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[JurassicGeek09]

Hello there chaps, name's DoomRulz and I'm a dino lover! I've been obsessed with dinosaurs since I was three years and I first saw The Land Before Time, which was soon followed by the first cinema experience I can recall in my life with Jurassic Park in 1993 at the age of six! To fast forward oh, about 20 odd years, I collect toys (which consist primarily of the JP variety), but in the past few months I've gotten into dinosaur toy collecting. I had a few saved from my childhood, namely the old Carnegie Collection Spinosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Triceratops, Elasmosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, and Albertosaurus. These days, I'm really into CollectA and Safari and I love the Battat line. It's too bad I live in Canada, so buying the new figures is a massive pain in the ass, but oh well (silly Target...) Oh, and I really can't stand Papo or Schleich. Though I dislike Papo more.

Anyway, that's me, hope to chat with you all soon! Cheers

[DinoToyForum]

Welcome to the forum! 

[Doug Watson]

Hey, welcome fellow Canuck to the forum. While I love the fact you say you are into Safari Ltd, I am puzzled that you dislike Papo being a JP fan and collector. I am a JP fan as well and that is why I started buying Papo because of the JP influence. The JP inspired Papos are the only Papos I buy. They are some of the best JP toys without being official JP products in my opinion.

[JurassicGeek09]

Hey, welcome fellow Canuck to the forum. While I love the fact you say you are into Safari Ltd, I am puzzled that you dislike Papo being a JP fan and collector. I am a JP fan as well and that is why I started buying Papo because of the JP influence. The JP inspired Papos are the only Papos I buy. They are some of the best JP toys without being official JP products in my opinion.

Mm, it definitely sounds weird when I think about it but I guess it's because they're marketed as dinosaur figures rather than Jurassic Park figures, you know? Mental gymnastics, lol. Besides, the Papo Rexes will never hold a candle to my beloved Thrasher, Red, or Bull Rex <3

Welcome to the forum! 

Thank you! So happy to be here. You can thank Suspsy for recommending I start an account here. I lurk about almost everyday.

[Doug Watson]

Hey, welcome fellow Canuck to the forum. While I love the fact you say you are into Safari Ltd, I am puzzled that you dislike Papo being a JP fan and collector. I am a JP fan as well and that is why I started buying Papo because of the JP influence. The JP inspired Papos are the only Papos I buy. They are some of the best JP toys without being official JP products in my opinion.

Mm, it definitely sounds weird when I think about it but I guess it's because they're marketed as dinosaur figures rather than Jurassic Park figures, you know? Mental gymnastics, lol. Besides, the Papo Rexes will never hold a candle to my beloved Thrasher, Red, or Bull Rex <3

Hey to each their own, that's what's great about this forum there are people here who collect all forms of dinosaur toys. It's great that you can find toys today that you want to collect. This is really the golden age for dinosaur toys, again in my opinion.

[JurassicGeek09]

Hey, welcome fellow Canuck to the forum. While I love the fact you say you are into Safari Ltd, I am puzzled that you dislike Papo being a JP fan and collector. I am a JP fan as well and that is why I started buying Papo because of the JP influence. The JP inspired Papos are the only Papos I buy. They are some of the best JP toys without being official JP products in my opinion.

Mm, it definitely sounds weird when I think about it but I guess it's because they're marketed as dinosaur figures rather than Jurassic Park figures, you know? Mental gymnastics, lol. Besides, the Papo Rexes will never hold a candle to my beloved Thrasher, Red, or Bull Rex <3

Hey to each their own, that's what's great about this forum there are people here who collect all forms of dinosaur toys. It's great that you can find toys today that you want to collect. This is really the golden age for dinosaur toys, again in my opinion.

Oh hell yes, especially since the Battat line is being re-released! Which line is your favourite?

[Doug Watson]

Oh hell yes, especially since the Battat line is being re-released! Which line is your favourite?

Well, I guess I will have to humbly say Safari Ltd, since I am the sculptor of many of their pieces, but it was actually the Battat line that gave me the inspiration to try my hand at toy sculpting. I bought most of them when they were in production and then completed the set later. I was a big fan of Dan and Greg's work and when I was at a crossroads back in 2003 I sent a note to Safari Ltd since in my opinion they were the quality line at the time and as luck would have it they took a chance on me. Most of my collection dates from 1947 until the expiration of the original Battat line.

[Halichoeres]

Welcome, DoomRulz! Do you dislike Papo even more than Geoworld?

[CityRaptor]

Hopefully not. Disliking Papo more then Schleich is already odd, given that Schleich often comes off as cheap Papo ( unless you believe certain reviews, which are rather suspicious like one I saw on German Amazon, which was exactly the same one copied and pasted for 10 or more figures )

[JurassicGeek09]

Welcome, DoomRulz! Do you dislike Papo even more than Geoworld?

I'm not terribly familiar with their toys so I couldn't tell you.

[CityRaptor]

Oh, believe me, once you have seen them, you will find them worse than Papo.