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Review: Ammonoid (Paleozoic Pals)

4.8 (5 votes)

First off, just to get it out of the way, this is not an ammonite. This is an ammonoid, the broader group to which ammonites belong. While ammonites lived through the Jurassic and Cretaceous the group ammonoidea first appeared 400 million years ago in the Devonian. Thus, here we have a plush ammonoid, not an ammonite which would have no place in a line of toys representing Paleozoic fauna.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Tsukuda Hobby Collection)

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

4.1 (11 votes)

Review and photos by Bokisaurus, edited by Suspsy
In my last review, we looked at the Tsukuda Styracosaurus. Today, we will look at another classic favourite from the same line. Without a doubt, the most famous dinosaur of all time is Tyrannosaurus rex. No line of prehistoric figures is complete without one, and it is usually one of the first figures that a new company releases when they first launch.

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Review: Alioramus (CollectA)

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

2.8 (18 votes)

Review by Dilopho, photos by Halichoeres, and edited by Suspsy
Welcome back, readers! I hope you’ve had a nice New Year! 2017 is bringing some great new CollectA figures into the market, but the one we’ll be looking at today is one from 2009. And . .

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Review: Smilodon (2011)(Papo)

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

2.8 (12 votes)

One of the more bizarre proposals I’ve heard recently is that Smilodon and other machairodonts may have had large, drooping jowls to protect their famous (and fragile) fangs from the elements. I’m not convinced of this reconstruction myself, but I do find it rather amusing.

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Review: Edaphosaurus (Fèves)

Genus: Edaphosaurus Brand: Fèves Classification: Pelycosaur Age: Permian Type: Figurine

4.3 (7 votes)

Over eight (!) years after reviewing Bullyland Edaphosaurus here, which was my very first review, I´d like to do a review my second Edaphosaurus now, the one, well, “by”, Féves.
Fèves is no company but the term for tiny little figurines made from ceramic / porcelain.

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Review: Coelophysis (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Coelophysis Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Theropod, Theropod (basal) Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (35 votes)

Review and photos by Patrick ‘Patrx’ Bate
Available from Amazon.com here
Quick! Name a Triassic dinosaur. Odds are you thought of Coelophysis, or perhaps you intentionally named a different one just to be clever, but Coelophysis may yet be the most famous of the lot.

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Review: Moschops (White Post)

Genus: Moschops Brand: White Post Classification: Therapsid (non-mammal) Age: Permian Type: Figurine

3.5 (6 votes)

White Post is no company, but the location of “Dinosaur Land”, a theme park dedicated to prehistoric animals in Virginia, USA. This park has been run as a family business for over 50 years now. Early in the history of the park the operators had the idea of having some of their lifesize figures made into small plastic figures for their souvenir shop.

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Review: Allosaurus (Nature World by Boley)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Boley, Nature World Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.1 (13 votes)

Review and photos by Bryan Divers, edited by Suspsy
Allosaurus became my favourite dinosaur after I saw it in the Natural History Museum and the BBC’s Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special. Yes, I have been in love with it ever since.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (1/5 Scale Bust by Chronicle Collectibles)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model

4 (4 votes)

Review and photographs by Sammy Allouba (aka JurassicGeek09), edited by Suspsy
It had to happen sooner or later and by that, I mean high-end Jurassic Park/World collectibles for us serious JP fans. After the extremely lacklustre offerings by Hasbro in the past year, someone had to lift up our spirits.

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Review: Dunkleosteus (Paleozoic Pals)

Genus: Dunkleosteus Brand: Paleozoic Pals Classification: Fish Age: Devonian Type: Plush

5 (8 votes)

Armored placoderm fishes have never been so cuddly! Manufactured by Jaag Plush and commissioned by the Paleontological Research Institute (PRI) comes this 16” long most famous of prehistoric fishes, Dunkleosteus. Ol’ Dunk is a popular fish, about as popular as a prehistoric fish can get anyway.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (2006)(CollectA)

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

1.5 (24 votes)

CollectA nowadays is widely considered one of the top makers of high quality prehistoric toys, as demonstrated by their very awesome 2017 assortment. But that certainly wasn’t always the case. For this review, I’ll be taking another trip back in time to 2006, the year of CollectA’s humble beginning.

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Review: Stegosaurus (Deluxe by CollectA)

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

3.9 (15 votes)

Review and Photographs by Quentin Brendel (aka Pachyrhinosaurus), edited by Suspsy
The Deluxe Stegosaurus was the first of the few CollectA dinosaurs to enter my collection and it’s still one of my favourite. It originally attracted my attention since it was the only figure out at the time that had exactly seventeen plates, laterally-pointed thagomizer spikes, and throat armour.

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Classification
Age
Product Type

Review: Ammonoid (Paleozoic Pals)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Tsukuda Hobby Collection)

Review: Alioramus (CollectA)

Review: Smilodon (2011)(Papo)

Review: Edaphosaurus (Fèves)

Review: Coelophysis (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Moschops (White Post)

Review: Allosaurus (Nature World by Boley)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (1/5 Scale Bust by Chronicle Collectibles)

Review: Dunkleosteus (Paleozoic Pals)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (2006)(CollectA)

Review: Stegosaurus (Deluxe by CollectA)

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