Type: Figurine

Review: Smilodon (2015 version by CollectA)

Genus: Smilodon Brand: CollectA Classification: Cat, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4.2 (11 votes)

Smilodon, the legendary sabre-toothed cat (not tiger!), is rivalled in popularity among prehistoric mammals only by the woolly mammoth. Despite the fearsome appearance of its huge canines, they were actually quite fragile and could not have withstood the stress of struggling prey. Instead, Smilodon probably used its great strength to immobilize a victim before driving its canines into the throat region for a precision kill.

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Review: Daeodon (CollectA)

Genus: Daeodon Brand: CollectA Classification: Mammal Age: Miocene, Oligocene Type: Figurine

4.8 (17 votes)

The carcass is days old, decaying, and beset with insects, but that means nothing to the marauder. He seizes the prize in his monstrous jaws and crunches down decisively. Bone fragments, crushed marrow, rancid meat, and still-wiggling maggots all disappear down his throat. He pauses only to emit a wet belch before resuming his feast.

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Review: Tanystropheus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Tanystropheus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Reptile (other) Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (14 votes)

One of my favorite critters from the Triassic period has to be Tanystropheus. In a period renowned for its strange non-dinosaur Archosauromorphs the Tanystropheus is certainly among the strangest. Superficially similar to a plesiosaur this animal appears to have been semi-aquatic, with webbed feet instead of flippers.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Feathered Deluxe by CollectA)

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

3.6 (45 votes)

Having gorged himself on flesh and liver of hadrosaur, the sovereign rises to his full height. He raises his fiery red crest, opens his blood-streaked jaws, and bellows a warning to the landscape. He then retreats to a shady grove a short distance away. As he settles down to rest, his dark eyes remain fixed on his half-eaten kill.

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Review: Woolly Mammoth and Baby (Playmobil)

Genus: Mammuthus, Woolly mammoth Brand: Playmobil Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Action Figure, Figurine

4.7 (10 votes)

In 2011, Playmobil’s Stone Age line took its fans to the ancient world of cave people and prehistoric beasts. And just as you can’t have a dinosaur line without T. rex, you can’t have a Pleistocene megafauna line without Mammuthus primigenius, the iconic woolly mammoth.

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Review: Guidraco (Supreme Version by CollectA)

Genus: Guidraco Brand: CollectA Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.9 (15 votes)

Review and photos by stargatedalek
This is my third review for the Dinosaur Toy Blog and I feel honored to be reviewing this absolute gem from CollectA for 2015! I would like to apologize beforehand about the state of the room, my regular office was in use today.

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Review: Megalodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Megalodon Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Fish, Shark Age: Miocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine

2.2 (17 votes)

MEGALODON! The undisputed monarch of all sharks. Possibly the largest and most powerful flesh-eating animal to ever inhabit Earth’s seas. Star of cheesy novels, cheesier made-for-TV movies, and even cheesier pseudo-documentaries. And surprisingly enough, underrepresented in the world of prehistoric toys. For a long time, the proper scientific name for this animal was Carcharodon megalodon, however, it has recently been reclassified as Carcharocles megalodon.

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Review: Smilodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd.)

Genus: Smilodon Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Cat, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine

4 (7 votes)

This is the first Smilodon review on the DTB, so I think it is only fitting that I start with the original Carnegie Smilodon. When Safari launched the Carnegie line in 1988, Smilodon was in the first group of scientific models released.

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Review: Plesiosaur (Invicta)

Genus: Elasmosaurus, Plesiosaurus Brand: Invicta Classification: Plesiosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Monochrome

5 (14 votes)

It is with much trepidation that I attempt to review my next figure. It’s actually one I’ve intended on reviewing for years but when you write for a blog owned by a plesiosaur expert you’re naturally a bit hesitant to review a plesiosaur model, especially based on accuracy.

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Review: Deinonychus and Velociraptors (Playmobil)

Genus: Deinonychus, Velociraptor Brand: Playmobil, playset Classification: Dromaeosaur, Hominid, Reptile (other), Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure, Figurine

2.7 (14 votes)

The Velociraptor pack has come across an unguarded nest of eggs. But a hungry Deinonychus has also found the nest, and he’s not in the mood to share!

The Playmobil Deinonychus is a small figure, standing only up to 9 cm tall and measuring 14 cm long.

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Review: Scelidosaurus (Invicta)

Genus: Scelidosaurus Brand: Invicta Classification: Thyreophora (basal), Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.7 (16 votes)

Back in April of 2009 the creator of this dear blog posted two pictures of the Invicta Scelidosaurus model with the promise that “a full review of this figure will be added at a later date”. Well that later date is here folks, probably a bit later than originally anticipated but better late than never eh?

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Review: Iguanodon (Invicta)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Invicta Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Monochrome

4.8 (20 votes)

The Invicta line of prehistoric models is an interesting one. Spanning the years between the early 1970’s and early 1990’s it is a company that was producing dinosaur figures right on the cusp of the “Dinosaur Renaissance”. As a result we have some models from the company that are downright retro in appearance, along with some that in terms of accuracy stand up reasonably well, even today.

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Type: Figurine

Review: Smilodon (2015 version by CollectA)

Review: Daeodon (CollectA)

Review: Tanystropheus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Feathered Deluxe by CollectA)

Review: Woolly Mammoth and Baby (Playmobil)

Review: Guidraco (Supreme Version by CollectA)

Review: Megalodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Smilodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd.)

Review: Plesiosaur (Invicta)

Review: Deinonychus and Velociraptors (Playmobil)

Review: Scelidosaurus (Invicta)

Review: Iguanodon (Invicta)

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