The Identification thread

[tyrantqueen]

I was not sure where to post this. Does the Carnegie Giga have a tripod pose. Mine does not but i saw a picture with one as a tripod. Please help.

Ideally, it is supposed to stand as a biped. But often it doesn't. My own Giga did not stand by itself no matter how much I reheated it. The legs are quite skinny so the figure may topple even if you do manage to get it to stand by itself.

[Zhuchengotyrant]

I was not sure where to post this. Does the Carnegie Giga have a tripod pose. Mine does not but i saw a picture with one as a tripod. Please help.

Ideally, it is supposed to stand as a biped. But often it doesn't. My own Giga did not stand by itself no matter how much I reheated it. The legs are quite skinny so the figure may topple even if you do manage to get it to stand by itself.

Thank you, and mine stands perfectly, usually.... 

[Roselaar]

Need to have these identified! I know the three on the right are Sega Dinosaur King figures, but I also need to know what species they represent. The green Iguanodon looks like a mirrored copy of the Kaiyodo Dino Tales Series 2 figure, but smaller. And it belongs to the same line as the not so Kaiyodoesque pink Brachiosaurus.

[Crackington]

The purple one is Maiasaura, not sure of the other 2.

[Roselaar]

Maiasaura helps, thanks. Now for the rest of them...

[Ikessauro]

Carcharodontosaurus and Saichania (the ones from Sega)

[Roselaar]

Carcharodontosaurus and Saichania (the ones from Sega)

Thanks! I take it these three came together in one of those 3-packs?

[Wellnhoferia]

Does anybody know what brand or company made this placerias?

[Libraraptor]

Wellnhoferia, this is a Placerias from this set

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ZVG3IW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=theplesdire-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005ZVG3IW

There´s some other information on the net, just google Placerias figure or Placerias toy.

[SBell]

Need to have these identified! I know the three on the right are Sega Dinosaur King figures, but I also need to know what species they represent. The green Iguanodon looks like a mirrored copy of the Kaiyodo Dino Tales Series 2 figure, but smaller. And it belongs to the same line as the not so Kaiyodoesque pink Brachiosaurus.

The only ones I don't know for sure are the purple brachiosaur and the green iguanodont--they look like they are part of the same set though.

The Carcharodontosaurus, Maiasaura and Saichania are from the Series 1 Dinosaur King set from Playmates. They were available in 2-, 4- and 10- packs, I believe (the Maiasaura often came with the Daspletosaurus).

The brown Velociraptor is a K&M International figure from the Exotic Dinosaurs set (not Wild Republic--the name change didn't happen until after the dino set was made). It was a set of 5 dinosaurs; well-made for the time, which was normal for K&M figures in the late 90s, when these were made.

The little guys are from minis sets also made by K&M International. They were sold in blister packs of 8 figures with a plastic suitcase. There were 3 different sets for a total of 24 prehistoric animals (I have some marine reptiles and mammals as well). There were also sea lif and wild animal ones. It's probably obvious by tenses, but these have not been made in a long time; over 10 years now.

As for identifying the species--good luck. They are pretty non-specific if they aren't immediately obvious (Dimetrodon, Kentrosaurus, Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Corythosaurus, Brachiosaurus). The ankylosaur is pretty tough to ID past that (there are more than one in the set). The theropods are even harder--there's really nothing in particular to distinguish them as they pretty generic. The blue has a longer snout, so it's probably meant to be a raptor.

[Roselaar]

Thanks for the ID, Sbell!

If there's any pictures out there of the sets you mentioned these figures belong to, those would be very much appreciated.

[SBell]

Thanks for the ID, Sbell!

If there's any pictures out there of the sets you mentioned these figures belong to, those would be very much appreciated.

I'll see what I can come up with--I have individual photos of them all, but I don't think anyone needs to see 24 photos of tiny K&M's. I'll try to hunt them down for a quick group shot.

[copper]

i found this picture of a protoceratops model on a site while i was searching for images. any clues about this one?

[deanm]

Copper, I have no idea about the manufacturers identity but it almost seems like a Favorite soft model.

[copper]

Copper, I have no idea about the manufacturers identity but it almost seems like a Favorite soft model.

i too thought about the favorite models, interesting! i wish i could somehow get that protoceratops...

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Copper, I have no idea about the manufacturers identity but it almost seems like a Favorite soft model.

i too thought about the favorite models, interesting! i wish i could somehow get that protoceratops...

http://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/en/dic/Protoceratops.html

[tyrantqueen]

That Protoceratops looks to be a museum model. From the style it looks to have been made by either Kazunari Araki or Hirokazu Tokugawa.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

It's pretty cool looking.

[copper]

Copper, I have no idea about the manufacturers identity but it almost seems like a Favorite soft model.

i too thought about the favorite models, interesting! i wish i could somehow get that protoceratops...

http://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/en/dic/Protoceratops.html

that's the site where i found it.    so seems like this model is unobtainable...?    : (

[stoneage]

Copper, I have no idea about the manufacturers identity but it almost seems like a Favorite soft model.

i too thought about the favorite models, interesting! i wish i could somehow get that protoceratops...

http://www.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp/en/dic/Protoceratops.html

that's the site where i found it.    so seems like this model is unobtainable...?    : (

Unless someone makes one.