Tedco Prehistoric Panorama: Back from the dead?

[Chad]

Apologies if everyone knows about this already but recently, as a shot in the dark, I went to Tedco's website to see if they had any figures like the Prehistoric Panorama figures they used to produce and are impossible to find these days. It turns out that they do see to sell those figures again except now they sell them in blind bags with 4 figures in each bag and they only reproduced 24 of the original 36 figures. These are the ones I was able to pick up last week:

Cambrian animals

Early Reptiles

Mammals

Sea Cretures


They also have a pterosaur and dinosaur group which I don't have yet.

Here's the link for the site if anyone is interested: http://www.tedcotoys.com/p/prehistoric-life/dino-collection-test-tube-dinosaurs?pp=24

Regards

--Chad

[SBell]

Are they single piece? Or are they in multiple pieces like the originals? The pictures seem to indicate seams, but it's hard to tell.

Shame that they only did 2/3 of the full set. If they'd just left out the dinos (the weakest of the 6 sets) they could have kept the far more interesting ones like the Desmatosuchus, Scutosaurus, Sanctacaris, Ichthyosaur and Dunkleosteus (see, almost 6 right there!  ).

Leaving out the Paraceratherium and Smilodon weren't huge losses. The trilobite, I could go either way.

[Chad]

Are they single piece? Or are they in multiple pieces like the originals? The pictures seem to indicate seams, but it's hard to tell.

Shame that they only did 2/3 of the full set. If they'd just left out the dinos (the weakest of the 6 sets) they could have kept the far more interesting ones like the Desmatosuchus, Scutosaurus, Sanctacaris, Ichthyosaur and Dunkleosteus (see, almost 6 right there!  ).

Leaving out the Paraceratherium and Smilodon weren't huge losses. The trilobite, I could go either way.

They come in multiple pieces that you put together like Yowies or Dinotales. I don't own the originals so I can't say if they are exactly the same that way. They sure LOOK like the originals in coloring. Yeah, I wish they had just reproduced all 36 and I can only guess how they decided what to keep and what to cut. No aysheia is the one that makes me hurt a little inside, but at least they kept the pikaia and pterodaustro.

[KaraWildsong42]

These are amazing! I'm interested in getting some figures to represent the Cambrian Explosion, so thank you so much for sharing the link!

[crankydinosaur]

Are they single piece? Or are they in multiple pieces like the originals? The pictures seem to indicate seams, but it's hard to tell.

Shame that they only did 2/3 of the full set. If they'd just left out the dinos (the weakest of the 6 sets) they could have kept the far more interesting ones like the Desmatosuchus, Scutosaurus, Sanctacaris, Ichthyosaur and Dunkleosteus (see, almost 6 right there!  ).

Leaving out the Paraceratherium and Smilodon weren't huge losses. The trilobite, I could go either way.

there was a sanctacaris???

[SBell]

Are they single piece? Or are they in multiple pieces like the originals? The pictures seem to indicate seams, but it's hard to tell.

Shame that they only did 2/3 of the full set. If they'd just left out the dinos (the weakest of the 6 sets) they could have kept the far more interesting ones like the Desmatosuchus, Scutosaurus, Sanctacaris, Ichthyosaur and Dunkleosteus (see, almost 6 right there!  ).

Leaving out the Paraceratherium and Smilodon weren't huge losses. The trilobite, I could go either way.

there was a sanctacaris???

Duh. It was Aysheia. Sanctacaris is in the Safari toob.

[Roselaar]

Very interesting! Is there any other way but the Tedco site to get these figures? From what I understand from their site, you're not guaranteed to get all six sets if you buy six blind bags...

[DinoToyForum]

I'm still chasing the ichthyosaur figure but it doesn't look like it is part of this rerelease. Never mind...

[CityRaptor]

Shame that they only did 2/3 of the full set. If they'd just left out the dinos (the weakest of the 6 sets) they could have kept the far more interesting ones like the Desmatosuchus, Scutosaurus, Sanctacaris, Ichthyosaur and Dunkleosteus (see, almost 6 right there!  ).

Given that Dinosaurs are usually the best sellers among prehistoric animals, them leaving them in is no surprise.

The true question is why they left the others out. Mold degeneration? Loss of molds?

Also, their reptile set is rather odd, consisting of two amphibians and two synapsids.

[Chad]

Very interesting! Is there any other way but the Tedco site to get these figures? From what I understand from their site, you're not guaranteed to get all six sets if you buy six blind bags...

I don't know of any other way--I haven't even seen these on ebay or Amazon. Tedco seems content to keep their existence a secret! Since they come in blind bags I'm sure people here at the forum will be getting duplicates as they try to complete the set. It may not be a bad idea to set up some kind of thread so people can trade with each other.

[Roselaar]

Let's see whether they accept PayPal and ship worldwide first...

[DC]

Tedco has been showing the Cog Panorama figures at Toy Fair for 2 years.  The are packed in mylar bags now.   Also had the smaller Cog match box figures in bags.  It was not clear what the shipping schedule was, but the are back.

[Chad]

Let's see whether they accept PayPal and ship worldwide first...

They do and they do!

[Megalosaurus]

OMG!!!
I hope Play Visions do the same thing with its prehistorics. 

[Chad]

Some good news on these. I ordered 6 packs to make sure I got the pterosaur set and what I've discovered is that the good people of Tedco make sure you receive a different set in every pack you buy when you buy more than one. So I was able to complete the set by purchasing just the 6 packs. That should make things much easier.

More importantly...I have the pterodaustro! Mission complete!

[SBell]

OMG!!!
I hope Play Visions do the same thing with its prehistorics. 

They're. ..not even close to relevant. Play Visions discontinued their figures because they were tired of being bootlegged. And now they aren't interesting at all. Tedco had to stop the Panorama line because of testing requirements. About 10 years after PV stopped making interesting things.

[Roselaar]

So I was able to complete the set by purchasing just the 6 packs. That should make things much easier.

If they do the same for me, that would be terrific!

[Hermes888]

Could someone post a list of every set they're selling along with the creatures inside each set? I'd be interested to know everything that's possible to get.
Also, how big are they? And which ones aren't being sold anymore?

[Roselaar]

Apparently they don't ship worldwide after all. When I try to register, the only countries it shows are the US and Canada. It says that 'if your country isn't listed, we cannot accept your order'. Sucks for me... better keep an eye out on eBay for these after all.

[SBell]

Apparently they don't ship worldwide after all. When I try to register, the only countries it shows are the US and Canada. It says that 'if your country isn't listed, we cannot accept your order'. Sucks for me... better keep an eye out on eBay for these after all.

I'm sure people will be over-charging on ebay soon enough. There were several of those people the first time the line came out (and even those eventually sold after they were discontinued).