Seijun's Dinosaur-a-Day

[Seijun]

Marx "Elegant Miniatures" Pteranodon produced by Linemar, c. 1960:

[Takama]

Question about the Brachisaurus.

Is it really rubbery?    I only have the baby apatoe in that original color. and it feels like a big chunk of rubber.

[Seijun]

It is not rubbery. I have a nearly complete set of original carnegies from the US though, and they are all rubbery. Shortly after, it seems, they switched to a hard plastic in the US (keeping the original colors), and then they switched to newer colors, also in the harder plastic.

[stoneage]

   I haven't seen a new dinosaur for the last two days!

[Bokisaurus]

Carnegie Brachiosaurus - Early European release, acquired from Germany:

The head sculpt of this european version seems to look better than the US release, were they different?

[Seijun]

It hasn't been 2 days! I posted one yesterday morning! I am late today.

Boki: In the Us there was an old sculpt and a new one, the new one is smaller and has a different head. This german one is the old version. I assume its the same as the old US version, but I did not compare them.

[Seijun]

Marx original Kronosaurus in metallic silver, 1955 - c. 1960:


Marx original Brontosaurus in metallic silver, 1955 - c. 1960:

[stoneage]

Where did you get the Silver Marx?

[Seijun]

From eBay at various times.

[Seijun]

Marx original Tyrannosaurus in metallic silver, 1955 - c. 1960:

[Seijun]

Marx "Elegant Miniatures" Allosaurus produced by Linemar, c. 1960:

[stemturtle]

Seijun, I am enjoying the high quality of your photos in Dinosaur-a-Day.  The information that you provide about the figures should prove especially valuable to new members who are growing their collections.  *orthocone*

[Seijun]

Thank you Stemturtle  I would love to take requests also. I have complete to near complete collections of invicta, kleinwelka, safari, carnegie, timpo, marx, linde, battat, rom, tsukuda, dino riders, cherilea, marolin, and alva, and some kaiyodos, schleichs, and disney figures.

Marx "Elegant Miniatures" Stegosaurus (missing tail tip) produced by Linemar, c. 1960:

[Tylosaurus]

them silver ones look like as if there are made of metal   Very nice stuff Seijun

[Seijun]

Marx original Kronosaurus in marbled brown and grey, 1955 - c. 1960:


AAA Entelodont (small), c. 2001 - present:

[Seijun]

In addition to photographing my collection, I am also documenting everything on google docs to include information on condition, age, and estimated value (to the best of my knowledge).

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkQyZxEQIWFPdG1YOUdBcEhGNEM0Vmpzd2h5X0NEdnc

[stoneage]

You have some really nice Marx figures.  I think I paid $25 for my silver T-rex!

[Seijun]

Marx values jump around a lot, but recently I have seen some pretty high prices for certain colors. The prices I quote in my document are either what I paid for the item or what I would expect to pay in open bidding on eBay.

[stoneage]

Marx values jump around a lot, but recently I have seen some pretty high prices for certain colors. The priced I quote in my document are either what I paid for the item or what I would expect to pay in open bidding on eBay.

Yes after I posted my Marx collection a while back, I was looking on E-Bay for some Marx figures etc. that I would like to have.  I was surprized to find that prices seemed much higher then when I was looking at them some years before. 

[Seijun]

Highest I've seen recently was around $300 for a metallic green slim t-rex. I wish I could see what that winner's collection looks like.