Rearing Sauropod toy

[grantharding]

When I visited the AMNH in 1997, I saw (but did not buy) a toy sauropod in the gift shop. The figure was quite small, and it was rearing up on its hind legs.

I'm guessing it was the Kaiyodo Dinoland Barosaurus, but is there anything else it could have been?

[SBell]

When I visited the AMNH in 1997, I saw (but did not buy) a toy sauropod in the gift shop. The figure was quite small, and it was rearing up on its hind legs.

I'm guessing it was the Kaiyodo Dinoland Barosaurus, but is there anything else it could have been?

Depending on what you mean by 'small', Safari made a rearing Apatosaurus in the WS Dinos line for a while.

[DinoLord]

If it was yellow it was the small Dinoland Barosaurus; the box on mine does have an AMNH logo on it. If it was brown then it was likely the WS Apatosaurus.

[RobinGoodfellow]

The WS Apato

[SBell]

I guess I could have put a picture of both figures to check. Here's the Barosaurus:

[RobinGoodfellow]

...there are also two quite "small" rearing sauropods from Collecta:  Diplodocus and Plateosaurus

[Saurian]

Diplodocus collecta my favorite and it can stand on four legs!

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Robin isnt plateosaurus, considered a plateosaurid, or sauropodomorph rather than an actual sauropod?

[RobinGoodfellow]

Robin isnt plateosaurus, considered a plateosaurid, or sauropodomorph rather than an actual sauropod?

Yes, you're right.   

[CityRaptor]

And it was bipedal, so it is not rearing.  Besides that, the Collecta models did ot exist in 1997.
I know that some Chinasaurs fit the bill:
http://www.urzeitshop.de/diverse-hersteller/1147-Cetiosaurus-Dinosaurier-Spielzeug.html

[grantharding]

If it was yellow it was the small Dinoland Barosaurus; the box on mine does have an AMNH logo on it. If it was brown then it was likely the WS Apatosaurus.

Thanks for your help, everybody. I think it must have been the Dinoland Barosaurus. I remember it as being yellow and VERY small, so it looks like there's nothing else it could be.

They seem to be hard to find nowadays; I wish I'd bought it. Does anyone know if the AMNH gift shop still sells them?

DinoLord, would you be willing to post a photo of the box?

Thanks again!

[DinoLord]

Unfortunately the AMNH doesn't sell them anymore (though it does have a pretty good selection of Carnegies and Safaris). They're available on eBay from time to time. I will get you a picture of the box tomorrow. In the meanwhile, here is a picture of the figure itself taken by forum member postsaurischian:



Edit: Here are some pictures of the box and packaging. I guess I misremembered seeing an AMNH logo, but the info card does mention the museum.

[grantharding]

Thanks so much DinoLord! I'm actually kind of glad the AMNH doesn't sell them anymore -- I was there in November and didn't make it to the dino boutique and was kicking myself for missing a chance to buy one of these.