Fascinating "ANIMAL QUEST" Walgreens Knockoffs

[allimancer]

Hi all! I'm fairly new to the forum and I hope posting about knockoffs is allowed.

I thought y'all might be as fascinated by these knockoffs/recasts my local (Chicago, IL, USA) Walgreens started carrying as I am.

I snapped a couple of quick images before I started getting weird looks in the store, but in this humble bin, labelled only as "Animal Quest," I found knockoff/recasts of what I believe to be:

• the classic Papo T-rex
• Papo Dimetrodon
• Schleich Spinosaurus (2015 World of History)
• Schleich Triceratops (2018 Conquering the Earth)
• Schleich Parasaurolophus (2007?)
• Schleich Stegosaurus (2012 World of History)
• Schleich Acrocanthosaurus (2017 Conquering the Earth)
• REBOR "Y-Rex" Yutyrannus
• one of Schleich's fantasy ice wolves?

They were priced at $7.99. I didn't buy any (the only one I considered for repainting was the triceratops, but the real Schleich is not that much more, and I'd rather support the original manufacturers).

Even the paint schemes are pretty close, though the quality is definitely lacking in the application (thicker layers, less detail, sloppy eyes and teeth). The REBOR sculpt was a surprise, and it drove me crazy trying to figure out what I recognized the sculpt from. I haven't been able to find anything else about this "Animal Quest" line except for listings for several zoo gift stores across the US, though these are all tubes and multipacks of modern zoo animals. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has encountered this brand. I was surprised to see such blatant rip-offs, though maybe Walgreens isn't known for its high quality dinosaur figurines.

Images below:

[Halichoeres]

Huh, I'm also in Chicago, but the Walgreens by me doesn't have these. Not that I mind, it's not like I'm trying to buy them!

[Shane]

If I'm not mistaken, upper left-ish in the first picture seems to be a knockoff of the Safari American Mastodon.