A Question About Collecta

[suspsy]

To be honest, I hadn't even heard of Collecta before I started visiting the Dinosaur Toy Blog. I do not recall ever seeing their product in museums, although I may simply have not paid any attention to which dinosaur toys came from which line. Do they have a footing at all in North America beyond online stores, or are they more of a European thing?

[ajax]

They are everywhere, even Australia and we get very few prehistoric lines here.  They are not museum replica's though that's why you probably wont see them in a museum. They are improving every year.

[ajax]

Also they were known as Procon for the first year or two of production.

[SBell]

They are everywhere, even Australia and we get very few prehistoric lines here.  They are not museum replica's though that's why you probably wont see them in a museum. They are improving every year.

We had them at the (Canadian) museum I ran. They're probably still there, although I don't know what the future holds. But they are everywhere--the first major push was the original 6 dinos for the RSPCA through the the brand name Nature's Wonders.

[Splonkadumpocus]

I never saw any in the USA until my local museum at SDSMT got a few. They're based out of the UK though, so it would make sense that they'd be more European, as well as showing up in Canada and Australia (still technically part of the UK somehow?) but not the USA.

[SBell]

I never saw any in the USA until my local museum at SDSMT got a few. They're based out of the UK though, so it would make sense that they'd be more European, as well as showing up in Canada and Australia (still technically part of the UK somehow?) but not the USA.

Australia is less part of the UK than Canada...and neither actually is (it's the Commonwealth).

SDSMT didn't have them in fall of 2011, so that's an improvement (I did get the older Safari Ceratosaurus there though!).

Procon (through whatever line) seems to have had more success in online retailers so far.

[suspsy]

I am seriously considering a quick trip to NYC during the March Break. If I am able to go, I will naturally be visiting the AMNH, and I shall make a point of keeping my eye out for Collecta.

[SBell]

I am seriously considering a quick trip to NYC during the March Break. If I am able to go, I will naturally be visiting the AMNH, and I shall make a point of keeping my eye out for Collecta.

I'd have my doubts, but there's always a chance. The line wasn't even available, at all, at the Blackhills store.

[Splonkadumpocus]

I never saw any in the USA until my local museum at SDSMT got a few. They're based out of the UK though, so it would make sense that they'd be more European, as well as showing up in Canada and Australia (still technically part of the UK somehow?) but not the USA.

Australia is less part of the UK than Canada...and neither actually is (it's the Commonwealth).

SDSMT didn't have them in fall of 2011, so that's an improvement (I did get the older Safari Ceratosaurus there though!).

Procon (through whatever line) seems to have had more success in online retailers so far.

SDSMT got them in Fall 2012, but only a few of them. I know we have the following, and possibly the baby Triceratops and baby Tyrannosaurus as well:

Baby Parasaurolophus
Baby Stegosaurus
Eotyrannus
Hatzegopteryx
Kosmoceratops
Minmi
Olorotitan
Ornithocheirus
Paraceratherium
Polacanthus
Psittacosaurus
Rebbachisaurus
Styracosaurus

The big question is whether this was a one-off thing or whether they'll stock more in the future.