Type: Figurine

Review: Iguanodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.2 (18 votes)

The hulking ornithopod Iguanodon bernissartensis is probably the loveliest thing ever to spring from a mine in Belgium. Known from a number of remarkably complete specimens, you’d think it’d be hard to get the big-handed one wrong, and indeed most toys over the years have been decent, if unremarkable.

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Review: Baryonyx (Papo)

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

3.2 (44 votes)

Even for a company who apparently stumble upon scientific fidelity only by accident, Papo have made great strides towards more accurate prehistoric animal figures over the last few years, to the point where they’re even releasing a feathered Velociraptor (which shouldn’t be half as remarkable as it is).

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Review: Dinosaurs Of Japan (Capsule Q Museum by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Fukuiraptor, Pteranodon, Tambatitanis, Therizinosaurus, Toyotamaphimeia Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Crocodile, Pterosaur, Sauropod, Therizinosaur, Theropod, Titanosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Set

4.5 (11 votes)

For most of the field’s history, the bulk of paleontological research has occurred in North America, a fact reflected in the average dinosaur shelf lineup. There’s certainly no shortage of figures representing classics like Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus, while more obscure species from elsewhere in the world languish in the shadows.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Hunting) (Collecta)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (45 votes)

Hot on the heels of last year’s ‘Deluxe’ feathered Tyrannosaurus, Collecta have seen fit to update their smaller scale range with a similarly enfluffened tyrant. And its corpse. Happily – alive or dead – the miniature feathered T. rex has just much charm as its larger, leggier cousin.

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Review: The Dinosaur Expo 2016 set (Kaiyodo)

Genus: Parasaurolophus, Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Yi Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod, Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Set

4.9 (16 votes)

In the first half of 2016, the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan, held an event simply named ‘The Dinosaur Expo’ (still ongoing at the time of writing). Though I haven’t been myself, the exhibit seems to focus on recent dinosaur discoveries, with an accompanying set of figures.

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Review: Monanthesia and Cycadeoidea (CollectA)

Genus: Cycadeoidea, Monanthesia Brand: CollectA Classification: Plant Age: Carboniferous, Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Miocene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Permian, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Triassic Type: Figurine

5 (14 votes)

Review and photos by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
Greens, stems, and leaves, but no teeth, no blood, no gore . . . no wonder plants seldom provide more than background for movies or our dinosaur collections. Day of the Triffids (1962) is the classic plant horror film par excellence, where seemingly harmless plants attack and kill humans and charge to take over world domination within days (for those of you that can’t stand classic B-movies or modern semi-quality TV adaptations of them, Splinter may be a more thrilling choice, though the antagonist is !SPOILER ALERT!

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Review: Woolly rhinoceros (Starlux)

Genus: Coelodonta, Woolly rhinoceros Brand: Starlux Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine, Oldies

4 (12 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
As mentioned in my last review, Coelodonta, or the woolly rhino, is one of the first extinct mammals that most companies will make into a figurine, after the woolly mammoth and Smilodon.

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Review: Williamsonia (CollectA)

Genus: Williamsonia Brand: CollectA Classification: Plant Age: Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Miocene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Triassic Type: Figurine

5 (15 votes)

Thought I’d take a stab at reviewing a prehistoric plant for the first time. Let’s take a look at Williamsonia, a member of the order of Bennettitales, or cycadeoids. Bennettitales were an order of seed plants that first arose during the Triassic and then flourished all the way until the end of the Cretaceous.

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Review: Metridiochoerus (Jurassic Hunters by Geoworld)

Genus: Metridiochoerus Brand: Geoworld, Jurassic Hunters Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.1 (9 votes)

Review and photos by Takama, edited by amargasaurus cazaui and Suspsy
Out of all the prehistoric creatures that could have been made by modern toy companies, I assume a Metridiochoerus is not something you might expect. Metridiochoerus was basically a type of warthog that lived in Africa during the late Pleistocene, and it competed for the same niche as its modern cousin Phacochoerus, the common warthog.

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Review: Tyrantegosaurus (Predasaurs DNA Fusion by Simba)

Genus: Tyrantegosaurus Brand: monster, monster-1, Simba Classification: Fictional Type: Figurine

1.4 (8 votes)

Review and photos by Takama, edited by Suspsy

Today I have a figure that probably should not be here given that I openly said that I did not think the Indominus Rex was worthy of a review on the blog. But since the subject is part of a series that consists of nothing but monstrous hybrid dinosaurs that I feared would appear in Jurassic World in some way or another, I decided to give it a go.

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Review: Woolly rhinoceros (Papo)

Genus: Coelodonta, Woolly rhinoceros Brand: Papo Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.3 (17 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
If you were to ask most people to name three Ice Age mammals, the first would be the woolly mammoth, the second would be Smilodon and the third would be the subject of this review, the woolly rhino, in the form of Coelodonta.

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Review: Ceratosaurus (AAA)

Genus: Ceratosaurus Brand: AAA Classification: Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.3 (13 votes)

Review and photos by Takama, edited by Suspsy
A long time ago in the year 2005, I was hospitalized for 103 days due to a serious heart condition that nearly claimed my life at the young age of twelve. As a result of this issue, I was eligible for a wish to be granted by the Make A Wish Foundation of America, and it is thanks to them that the subject of today’s review is a part of my collection.

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