Type: Figurine

Review: Ceratopsian Collection (Capsule Q Museum by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Diabloceratops, Kosmoceratops, Triceratops Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Set

3.9 (7 votes)

The last several years have laid witness to the discovery of an ever more bizarre catalog of those charismatic and intriguing dinosaurs known as the ceratopsians. With outlandish head gear and eccentric names like Diabloceratops, Mojoceratops, Kosmoceratops and Medusaceratops it’s no wonder this group of dinosaurs is among the most popular.

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Review: Shunosaurus (Procon/CollectA)

Genus: Shunosaurus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.8 (9 votes)

Shunosaurus Lii is a sauropod that lived during the middle Jurassic in what would now be present day China. It has some strange features for a sauropod, such as a relatively short neck, and a tail that has a club at the end.

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Review: Plesiosuchus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Plesiosuchus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Crocodile Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.6 (19 votes)

Metriorhynchids were fully aquatic crocodyliforms with reduced forelimbs, no osteoderms, and shark-like tail flukes for propelling themselves through the depths. Plesiosuchus, at an estimated 6.8 m long, is the largest known member of the family. Like its very distant relative the modern saltwater crocodile, this Jurassic predator probably fed on whatever it could catch, from various fish to other marine reptiles.

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Review: Pteranodon (AAA)

Genus: Pteranodon Brand: AAA Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.6 (10 votes)

Review and photographs by Dilopho, edited by Suspsy
Pteranodon is a Latin word meaning “winged and toothless.” So what on earth was the AAA sculptor thinking when they made this monster? It’s huge, mean and scary–it’s not the Pteranodon we are used to.

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Review: Stegosaurus (AAA)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: AAA Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.2 (13 votes)

Review and photographs by Dilopho
What do you think of when I say “Stegosaurus“? A graceful, lumbering giant with huge elegant plates and deadly spikes, carefully making his way through a tropical Jurassic forest? Well, it’s clear that this wasn’t always the answer.

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Review: Allosaurus (Soft Model Series 2 by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.2 (14 votes)

If you like your dinosaurs well detailed, accurately sculpted, and shrink wrapped in true 1990’s fashion than look no further than Favorite’s latest take on some of our favorite classic dinosaurs. Favorite Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company formally known as Kinto. Their first series of dinosaurs consisted of a line of well-made and mostly accurate dinosaurs, all popular classics, none of them obscure.

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Review: Dilophosaurus (The First Giants by Schleich)

Genus: Dilophosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Theropod, Theropod (basal) Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3 (21 votes)

Review and photographs by Takama, edited by Suspsy
Dilophosaurus has been a staple dinosaur ever since it appeared in a certain 20-year old movie that many companies like to pander to. Despite the inaccurate appearance in that movie, most companies base their Dilophosaurus on the real thing to an extent, making sure that their models lack a extendable frill.

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Review: Mapusaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Mapusaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.8 (18 votes)

Despite being one of the largest known carnivorous dinosaurs, and despite featuring prominently in an episode of the BBC’s Planet Dinosaur series, Mapusaurus seems to be far less popular than its close relatives Carcharodontosaurus and Giganotosaurus.

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Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Megatherium Brand: Prehistoric Life, Wild Safari Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

4.8 (13 votes)

Back in the mid-2000’s Safari Ltd. released a series of mammals for what they dubbed the “Prehistoric Life Collection.” The series included popular animals like Smilodon and the woolly mammoth but also included some more obscure creatures like the Andrewsarchus, Arsinoitherium, Ambelodon, Doedicurus, and the giant sloth.

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Review: Prehistoric Plants (Safari Ltd)

Genus: Agathis, Araucaria, Tree fern Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Plant Age: Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Miocene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Triassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (10 votes)

Review and photographs by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
Plants and trees may not be a collector’s first choice of models to collect, and not only because there’s so few around. In general, humans feel more attracted to animals than towards plants despite the fact that we could still live well without keeping or even breeding (and feeding on) animals, but not without plants.

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Review: Dunkleosteus (Favorite Co. Ltd)

Genus: Dunkleosteus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd., Kinto Classification: Fish Age: Devonian Type: Figurine

5 (11 votes)

Review and photographs by Tim Sosa
In the Devonian period, the largest animals were arthrodires, huge armored fish informally referred to as placoderms. ‘Arthrodire’ means “joint-necked,” referring to the fact that there was a hinge in their armor between the thorax and the back of the head.

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Review: Ankylosaurus (Deluxe by CollectA)

Genus: Ankylosaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.8 (21 votes)

As the enemy approaches, the gladiator swings his heavy club from side to side, stamps his foot, and growls defiantly. The tyrannosaur is huge and hungry, but the gladiator has fought many battles and sent many would-be killers limping away bloody and broken.

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