Lovely lovely pliosaurs

[stargatedalek]

Alligator gar are harmless to people, and they are also relatively harmless environmentally (that is, compared to essentially any other fish ). They only eat small fish despite their size, and reports of them attacking humans remain unsubstantiated and most likely misidentification. They also breed and age very slowly meaning its nigh impossible for them to establish an invasive population.

I've swum near lamprey, they aren't so bad really. They tend to avoid people unless you're struggling or thrashing about in the water, that's why long distance swimmers are the most common victims, they get fatigued and that attracts the lampreys. Even if attacking they aren't especially dangerous, painful yes, terrifying sure, but unless someone drops you into a tank of severely starved lamprey Bond villain style they aren't going to do any serious injury

[SBell]

Alligator gar are harmless to people, and they are also relatively harmless environmentally (that is, compared to essentially any other fish ). They only eat small fish despite their size, and reports of them attacking humans remain unsubstantiated and most likely misidentification. They also breed and age very slowly meaning its nigh impossible for them to establish an invasive population.

I've swum near lamprey, they aren't so bad really. They tend to avoid people unless you're struggling or thrashing about in the water, that's why long distance swimmers are the most common victims, they get fatigued and that attracts the lampreys. Even if attacking they aren't especially dangerous, painful yes, terrifying sure, but unless someone drops you into a tank of severely starved lamprey Bond villain style they aren't going to do any serious injury

Did you see the River Monsters episode? All it took was for him to hold one near. But they may be different in an area where they have invaded to an extreme degree.

[Arul]

Maybe its harmless for people but big dark body with large jaw full of vicious teeth nobody want to meet them when we doing an activity near the river...

[stargatedalek]

I've seen every River Monsters episode, can't get enough of that series . It might also be different if they are in a prey rich area, or perhaps if you respond to them it triggers a response.

[Daspletodave]

The Schleich Kronosaurus and WWD Liopleurodon are the best pliosaurs ever made!

[DinoToyForum]

The Invicata Liopleurodon is still the very best, in my opinion. So many pliosaur toys feel cartoony, including (especially!) the Schleich Kronosaurus.

[SBell]

The Invicata Liopleurodon is still the very best, in my opinion. So many pliosaur toys feel cartoony, including (especially!) the Schleich Kronosaurus.

I personally like the CollectA Rhomalaeosaurus. And yeah, I only have the Schleich because I bought it when it came out. It's not well done compared to some of their other marine reptiles.

[DinoToyForum]

The Invicata Liopleurodon is still the very best, in my opinion. So many pliosaur toys feel cartoony, including (especially!) the Schleich Kronosaurus.

I personally like the CollectA Rhomalaeosaurus. And yeah, I only have the Schleich because I bought it when it came out. It's not well done compared to some of their other marine reptiles.

The CollectA Rhomaleosaurus is a bit 'off' too - it has that cartoony vibe as well. The bases of the limbs are weird, the skull has issues, and the eyes are... basically, I should review it.

[tyrantqueen]

The Invicata Liopleurodon is still the very best, in my opinion. So many pliosaur toys feel cartoony, including (especially!) the Schleich Kronosaurus.

I personally like the CollectA Rhomalaeosaurus. And yeah, I only have the Schleich because I bought it when it came out. It's not well done compared to some of their other marine reptiles.

The CollectA Rhomaleosaurus is a bit 'off' too - it has that cartoony vibe as well. The bases of the limbs are weird, the skull has issues, and the eyes are... basically, I should review it.

I thought you already did: http://dinotoyblog.com/2011/03/22/rhomaleosaurus-collecta/

[DinoToyForum]

The Invicata Liopleurodon is still the very best, in my opinion. So many pliosaur toys feel cartoony, including (especially!) the Schleich Kronosaurus.

I personally like the CollectA Rhomalaeosaurus. And yeah, I only have the Schleich because I bought it when it came out. It's not well done compared to some of their other marine reptiles.

The CollectA Rhomaleosaurus is a bit 'off' too - it has that cartoony vibe as well. The bases of the limbs are weird, the skull has issues, and the eyes are... basically, I should review it.

I thought you already did: http://dinotoyblog.com/2011/03/22/rhomaleosaurus-collecta/

So I did! My memory is that bad!

[stargatedalek]

I agree, even though I don't own one that the Invicta liopleurodon is still the best for that genus, and definitely ranks amongst the best of pliosaurs as a whole. Aside from Kaiyodo (who arguably are not toys) only the most recent offerings dare to stand alongside it, really goes to show just how ahead Invicta were at the time!

[Bokisaurus]

CollectA's mighty Pliosaur and friends
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[Libraraptor]

Inspired by Boki, I decided to post my Pliosaur collection. So did I with the other two main aquatic "reptile" groups, the Ichtyosaurs and the Plesiosaurs, warming up a very very old thread.

[BlueKrono]

My Liopleurodon collection:

[BlueKrono]

Kronosaur collection (minus the Marx/knock-offs - I include those with my long-necked plesiosaurs for appearances sake):

[BlueKrono]

Random Pliosaurs/ other short-necked swimmers:

[Silvanusaurus]

My Liopleurodon collection:

What is that gigantic grey beast at top right?

[BlueKrono]

Wish I could tell you the company, but I don't know it. It was an eBay find years ago. It is actually labeled as a Liopleurodon, and I have another from the same company that's labeled as a Hydrotherosaurus, a relatively rarely represented genus. Both are quite derpy-looking with highly inaccurate anatomy. They were relatively cheap despite their size, and are made of a latexy covering over cotton stuffing like those Halloween decorations you used to see. One distinguishing feature is that they were Made in Sri Lanka.

[BlueKrono]

Posting this here since Kronosaurs were technically pliosaurs. Wish my lighting was better to show off the fantastic array of colors... Here we have Marx (top row), and the derivative MPC and Winneco (middle and bottom rows, respectively).

[Lanthanotus]

Woah, Kronosaurus rainbowensis!