Type: Oldies

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Timpo)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Timpo Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

1.7 (15 votes)

For some reason I’m in a mood for firsts. So, here’s another company that hasn’t been featured on the Dinosaur Toy Blog before – Timpo Toys. And about time, too, this line really deserves some attention. Timpo was founded in England by German refugee Sally Gawrylovitz (also known as Ally Gee, aii) in 1938.

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Review: Cephalaspis (Starlux)

Genus: Cephalaspis Brand: Starlux Classification: Fish Age: Devonian Type: Figurine, Oldies

4.8 (13 votes)

The earliest vertebrates didn’t have jaws, but once true jaws evolved the animals that had them quickly became more numerous and diverse. These days, the only jawless fishes left are a few dozen species of lampreys and hagfishes, but in the Early Devonian most fishes lacked jaws.

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Review: Baluchitherium AKA Paraceratherium (Starlux)

Genus: Paraceratherium Brand: Starlux Classification: Mammal Age: Oligocene Type: Figurine, Oldies

3.4 (10 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
It is amazing to think of the giants that once walked our own Earth. Not just the dinosaurs, but also their successors, the mammals. One such mammal has sparked my interest in palaeontology more than others: Paraceratherium.

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Review: Pithecanthropus (= Homo erectus erectus) (Starlux)

Genus: Homo erectus, Pithecanthropus Brand: Starlux Classification: Hominid, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine, Oldies

4.3 (9 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Plesiosauria
Once more, I find myself going through the Starlux repertoire of hominids. In this case, another nomen dubium, Pithecanthropus, the Java man. Now known as Homo erectus erectus (a subspecies of H.

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Review: Neanderthal (Starlux)

Genus: Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal Brand: Starlux Classification: Hominid, Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine, Oldies

4.3 (8 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
Time and new discoveries are incredible for changing ideas and concepts in every field of science and nature. Such is the way with the genus Homo, of which we humans are now the only living members.

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Review: Diatryma and Phorusrhacos (Starlux)

Genus: Diatryma, Gastornis, Phorusrhacos Brand: Starlux Classification: Bird Age: Eocene, Miocene, Paleocene Type: Figurine, Oldies

4.3 (9 votes)

Review and photos by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
A few months ago I stumbled upon pictures of several dinosaur figures made by the French company Starlux while I was reading through the “Recent Acquisitions” thread in the DTF. I looked up this company and found that they had made a great array of dinosaurs as well as some very obscure and rarely depicted prehistoric animals.

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Review: Rhamphorhynchus (Starlux)

Genus: Rhamphorhynchus Brand: Starlux Classification: Pterosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine, Oldies

4 (7 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
Once again I find myself in the origins of mass-produced dinosaur toys as I review another Starlux figure. Today I look at the pterodactyloid Rhamphorhynchus. Hailing from the Jurassic limestone of Solnhofen, Germany, it is among the oldest species to have been identified as an ancient reptile (though it was thought to have been a bird until teeth were found).

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Review: Iguanodon (Starlux)

Genus: Iguanodon Brand: Starlux Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine, Oldies

4 (10 votes)

Review and photos by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
As one of the first dinosaurs ever discovered and described, Iguanodon has always stayed close to the limelight in spite of the discovery of more popular dinosaurs like Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and T.

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Review: Dimetrodon (Linde)

Genus: Dimetrodon Brand: Linde Classification: Pelycosaur Age: Permian Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

4 (5 votes)

Linde is an Austrian company producing substitute coffee – at the beginning in the 50s, because real coffee was hard to get, later because some people really enjoyed this substitute from malt, barley, rye and chicory. Occasionaly the company would put collectable little plastic premiums into the packagings in order to promote their product.

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Review: Moeritherium (Starlux)

Genus: Moeritherium Brand: Starlux Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Eocene Type: Figurine, Oldies

4 (10 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
For many palaeontologists in my age group, the inspiration to become one came from watching the Jurassic Park movies and collecting the toy lines from them. I, on the other hand, became set on the idea from watching the Walking With .

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Review: Deinotherium (Starlux)

Genus: Deinotherium Brand: Starlux Classification: Elephant, Mammal Age: Miocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Figurine, Oldies

3.7 (11 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
Once again I find myself returning to the origins of dinosaur figurines, Starlux, to look at another animal reproduced long before other companies got to it. This time, it’s Deinotherium, the terrible beast!

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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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