Useless Facts

[Libraraptor]

Ladies and gentlemen,  this thread will be fun and fill a much needed gap.  Let' s share useless facts about everything concerning palaeontology,  prehistoric animal toys and models.  First fact:

Eofauna Atlasaurus and Bullyland  1990 Brachiosaurus have EXACTLY the same height.

[CityRaptor]

The Dieter Stark figure released by Kenner for The Lost World: Jurassic Park does not look like the character at all. But it perfectly matches the Human Hunter character from the PSX game based on the movie.
https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Dieter_Stark
https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Dieter_Stark_(Kenner)
https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lost_World:_Jurassic_Park_(video_game)/Human_Hunter_level

[suspsy]

The cloaca on the 2015 Feathered T. rex by CollectA is 3 mm long!

[Halichoeres]

What a fun idea for a thread. Here's one: the Inpro Heterodontosaurus is misspelled "HETERODONTDSAURUS" on its belly.

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

If it falls from an appropriate height, the head from the PNSO Euhelopus can fall almost cleanly off.

[Halichoeres]

If it falls from an appropriate height, the head from the PNSO Euhelopus can fall almost cleanly off.

Oh no, what an unfortunate piece of knowledge to possess! Was it an easy repair at least?

[CityRaptor]

Yeah, that happens to foot of the big Sega T.rex ( the earlier, skinny version ), too. And the foot bounces off and ends up at the other end of the room.

[Kapitaenosavrvs]

Yeah, that happens to foot of the big Sega T.rex ( the earlier, skinny version ), too. And the foot bounces off and ends up at the other end of the room.

What a coincidence. Also, the upper jaw of the brown coloured skinny Sega T. rex is wider than on the grey Version.

[Libraraptor]

Normally, Starlux Ornithosuchus is bipedal. However, if you break off its right food at the right height, it becomes credibly quadrupedal.  ...

[Halichoeres]

The Henkel/Ovomaltine/Yoplait Diplocaulus is misspelled "Diplaucolus" on its belly.

[Libraraptor]

The Henkel/Ovomaltine/Yoplait Diplocaulus is misspelled "Diplaucolus" on its belly.

Still wait for the revelation of availing one of those Henkel et al.  figures someday

[Halichoeres]

The Henkel/Ovomaltine/Yoplait Diplocaulus is misspelled "Diplaucolus" on its belly.

Still wait for the revelation of availing one of those Henkel et al.  figures someday

I learned this fact from an eBay listing, where the Diplocaulus sold for over $200. 

[Gothmog the Baryonyx]

@Halichoeres I did reattach the head, but the seam is visible. Will have to repaint it

For a new useless fact, excluding the 2 infant animals, almost half of the original prehistoric mammals sculpted by Doug Watson for Safari Ltd begin with the letter A.

[Duna]

The Henkel/Ovomaltine/Yoplait Diplocaulus is misspelled "Diplaucolus" on its belly.

Still wait for the revelation of availing one of those Henkel et al.  figures someday

I can trade with you two of mine if you want.


Another useless fact: in the Spanish dubbing of BBC Walking With Dinosaurs, narrator talked about Velociraptor instead of Utahraptor. Now all Spanish adults think Velociraptors live in Europe and two of them can kill a Iguanodon.

Starlux mastodon figure is an Anancus, indeed.

Jaru's Marx slim Tyrannosaurus's knock off has 5 letters of the name TYRANNOSAURUS inverted. 

[BlueKrono]

The Henkel/Ovomaltine/Yoplait Diplocaulus is misspelled "Diplaucolus" on its belly.

Still wait for the revelation of availing one of those Henkel et al.  figures someday

I learned this fact from an eBay listing, where the Diplocaulus sold for over $200. 

Maybe it's a rare variant of an already rare line. 😉

[Bowhead Whale]

In an "Archie" comic book from the 1980's, an orange Albertosaurus-like dinosaur (smaller than Tyranno) is called a "Brontosaurus".

[GojiraGuy1954]

Papo's Pentaceratops can be leaned onto its front for a quadrupedal pose, which seems to be purposeful. The front legs are flush with the ground if you do it.

[Stegotyranno420]

The Papo Limited  Spinosaurus MAY have been made around 2016, as if you were to save the promo photo, it dates back to 2016.

[Megalosaurus]

Useless fact:
The Monster in My Pocket Compsognathus has a pair flippers!


Now a fun fact is that THIS WAS CORRECT in 1975!


Yes the figure is a Compsognathus Corallestris.

[Libraraptor]

This subspecies then was called "Compsognathus collarestris".