Good morning ladies and gentlemen

[jweber26]

Hello all, new member Jeremy here.

I like probably most on here grew up a passion for everything dinosaurs - toys, books, cartoons, you name it. My interest was resparked as my daughter aged 2 took a loving to dinosaurs. She's a total nut for them and it's been a pleasure teaching her about dinosaurs and playing with her.

Then, a buddy of mine at work showed up one day with a Papo Velociraptor. Suddenly, the collector in me found a new hobby! I hit Amazon & eBay and within 2 months put together quite the Papo collection. Most recently I added the running T-Rex and I'm only missing the Brachiosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Tylosaurus, Pteranodon and the baby Rexes.

In my spare time I customize McFarlane NFL figures and have made quite a successful side business doing so. I'm also a moderator on a two forums - one for specifically customizing McFarlane Sportspicks and the other is a general toy customizing site - mostly Transformers, but sports, GI Joe, Star Wars & comic figures as well. I have a blog set up at 4StarCustoms.blogspot.com showcasing my work. I hope one day to take what I've learned doing those and maybe start customizing some dinosaurs.

[sauroid]

hello and welcome to the DTF. hope you enjoy your stay.

[Himmapaan]

Good afternoon, Jeremy, and welcome. 

Though I would just like to point out that there are many ladies present, too. 

[DinoToyForum]

Welcome!

[Gwangi]

Good afternoon, Jeremy, and welcome. 

Though I would just like to point out that there are many ladies present, too. 

Yup, you might be surprised at how many women are also into collecting toy dinosaurs. Where they were hiding most of my life I have no idea.

[jweber26]

Good afternoon, Jeremy, and welcome. 

Though I would just like to point out that there are many ladies present, too. 

Yup, you might be surprised at how many women are also into collecting toy dinosaurs. Where they were hiding most of my life I have no idea.

My apologies to all the ladies! I'm so use to my male-dominated sports & nfl forums. Given my 3 year daughters love of dinosaurs I should have expected a few girls to carry that on!

I'm glad to be part of a forum with a nice mix then!

[DinoToyForum]

This prompted me to do some investigating. Of all those who have disclosed their gender in their profile (there's no obligation to do so), there is a healthy male to female ratio on the dinotoyforum of 5.5 : 1 

[Gwangi]

This prompted me to do some investigating. Of all those who have disclosed their gender in their profile (there's no obligation to do so), there is a healthy male to female ratio on the dinotoyforum of 5.5 : 1

Huh, I would have thought the ratio would be higher for the women on that. Maybe due to the prominence of some of our female members.

[anchry6]

Hello!

[Seijun]

Your story is similar to mine. 2 years ago when I got "back into" dinosaur collecting, papo's were the first dinosaurs I bought.