Roselaar's All-new PB-free Collections Thread

[Roselaar]

Now here's a piece of personal nostalgia. These little critters came with delicious dinosaur shaped cookies back in the original JP days. The cookies are still produced, even though released by a different manufacturer. And they still taste like once they did. Unfortunately, they don't come with little figures anymore, which is too bad because I don't own the entire line yet...

Are those the ones that came with LU biscuits? I believe there was a gorgonopsian in the set, and I've always wanted to get a better look at it, since I've only ever seen a really grotty picture. But it seems you don't have that one, alas! Still, cool that you have as many as you have!

Yup, those are the ones. Sadly I have no picures of the rest of the line, I hardly remember abnything about it other than the delicious taste and these few figures I have. There's interesting species here though (my figures include an Ornithosuchus, Ornithomimus, Edaphosaurus and Nothosaurus (okay, so they're not very realistic)), so a Gorgonopsid is definitely a possibility.

A few more Collectasaurus. The Tsintaosaurus is just... bold. 

[Shonisaurus]

The lufengosaurus is for me one of the best creations of Collecta máxime when it is not a very represented animal in the toy market and with a considerable size taking into account that it is standard. 

For me the tsintaosaurus is another jewel in my collection regardless of the curious and funny image of its cranial appendix,  it is one of the few tsintaosaurus in PVC with a considerable size. I would like a tsintaosaurus Deluxe, although I know that unfortunately, according to the new paleontological discoveries, it no longer displays the mythical image of the unicorn. 

The kentrosaurus is an image very similar to the one that was made long before the company Safari.

And as for herrerasaurus for me it is much better than other paleoartistic toy representations. As far as Collecta's afrovenator is concerned, he may not be the lucky figure, but we should be grateful that a brand like Collecta made that rare prehistoric animal into a toy figure. If I were to redo it even at standard size I am totally sure that it would surprise collectors more favorably.

[Halichoeres]

Yup, those are the ones. Sadly I have no picures of the rest of the line, I hardly remember abnything about it other than the delicious taste and these few figures I have. There's interesting species here though (my figures include an Ornithosuchus, Ornithomimus, Edaphosaurus and Nothosaurus (okay, so they're not very realistic)), so a Gorgonopsid is definitely a possibility.

Wow, that is an interesting mix! Thanks for the info.

[Roselaar]

Herd of lovely TLW Stegosaurs. I love this figure, despite its lack of poseability. But at least in German, it has a 'wippende Schwanz-Bewegung', you can't beat that!

[CityRaptor]

Yes, it's a good figure. But sadly, the material it is made of does not age well compared to other figures. So far I'm lucky, but I've read some stories. And of course most found on eBay are missing pieces. Mainly Dino-Damage, but also plates.

[Roselaar]

More Collectasaurus. This is where the company starts pumping out really good figures. And a lousy Ornithocheirus, sadly...

[suspsy]

More Collectasaurus. This is where the company starts pumping out really good figures. And a lousy Ornithocheirus, sadly...

I like the Ornithocheirus; it's doing its very best Batman pose.

[Shonisaurus]

The plateosaurus is perhaps one of the best figures of the standard brand of Collecta finely sculpted and with some pretty elegant paint colors.   

On the other hand I like more the new versions based on protoceratosaurus, liliensternus and concavenator that by the way along with that of Favorite is one of the best on the market. 

[Roselaar]

Various Chinasaurs, nothing special here.

[Roselaar]

On to Kaiyodosaurs. Here's a few. I'm continually amazed by how Kaiyodo manages to get such awesome paint jobs on these small figurines. Must be that famed Japanese perfectionism.

[Roselaar]

Some books for kids. I have extremely fond memories of the book top left from my childhood, about dinosaurs invading a British city. Last year I found another copy on a flea market which I gifted to my two year old niece. She likes it as much as I did then, which is a very good sign. 

[Shonisaurus]

The figures of Kaiyodo look very good. In my case Brett gave me a diplocaulus with the figures of that same company and I can say that the Japanese are very perfectionists. What I do not like about Kaiyodo is that these figures are divided by pieces and therefore must be assembled. In any case they are highly scientific figures. 

[Roselaar]

More Kaiyodosaurs. I wish they would make more of these, Kaiyodo has pretty much ignored dinosaur Gashapon figures these past few years...

[Halichoeres]

I agree, I'd like more Dinotales style figures too. These skeletons for the CQ series are not really doing it for me.

[Roselaar]

Me neither, I don't care much for skeletal model reconstructions.

I do care for this classic Pachycephalosaurus figure though. Spot the rare variation here. 

[CityRaptor]

In the middle of the front row!

[Roselaar]

In the middle of the front row!

Bingo! 

[Roselaar]

And more Kaiyodosaurs. Really excellent figures!

[Shonisaurus]

Roselaar Kaiyodo's figures are very good. Above all, I like hallucination, which is much more realistic from my point of view than its Favorite counterpart. 

[bmathison1972]

Roselaar Kaiyodo's figures are very good. Above all, I like hallucination, which is much more realistic from my point of view than its Favorite counterpart. 

On the contrary, the 2016 Favorite Hallucigenia (assuming that's what you mean by hallucination) depicts the most current representation of the animal; the Kaiyodo one actually shows the out-of-date interpretation, where the 'head' is now considered a stain blob.