Looking for British Museum of Natural History Invicta Dinosaurs

[CJPHZD]

I've been working on my British Museum of Natural History Invicta monochrome invicta set. I was wondering if anyone had an Apatosaurus, Pteranodon, Blue Whale, Dimetrodon, Stenonychosaurus, or Lambeosaurus for sale or trade?

Also does anyone know why some models such as Tyrannosaurus, triceratops, and megalosaurus do not have invicta plastics printed on the bottom? Does that make them older than the ones with invicta printed on bottom?

Thanks!

[Duna]

Hello and welcome! 
Triceratops, tyrannosaurus and megalosaurus do have the "Invicta plastics" letters printed on the bottom, but maybe in your figures is quite erased.

In eBay the Pteranodon is easy to find and cheap. Apatosaurus appears quite often, too. There are now some blue whales on sale, too.

There is a seller that has a box full of Dimetrodons and now you won't find it anywhere more. He has sold a lot of figures. I bought mine from him and perfect.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-Natural-History-Museum-Invicta-Plastics-Dinosaur-Dimetrodon/223504066443

Good luck!

[Libraraptor]

Nice to see another Invicta lover around.  Have not heard of non printed versions.  Good luck hunting them and welcome to the forum,  should you plan to stay.

[CJPHZD]

I have several that are in great condition and bone of them have invicta plastics. I was speculating that it could be because they were some of the older models but that's all I could thinknof.

[Dinoguy2]

I can't find the site I read this on, but I'm pretty sure there was some difference in the info stamps between older and newer Invictas. I believe 1970s figures had one stamp style, and 1980s-90s figures had a different style. The style was changed even on pre-existing figures (for example, you can tell an older T. rex from a newer production run based on this). I can't remember the specifics other than I believe there was a difference in the number of lines of text. Removing or adding "Invicta Plastics" from the mold would seem to account for the line difference.

Edit: Just found it mentioned in Joe Demarco's book. According to him, only models manufactured between 1986-1993 have "Invicta Plastics Ltd. Leceister England" or some variant (e.g. "Invicta England", or "Invicta Plastics Leceister England" without the "Ltd.") printed on the bottom. So any figures made from 1973-1985 should lack that text.

[Duna]

I can't find the site I read this on, but I'm pretty sure there was some difference in the info stamps between older and newer Invictas. I believe 1970s figures had one stamp style, and 1980s-90s figures had a different style. The style was changed even on pre-existing figures (for example, you can tell an older T. rex from a newer production run based on this). I can't remember the specifics other than I believe there was a difference in the number of lines of text. Removing or adding "Invicta Plastics" from the mold would seem to account for the line difference.

Edit: Just found it mentioned in Joe Demarco's book. According to him, only models manufactured between 1986-1993 have "Invicta Plastics Ltd. Leceister England" or some variant (e.g. "Invicta England", or "Invicta Plastics Leceister England" without the "Ltd.") printed on the bottom. So any figures made from 1973-1985 should lack that text.

Interesting ... But when you say "figures made from 1986-1993", do you mean the newer models from that date on or all the new figures including releases of the first models?

[Dinoguy2]

I can't find the site I read this on, but I'm pretty sure there was some difference in the info stamps between older and newer Invictas. I believe 1970s figures had one stamp style, and 1980s-90s figures had a different style. The style was changed even on pre-existing figures (for example, you can tell an older T. rex from a newer production run based on this). I can't remember the specifics other than I believe there was a difference in the number of lines of text. Removing or adding "Invicta Plastics" from the mold would seem to account for the line difference.

Edit: Just found it mentioned in Joe Demarco's book. According to him, only models manufactured between 1986-1993 have "Invicta Plastics Ltd. Leceister England" or some variant (e.g. "Invicta England", or "Invicta Plastics Leceister England" without the "Ltd.") printed on the bottom. So any figures made from 1973-1985 should lack that text.

Interesting ... But when you say "figures made from 1986-1993", do you mean the newer models from that date on or all the new figures including releases of the first models?

All figures manufactured between those dates, including the molds from the 70s and early 80s. So for example a Megalosaurus made in 1985 will not have "Invicta Plastics" on the bottom but a Meglosaurus made in 1986 will have it.

By the way, I'd love for anybody who owns a painted Invicta or even a paint-your-own model to see if they still use the 1986 era inscriptions or if the molds were updated again when they switched to softer plastic.

[Halichoeres]

By the way, I'd love for anybody who owns a painted Invicta or even a paint-your-own model to see if they still use the 1986 era inscriptions or if the molds were updated again when they switched to softer plastic.

I have the painted Cetiosaurus and it says:
"CETIOSAURUS
14 METRES LONG
©BRITISH MUSEUM
(NATURAL HISTORY) 1983
INVICTA LEICESTER ENGLAND"

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[Dinoguy2]

By the way, I'd love for anybody who owns a painted Invicta or even a paint-your-own model to see if they still use the 1986 era inscriptions or if the molds were updated again when they switched to softer plastic.

I have the painted Cetiosaurus and it says:
"CETIOSAURUS
14 METRES LONG
©BRITISH MUSEUM
(NATURAL HISTORY) 1983
INVICTA LEICESTER ENGLAND"

n=1

Thanks for checking!