meganeura
Kaiyodo Dinotales Opabinia (any color)
Kaiyodo Dinotales Pleurocystites
Kaiyodo Dinotales Psychopyge (any color)
Kaiyodo Dinotales Pteraspis
Kaiyodo Dinotales Pterygotus (any color)
Kaiyodo Dinotales Rayonnoceras
Kaiyodo Dinotales Triarthrus
Kaiyodo Dinotales Trochosaurus
Kaiyodo Dinotales Xenacanthus
Kaiyodo CapsuleQ Bothriolepis
Kaiyodo CapsuleQ Eusthenopteron
Kaiyodo CapsuleQ Opabinia
Kaiyodo CapsuleQ Pterygotus
Kaiyodo CapsuleQ Triarthrus
Kaiyodo Great Leaps Anomalocaris
Kaiyodo Great Leaps Dunkleosteus skull
Kaiyodo Great Leaps Ichthyostega
Kaiyodo Study Room Ceraurinella
Marx Toys Moschops (any color)
Marx Toys Sphenacodon (any color)
MPC Moschops (any color)
Mattel Jurassic World Edaphosaurus
Mattel Jurassic World Inostrancevia
Mattel Jurassic World Lystrosaurus
Mattel Jurassic World Lystrosaurus mini (any color)
Mattel Jurassic World Scutosaurus
Mattel Jurassic World 93 Classic Scutosaurus
Mattel Jurassic World HC Scutosaurus
Medicom Toy The Great Mystery Museum Collection Tullimonstrum "Nessie (alternative version)"
Mojo Fun Dunkleosteus
NekoWorks Stethacanthus
Playskool Definitely Dinosaurs Moschops
Play Visions Crassigyrinus
Play Visions Diplocaulus
Play Visions Eryops
Play Visions Peltobatrachus
Play Visions Pholiderpeton/Eogyrinus
Play Visions Platyhystrix
PNSO Dunkleosteus
PNSO Helicoprion
Recur Dunkleosteus
Recur Super Egg Diplocaulus
Recur Super Egg Lystrosaurus
ROM Opabinia
ROM Olenoides
ROM Pikaia
ROM Peytoia
ROM Wiwaxia
Safari Dunkleosteus
Safari Estemmenosuchus
Safari Inostrancevia
Safari Scutosaurus
Safari Cambrian Life Toob Anomalocaris
Safari Cambrian Life Toob Charniodiscus (technically Ediacaran)
Safari Cambrian Life Toob Naraoia
Safari Cambrian Life Toob Ottoia
Safari Cambrian Life Toob Sanctacaris
Safari Cambrian Life Toob Sidneyia
Safari Cambrian Life Toob Tricrepicephalus
Safari Cambrian Life Toob Vauxia
Safari Prehistoric Sharks Toob Cladoselache
Safari Prehistoric Sharks Toob Edestus
Safari Prehistoric Sharks Toob Helicoprion
Safari Prehistoric Sharks Toob Orthacanthus
Safari Prehistoric Sharks Toob Sarcoprion
Safari Prehistoric Sharks Toob Stethacanthus
Safari Prehistoric Sharks Toob Xenacanthus
Schleich Dinogorgon
Schleich Dunkleosteus
Starlux Brachiopod (Spirifer)
Starlux Bradysaurus
Starlux Cacops "Labyrinthodont"
Starlux Cephalaspis
Starlux Diplocaulus pair
Starlux Drepanaspis
Starlux Edaphosaurus
Starlux Endothiodon
Starlux Eusthenopteron
Starlux Ichthyostega
Starlux Scutosaurus
Starlux trilobite nodule
Takara Tomy ARTS Gacha Anomalocaris (any color)
Takara Tomy ARTS Gacha Dunkleosteus (any color)
Takara Tomy ARTS Gacha eurypterid (any color)
Takara Tomy ARTS Gacha trilobite (any color)
Takara Tomy Yujin Acanthostega (any color)
Takara Tomy Yujin Charniodiscus
Takara Tomy Yujin Kimberella (technically Ediacaran)
Takara Tomy Yujin Haikouella
Wild Past Kotlassia
Wild Past Scutosaurus
Yowie Anomalocaris
Yowie Arandaspis
Yowie Dickinsonia "Giant Disc Jelly" (technically Ediacaran)
Yowie eurypterid "Sea Scorpion"
Yowie Groenlandaspis
Yowie Helicoprion
Yowie Kettneraspis "Devonian Trilobite"
Yowie Mawsonites (technically Ediacaran)
Yowie Mcnamaraspis
Yowie orthocerid Straight-shelled Cephalopod"
Yowie Rolfosteus "Gogo Tube-nosed Fish"
Yowie Strepsodus "Ducabook Rhizodont"
Yowie Wiwaxia "Wiwaxiid"

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[Sim]

It makes sense to me that each option in the poll is for one figure only.

[crazy8wizard]

I have oodles of suggestions for this one but since I don't want to turn the poll into a laundry list of semi-random looking options I'll narrow it down to just five.

Megalograptus- How is the only figure of this an inch long game piece? I love Oumcraft's LIFE pieces but it's MEGAlograptus, so something bigger would be excellent. Not to mention how the molding of a fairly small piece means the filamentous bits on the large appendages get lost in translation.

Aegirocassis- Same reason as Megalograptus, really. Fairly large (for the family) and only represented by a little game piece.

Clelandina- A kind of out-of-left-field pick but I have a personal appreciation for this after making a video about it.

Greererpeton OR Crassigyrinus- Both of these are fairly similar in being long early tetrapods with tadpole tails. Crassigyrinus does have a figure, but it's crazy hard to find and also in need of an update. Greererpeton on the other hand, has no figure. I'd be fine with either one since I like them both.

Arthropleura- Now would be the perfect time for a major company to release an Arthropleura figure as essentially the whole body has now been revealed. I have seen a few decent but now dated 3D prints of this genus, as well as that one kinda hard to find Groovy Tubes figure (I tried and got burned with that one) but both are now, sadly, dated.

NMMNH-P 67717 "Don Juan"- is it futile to suggest an undescribed animal? Absolutely. Do I still want to see a figure made of this fish when it is described? Absolutely. Will I be upset if this is left out of the poll? Nah. I just thought it would be cool to mention since the illustration is seared into my memory because of the Ray Troll illustration.

[BlueKrono]

Holy cats, that Ray Troll fish is out of this world! That's got my vote.

[Faelrin]

@crazy8wizard I sculpted a Greererpeton a while back, but never got to finish it. So one exists partially...

Is this correct?

Life game Aegirocassis
Life game Megalograptus
Life game Clelandina
Play Visions Crassigyrinus
Innovative Kids Groovy Tube Book Arthropleura

I'm a little torn on adding the Life game miniatures as on one hand there's an exceptional amount of variety that doesn't get made. On the other hand they aren't toys per se, and are delicate tiny resin pieces and I'm not sure how widespread their availability was. Same with Paleozoo's models for what it is worth, though different materials at times.

[crazy8wizard]

@crazy8wizard I sculpted a Greererpeton a while back, but never got to finish it. So one exists partially...

Is this correct?

Life game Aegirocassis
Life game Megalograptus
Life game Clelandina
Play Visions Crassigyrinus
Innovative Kids Groovy Tube Book Arthropleura

I'm a little torn on adding the Life game miniatures as on one hand there's an exceptional amount of variety that doesn't get made. On the other hand they aren't toys per se, and are delicate tiny resin pieces and I'm not sure how widespread their availability was. Same with Paleozoo's models for what it is worth, though different materials at times.

oh I completely misinterpreted this post. I thought this was another "what would you like to see" post. I apologize, lol.

[Gwangi]

Offhand, I would like to see...

Safari Scutosaurus
Bullyland Procynosuchus
CollectA Edaphosaurus
Safari Inostrancevia
Schleich Dinogorgon
CollectA Cooperoceras
PNSO Helicoprion
CollectA Jaekelopterus

Makes me wonder if the entire Permian shouldn't get its own poll. 

[Faelrin]

@Gwangi I'm not gonna lie I had a thought about that. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll be sure to add those. I'm gonna add a couple that I can think of.

[Sim]

I'd like the following in the poll:

Kaiyodo Ichthyostega
Kaiyodo Acanthostega
Kaiyodo Eryops
Kaiyodo dinotales Eusthenopteron
Safari Orthacanthus
Kaiyodo Xenacanthus
Safari Stethacanthus
Kaiyodo Cladoselache

[Gwangi]

@Gwangi I'm not gonna lie I had a thought about that. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll be sure to add those. I'm gonna add a couple that I can think of.

On second thought, excluding the Permian wouldn't give us much left to work with.

[Faelrin]

Okay I put a massive list in the op. I've bolded those that have been suggested.

I'm still thinking about my top ten but at least my bases are covered lol.

Edit: I don't think I will include everything in the above list in the poll, so be sure to make suggestions now.

[Gwangi]

Oh my! That's quite the list. I see that I forgot about the Safari Estemmenosuchus and PNSO Dunk, I would like to see them on the poll.

[Faelrin]

@Gwangi Okay I added them.

[SBell]

We doing Paleozoic or Permian?

Either way, missing some classics.

Starlux Endothiodon
Starlux Bradysaurus
Starlux Acanthostega
Starlux Scutosaurus
Kenner (JP) Lycaenops
Kenner (JP) Estemmenosuchus (okay, not great...but a classic)
Playskool Moschops
Starlux Diplocaulus
Starlux Drepanaspis
Starlux Spirifer (brachiopod)
Deiner Edaphosaurus
Deiner Eryops
Marx Moschops
Starlux Eusthenopteron

This is just off the top of my head, there's doubtless many more

[Faelrin]

@SBell Paleozoic (and Ediacaran perhaps, assuming anyone has any interest in the few that have been made). I've added your suggestions, and bolded the ones in the list. I've also added the rest of the Paleozoic Starlux figures that were listed on toyanimalwiki and DTC.

Did you mean the Starlux Ichthyostega?

[SBell]

@SBell Paleozoic (and Ediacaran perhaps, assuming anyone has any interest in the few that have been made). I've added your suggestions, and bolded the ones in the list. I've also added the rest of the Paleozoic Starlux figures that were listed on toyanimalwiki and DTC.

Did you mean the Starlux Ichthyostega?

I did. Always mix them up.

Also forgot a few others:

API/I Dig Sharks Echinochimaera
API/I Dig Sharks Helicoprion
API/I Dig Sharks Xenacanthus
NekoWorks Stethacanthus

[Faelrin]

@SBell Okay I added those, and bolded the Ichthyostega.

I also added the Medicom Tullimonstrum, because despite its rarity, still remains the best figure of this genus out there to date.

I found this mercari listing with lots of images pertaining to it, which gave me a lot of info on it I didn't have before. Particularly the back of the card that came with the figure, which putting into google's image search, and then translate feature does show they do treat it as Tullimonstrum, despite also treating it as Nessie for some reason. Part of me is tempted to vote for it, despite the plethora of competition.

[SBell]

@SBell Okay I added those, and bolded the Ichthyostega.

I also added the Medicom Tullimonstrum, because despite its rarity, still remains the best figure of this genus out there to date.

I found this mercari listing with lots of images pertaining to it, which gave me a lot of info on it I didn't have before. Particularly the back of the card that came with the figure, which putting into google's image search, and then translate feature does show they do treat it as Tullimonstrum, despite also treating it as Nessie for some reason. Part of me is tempted to vote for it, despite the plethora of competition.

It was the chase figure in a mystery series, so particularly hard to find. Those sets (and also ones by UMA, UHA, and Heart) often have several mystery/cryptic creatures represented by fossil/extinct animals

[Halichoeres]

Of the ones that haven't yet been nominated, I'd like to see:

Kaiyodo Pteraspis
Kaiyodo Dinotales Bothriolepis
Kaiyodo Pleurocystites
Colorata Cameroceras
Favorite Soft Model Dunkleosteus
Favorite Mini Model Pikaia

[Faelrin]

Alright added those. Should I give this a few weeks before starting the poll?