Recent Acquisitions (Archive, March 2012 - July 2018)

[Roselaar]

I won a very ecclectic lot of (mostly) vintage figures on eBay.
The stars of the group are these lovely starlux, a line I hadn't been that interested in before, but having them in hand I think I'm in love with these figures, gonna have to collect more of them:

The rest of the lot is an interesting selection of Inpros, Schleich Ursaurier (I think?), a Favourite series 1 Allosaurus, some diecast JP figures (which I dont want to keep), and a couple of odd little things.

All of this for £22, which seems like a steal to me, especially with those beautiful Starlux.

If anybody wants the duplicate Inpros and JP diecast figures, let me know.

Good catch! I almost bid on this same lot, but opted for two other auctions of the seller instead. They turned out at least as much of a steal. I'll be sure to post pics when the stuff arrives.

Good thing I didn't bid on this lot, saves us both money. Even though I was very tempted by those lovely Starluxes.

[Silvanusaurus]

Aha, I thought it was likely to have to caught the eye of another forum member. I think I can guess which of the seller's other pieces you got, funnily enough I considered bidding on one of them myself, but decided not to... so I suppose it worked out well for both of us! 

[Takama]

Just got this guy fairly recently







Expect a Review at some point

[BlueKrono]

I've gotten some good stuff recently but haven't had time to post. So here we go. Starting with Marx Kronosauruses...


On the left is the painted Krono from the 1963 Nuremburg World Fair. In the middle is the hollow tin Linemar Krono. Linemar was Marx's Japanese division. Searched for this guy for years - finally acquired it from Joe DeMarco. And on the right is the Dapol Krono, also from DeMarco's collection. Extremely rare and valuable, this one cost more than twice as much as either of the others. X.X Stupid rare colors...

Tsukuda Plesiosaurus, from the collection of Mike Fredericks of Prehistoric Times magazine. I understand this is the second rarest of the Tsukuda dinos, after the Allosaurus. Came mint in box.


And next to a soft plastic knockoff that I had for years and didn't know was a Tsukuda copy until I acquired the real deal. Authentic Tsukudas are made with hard, unyielding plastic.



Two color variants of the Carnegie Brachiosaurus. The older one appears to be very similar but slightly different. It's about an inch taller somehow.


And the newer one has more finely sculpted toenails.


And the two color variants of the Dor Mei T-rex. The blue one has a production error on it - its belly reads "Tyrannosaurus Res".

[docronnie]

Awesome hauls everyone! 

Long time, no post.  My first for the year.

Vivid Imaginations Walking with Dinosaurs 3D Parkosaurus - 2013

Tomy-Takara Stegosaurus 

Safari Ltd. The Carnegie Albertosaurus - 2003 

Hasbro Walmart Exclusive Jurassic World Mini Figures Triceratops - 2015 

Hasbro Walmart Exclusive Jurassic World Mini Figures Spinosaurus - 2015 

Colorata Discover Dinosaurs Jurassic Vol. 3 Stegosaurus 2 

Favorite Minifigure Brachiosaurus 

Favorite Minifigure Triceratops 

Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 1 Suchomimus No. 009b - 2001 

Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 2 Meiolania No. 035 – 2001 2 

Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3 Saichania No. 054 – 2002 2 

Kaiyodo Dinotales Dinosaur Expo 2002 limited edition figure Saichania and others 

TFL! 

[Jose S.M.]

Nice figures! The jw mini Triceratops looks nicer than the big offerings for that line.

[CityRaptor]

Seems to be a general theme with the JW Minis. Might have to do with their flaws being less obvious due to their smaller size.

[Roselaar]

Aha, I thought it was likely to have to caught the eye of another forum member. I think I can guess which of the seller's other pieces you got, funnily enough I considered bidding on one of them myself, but decided not to... so I suppose it worked out well for both of us! 

Wasn't the black Favorite T-Rex. Should have gone for that as well...

Lovely snags, docronnie and BlueKrono!

[docronnie]

Nice figures! The jw mini Triceratops looks nicer than the big offerings for that line.

Thanks! I think so too. 😇

[docronnie]

Thanks Roselaar!

I've re-read your post BlueKrono and those are valuable pieces of dinosaur toy history. Thanks for sharing the information! 😇

[Bokisaurus]

The first wave of CollectA has arrived, thanks to Mini Zoo, Only took one week to arrive!
More photos later, this crappy one will have to do for now.
The figures are beautiful, I do have a few complaints that I will point out later with better photos, Cheers and happy dino figure hunting!

[Roselaar]

Looks like a lovely bunch of Collectasaurs!

[docronnie]

Beautiful acquisitions! Still a great shot Boki. 😇

[Roselaar]

Scored these figures today, my first haul of 2017 releases. Wonderful creatures by both Safari and Papo:

[Daspletodave]

Docronnie - did you repaint the Carnegie Albertosaurus? Yours is brown, but mine are grey.
Thanks.

[SBell]

Docronnie - did you repaint the Carnegie Albertosaurus? Yours is brown, but mine are grey.
Thanks.

Good catch--it looks like it was painted to be similar to the Carnegie Sinraptor from the same time period!

[Neosodon]

I criticized the polacanthus when I first saw pictures because the paint looked metallic but the paint on yours looks nice.

The Giganotasaurus looks awesome in every picture though!

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Docronnie - did you repaint the Carnegie Albertosaurus? Yours is brown, but mine are grey.
Thanks.

Good catch--it looks like it was painted to be similar to the Carnegie Sinraptor from the same time period!

Its probably the lighting mixed with the red background, giving a brownish appearance to the light grey.

[sauroid]

awesome haul Bokisaurus and Roselaar. hope to get those new releases soon enough.

[Halichoeres]

Docronnie - did you repaint the Carnegie Albertosaurus? Yours is brown, but mine are grey.
Thanks.

Good catch--it looks like it was painted to be similar to the Carnegie Sinraptor from the same time period!

Its probably the lighting mixed with the red background, giving a brownish appearance to the light grey.

I think so too. Some of those other figures also look redder than copies I have seen in person.