Type: Figurine

Review: Paraceratherium, Deluxe (CollectA)

Genus: Baluchitherium, Indricotherium, Paraceratherium Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammal Age: Oligocene Type: Figurine

4.2 (26 votes)

When companies have been around for a long time, the opportunity for remaking it arises. In prehistoric species, the better for it, as new information can completely change the look of an animal. And with the announcement of a new model of Paraceratherium, many were thrilled.

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Review: Opabinia regalis (Scientific Models by Trilobiti Design)

Genus: Opabinia Brand: Trilobiti Design Classification: Invertebrate Age: Cambrian Type: Figurine

4.6 (11 votes)

Review and images by bmathison1972, edited by Suspsy

Opabinia regalis is an enigmatic arthropod (or arthropod-like animal) from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale Lagerstätte of present-day British Columbia. It was a benthic predator, scouring the bottom of the Cambrian Seas for soft-bodied prey nearly 505 million years ago.

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Review: Giganotosaurus (Soft Model by Favorite Co. ltd)

Genus: Giganotosaurus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (20 votes)

Although we aren’t short on good-quality Giganotosaurus toys these days, Favorite’s new take is a worthwhile rendition with a few unique traits of its own.

Giganotosaurus (Giant Southern Lizard) might not stand within the most famous ring of dinosaur genera, but I’d say it’s hardly obscure by this point in history.

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Review: Mystery Egg (Kayakasaurus)

Genus: Albertosaurus Brand: Kayakosaurus Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (11 votes)

In this review, I wanted to give you something different. Today, I wanted to share with you not only the figure I got but also the entire experience of how I ended up chasing after a mystery egg! Before we start, I want to give a bit of a background on who the artist is.

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Review: Giant Wonambi (Lost Kingdoms Series A by Yowie)

Genus: Wonambi Brand: Lost Kingdoms, Yowie Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Miocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

3.6 (11 votes)

I love picking up rare species on the toy market, especially where they are part of groups that are rarely made. As mentioned previously, snakes are incredibly rare on the toy shelves, likely because they don’t vary too much so don’t sell well.

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Review: Spinosaurus Swimming ( CollectA )

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

4.7 (45 votes)

Fashion and dinosaur, what an odd thing to try and weave together in a toy review. If you grew up in the 90’s like me, or is interested in fashion, I’m sure you are familiar with the reign of the supermodels in that decade.

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Review: Baryonyx (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Baryonyx Brand: PNSO Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4 (28 votes)

It’s been a long and frustrating morning for Burton. It began with him failing to catch a pterosaur sitting on its nest. Next he snagged a large shark only for it to bite him painfully on the snout and escape. After that, he managed to come across a fresh nodosaur carcass, but was then chased away by an allosaur pack—and received another bite on his tail to boot!

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Review: Allosaurus (PNSO)

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

4.4 (61 votes)

Review and photos by Zim, edited by Suspsy

Allosaurus (meaning “different lizard”) is probably the most well known large predator of the Late Jurassic period some 155-145 million years ago, similar to how Tyrannosaurus was in the Late Cretaceous period.

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Review: Dinosaur Excavation no. 7 (Capsule MiniQ Museum by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Borealopelta, Carnotaurus, Iguanodon, Quetzalcoatlus, Tarbosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ankylosaur, Ceratosaur, Iguanodont (basal), Nodosaur, Ornithopod, Pterosaur, Theropod, Thyreophoran, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Set

4.6 (21 votes)

This set of reissued figurines offers an updated, good-quality variety of animals for collectors who might have missed earlier releases.

Kaiyodo’s miniature dinosaur lines might be among the very best in the market, even with more and more high-end companies entering the scene in recent years.

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Review: Owen’s Horned Turtle/Ninjemys (Lost Kingdoms Series A by Yowie)

Genus: Ninjemys, Owen's horned turtle, Owen's ninja turtle Brand: Lost Kingdoms, Yowie Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

3.5 (8 votes)

Fossil turtles, aside from Archelon, are extremely rare in toy form. There have been many different, interesting species over the millennia. Enter Yowie to set the record straight! And with quite the species too, with what they call Owen’s Horned Turtle.

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Review: Patagotitan (Wild Safari: Prehistoric World by Safari ltd.)

Genus: Patagotitan Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Sauropod, Titanosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.2 (22 votes)

Safari’s first dinosaur of 2022 has finally arrived, and while it might not be the show-stopper some would hope for, this sauropod is a well-made representation closely based on published material.

We love dinosaurs – especially BIG dinosaurs. The sheer size possessed by many of these ancient reptilian creatures has always played a part of their allure to the public.

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Review: Megalosaurus (2021)(CollectA)

Genus: Megalosaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Megalosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.5 (42 votes)

No one knows when precisely humans first discovered the fossilized remains of dinosaurs. Indigenous North Americans probably came across them in places now called Alberta or South Dakota or Utah. In China, “dragon bones” were recorded as being discovered all the way back during the Western Jin Dynasty between 265 and 316 AD.

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