Earliest dinosaur toy?

[therizinosaurus]

Hey everyone! Just had a random question I'd like to throw out--what is the earliest dinosaur toy?

I know the primary contender is the Twistums Brontosaurus, called "Old Timer", which was released in ca. 1925-1930. Does anyone have any evidence to suggest that there was any kind of mass-market dinosaur toy released prior to this?

The only other early (pre-WWII) dinosaur toys that I can think of off the top of my head:
Messmore & Damon 1933 World's Fair Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Mammals sets
OG Son of Fire cavemen, Triceratops, and T-rex metal figures

Insights into this era of dinosaur toys? Anything I missed? Anyone have any of these (incredibly rare) figures? I myself am lucky enough to have a Twistums Brontosaurus, and am hunting for the M&D 1933 sets.

[Crackington]

Great items Theri, would you be able to post some pics?

I think you're right about these being the earliest dinosaur toys and Mike Fredericks doesn't mention any others in "Dinosaurs Collectibles", although he also refers to the SRG metal figures from the 1940s and 50s. I have the three fingered T-Rex which is a beautiful figure and kids did apparently play with these which they got as souvenirs from US museums - the AMNH in particular?

I'm not sure if Joe DeMarco's new work will have unearthed any earlier toys/figures and I've never heard of contemporary toys produced for the Crystal Palace park or other 19th century events which would trump the above toys if they existed.  How much would they be worth if so?

Casting the net wider to include prehistoric figures, the oldest are, well prehistoric, with bears, mammoths and rhino etc figures found from  over 25,000 years ago in central Europe, using clay, stones and mammoth ivory. They may have been used in rituals. Not exactly toys (probably!) and of course not dinosaurs, but worth a mention I think. I wonder if any of our ancestors collected them, perhaps telling their friends of latest acquisitions by smoke signals  

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