British Museum (Natural History) by Invicta

[Invicta Hunter]

Here's a photo of the first lot i bought. The others are boxed up and it takes a lot of time to get them out and arrange them so i'll leave it for now. When i have some free time i'll take a photo of them all together.

Happy Christmas Jim, long time no speak.

The mamenchisaurus herd look great but the Astro Wars brings back great memories.

Yep you gotta love retro gaming as well as dinosaurs.

[Invicta Hunter]

This painted Muttaburrasaurus i got today is a different colour than normal ones. I think it's most likely a colour fade but how could the normal paint colour which is brown change to blue. Surely it would just fade to a lighter brown and then maybe grey.

[Roselaar]

Oh great, as if the painted Muttaburrasaurus wasn't rare enough.

Is the paint scheme the same as the "regular" version? That would sure indicate discolouration.

[Invicta Hunter]

On the base of it's feet it has brown paint so im guessing it started off the normal colour but then changed over time.
it's just strange that it would turn blue, any idea why it would do this?

[Halichoeres]

I wonder if the red pigments just degrade more rapidly in intense sunlight, for example.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Interesting variant. Even though it was faded I think its nicer than the original.
Does anyone know if the ichthyosaur originally came with a stand? I've seen pictures of it on the blue whale stand and I wasn't sure if it was actually included.

[Invicta Hunter]

I've often wondered that myself. I know the first stands had the blue whale info written on the sides but then it was removed and put on the whales fluke. Maybe they did this so the stand could be used for the other figures even though they display perfectly fine without one.

[John]

Interesting variant. Even though it was faded I think its nicer than the original.
Does anyone know if the ichthyosaur originally came with a stand? I've seen pictures of it on the blue whale stand and I wasn't sure if it was actually included.

The blister packed Ichthyosaurus models at least as early as 1988 did come with the stands.

[Roselaar]

Perhaps a little redundant, but my originally Liopleurodon at least came with a stand. My Ichthyosaurus did not.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Thanks for the information. So they were sold both with and without stands? I guess I can be a completest either way.

[stargatedalek]

On the topic of the icthyosaurus, I was lucky enough to find one in really good shape at a second hand shop today and I noticed something interesting with its eyes. Is it just me or does it have a small patch (similar to a flashlight fish) behind its eye?

[Raptoress]

I received my first Invictas in a lot from eBay. But unfortunately both are chewed. The Triceratops had a chewed tail, which I've trimmed down and looks almost unnoticeable. The Pteranodon is the worst off. Chewed wings and beak. Was so disappointed. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

[0thebigwytec5]

Does anyone know if the ichthyosaur originally came with a stand? I've seen pictures of it on the blue whale stand and I wasn't sure if it was actually included.

Here were the carded figures I owned. Hope this helps:

[Roselaar]

I'm pretty sure they were sold both with and without stands. They weren't all sold carded or in bags. Mine came from the British Museum (early Nineties), where each figure was just thrown in a box loose in large quantities. I'm not sure how they sold the stands, putting them together with whatever marine creature or also in their own cubicle.

[Raptoress]

Look what I found at a car boot sale for 50p! I'm so happy!

[Libraraptor]

Look what I found at a car boot sale for 50p! I'm so happy!

Lucky! In the  background I spy WWD Utahraptor, AAA or Safari Stego - and what´s the one on the left? Painted Invicta Cetiosaurus?!

[Raptoress]

It is indeed the WWD Utahraptor. The Stegosaurus is the Safari Ltd/Carnegie model from 1988. And yes, that's a painted Invicta Cetiosaurus!

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Good catch! Flea markets around me never have anything like that.
Also thanks for the card pictures-- I didn't see them until now.

[Takama]

Can anyone say what Scale the Troodon was in?   I know it is not to Scale with the Rest of the line, makeing it a one off in the Collection.

I want to do something simalr with a Yi in a secret project i have in the works, and i wonderd how much bigger in scale the Troodon is when compared to the rest of the 1:45 dinosaurs

[Libraraptor]

Can anyone say what Scale the Troodon was in?   I know it is not to Scale with the Rest of the line, makeing it a one off in the Collection.

I want to do something simalr with a Yi in a secret project i have in the works, and i wonderd how much bigger in scale the Troodon is when compared to the rest of the 1:45 dinosaurs

Troodon is about 1:10 scale.