Dinosaur Toy Blog

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Hunting) (Collecta)

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.

Review: Stegosaurus (Nanoblock)

2.8 (5 votes)

“Hello, fellow dinosaur lovers! Yes, it is I, Dr. Bella Bricking, along with my dear friend and colleague, Beth Buildit! How lovely it is to see you again!”
“Hey folks.”
“Today we’ll be introducing something new to the Dinosaur Toy Blog: the first ever Nanoblock review!”
“What’s the deal, Doc?

Review: The Dinosaur Expo 2016 set (Kaiyodo)

4.9 (14 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.

Review: Monanthesia and Cycadeoidea (CollectA)

5 (13 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!

Review: Woolly rhinoceros (Starlux)

3.9 (11 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. This includes the grandfather of all prehistoric toy lines: Starlux.

Review: Williamsonia (CollectA)

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.

Review: Metridiochoerus (Jurassic Hunters by Geoworld)

3.8 (6 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.

Review: Tyrantegosaurus (Predasaurs DNA Fusion by Simba)

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.

Review: Ankylosaurus (Jurassic World Hero Mashers by Hasbro)

1.9 (16 votes)

We’ve looked at an Ultra set, we’ve looked at a Deluxe set, and now it’s time to look at a Basic Jurassic World Hero Mashers Set. Specifically, that iconic walking battle tank, Ankylosaurus magniventris.

The Ankylosaurus is made up of seven parts.

Review: Woolly rhinoceros (Papo)

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.

Review: Ceratosaurus (AAA)

3.2 (11 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.

Review: Euoplocephalus (Terra Series by Battat)

4.7 (17 votes)

Euoplocephalus is one of the largest and best-known ankylosaurids, with several nearly complete fossil specimens. Indeed, many popular depictions of Ankylosaurus in books, movies, and yes, toy lines, are actually based on Euoplocephalus.

Feast your eyes on the reissued Battat Terra series Euoplocephalus.

Review: Corythosaurus (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

3.8 (11 votes)

Review and photos by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
When the term hadrosaur is combined with a toy, it usually results into a Parasaurolophus. While this genus may still not be as overrepresented as some carnivorous theropods, it easily exceeds all other hadrosaur renditions in number.

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Corpse by CollectA)

4.8 (25 votes)

Review and photos by Bokisaurus, edited by Suspsy
No matter who or what or how powerful you are, sooner or later, all living things will face the same inevitable end: death. In the long history of toy figures, death is something that you won’t see addressed often.

Review: Mosasaurus vs. Submarine(Jurassic World by Hasbro)

2 (8 votes)

The sky is clear and boundless blue; it is a beautiful 80 degrees, a nice day to be at the park. The water is a beautiful shade of blue green, there is barely a ripple across the calm lagoon. There is something dangerous roaming in the depth of the waters, but not a trace of it is seen.

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