Roselaar's All-new PB-free Collections Thread

[Shonisaurus]

These chinasaurus are from the early eighties I mention it because I had them as a child-teenager, I recognize that they are not serious but at that time it was an honor to buy these figures. I bought them at a village fair, or rather my father and I can say that I keep the one in the corner of the photograph from the bottom right as a relic of a rare past in the collection of the toy dinosaur.

Sincerely we are now in the golden age of the toy dinosaur and figures that were previously unthinkable are sold in retail stores, wholesalers and online stores. It seems that I am in a beautiful dream. Sometimes I do not believe I have the dinosaurs and prehistoric animals that I have now.

Thank you Roseelar for sharing those photographs.

[Roselaar]

More Chap Mei figures. The Dimetrodon and Liopleurodon are awesome!

[Roselaar]

Remember Richard Schiff? The toy designers obviously didn't, cause his action figure looks nothing like him...

[CityRaptor]

Well, at least that version of him managed to survive and come back for Chaos Effect. I wonder if the figure may be based on an earlier concept. You know, like Dieter Stark, whose design is the same as the Hunter in the PSX Game.

[Roselaar]

like Dieter Stark, whose design is the same as the Hunter in the PSX Game.

... and also looks nothing like Peter Stormare. At least Vince Vaughn and Pete Postlethwaite fared better, in later runs. 

All kinds of silly, smaller screamersaurs:

[Roselaar]

On to Bullyland. Here's some classic and less classic figures:

[Reptilia]

Never seen the Bullyland Brachiosaurus before, it is really similar to Papo's in both colour and pose. I guess it predates the Papo one, right?

[Joey]

Never seen the Bullyland Brachiosaurus before, it is really similar to Papo's in both colour and pose. I guess it predates the Papo one, right?

http://dinotoyblog.com/2010/12/30/brachiosaurus-museum-line-by-bullyland/

[Reptilia]

Yes, the Bullyland is older.

[Roselaar]

Never seen the Bullyland Brachiosaurus before, it is really similar to Papo's in both colour and pose. I guess it predates the Papo one, right?

I never thought the two looked any smilar, except for overall size. The Brachiosaurus is bulkier and more muscular, while its Bully counterpart is much more slender and graceful. You'd think they're different species when you pose them next to each other.

Same thing here, really. One strongman and one graceful ex-presence:

[Roselaar]

Various colouring books and exhibition souvenirs:

[Roselaar]

Some smaller, older Bullyland figures:

[Roselaar]

More TLW human figures and cute hatchlings. Sarah Harding is supposedly a pretty rare figure, but apparently I managed well enough.

[CityRaptor]

Lucky. I think I found a Ludlow...once. Battle Strategist. 

[Roselaar]

Lucky. I think I found a Ludlow...once. Battle Strategist. 

I found a whole bunch of Ludlows once in a bargain bin in a store in some backwater village. Only bought one, stupid me. Some of these rarer figures were eventually imported in Holland, but distributed really unevenly... 

Some bigger Chinasaurs. The Plateosaurus remains a favorite of mine.

[sauroid]

i am always intrigued by that Plateosaurus whenever i see it.

[Reptilia]

More childhood memories with both Pachycephalosaurus and Plateosaurus! Sometimes I wonder how widespread those chinasaurs were, back in the day.

[PhilSauria]

Both Pachycephalosaurus and Plateosaurus seem a bit less generic than the others, as if worked on by different artists. May be keeping an eye out for the Plateo but possibly wasting my time in doing so if, as seems to be the concensus, these are hard to find.

[Roselaar]

Both Pachycephalosaurus and Plateosaurus seem a bit less generic than the others, as if worked on by different artists. May be keeping an eye out for the Plateo but possibly wasting my time in doing so if, as seems to be the concensus, these are hard to find.

I think you can find both of those easily enough in eBay lots, I have seen them pop up often enough in that fashion, though mostly on the British eBay. Colours may vary though.

Some more Chape Mei lovelies. The Elasmosaurus is just ridiculously awesome. 

[Lanthanotus]

Not a fan of Chap Mei, but that Ichtyosaurus doesn't look bad and the addition of some fish is nice aswell