The Identification thread

[Funk]

^ Nice, first time I see that weird grey thing on the right anywhere else! I posted it here some weeks ago.

[brontosauruschuck]

The upper ones look like some hideous mutant Platypi.

Just because they came with Dinosaurs does not mean they are real critters, as those show:

Does anyone know more about the Centrosaurus/Monoclonius in this auction?
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Dinosaurier/163926549970?hash=item262ac8a5d2:g:TKcAAOSwveNdvBKr

I have one, but can't tell you anything about it. As far as I recall it does not have any texts or imprints that could trace its manufacturer or brand.

I have one of the same shape, but in a totally different colouring. It says "DISGA" at its belly.

Thanks for the info.

Oh man, I remember those. I was such a frustrated child trying to identify them.

[Halichoeres]

The upper ones look like some hideous mutant Platypi.

Just because they came with Dinosaurs does not mean they are real critters, as those show:

Sure, that's perfectly true. Yet I note with dismay that I am no wiser than before.

[bmathison1972]

The two in the front can be found in the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual, at least they were there when I played this game in the early-mid 1980s. Not sure which came first, the toy modeled after the book, or the book got the idea from the toy.

[bmathison1972]

The two in the front can be found in the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual, at least they were there when I played this game in the early-mid 1980s. Not sure which came first, the toy modeled after the book, or the book got the idea from the toy.

Did some snooping around; they are a bulette and a rust monster. See here:

https://diterlizzi.com/essay/owlbears-rust-monsters-and-bulettes-oh-my/

[Crackington]

I remember having the "rust bucket" in the late 70s and always wondering what on Earth in was supposed to be. Like the guy in the web-link article, it came in handy as an alien critter for space-men to come across on their travels 

[Funk]

Nice link! Turns out I have a lot of those, worth a review? Individually or as a bunch?

[CityRaptor]

Well, let's hope you were not the one who paid that price:

[Funk]

Yikes, nope, they've been lying forgotten in various boxes since I was a kid... They weren't exactly my favourites. Some of them seem to be copies of later Marx figures?

Specifically, I have almost all the ones in this bag from that site:

[bmathison1972]

Yup, as a child in the 70s and early 80s I had these toys too. They usually came in small bags like that in grocery and drug stores. Usually a mix of Marx copies and D&D monsters LOL.

[stargatedalek]

I think the rust monster itself is also a Marx copy if I'm not mistaken.

[Halichoeres]

B @bmathison1972, thank you for your help. I was aware of those (according to Wikipedia, Gygax was inspired by the toys, rather than the other way around). CityRaptor mentioned those little monster figures by way of illustration, but I was asking about these:

[Silvanusaurus]

What is the meaning of this? I'd guess a bootleg, but of what?

(found here on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Phorusrhacos-Microraptor-Bird-Animal-Figure-Model-Toy-Collector-Decor-Kid-Gift/254041128507?_trkparms=aid%3D555021%26algo%3DPL.SIMRVI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20190711100440%26meid%3D6b76f23392cf462bb7b996344a46a79a%26pid%3D100752%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D13%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D254398656742%26itm%3D254041128507%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982)

[brontosauruschuck]

I always thought this was the Schleich Apatosaurus, but I guess it isn't? Anyone know what it is and/or who makes it?

[CityRaptor]

Looks like a bootleg of the Papo Apatosaurus:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2015/05/17/apatosaurus-papo/

[brontosauruschuck]

Loks like a bootleg of the Papo Apatosaurus:
http://dinotoyblog.com/2015/05/17/apatosaurus-papo/

Beautiful. Thanks!

[Halichoeres]

@Silvanusaurus That's definitely supposed to be a Microraptor. I'm not sure who makes it, but I've seen it sold under several names on AliExpress and at a gift shop here in the States. The name I've seen most is "Oenux," which is a name I've also seen for a variety of bootlegs. However, as near as I can tell, this isn't a bootleg of any well-known brand. Here's an AliExpress listing for it: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32976296092.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.747e7ab0Hnx4gm&algo_pvid=204007a6-3f6a-49ad-98e8-d50c42247c7e&algo_expid=204007a6-3f6a-49ad-98e8-d50c42247c7e-5&btsid=e298f806-086a-4be9-a090-bfbeec1e6fc6&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3,searchweb201603_55

[Silvanusaurus]

@Silvanusaurus That's definitely supposed to be a Microraptor. I'm not sure who makes it, but I've seen it sold under several names on AliExpress and at a gift shop here in the States. The name I've seen most is "Oenux," which is a name I've also seen for a variety of bootlegs. However, as near as I can tell, this isn't a bootleg of any well-known brand. Here's an AliExpress listing for it: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32976296092.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.747e7ab0Hnx4gm&algo_pvid=204007a6-3f6a-49ad-98e8-d50c42247c7e&algo_expid=204007a6-3f6a-49ad-98e8-d50c42247c7e-5&btsid=e298f806-086a-4be9-a090-bfbeec1e6fc6&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_3,searchweb201603_55

Oh right, that's interesting. I thought it looked like an unusually artfully detailed sculpt for an unbranded mass produced figure, like a Papo microraptor that never was...

[brontosauruschuck]

What's this?

[RobinGoodfellow]

What's this?

Recur (from China):

https://www.urzeitshop.de/gb/recur/2720-edmontonia-dinosaurier-figur-von-recur-6970442050113.html