Recent Acquisitions (Archive, March 2012 - July 2018)

[Gwangi]

Kaiyodo Copepteryx! An extinct Pelecaniform, not a penguin.

[SBell]

I have 5 new Critters to join my collection! The papo parasaurolophus, kaiyodo velociraptor, kaiyodo special painted deinonychus, a jurassic kaiyodo turtle(cant remember the species name at the moment), and a 1/15(/16) scale crylophosaurus. I have no idea who sculpted it but the style of the animal reminds me of william stouts. I have a lot, ALOT of cleaning and fixing to do on it but it has great potential! Photos will be up as soon as i figure out how to do it lol

Well, among the turtles you have the choice of Archelon (Cretaceous), Meiolania (spiky-headed) or Sinemys gamera (spiky back of carapace).

Those are the only Kaiyodo prehistoric turtles.

[Tylosaurus]

The extinct Pelecaniform looks neatly painted, although it does resemble a penguin from some prehistoric age, unless it's a prehistoric pelican with the looks of a penguin?

[SBell]

The extinct Pelecaniform looks neatly painted, although it does resemble a penguin from some prehistoric age, unless it's a prehistoric pelican with the looks of a penguin?

It's probably based more on an auk or puffin, which would be from around the same part of the world with a similar lifestyle.

[EmperorDinobot]

My Haul today at the Emerald City Comic Con.

36 dinosaurs for $30.

I never expected to see THIS at a Comics convention, or even at a Transformers and Marvel figures basket!


What are these JP like things? I had never seen them before. They're articulated and have dino damage. They are made by Tomy.

Made by Bandai, this ugly POS was made in '06 and IDK what its from.

Salvat/DeAgostini? They're smaller than the dinos I have, and I never saw a mold for Parasaurolophus or Dimetrodon!

I dig this lil ankylosaur. What is it from?

Anyone want the Doedicurus and the Titanis?


Actually, if anyone can tell me exactly what I just bought in a list, I would appreciate it. I think I might have just made a HUGE discovery. I've never been all that well versed on Import toys, but I wanna know just what I am looking at here.

[Gwangi]

The extinct Pelecaniform looks neatly painted, although it does resemble a penguin from some prehistoric age, unless it's a prehistoric pelican with the looks of a penguin?

It's probably based more on an auk or puffin, which would be from around the same part of the world with a similar lifestyle.

According to wikipedia the Copepteryx belongs to the Plotopteridae family, related to boobies and gannets. They were flightless and their similarity to penguins is due to convergent evolution. I had never heard of it before until I bought the figure which at least proves this hobby can be educational.

[Sumo]

The extinct Pelecaniform looks neatly painted, although it does resemble a penguin from some prehistoric age, unless it's a prehistoric pelican with the looks of a penguin?

It's probably based more on an auk or puffin, which would be from around the same part of the world with a similar lifestyle.

According to wikipedia the Copepteryx belongs to the Plotopteridae family, related to boobies and gannets. They were flightless and their similarity to penguins is due to convergent evolution. I had never heard of it before until I bought the figure which at least proves this hobby can be educational.

Love this one! It reminds me of the extant flightless cormorant, except the copie has evolved penguin-style wing-propelled swimming.

[stemturtle]

I have 5 new Critters to join my collection! The papo parasaurolophus, kaiyodo velociraptor, kaiyodo special painted deinonychus, a jurassic kaiyodo turtle(cant remember the species name at the moment), and a 1/15(/16) scale crylophosaurus. I have no idea who sculpted it but the style of the animal reminds me of william stouts. I have a lot, ALOT of cleaning and fixing to do on it but it has great potential! Photos will be up as soon as i figure out how to do it lol

Well, among the turtles you have the choice of Archelon (Cretaceous), Meiolania (spiky-headed) or Sinemys gamera (spiky back of carapace).

Those are the only Kaiyodo prehistoric turtles.

SBell, you continue to amaze us with your knowledge of figures.  I agree with you on naming Sinemys, which is the only Jurassic (- Cretaceous) turtle that I know of.  Guess the time has come to post a thread on prehistoric turtles.  There are so few figures that I have put it off.  I'll get on it soon.

[Tylosaurus]

The extinct Pelecaniform looks neatly painted, although it does resemble a penguin from some prehistoric age, unless it's a prehistoric pelican with the looks of a penguin?

It's probably based more on an auk or puffin, which would be from around the same part of the world with a similar lifestyle.

Thanks mate hehe you do indeed as the others say have great knowledge of these figures, many thanks mate!

[SBell]

I have 5 new Critters to join my collection! The papo parasaurolophus, kaiyodo velociraptor, kaiyodo special painted deinonychus, a jurassic kaiyodo turtle(cant remember the species name at the moment), and a 1/15(/16) scale crylophosaurus. I have no idea who sculpted it but the style of the animal reminds me of william stouts. I have a lot, ALOT of cleaning and fixing to do on it but it has great potential! Photos will be up as soon as i figure out how to do it lol

Well, among the turtles you have the choice of Archelon (Cretaceous), Meiolania (spiky-headed) or Sinemys gamera (spiky back of carapace).

Those are the only Kaiyodo prehistoric turtles.

SBell, you continue to amaze us with your knowledge of figures.  I agree with you on naming Sinemys, which is the only Jurassic (- Cretaceous) turtle that I know of.  Guess the time has come to post a thread on prehistoric turtles.  There are so few figures that I have put it off.  I'll get on it soon.

That should be a short thread! There are pretty much the Dinotales, a few Yowies, maybe a RazH00 shapeways or two, and a couple Dinosaur Train figures that I am aware of.

[brontodocus]

Oh yes, the Yowies! They made a Ninjemys oweni. Hiii-ya! Schleich has also made a figure named "Panzersaurier" as part of their Classics line with bumpy shields on its carapace which make it look a little like an exaggerated, old depiction of Proganochelys, only with a looooooong neck. Not really a figure that has to be taken as a serious rendition of an extinct turtle, of course.

@EmperorDinobot: Congrats, that's quite a nice haul!  The ones in your first photo are of course the Kabaya "Dinosaur Collection" (series 1) "Seismosaurus", Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, and Triceratops, all sculpted by Kazunari Araki, the Seismosaurus was a chase figure and is quite sought after. The Amargasaurus on the black circle with a human skeleton for scale on it is from the Yujin "Dino Museum" line.

[postsaurischian]

  Oh, I want that tiny Yujin Amargasaurus!

[stoneage]

   You got a heck of a good deal EmperorDinobot!

[EmperorDinobot]

What about those two Tomy JP dinosaurs? And that ugly Bandai T.rex? I knew about the yujin one. I had always wanted one.

[Brontozaurus]

Some more yowies arrived in the mail today: Minmi, Hotcrossbunodon (Kollikodon), and the Ceratopsian Dinosaur (Serandipaceratops).

So now I have all the yowie dinosaurs. Mega collection post coming soon.

[JurassicJr]

I got these over the weekend, a big Styracosaurus and the Mojo T-Rex & Smilodon.

[tyrantqueen]

That Styracosaurus is weird. 

[Pilkington]

I got a Mojo Tylosaurus the other day.

[tyrantqueen]

I got a Mojo Tylosaurus the other day.

It's a good figure IMO. I much prefer it over the CollectA.

[Tylosaurus]

Awww the mojo Tylo this one rght?


Yeah looks neat that one hehe