crazy8wizard's weirdest collection update (9-17-2024)

[crazy8wizard]

Since I'm new here it's time for me to post my collection. Unfortunately I don't have a specialized display space for it so it's sitting as a bit of a chaotic sprawl due to my space limitations currently.
I tried to give it some sort of an organization scheme but it sort of just developed into larger models at the back, smaller at the front. When I get a new display for it I intend to either sort it by time period and or country of origin.

Below are close up photos of the table. The figures inside the clear plastic display cases are ones I don't tend to remove and show to others as often, either because they aren't quite up to my preferences or look strange and out of place, but I still enjoy having them in my collection.

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A lot of Walking with Dinosaurs in this corner, although almost entirely my own repaints.

The center is a little bit disorganized since I was just trying to get everything arranged.



The big figures up here on top. Mostly T. rex and Giganotosaurus.

A lot of my larger marine reptiles in what I call "The Trench".

The Kronosaurus demand their space!

I will admit I have a little bit of a saurischian bias.

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And of course, there's a few other figures that are either too small to display, ones I don't feel like displaying, ore ones I'm in the process of customizing.
There's quite a few customs on display currently so if you want a closer look, let me know and I will gladly share them.

[DinoToyForum]

Nice collection! Thanks for sharing. Is that a custom made Walking With Dinosaurs inspired Cryptoclidus I spy?

[crazy8wizard]

Nice collection! Thanks for sharing. Is that a custom made Walking With Dinosaurs inspired Cryptoclidus I spy?

Yes and no. It is definitely based on and intended to resemble the WWD Cryptoclidus but it's actually meant to represent the Sundance Cryptoclidine, Tatenectes. The neck is much shorter and the torso is flattened in profile view

[DinoToyForum]

Very nice, great job! Did you use a Schleich Plesiosaurus as the base model? I ask because the flippers look familiar.

It makes me wonder whether Toyway ever considered releasing a figure of Cryptoclidus.

[crazy8wizard]

Yeah, that's what I used. I cut about a third of the neck out, thickened it using green stuff epoxy putty, and then I flattened the body by heating it up with a heat gun and pressing it down onto my desk

Very nice, great job! Did you use a Schleich Plesiosaurus as the base model? I ask because the flippers look familiar.

It makes me wonder whether Toyway ever considered releasing a figure of Cryptoclidus.

[DinoToyForum]

Yeah, that's what I used. I cut about a third of the neck out, thickened it using green stuff epoxy putty, and then I flattened the body by heating it up with a heat gun and pressing it down onto my desk

Very nice, great job! Did you use a Schleich Plesiosaurus as the base model? I ask because the flippers look familiar.

It makes me wonder whether Toyway ever considered releasing a figure of Cryptoclidus.

That's a good use of a bad toy!

[SidB]

Now that's an unique presentation!

[crazy8wizard]

I'm not particularly satisfied with the setup to be perfectly honest but until I get some shelves or something put in it'll do.
The presence of unique looking figures makes up for it though!

[Faelrin]

That's quite the established collection you got there. Lots of great ones, new and old.

Also wow, seeing the new CollectA Koolasuchus next to the PNSO Sinosauropteryx gives me an idea on big it is, since I have the latter out on display currently.

Also don't feel bad about your limited collection display. We got to make do with what we can. I've currently been stuck with living in a motel room for the past few months, but it's just enough to work with to have a few out on display thankfully. Anyways I'm impressed you found a way to make them all fit in one way or another.

[crazy8wizard]

Also wow, seeing the new CollectA Koolasuchus next to the PNSO Sinosauropteryx gives me an idea on big it is, since I have the latter out on display currently.

You can fit the entire Mattel mini Lystrosaurus in its mouth! Granted, that figure is also really tiny and Koolasuchus has a gigantic mouth, but it still gives you an idea of how big it is.

[BlueKrono]

Love seeing those mini Battats. Those are pretty rare.

[Halichoeres]

A very eclectic collection! I always appreciate a display with a good dose of not-technically-dinosaurs. Is that a Sega Pteranodon or a Safari with custom Dinosaur King livery?

[crazy8wizard]

Is that a Sega Pteranodon or a Safari with custom Dinosaur King livery?

To be honest, I'm not quite sure which one you're talking about

[crazy8wizard]

Love seeing those mini Battats. Those are pretty rare.

You might also see your namesake figure hidden behind the BotM T. rex!

[Halichoeres]

Oh, I meant the one on the wall near the top of this photo:

[crazy8wizard]

Oh, I see. No, that one is the Hammond Collection "Geosternbergia". A neat figure for sure, even if really stylized. I decided this would be a neat way to display it, sorta invoking the old Smithsonian or AMNH Pteranodon wall mount. I can't feasibly get it to stand quadrupedally and for whatever reason it didn't come with a base to put it in a flying pose.

[BlueKrono]

Love seeing those mini Battats. Those are pretty rare.

You might also see your namesake figure hidden behind the BotM T. rex!

I spotted it! Always a cool animal, but my SN comes from the Marx version, as told here:
https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=5030.0

[Crackington]

Great collection love the mix of the old and new!

[Concavenator]

Welcome to the forum! That's a mighty collection you've got there!

Good to see some pic of the new Safari Utahraptor too. It's been a, relatively, little while since it's been released but apart from a recent in hand review on YouTube, yours is the only pic of it that I've seen. On the other hand, when PNSO figures are concerned, we usually start seeing in hand pics of the figure a millisecond day after they release, or thereabouts.

[crazy8wizard]

Some recent acquisitions! Some of these are ones I had been searching for, and some of them are ones that I hadn't considered beforehand. To start off:

Happy Kin Ornithocheirus/Criorhynchus
A really neat figure for a genus that doesn't have much coverage, unfortunately the wings are bent out of shape.

Walking with Dinosaurs Nanuqsaurus/Gorgosaurus cup toppers
I got these as a set and while the greener gorgon has better anatomy, the pose its in makes it extremely front heavy and it falls over all the time despite having a base. The cartoonier one also has nicer colors. I might repaint the green one with a film accurate color scheme.

PNSO Glyphoderma
A really excellent placoderm but unfortunately it's the second, more drab paint scheme rather than the green and yellow patterned one

Bullyland Procynosuchus
This is so far the only bullyland figure I own but it's an excellent one. Considering the drought of Cynodont figures out there, this is certainly my favorite, even if it isn't a Triassic cynodont.