Retrosaurus' Collection

[Retrosaurus]

I've finally gotten around to photographing more of my collection:


My small collection of early Carnegie figures, though I have several of the later ones I don't actively seek them out as I'm really only interested in trying to complete the earlier run of figures.


Here are some weird Invicta colour variants. The mocha Stegosaurus, blue Cetiosaurus, and grey Triceratops are all the result of the original colour fading. The blue/green plesiosaurus is the uncommon "1788" variant from the original mould and is made of a noticeably heavier and harder plastic. The lime Glyptodon I assume is from Cornwell components. The black Mammoth, green Iguanodon, and chocolate brown Scelidosaurus might also be Cornwell, but are made of a very rubbery plastic similar to the painted variants.


Complete with its original paints 


Another set of Linde figures, I particularly like the marbling on the Brontosaurus


Lastly, a nearly full set of the original German Wagner Margarine dinosaurs (I'm just missing the Pteranodon and Tylosaurus). These are the predecessors to the Nabisco dinosaurs which I collect the NZ-made versions of. The moulds are noticeably different, some drastically different from the Nabisco counterparts. I'll eventually do a comparison post

[Faelrin]

Despite all my years here, I've never even seen some of these before. Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention to some of the more retro oriented threads here, or these are really rare. The bottom Wegner set almost has an ivory like look to it. What an absolutely delightful diversity of animals too.

[Libraraptor]

Those Wagner figures are So delightful! I have some of them, too, but still want them all.

[Retrosaurus]

Despite all my years here, I've never even seen some of these before. Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention to some of the more retro oriented threads here, or these are really rare. The bottom Wegner set almost has an ivory like look to it. What an absolutely delightful diversity of animals too.

@Faelrin Ones like the Wagner figures don't get talked about much as they're quite niche, and you're right about them being a diverse selection. I've noticed a lot of the earlier manufacturers often had some more unusual picks to include in their sets.

[Halichoeres]

The variety of Wagners really was admirable. I think their Geosaurus is still the only one that's been made.

I used to have a Linde Sphenacodon. The marbling effect on those can be really fetching!

[Fossilized-Rubber]

I really had to puff out my cheeks with how impressed I was with this latest update. Thanks for sharing. Do you have a favourite "top three" from all of your collection?

[Retrosaurus]

I really had to puff out my cheeks with how impressed I was with this latest update. Thanks for sharing. Do you have a favourite "top three" from all of your collection?

Thank you very much! It's hard to choose just three to be honest, but I think my absolute favourite would be my Schleich Replicasaurus Elasmosaurus from when I was a kid as it was my most precious childhood possession. The other two would probably be the NeoForm Stegosaurus and black Invicta Mammoth. In terms of non-figure-related things, my original copy of "Prehistoric Monsters of Primeval Days" which features the models of Vernon Edwards would certainly be up there 

[triceratops83]

This is the sort of collection I really dig, you can't beat the retro stuff. We're spoiled for choice now and I don't think dinosaur toys can get much better than they are now, but you just have to appreciate the old school.

[Retrosaurus]

@triceratops83 I think the reason I'm drawn to the retro stuff is there's a bit more artistic licence with sculpts, some of them like the NeoForms are heavily stylised and you can tell they're all from the same artist. Though I greatly appreciate and am in awe of the amazing level of detail and accuracy that's widely available to us, with most companies competing to be the most accurate it starts to feel a bit same-ish sometimes.

[triceratops83]

Back then too, they had to rely more on artistic license because we didn't know enough from the fossils available. Now, with what we know, you could actually be criticized for using the wrong colours in some cases. So yeah, there was a lot more room to go nuts with design in the olden days - made for more character in dinosaur toys.

[Crackington]

Great to see how your collection is progressing @Retrosaurus - so many gems.

I love that green Invicta Iguanodon variant and those wonderful Wagners.
Good work!

[Retrosaurus]

Hey everyone,

It's been a while, been getting moulds sorted for the Zealandia line and it's taking them a bit longer than expected to complete the moulds. Anywho, here's some interesting stuff I've picked up over the past few months.


First up is a painted Boley Invicta Ichthyosaurus and an early Kaiyodo Monoclonius (labelled as Monocronius) resin kit.


I have further expanded my collection of early Carnegie figures, some highlights being the hard black PVC Stegosaurus and Baby Apatosaurus, and the unpainted Australopithecus Female. Most of these have come from Germany, and being early run Carnegies, are likely a part of the Schleich production run.



The unpainted Australopithecus also has a different text to any others that I've seen, and it's flipped and placed in a different position on the body.


A Marolin Iguanodon, my first of the Marolin line.


And finally, I have completed my Kleinwelka dinosaur collection, just looking for colour variants now!

[Libraraptor]

Congrats especially on those models from the former German Democratic Republic! Those look fantastic! So many variants.