The best figure of every species, according to Halichoeres

[Halichoeres]

Nice collection. I want the accessories with the Paleocasts Tully Monster. Paleocasts is apparently taking a short hiatus but if I see that diorama offered, I'll buy it just for the accessories!

They were a complete surprise to me! Sort of a lagniappe. I'll be interested to see if you get the same assortment; if not, I have some in duplicate (Paleolimulus, Euproops) that I might be willing to trade.

Wonderful collection! Do you have a source for the Dinotales sculptors?

Thank you! I got the sculptors' names from Dinosauriana. If you PM me your email address I can send you the relevant pdfs.

Thank you very much, Halichoeres, for sharing your wonderful collection.
You gave me lots of really useful infos about the figures.

Concerning the starlux figures, here (http://toyanimal.info//index.php?title=Starlux_Prehistoric) it is written
"The Starlux Prehistoric serie began with five models in 1968, the Mammoth, Diplodocus, Iguanodon, Aurochs and Cave bear. Maurice Massat sculpted all the models of this series".
(Still, I'm not sure it means he sculpted the whole Prehistoric serie or just the first five figures)

Thank you for visiting! I'm glad my thread can be of use. Thanks also for the information on the Starlux sculptor! I searched M. Massat, and it would seem that he was the sculptor for the entire prehistoric line, as indicated at the French site Genie Miniature, which says, "Les animaux préhistoriques de Starlux sont dut au talent de Maurice Massat." That's great to know, and I'll add it immediately to the relevant posts.

On to the Jurassic, with ichthyosaurs and sauropterygians:


Toyway Ophthalmosaurus (Walking with Dinosaurs)
Scale: 1:20
Released: 1998


Kaiyodo Ichthyosaurus (Capsule Q "Marine Reptiles")
Scale: 1:25
Sculptor: Eiichiro Matsumoto
Released: 2015


Safari Ichthyosaurus (Carnegie Collection)
Scale: 1:10
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Released: 2010


Bullyland Leptonectes (=Leptopterygius)
Scale: 1:18
Released: 2006


CollectA Excalibosaurus
Scale: 1:45
Released: 2017


CollectA Temnodontosaurus
Scale: 1:45
Released: 2015


Kaiyodo Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus (Dinotales 3; Capsule Q "Marine Reptiles")
Scale: 1:35
Sculptor: Katsuo Takuma (left), Kuniaki Teraoka (right)
Released: 2002, 2015


Favorite Plesiosaurus
Scale: 1:25
Sculptor: Kazunari Araki
Released: 2013


Safari Liopleurodon
Scale: 1:35
Sculptor: Doug Watson
Released: 2010


CollectA Pliosaurus
Scale: 1:35-1:40
Released: 2015


CollectA Attenborosaurus
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2011


CollectA Rhomaleosaurus
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2011

[Halichoeres]

Jurassic pterosaurs, mostly pretty ugly but with a few happy exceptions, especially the last one:


Joy City Ltd Pterodactylus
Scale: 1:8


Tyco Pterodactylus (Dino Riders)
Scale: 1:2-1.3
Released: 1987


Character Options Anurognathus (Primeval)
Scale: 1:8
Released: 2007


Harpactognathus, unknown manufacturer but it's Ice Age merchandise
Scale: 1:15
Released: 2011


One2Play Dorygnathus (DinoWaurs)
Scale: 1:12


Safari Rhamphorhynchus
Scale: 1:3
Released: 2010


Waiphoon (or someone using the same molds) Scaphognathus
Scale: 1:4


Waiphoon (probably) Campylognathoides
Scale: 1:6


Hasbro Dimorphodon (Jurassic World)
Scale: 1:20
Released: 2015


CollectA Dimorphodon
Scale: 1:2.5-1:3
Released: 2017
This thing is gigantic. It's smaller than the Guidraco, but it's at a larger scale (Guidraco was a much larger animal). The jaw articulation isn't too obtrusive, and despite some flaws in the dentition, it looks much more like a live animal than the Rebor version from last year, which it replaced. I haven't decided whether to keep the little lizard prey that came with the Rebor, though.


Speaking of Rebor, their Protolindenia is perfectly to scale with the new Dimorphodon. I accidentally broke off one of its wings, so now it's really done for.

[Patrx]

Man, you really do have a knack for tracking down the most obscure stuff Looking at these, though, I can't help but feel it's way past time for some company somewhere to make a real effort to produce a nice Pterodactylus figure.

[Sim]

I accidentally broke off one of its wings, so now it's really done for.

I definitely wasn't expecting that at the end of your post!  Is it a fragile figure then?  Are you going to fix it?

[Shonisaurus]

I accidentally broke off one of its wings, so now it's really done for.

I definitely wasn't expecting that at the end of your post!  Is it a fragile figure then?  Are you going to fix it?

I get the impression that it is very difficult not to say impossible to get the protlindenia wing to stick correctly is like a sheet of rigid transparent plastic. I say it because said figure together with his compsognathus. In my case if I succeeded I would not hesitate to buy another new one.

On the other hand the dimorphodon Collecta is the best pterosaur I have seen in the market surpasses all the previous ones even to its great guidraco. A great figure.

The photographs that Halichoeres makes are fabulous, he is a complete artist.

[BlueKrono]

Is that a baby coming out of the Kaiyodo Ichthyosaurus, or some sort of piscine scavenger?

[Halichoeres]

Man, you really do have a knack for tracking down the most obscure stuff Looking at these, though, I can't help but feel it's way past time for some company somewhere to make a real effort to produce a nice Pterodactylus figure.

What can I say, I'm a taxon completist. I agree on Pterodactylus. I think that applies to the great majority of pterosaurs.

I accidentally broke off one of its wings, so now it's really done for.

I definitely wasn't expecting that at the end of your post!  Is it a fragile figure then?  Are you going to fix it?

It's a little fragile. I brushed it while reaching for a book and knocked it over. I instinctively reached to catch it, and when I opened my hand one wing had snapped off at the base. As Shonisaurus said, it's just a sheet of printed plastic inserted into the thorax, and the inserted portion is still in there.  I think it would be pretty difficult to repair with glue because the contact surface area would be minuscule. It's possible I could melt it back on, or glue it to another thin sheet of plastic and then try to insert that in the slot in the thorax. I probably won't go to the trouble though, at least not soon. For now I'm okay with it resting in the Dimorphodon's jaws a little damaged.

I accidentally broke off one of its wings, so now it's really done for.

I definitely wasn't expecting that at the end of your post!  Is it a fragile figure then?  Are you going to fix it?

I get the impression that it is very difficult not to say impossible to get the protlindenia wing to stick correctly is like a sheet of rigid transparent plastic. I say it because said figure together with his compsognathus. In my case if I succeeded I would not hesitate to buy another new one.

On the other hand the dimorphodon Collecta is the best pterosaur I have seen in the market surpasses all the previous ones even to its great guidraco. A great figure.

The photographs that Halichoeres makes are fabulous, he is a complete artist.

Thank you, that's very kind!

Is that a baby coming out of the Kaiyodo Ichthyosaurus, or some sort of piscine scavenger?

Yup, it's whelping. I think the fact that it looks weakly pigmented is a nice touch. It makes it look really...fetal.

Now, Jurassic coelurosaurs. I think my Jurassic shelves have the most figures from obscure or oddball companies, because despite the fact that the Jurassic is the period most associated with dinosaurs in the popular imagination, most toy lines are really, really heavy on the Cretaceous.


Takara Tomy Anchiornis huxleyi (Dino Expo 2011)
Scale: 1:7


Kaiyodo Archaeopteryx (Dinotales 2)
Scale: 1:7
Sculptor: Ataru Sugaya
Released: 2001


Favorite Archaeopteryx (Dinosaur Soft Models)
Scale: 1:4
Sculptor: Kazunari Araki
Released: 2017


Kaiyodo Yi qi (Dino Expo 2016)
Scale: 1:5


Kaiyodo Compsognathus (Jurassic Park III)
Scale: 1:12
Released: 2001


Rebor Compsognathus
Scale: 1:5-1:6
Released: 2016


PNSO Proceratosaurus
Scale: 1:25
Sculptor: Zhao Chuang
Released: 2016


Favorite Guanlong (Fukui Museum)
Scale: 1:14
Sculptor: Kazunari Araki
Released: 2016


Simba Stokesosaurus (Predators)
Scale: 1:45


Multi Toy Coelurus (Thunder-Beasts)
Scale: 1:6
Released: 1992


Multi Toy Ornitholestes (Thunder-Beasts)
Scale: 1:8
Released: 1993


Planeta DeAgostini Ornitholestes
Scale: 1:15

[ZoPteryx]

I'm actually surprised how many Jurassic coelurosaurs have toys, albeit not many good ones.  That poor poor Stokesosaurus... 

[Halichoeres]

I'm actually surprised how many Jurassic coelurosaurs have toys, albeit not many good ones.  That poor poor Stokesosaurus... 

Isn't it hilarious, though? I mean it really just looks like a cartoon T rex, down to the two fingers, but I usually go by whatever they call it.

Here are the remaining Jurassic theropods:


CollectA Afrovenator
Scale: 1:40
Released: 2010


Geoworld Eustreptospondylus
Scale: 1:30
Released: 2012


CollectA Metriacanthosaurus
Scale: 1:40
Released: 2016


Safari Sinraptor (Carnegie Collection)
Scale: 1:40
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Released: 2004


CollectA Torvosaurus
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2016


CollectA Lourinhanosaurus
Scale: 1:50
Released: 2011


Safari Yangchuanosaurus (Dinosaurs of China)
Scale: 1:35
Sculptor: Ely Kish
Released: 1995


CollectA Saurophaganax (=Allosaurus?)
Scale: 1:55
Released: 2015


Todd Marshall Papo Allosaurus
Scale: 1:40
Sculptor: Seo Jung-woon
Released: 2008


Toyway Megalosaurus (British Museum)
Scale: 1:30
Released: 2006


Rebor Ceratosaurus dentisulcatus
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2015


Safari Ceratosaurus
Scale: 1:30
Sculptor: Doug Watson
Released: 2012


Yowie Ozraptor (Lost Kingdoms B)
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2001


Safari Monolophosaurus
Scale: 1:20
Sculptor: Doug Watson
Released: 2014


IToy Sinosaurus (=Dilophosaurus sinensis, but sure looks like D. wetherilli)
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2017


Battat Cryolophosaurus (Terra)
Scale: 1:30
Sculptor: Dan LoRusso
Released: 2014


Papo Dilophosaurus
Scale: 1:30
Sculptor: Seo Jung-woon
Released: 2014


Imperial Podokesaurus
Scale: 1:18

[Halichoeres]

Jurassic sauropodomorphs. Some real beauties here, but also a couple utter pieces of crap.


PNSO Lufengosaurus
Scale: 1:15
Sculptor: Zhao Chuang
Released: 2016


Gosnell Anchisaurus
Scale: 1:15


Schleich Barapasaurus (First Giants)
Scale: 1:30
Released: 2016


Safari Shunosaurus
Scale: 1:50
Sculptor: Doug Watson
Released: 2016


Safari Mamenchisaurus (Dinosaurs of China)
Scale: 1:30-1:50
Sculptor: Ely Kish
Released: 1995


Invicta Mamenchisaurus
Scale: 1:45
Released: 1993?
Both of these Mamenchisaurus figures will soon depart my sauropod shelf to make room for the new PNSO version.


Bullyland Spinophorosaurus
Scale: 1:65
Released: 2010


CollectA Rhoetosaurus
Scale: 1:55
Released: 2009


CollectA Jobaria
Scale: 1:50
Released: 2010


Invicta Cetiosaurus
Scale: 1:50
Released: 1985? (that might be for the unpainted version)


Starlux Dicraeosaurus
Scale: 1:75
Sculptor: Maurice Massat
Released: 1984


Papo Apatosaurus
Scale: 1:40
Sculptor: Seo Jung-woon
Released: 2015


Tyco Brontosaurus (Dino Riders)
Scale: 1:18
Released: 1988


Happinet Supersaurus
Scale: 1:65
Sculptor: Kazunari Araki
Released: 2006


Xidi (aka Lontic) Barosaurus
Scale: 1:85


Safari Diplodocus (Carnegie Collection)
Scale: 1:35
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Released: 2008


Safari Brachiosaurus (Carnegie Collection)
Scale: 1:50
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Released: 2012


Papo Giraffatitan (=Brachiosaurus brancai)
Scale: 1:45
Sculptor: Seo Jung-woon
Released: 2012


Safari Camarasaurus
Scale: 1:50
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Released: 2002


Bullyland Europasaurus
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2014

[bmathison1972]

Love these posts! Nice blend of aesthetics and science/taxonomy. Too bad so many of these cartoony figures (e.g., Dinosaur Train) represent odd taxa; they'd be better done by more replica-style lines . While I have some stylized figures, I can never bring myself to buy anthropomorphized figures or those representing characters from fictional universes.

[Halichoeres]

Love these posts! Nice blend of aesthetics and science/taxonomy. Too bad so many of these cartoony figures (e.g., Dinosaur Train) represent odd taxa; they'd be better done by more replica-style lines . While I have some stylized figures, I can never bring myself to buy anthropomorphized figures or those representing characters from fictional universes.

Thank you! When I first started collecting, I shunned cartoony toys and action figures like JP. Then I found Yowies, which are a sort of hybrid. Some of them are really nice (Kettneraspis), and some are pretty silly looking (Rolfosteus). I had to add them because there were so many weird taxa, and once I'd started down that road I kept making new exceptions. I held out on Dinosaur Train longer than almost anything, but eventually gave in so I could get things like Proganochelys and Adocus. All that said, I would definitely love to see about 2 or 3 dozen companies purged from my collection by updated, realistic depictions of rarely-made taxa.

[AcroSauroTaurus]

Love these posts! Nice blend of aesthetics and science/taxonomy. Too bad so many of these cartoony figures (e.g., Dinosaur Train) represent odd taxa; they'd be better done by more replica-style lines . While I have some stylized figures, I can never bring myself to buy anthropomorphized figures or those representing characters from fictional universes.

Thank you! When I first started collecting, I shunned cartoony toys and action figures like JP. Then I found Yowies, which are a sort of hybrid. Some of them are really nice (Kettneraspis), and some are pretty silly looking (Rolfosteus). I had to add them because there were so many weird taxa, and once I'd started down that road I kept making new exceptions. I held out on Dinosaur Train longer than almost anything, but eventually gave in so I could get things like Proganochelys and Adocus. All that said, I would definitely love to see about 2 or 3 dozen companies purged from my collection by updated, realistic depictions of rarely-made taxa.

Luckily when my line gets started, you won't have to resort to cartoony/inaccurate figures of obscure genre.

[Halichoeres]

Luckily when my line gets started, you won't have to resort to cartoony/inaccurate figures of obscure genera.

Well, you've got your work cut out for you then! I note that the Permian, Triassic, and early Jurassic especially need work, as this next set of photos of Jurassic ornithischians helps demonstrate:


Takara Tomy Lesothosaurus (Dinosaur Train)
Scale: 1:9
Released: 2010


Simba Fabrosaurus (Dinoz)
Scale: 1:10


Inpro Heterodontosaurus
Scale: 1:12
Released: 1972


CollectA Scelidosaurus
Scale: 1:15
Released: 2009


Kaiyodo Huayangosaurus (Dinotales 7)
Scale: 1:50
Sculptor: Seiji Yamamoto
Released: 2006


Imperial Tuojiangosaurus
Scale: 1:30
Released: 2012


CollectA Gigantspinosaurus
Scale: 1:30
Released: 2017


PNSO Chungkingosaurus
Scale: 1:7
Sculptor: Zhao Chuang
Released: 2016


Schleich Kentrosaurus (World of History)
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2015


Safari Miragaia (Carnegie Collection)
Scale: 1:25
Sculptor: Forest Rogers
Released: 2011


CollectA Dacentrurus
Scale: 1:30
Released: 2011


CollectA Lexovisaurus
Scale: 1:30
Released: 2008


Favorite Stegosaurus (Soft Models Series 1)
Scale: 1:40
Sculptor: Takashi Oda
Released: 2004


Jakks Pacific Nanosaurus (=Othnielia)
Scale: 1:17
Released: 2008


Multi Toys Callovosaurus (Thunder-Beasts)
Scale: 1:5
Released: 1993


Dryosaurus, manufacturer unknown
Scale: 1:20


CollectA Camptosaurus
Scale: 1:35
Released: 2010


Favorite Yinlong
Scale: 1:10
Sculptor: Kazunari Araki
Released: 2016

[Uncle Rex]

Thanks for the great photos. And thanks for including the scale of the figures - very helpful when trying to display figures that will look "right" together.

[Neosodon]

Collecta's Scelidosaurus looks more like a generic nodosaur than a Scelidosaurus. I think its about time it gets a proper model.

The early Jurassic and Triassic are are underrepresented but there are just not as many dinosaurs from those times to make figures of. Those hetrodontosaurids are a prime example of another underrepresented area. A Hetrodontosaurus would be rather small though if it was made to scale.

[Jose S.M.]

I had that Dryosaurus when I was a kid, I don't know where it went but It was my favorite dinosaur toy at that time.

[BlueKrono]

I'm surprised not to see the Terra Dacentrurus in this entry.

[Roselaar]

Such a wonderful variety of species and companies!

I also considered the Protolindenia a perfect companion for the new Dimorphodon, until it broke one of its wings with its heinously sharp teeth...

[Halichoeres]

Thanks for the visits and comments, everyone!

Such a wonderful variety of species and companies!

I also considered the Protolindenia a perfect companion for the new Dimorphodon, until it broke one of its wings with its heinously sharp teeth...

Oh no, so many dragonfly casualties!

I had that Dryosaurus when I was a kid, I don't know where it went but It was my favorite dinosaur toy at that time.

It really is pretty nice for how old and cheap it is.

I'm surprised not to see the Terra Dacentrurus in this entry.

What can I say? I prefer the CollectA. Probably the pose, at least in part. Although it is true that the Battat is a different scale...

Collecta's Scelidosaurus looks more like a generic nodosaur than a Scelidosaurus. I think its about time it gets a proper model.

The early Jurassic and Triassic are are underrepresented but there are just not as many dinosaurs from those times to make figures of. Those hetrodontosaurids are a prime example of another underrepresented area. A Hetrodontosaurus would be rather small though if it was made to scale.

Yeah, I'm not fond of the CollectA version, but there aren't many others out there. The Invicta is very old-fashioned. It's true that the early and middle Jurassic had fewer dinosaur taxa, and I know many people collect exclusively dinosaurs, but there were lots of interesting sauropterygians, lepidosaurians, tritylodonts, crocodiles, coelacanths, lungfishes, actinopterygians, arthropods, mollusks....

For example, here is every remaining non-ornithodiran Jurassic organism in my collection: crocodiles, synapsids, arthropods, tracheophytes, etc. Includes one new actinopterygian! There aren't that many here, but there are many, many known taxa that would make great figures.


Animal Planet Protosuchus (actual maker unknown)
Scale: 1:13


Safari Plesiosuchus
Scale: 1:35
Sculptor: Doug Watson
Released: 2016


Safari Suchodus (=Metriorhynchus durobrivensis; Prehistoric Crocs Toob)
Scale: 1:35
Released: 2011


Kaiyodo Metriorhynchus (Dinotales 6)
Scale: 1:35
Sculptor: Eiichiro Matsumoto
Released: 2006


Rebor cf. Gephyrosaurus (accessory to Dimorphodon)
Scale: 1:6
Released: 2015


Yujin Henkelotherium
Scale: 1:1.5
Released: 2006


Yowie Siderops (Lost Kingdoms A)
Scale: 1:30
Released: 2000


Fame Master cf. Swenzia (accessory to 3d puzzle of Plesiosaurus)


CollectA Leedsichthys
Scale: 1:60-1:110
Released: 2017
This year CollectA singlehandedly increased the number of named plastic prehistoric actinopterygians currently on the market by 200%. Pretty impressive. I'd love to see them make a full sized version of this or some other prehistoric fish (except I don't know if I really need another Dunkleosteus). Leedsichthys probably had an anal fin and no pelvic fins, but if CollectA continues to be this taxonomically adventurous, I'm willing to forgive their occasionally getting the fins backward.


Rebor Protolindenia (accessory to Compsognathus, and now, sadly, missing a hindwing)
Scale: 1:1.5
Released: 2016


Kaiyodo Eryon (Dinotales 4)
Scale: 1:2.5
Sculptor: Eiichiro Matsumoto
Released: 2003


CollectA cf. Pseudoctenis
Scale: 1:25
Released: 2010