Dinoguy2's collection and vids

[Dinoguy2]

I watched your videos for the first time today and really like them. I always love collection videos!

Thanks! I wasn't planning on doing another collection video any time soon, but then I saw somebody do their Safari collection all lined up and grouped by year in order to show the evolution of the brand, which I thought was really cool and might do something like that soon...

[Takama]

Just a random requset.

Could you do a Vid specificaly for the Carnegie Collection Plateosaurus at some point?

[Dinoguy2]

Just a random requset.

Could you do a Vid specificaly for the Carnegie Collection Plateosaurus at some point?

Sure! I'll add it to me request list.

[Dinoguy2]

Carnegie Smilodon

https://youtu.be/W_5p92_Odkw

[SidB]

I think I have the chocolate brown version of that Pteranodon somewhere... Maybe they were more common in Europe?

Likely. I had acquired mine from Germany.

[Dinoguy2]

I think I have the chocolate brown version of that Pteranodon somewhere... Maybe they were more common in Europe?

Likely. I had acquired mine from Germany.

Do you happen to remember when you got it? Based on the tag style I assume it was one of the 2007 repaints but it's weird that it never shows up on lists or even in catalogs. I wonder how many other cryptic repaints that didn't achieve wide distribution exist (still not sure about that blue Apatosaurus I posted in the ID thread...).

[Dinoguy2]

Retrospective on the Safari Acrocanthosaurus, featuring the Carnegie and wild Safari versions.

https://youtu.be/okf-tu41-xs

[Dinoguy2]

My collection of first generation Carnegie Collection figures:

https://youtu.be/y1MHcXZt3bg

[Dinoguy2]

Just got a bunch of older Safari figures!

https://youtu.be/92cDLdooITE

[Dinoguy2]

I've been adding most of my new acquisitions to my site, but I figured I'd post some of my growing collection of old school Carnegies.

Carnegie Parasaurolophus, first generation variant.


Carnegie Allosaurus"catalogue version". Love this one, very old school.


Two of my favorite Carnegie Stegosaurus variants: first generation and third generation (white plate version, closer to the photography mock-up).


First generation Apatosaurus. I prefer this to the more well known second paint scheme. This one is straight out of a Zallinger mural.


And her little ones. I always wondered if the adult and baby Apatosaurus in this line were inspired by the movie Baby.


My first generation T. rex has seen better days... Need to get a cleaner sample one day.


My first "museum quality" replica, bought at a little garage hobby shop in 1989 when it was brand new. The paint application on these really took a nose dive in the 90s.


Original Pachycephalosaurus (right) vs. a later released version. You can see paint application quality and complexity decreases over time as they give priority to newer figures.


Older (right) vs. newer Deinonychus


And Protoceratops...


...and Elasmosaurus (newer on top, original on bottom).

[Dinoguy2]

New video featuring all the Safari Carnotaurus:

https://youtu.be/W_Z6E2qkD8E

[Dinoguy2]

Carengie Apatosaurus baby, c. 1990 version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5iSHrrBL_A

[SidB]

Your overall project is of great value at a time when, caught in the flush of excellent new releases, it becomes all too easy to forget about the past. Awareness of what has preceded the current generation opens up a needed appreciation of both past and also the present.You are supplying this with your in-depth study of the Carnegie line.  I, for one, have found my interest in this venerable, old series to be revived. Thank-you.

[Dinoguy2]

Carnegie Pteranodon brown repaint from 2007.

https://youtu.be/LI80u6dLnsA

[Dinoguy2]

Next up: A few new variants of the Carnegie Australopithecus! Hopefully i'll have a chance to record some more full reviews soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4AEFxskb0E