I have a soft spot for the UKRD figures of the 90s, as they were among the first dinosaur toys I collected as a kid, and I’ve reviewed quite a few of them for this blog. I’ve now reached the Stegosaurus from 1992 and thought it would just be an “also ran” kind of review, as the figure itself is...
Although I’ve been collecting toy dinosaurs for over 15 years my only representatives of the second dinosaur described by science have been the 1961 Marx, 1980 Invicta, and 1992 Carnegie Collection Iguanodon figures. It’s a somewhat embarrassing confession but let me explain myself. Shortly after its release I very nearly bought the Safari Iguanodon. I had it in-hand in a...
Lokiceratops is a recently discovered centrosaurine ceratopsid from the famous Judith River Formation of Montana, United States. Its name honours the Norse god Loki, who is frequently depicted wearing a helmet with curved, blade-like horns (especially so in the Marvel comics and movies) that are somewhat reminiscent of the ones found on its frill. And at 6.7 metres long and 5...
Described in 1994, Cryolophosaurus is notable for being the first named dinosaur and first theropod discovered on Antarctica. Antarctopelta was the first dinosaur discovered on the continent, but Cryolophosaurus was named before it. Cryolophosaurus comes from the Handon formation and unfortunately the dinosaur material recovered from there is very scant. Cryolophosaurus itself is decently well known however, with remains consisting...
Having grown up in the 80s and the 90s, I can vividly recall Lambeosaurus sometimes being described as one of the very biggest ornithopods, rivalling Shantungosaurus itself. That notion was based on a specimen known as LACM 17715, discovered in Baja California, Mexico, and named L. laticaudus in 1981. But in 2012, it was renamed as a separate genus, Magnapaulia, and...
Review by Paleo Flo, edited by DinoToyBlog. When it comes to dinosaur figures and models we are actually living in some kind of wonderland. There are so many companies which all produce wonderful offerings of the animals from deep time. As a dinosaur enthusiast you have the trouble of choosing. In recent years two companies became the greatest players in...
High tide comes as a blessing for Shipwreck, who is in a very tight spot right now. Literally. In her temararious attempt to catch a much smaller mosasaur, she pursued it right into a small, shallow lagoon. Her prey then scooted back into open water just as the tide went out, leaving Shipwreck effectively trapped. For the past twelve hours,...
In the birdwatching hobby there exists something known as a “spark bird”, the species that sparked your interest in birds and got you into bird watching. Although I am a birder, I do not have a spark bird, but when it comes to the dinosaur toy hobby, I do have spark dinosaur figures: the feathered Carnegie Collection toys released in...
Using the holidays as an excuse to take things easy I decided to take a quick and easy look at another Captivz dinosaur. This time we’re looking at the only Captivz ceratopsian left to review, the Sinoceratops. Sinoceratops needs no introduction these days. Described in 2010, its popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. Maybe that’s because it’s the first ceratopsid...
Because of the recent holiday happenings around the house I decided I wanted to keep my workload light this week and review something quick and easy, so I turned to my unreviewed assortment of Captivz figures. My pair of Captivz Triceratops quickly caught my eye. The Captivz Triceratops was one of the first Captivz figures I acquired, and it was...
Aside from Tyrannosaurus rex, not very many prehistoric animals can rightly lay claim to the status of pop culture icon, but Brontosaurus is most definitely one of them. It is by no means the biggest sauropod, nor is it the most unusual, but it is blessed with a name that always rolls off one’s tongue in a most satisfyingly smooth way. For a...
Shantungosaurus giganteus, as its name suggests, was a monster of a hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of China. It is known from a handful of incomplete skeletons. Shantungosaurus may be the sister genus to the American Edmontosaurus. Two other genera, Zhuchengosaurus and Huaxiasaurus, appear to represent ontogenetic and polymorphic variation of S. giganteus. The animal’s habitat was warm, wet, and...
