Why And When Did You Start Collecting?

[Shonisaurus]

I began to collect seriously dinosaurs since the late eighties precisely in 1989 my first figures were the prehistoric animals of Invicta and Safari. Although I was interested in dinosaurs and prehistoric animals from my earliest childhood that is from 1975-1976. Every year I asked at Christmas (in my country Reyes Magos) those figures and I always woke up on the night of Kings without those dinosaurs. My parents told me that the Magi had no chance of finding them because it cost them a lot of money. I simply resigned myself with stoicism until the following year, but I can assure you that the experience of a child is quite frustrating.

My interest in dinosaurs, as I mentioned on one occasion, was born when I saw Wald Disney's "Fantasia" movie with four years at the Gran Via movie theater and I remember that my father had to take me out to the street at the end of that episode. When the dinosaurs died strangely because I started crying a lot, I was very sorry to see the dinosaurs fall one after the other. Since then I am in love with dinosaurs.

The prehistoric world as well as reading books or immersing myself in exotic places (adventure books) make me forget for a moment the sad daily, personal and human reality that happens in the world. It is like a lenitive to all my frustrations and pains.

The dinosaurs and prehistoric animals is like my cloth of tears before so many problems and pains that neither I, nor anyone or anything can solve both as regards me and in relation to the rest of humanity apart from that I am excited about collecting and the prehistoric and non-prehistoric animals that fortunately exist on earth, still among us and if it depended on me, I would not wish for any of the current species to become extinct.

[sauroid]

i've always had dinosaurs/modern animal toys since very early childhood because of my inherent love for animals (and since i cant keep the real thing), and surprisingly ive taken care not to ruin any of them even during that time. when i was in my teen years thats when i started collecting them seriously and been accumulating for the past 15 years. i think i may have several thousands already (but unfortunately, incomplete). there were ups and downs, but i usually get back to collecting (thats also the time when im not interested in posting in forums and groups hence my absence).

[Sauropelta]

It started when I was looking up dinosaur art online and found pictures of toys/ figures. Then I saw everyone getting excited about jurassic world fk toys by mattel. I'm new to the hobby but I've owned dinosaur toys as a kid. The quality of figures is far better now.

[JohannesB]

In the late Seventies I got a present for Sinterklaas (the original Santa Claus), namely a Dimetrodon plastic model kit. I may already have been a Mesozoic life enthusiast since I was four years old, but that present set into motion a small spree of collecting dinosaur toy figures with which I was pretty happy, even though they were the usual ugly chinasaurs, of which I own none anymore. When the Invicta figures arrived - the first real museum quality dinosaur toy models - I started collecting those, and I am now the happy owner of the whole (original unpainted) series. In the Nineties and first decade of the XXI Century I bought a few model kits, including the Tony McVey Tyrannosaurus. In the last ten years or so, I started to collect even more, mainly Carnegie and Safari figures, and some Rebor, PNSO, Sega, Bullyland etc. We are truly living in the golden age of dinosaur (toy) models.

[dyno77]

so iv always been interested in dinosaurs, monsters and even cryptozoology . Also the history of dinosaurs in flims,books and other media esp how they make dinosaurs in flims . Iv got alot more figures now than i used to have and im glad i kept the old jurassic park 1-3 figures . Also have a few replica dinosaur teeth and some smaller skulls along with a few sideshow dinosaur figures.