To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the popular Marvel Comics character Deadpool back in 2021, Funko POP released six special figures that year. Included among them was none other than Dinopool, which combines the traits of the fourth wall-smashing Merc with a Mouth and the simply smashing Tyrannosaurus rex! Funko has made countless characters from all manner of...
Move over Bumpy, there’s a new cutie in the Jurassic World franchise. Introduced in Jurassic World: Rebirth, Dolores the Aquilops stole the hearts of children and adults alike and has now been merchandised to death! What was previously a mostly unheard of genus of early Cretaceous ceratopsian is now a household name with several toys to her likeness, ranging from...
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog. Finally, to round up the 7 inch ‘Cartoon Series’ by Wing Crown, here is the Tyrannosaurus, without which no set of dinosaur toys would be complete. And also, to conclude my overview of the 7 inch series, at the end I will take a brief look at some of the many other...
Review and Photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog. My overview of Wing Crown’s 7 inch ‘Cartoon Series’ continues with their Triceratops. This is definitely my least favourite in the set and I think the ‘cartoonification’ went a little too far. The body shape is fairly accurate for the genus, maybe a bit too low above the shoulders, but it’s fine...
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog The next critter in our overview of Wing Crown’s 7 inch ‘Cartoon Series’ is, as I’m sure you can tell from the photos, Spinosaurus. Not Dimetrodon, or Arizonasaurus – Spinosaurus. It certainly has a raised sail-like spine. I’m not going to argue against this identity because when the next new paper on...
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog Continuing with our overview of the 7 inch Cartoon Series by Wing Crown, Stegosaurus is next in line. Like the others in the series, this is simplified in its ‘early tetrapod’, just-walked-out-from-the-water form, with no anatomical intricacies to be found beyond the obligatory plates and tail spikes. This overview will therefore be...
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog Having recently set the scene for Wing Crown’s Cartoon Series in our introductory review, let’s now take a brief look at another of the figures in the 7 inch dinosaurs set. Parasaurolophus is next on the list, now in some nice warm colors, reminiscent of a sunset sky. The model is darkest...
Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog Hello! Plenty of people who are passionate about dinosaurs today likely started being so early in their lives. The toy producers at Wing Crown are surely aware of that phenomenon. Their attempts to appeal to the young has resulted in the creation of dinosaur depictions so anthropomorphised, goofy and friendly looking, that a...
Here’s a figure I didn’t anticipate adding to the collection, the Entertainment Earth Exclusive, Limited Edition, Funko Pop! Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary Brachiosaurus Vinyl Figure! Whew, that was a mouthful. My Jurassic franchise Pop! collection consists of a whopping two figures, the Stygimoloch and Dilophosaurus, which both have reviews here and are the only Funko Pop! figures on the blog....
I have a doozy for you today, a remarkable figure of C. corallestris, a semi-aquatic species of Compsognathus with fin-like hands. At least, that’s what palaeontologists thought when they described the type specimen in 1972. The interpretation didn’t last long though. The flippers were formally dismissed and reinterpreted as ‘normal’ hands in 1978, and ‘C. corallestris’ was later subsumed into...
The DinoToyBlog has evolved over the years, much like the prehistoric creatures we review. Articles here are more substantial now than ever before. The average word count has increased, the number of photographs has gone up, and the scientific rigour has shot through the roof. It’s fantastic! But not every review needs to be an essay. Indeed, not every figure...
Despite being the most popular of all dinosaurs, with multiple figures to its name released per year, everyone is still on the hunt for what they consider the “definitive” T. rex. Companies have tried to deliver it with mixed success. At various points over the last several years the title has been held by Safari, PNSO, Rebor, Beasts of the...
