Top 10 Tyrannosaurus Toys [Completed]

[amargasaurus cazaui]

When I said they didn't get much love here I meant in this poll. Actually I am surprised to hear they were still there 2 to 3 years ago. When I went in 2005 they had a prominent spot in the entrance to The Sue Store. I have pictures but sadly unable to post.

I would be glad to post any and all pictures for you if you ever need them posted Doug...just let me know. Moving past that, a short story is in order here. I will call it roughly ten years ago give or take I was scamming around ebay for Battats for my collection and found a stegosaurus for sale in canada. I bid and won the piece and paid for it. My seller turned out to be Doug Watson, and in the course of the conversation we had he told me about the Sue and friends sets, and then helped me find a set of them on Ebay reasonably priced. I bought them....so moving forward in time the ten years, here we are , and so is Doug. Small world, but I would not have those sets if he had not told me about them and helped me get them.

[DinoToyForum]

Very nice compilation.....although I would add one more T-rex to this bunch. That is the deluxe Mojo T-rex...which I own. It does have a simple yet nice color scheme...is pretty well detailed...and stands very well without the assistance of its tail. Its feet are a tad oversized, but not like Schleichs. What do you think?

Sorry, I overlooked this post. I've added it to the running

[thelordsgym]

Much appreciated, thank you!

[Arul]

Battat almost dominating all kind of poll...excellence battat 

[Doug Watson]

I would be glad to post any and all pictures for you if you ever need them posted Doug...just let me know. Moving past that, a short story is in order here. I will call it roughly ten years ago give or take I was scamming around ebay for Battats for my collection and found a stegosaurus for sale in canada. I bid and won the piece and paid for it. My seller turned out to be Doug Watson, and in the course of the conversation we had he told me about the Sue and friends sets, and then helped me find a set of them on Ebay reasonably priced. I bought them....so moving forward in time the ten years, here we are , and so is Doug. Small world, but I would not have those sets if he had not told me about them and helped me get them.

Yes that was back when I was actively building my collection and was well aware how it was to be missing something you wanted. I was glad to help as others have helped me. On the naming of the individual Sue & Friends figures I was putting away the Christmas stuff so I decided to dig out the individual Anatotitans. They have the standard Safari Ltd tag with Anatotitan in the middle  and Safari Ltd below but at the top it has the familiar Field Museum Sue logo with the words "A T rex named Sue" that is all. I imagine the rest would be the same. For future collecting debates.

[DinoToyForum]

Much appreciated, thank you!

You can revote by clicking the 'remove vote'.

[Meso-Cenozoic]

OK, I re-voted. Thanks, Adam. I thought it was a little odd that the REBOR rex was here amongst the toys too.

So another vote goes to the "Sue at the Field Museum" Tyrannosaurus pair!

[Gwangi]

OK, I re-voted. Thanks, Adam. I thought it was a little odd that the REBOR rex was here amongst the toys too.

So another vote goes to the "Sue at the Field Museum" Tyrannosaurus pair!

Yay! 

I also didn't think the REBOR model fit in with the poll, I mostly included it due to popular demand.

[Takama]

Wow, a lot of work put into this, Gwangi! Thanks for the effort and idea!

I know I'm too late for any changes to be made. But just my two cents anyway... I agree with postsaurischian about the elimination of the Papo Brown standing T. rex. It really is a slightly different sculpt amd major different paint job. Although, in contrast to postsaurischian, I personally still overall like the original one better. Hehe! So when you see my vote for the Papo Standing T. rex, it's for the original one.

The only entry I really question is the Schleich World of History Tyrannosaurus. There are actually 3 different sculpts available right now, plus a 4th alternate paint job of their latest.
There's the 2012 Dark Green & Tan, the 2014 Bending Down Lime Green, and the 2 Exclusives -- Red and Gold, that came out towards the end of 2014. They're not just color variations of the 2012. The difference in their sculpts are quite noticeable.

These are the 4 currently available Schleich World of History Tyrannosaurs I'm speaking of...





Like I said, the Gold one is just a color variant of the new Exclusive Red Rex. But the other 3 that a currently available are quite different sculpts, I would think they would all be included. I personally only like the new Exclusive Red Rex myself. So it would be hard to just vote for the general World of History entry. But like I also said, I'm a bit late with this suggestion -- you snooze you lose! LOL!

P.S. ~ I can't believe I spent all this time and trouble over Schleich figures.   Haha!

Actaully theres only two sculpts for the World of History line. One from 2012, and another for 2014

This one has been made in diffrent colors


This one was only made once

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Wow, a lot of work put into this, Gwangi! Thanks for the effort and idea!

I know I'm too late for any changes to be made. But just my two cents anyway... I agree with postsaurischian about the elimination of the Papo Brown standing T. rex. It really is a slightly different sculpt amd major different paint job. Although, in contrast to postsaurischian, I personally still overall like the original one better. Hehe! So when you see my vote for the Papo Standing T. rex, it's for the original one.

The only entry I really question is the Schleich World of History Tyrannosaurus. There are actually 3 different sculpts available right now, plus a 4th alternate paint job of their latest.
There's the 2012 Dark Green & Tan, the 2014 Bending Down Lime Green, and the 2 Exclusives -- Red and Gold, that came out towards the end of 2014. They're not just color variations of the 2012. The difference in their sculpts are quite noticeable.

These are the 4 currently available Schleich World of History Tyrannosaurs I'm speaking of...





Like I said, the Gold one is just a color variant of the new Exclusive Red Rex. But the other 3 that a currently available are quite different sculpts, I would think they would all be included. I personally only like the new Exclusive Red Rex myself. So it would be hard to just vote for the general World of History entry. But like I also said, I'm a bit late with this suggestion -- you snooze you lose! LOL!

P.S. ~ I can't believe I spent all this time and trouble over Schleich figures.   Haha!

Actaully theres only two sculpts for the World of History line. One from 2012, and another for 2014

I have both the 2012 Dark Green one and the 2014 Exclusive Red one, and I think they really are slightly different sculpts when I view them side by side. The Red figure was improved a bit IMO. They sculpted the feet a little smaller for one. The overall sculpt of the Red is also a little less "cartoony" looking. I can't remember exactly what else there was (they're both packed away at the moment), but the Red one definitely has a more serious, refined look to him. So my Schleich vote above is solely for the Exclusive Red 2014 figure.

Oh, I did find a pic of him I took this past Summer when I first brought him home...

(Yes, his feet are still too big. Hehe! But they are smaller than Mr. Green's!)

[Gwangi]

I know there is more than one Schleich T. rex, but since no one requested them and it being Schleich I figured they wouldn't be missed. Appears I was right given that the Schleich rex only got 2 votes (not sure why it even got that many!). Besides, the two are very similar looking as is. You'll notice the other Battat rexes are absent, the various variations of the original Carnegie rex, the two original Safari rexes...those are all absent as well. They weren't requested, and I knew they wouldn't get votes. Just explaining myself, not trying to be defensive here. I appreciate your acknowledgement of my effort.

[sauroid]

actually the red Schleich rex isnt that bad looking, just suffered from the "it's Schleich so it must be very horrible" syndrome.

[Meso-Cenozoic]

Gwangi, just to let you know, I didn't lose any sleep over it.   Hehe!

[DinoToyForum]

The point of the poll is to select the best T. rex toys of all time. If variants are included, then voters will either...

1. Select the one variant they like best. Unless every individual agrees, this will result in dilution of the votes for that figure.
e.g. If 30 people vote for Figure 1, 29 people vote for Figure 2 (variant 1), and 29 *different* people vote for Figure 2 (variant 2), then Figure 1 will win (with 30 votes), even though Figure 2 has 58 voters in total. Unfair on Figure 2.

2. Select all variants. In which case distinguishing between variants is essentially pointless from the point of view of the poll.
e.g. If 30 people vote for Figure 1, 31 people vote for Figure 2 (variant 1), and the *same* 31 also vote for Figure 2 (variant 2), then Figure 2 will take both first and second place, with figure 1 in third. Unfair on figure 1, because people are voting for the merits of figure 2 twice.

These examples are completely hypothetical, but the principle would effect the results. This is why we are only including completely different figures, not all variants. 

[Arul]

That red trex is most wanted in my country 

[triceratops83]

That red trex is most wanted in my country 

Try toydreamer.com.au - they will post internationally, and it can't cost too much from Oz to Indonesia. They still have the Red Rex.

They still have one gold rex left, too.

[sauroid]

That red trex is most wanted in my country 

Try toydreamer.com.au - they will post internationally, and it can't cost too much from Oz to Indonesia. They still have the Red Rex.

They still have one gold rex left, too.

do they only carry Schleich?

[triceratops83]

do they only carry Schleich?

Pretty much. They did have Papo for a while, but not now. They also have Science and Nature Australian Animals. I know, Schleich, but if you're into that, it's the one of the best places to find retired figures.

[sauroid]

thanks triceratops83

[triceratops83]

You're welcome.