Type: Figurine

Review: Pachyrhinosaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Pachyrhinosaurus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.9 (14 votes)

Pachyrhinosaurus was a ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Campanian age of the late Cretacious in what is now Canada. It was the largest of the “thick nosed” ceratopsians and is recognized by the fact that its skull sports no nose horn, just a large lumpy mass of bone.

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Review: Allosaurus (Wild Safari version 1 by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.5 (21 votes)

Review and photos by Rugops. Edited by Plesiosauria.
Allosaurus is one the most popular dinosaurs ever. Because of this it has appeared in many different sculpts, one of them being this model from 1996. The body, neck, and head are made of rigid plastic, while the arms, lower legs, and tail are made of softer, slightly pliable plastic.

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Review: Iguanodon (Bullyland)(2010 Version)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Bullyland Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.2 (10 votes)

Perhaps best known for their prehistoric mammals, Bullyland of Germany has been taking gradual steps to improve their line of dinosaur figures. Few figures exemplify this better than their latest version of Iguanodon, released in 2010.

Happily plodding on all fours, this gentle giant actually treads in the realm of action figures with an articulated left forearm.

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Review: Brontosaurus (Marolin / VEB Plaho)

Genus: Brontosaurus Brand: Marolin Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

3.7 (6 votes)

A firm from the German Democratic Republic, VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Plaho, released a series of highly collectable dinosaur figures in 1967. They were sold in the Museum of Sena in Thuringia, Germany until the mid-1980s. The follower firm to Plaho, Marolin, re-released them in 1990.

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Review: Tanystropheus (Starlux)

Genus: Tanystropheus Brand: Starlux Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Triassic Type: Figurine, Oldies

4.2 (9 votes)

Somehow, not a single Starlux figure has ever been reviewed on the Dinosaur Toy Blog! I don’t know how we omitted such an influential line all this time but it’s time to finally change that. The delightful line of prehistoric animals produced by French company Starlux, mainly during the 1960s and 70s, is highly collectible today.

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Review: Edmontosaurus (UKRD)

Genus: Edmontosaurus Brand: UKRD Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (20 votes)

The blog’s gone all grown-up recently with resin kits and limited-edition statues – leave it to me to lower the tone and introduce a mere toy. What we have here, then, is what is known among collectors as a ‘Chinasaur’ – cheaply made and featuring little more identification than ‘Made in China’.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Antediluvia Collection)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Antediluvia, David Krentz Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (23 votes)

David Krentz, also responsible for sculpting and designing the Sideshow Dinosauria Collection, has created a line of dinosaur models on a much smaller and thankfully less expensive scale. The Antediluvia Collection consists of dinosaurs all made in exactly 1/72 scale but don’t let the small size fool you.

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Review: Protoceratops (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Protoceratops Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Ceratopsian, Ceratopsian (basal) Age: Cretaceous Type: Baby Dino, Figurine

3.7 (7 votes)

One of the more unusual early Carnegie releases (© 1988), this Protoceratops is less dinosaur toy, more cheap-‘n’-cheerful diorama. The inspiration’s pretty obvious for anyone who’s read a dinosaur book or two (a classic case of mistaken identity – nobody tell this guy!), but it made for an odd early entry among the chunky theropods with painted-on teeth.

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Review: Agustinia (Deluxe Collection, CollectA)

Genus: Agustinia Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3 (27 votes)

Review and Photos by Nicholas Anning (“Brontozaurus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.
CollectA/Procon is somewhat unique among dinosaur toy companies in that they have an extensive range of dinosaur toys which represent relatively obscure dinosaurs. While these toys seem to vary in quality (to say the least), they at least deserve points for trying.

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Review: Apatosaurus (2010) (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine Scale: 1:50

4.3 (23 votes)

Review and photos by Dr Andre Mursch (“Brontodocus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.

Get your fore feet back down to earth, Bronto, here comes 2010’s latest release of the Wild Safari Dinos series by Safari Ltd:

Apatosaurus maybe regarded the archetype of a sauropod – a highly iconic dinosaur taxon almost everybody knows today – despite the long taxonomic confusion caused by its popular junior synonym Brontosaurus coined by the same author, O.C.

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Review: Plesiosaurus (Papo)

Genus: Plesiosaurus Brand: Papo Classification: Plesiosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.8 (24 votes)

The exciting news in 2010 that Papo was to release a plesiosaur, their first ever marine reptile, was quashed quickly when I saw the early publicity photograph. The picture revealed a disappointing Nessie-like concoction with a chubby body and a swan-like neck. In the flesh, the Papo Plesiosaurus evokes mixed feelings.

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Review: Kentrosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Kentrosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.1 (18 votes)

What’s that coming over the hill? Why, it’s the Wild Safari Kentrosaurus, new for 2010. A special mention should go out to the magnanimous and quite probably very handsome Dan Liebman, he of Dan’s Dinosaurs, who was generous enough to airmail me this little guy for a reviewing.

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