Type: Figurine

Review: Micromachines dinosaurs (National Geographic Collection/ Micromachines)

Genus: Brachiosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Pachycephalosaurus, Protoceratops Brand: Micromachines Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Ceratopsian, Ceratosaur, Macronaria (basal), Pachycephalosaur, Sauropod, Theropod, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Set

3.8 (5 votes)

Micromachines, a brand noted for their wide range of miniature automobiles, stepped outside the box when they produced a series of dinosaurs in association with National Geographic. Obviously they are all tiny, a bit smaller than the figures in Kaiyodo’s dinotales range, but they are quite nice and very collectible.

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Review: Stenonychosaurus / Troodon (Invicta)

Genus: Stenonychosaurus, Troodon Brand: Invicta Classification: Theropod, Troodont Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Monochrome Scale: 1:13

4.8 (21 votes)

Review by Stefan Schröder (alias Libraraptor)
This Invicta Stenonychosaurus/ Troodon is already 21 years old and still one of the best coelurosaur reconstructions that have ever been made.

I really like this very credible sculpture for it has many details which are not obvious at first sight.

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Review: Edaphosaurus (Bullyland)

Genus: Edaphosaurus Brand: Bullyland Classification: Pelycosaur Age: Permian Type: Figurine

4.6 (16 votes)

Photos by Lanthanotus
This figure is not a dinosaur but a very felicitous reconstruction of a plant-eating pelycosaur from the Lower Permian Period. Once again, Bullyland have proved that they are able to create realistic and authentic figures of extinct animals.

I said felicitous because the Bullyland Edaphosaurus is very authentic in many aspects.

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Review: Liopleurodon (CollectA/Procon)

Genus: Liopleurodon Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.9 (18 votes)

Pliosaurs again! This time we will sample Procon’s offering which is a Liopleurodon.

This is the second plesiosaur produced by Procon, the first one being the elasmosaurid Hydrotherosaurus (reviewed here), but this is their first pliosaur. Procon are tending to divide collectors with their new lines.

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Review: Baryonyx (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Baryonyx Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.1 (27 votes)

Baryonyx figures have a tendency to be produced in a quadropedal posture. This is most notable in the Schleich version (reviewed here) and the Invicta version (reviewed here), and is almost the case in this Carnegie Collection version by Safari Ltd.

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Review: Apatosaurus (Galaxy/Safari, 'Great Dinos' Collection)

Genus: Apatosaurus Brand: Galaxy, Great Dinosaurs, Safari Ltd. Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.6 (18 votes)

We reviewed this figure briefly before (here) but thanks to Atomic Elephant who sent us a review sample, we can now give this hefty figure a little more attention. There are two versions with differing paint schemes, a blue design and the grey/blue design, which we present here (although it look blue in our photos because of the lighting!).

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Review: Liopleurodon (Walking with Dinosaurs by Toyway)

Genus: Liopleurodon Brand: Toyway, Walking with Dinosaurs Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (24 votes)

It’s time to continue our series of pliosaur figure reviews and this time we will look at the Walking with Dinosaurs Liopleurodon toy by Toyway. The WWD line has been out of production for some years and was only available locally for a short period of time, so this rare figure is quickly becoming a ‘holy grail’ for dinosaur collectors.

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Review: Spinosaurus (2008 version)(Schleich)

Genus: Spinosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.4 (18 votes)

Review by ‘Cordylus (AKA geckofan)’ and Dinotoyblog, photographs by “Cordylus (AKA geckofan)

It seems as though Schleich has seen the latest attempts by companies such as Papo and Safari Ltd and are now trying to get away from retro-style dinosaurs and on to new, more modern versions.

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Review: Spinosaurus (Famemaster)

Genus: Spinosaurus Brand: Fame Master Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Construction, Figurine

2.4 (11 votes)

Since the release of Jurassic Park 3, Spinosaurus has become one of the most popular and infamous dinosaurs. However, there are still relatively few figures of Spinosaurus and even fewer good ones. The Famemaster 4D puzzle is one of the more reasonable ones.

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Review: Kronosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Kronosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd. Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine Scale: 1:40

3.2 (23 votes)

We now return to our series of pliosaur reviews. We have already looked in detail at the popular Chap Mei Liopleurodon here and more recently the Kronosaurus by Schleich. Let’s now take a look at Safari Ltd’s offering, another popular figure, the Carnegie Collection Kronosaurus.

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Review: Allosaurus (Papo) (Review)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Papo Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (39 votes)

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Back in January 2008, the Dinosaur Toy Blog announced the unveiling of Papo’s latest addition to their dinosaur line (here). Well, it’s finally for sale so I’ve had the opportunity to review the figure in more detail and provide some detailed photographs.

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Review: Kronosaurus (Schleich)

Genus: Kronosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.2 (25 votes)

Big nasty pliosaurs are the order of the day – and there are plenty more to come – this review represents the first in a series of pliosaur blog entries I’m working on. A compare and contrast deal; battle of the pliosaur toys so to speak!

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