British Museum (Natural History) by Invicta

[stoneage]

Where do you people get these models from? Some sort of secret Illuminati type organisation?

  From the Gross and Horrid Dinosaur Society!

[Jetoar]

A couple more invicta variations.

The cream lambeosaurus weighed 90 grams compared to 62 for the maroon.

The slate gray megalosaurus weighs 92 compared to 58 for the green.

And a black brachiosaurus

Other colors of Invicta dinosaurs  .

[spartasaurus]

Is there a list of all the variations available?

[Invicta Hunter]

Here's my four colour variants, the black Brachio is the same one that was posted on the forum before, enjoy 

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[Splonkadumpocus]

The only Invicta I have is the monochrome Lambeosaurus. They were a little before my time, as I didn't get my first toy dinosaur until 1993.

[Takama]

Here's my four colour variants, the black Brachio is the same one that was posted on the forum before, enjoy 

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That lime green is a little shocking.   

[Libraraptor]

Did you say ENJOY?!?!?! My heart bleeds, pal!!! I want them ALL!!!!!

[Invicta Hunter]

Don't worry mate im sure you'll find some of your own one day. They are rare to find but they do come up on ebay a couple of times a year so just keep an eye out for any.

[Libraraptor]

Hunting, watching, waiting...
May I kindly ask where exactly you live and when you´re not at home? 

[Invicta Hunter]

Lol   

[docronnie]

I'm lucky to get a badly beaten Cetiosaurus (P70, roughly $1.75) and an excellent Scelidosaurus (P5, about $0.125) here in my country. 

[Invicta Hunter]

I'm lucky to get a badly beaten Cetiosaurus (P70, roughly $1.75) and an excellent Scelidosaurus (P5, about $0.125) here in my country. 
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Are Invictas hard to find in your country?

[docronnie]

I'm lucky to get a badly beaten Cetiosaurus (P70, roughly $1.75) and an excellent Scelidosaurus (P5, about $0.125) here in my country. 

Are Invictas hard to find in your country?

We only have Schleichs and Mojos (but no new stocks at the moment) here at specialty stores.  Plenty of Chinasaurs at mall stores.  Invictas close to none. 

[DinoToyForum]

As it isn't prehistoric, the Invicta blue whale will never feature on the dinotoyblog, but here's a walk-around posted on the Animal Toy Forum: http://www.animaltoyforum.com/index.php/topic,276.0.html

[Crackington]

Its actually a very nice model and although it seems strange to be included in a set of prehistoric models, it does makes sense when you realise its place in the history of the London Natural History Museum.

The full size model of the whale was a massive draw when first exhibited at the museum in the 1930s.  There were still echoes of this in the 70s when I first went to the museum and I remember my grandmother telling me how the whale was just as exciting as  the dinosaurs. My 7 year old self wasn't having any of this, being already a fully converted dino fan, but I do remember people flocking to the blue whale and the excitement around it.

So, although a bit odd, I'm glad that Invicta made a model of it. 

[Libraraptor]

Great classic! And the reason why I am here, as some may remember!

[Horridus]

Its actually a very nice model and although it seems strange to be included in a set of prehistoric models, it does makes sense when you realise its place in the history of the London Natural History Museum.

The full size model of the whale was a massive draw when first exhibited at the museum in the 1930s.  There were still echoes of this in the 70s when I first went to the museum and I remember my grandmother telling me how the whale was just as exciting as  the dinosaurs. My 7 year old self wasn't having any of this, being already a fully converted dino fan, but I do remember people flocking to the blue whale and the excitement around it.

So, although a bit odd, I'm glad that Invicta made a model of it.

This has always been my pet hypothesis as to why the whale was included. Seems to make the most sense, especially as it's completely out of scale with the rest (while it would've been unrealistic to include a blue whale that was to scale, they could've picked another cetacean or even just a large mammal more generally).

Interesting to note, the Invicta toy is actually more accurate than the life-size model in the museum, which was created before people had a good idea of what a blue whale really looked like. There's a sign in the museum pointing this out - the model is too 'fat' and not as sleek as the real thing.

[Takama]

I was lucky enough to see that thing in real life

[Bokisaurus]

Got this little guy

[stoneage]

Got this little guy

How many of the painted figures do you have?