Dinosaur Toy Blog

Review: Thylacoleo (Southlands Replicas)

4.9 (11 votes)

Australia was home to many amazing beasts during the Pleistocene epoch. There were echidnas the size of sheep, lizards the size of crocodiles, wombats the size of hippos, giant flightless birds, and short-faced kangaroos that stood up to three metres tall. The thylacine was alive and flourishing.

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Review: Huanghetitan (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Genus: Huanghetitan Brand: PNSO Classification: Macronaria (basal), Sauropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (24 votes)

In 2016 the PNSO (Peking Natural Science-Art Organization) line introduced large figures of often under-represented Chinese dinosaurs. The largest of the line is the obscure macronarian sauropod Huanghetitan, which lived in the Aptian age of the early Cretaceous (some time between 125 to 113 million years ago) of what is now China.

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Review: Stegosaurus (Wendy’s Exclusive from Definitely Dinosaurs by Playskool)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Definitely Dinosaurs, Playskool Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

4 (8 votes)

Review and photos by Takama, edited by Suspsy
For my second Definitely Dinosaurs soft model review, I will be tackling their rendition of Stegosaurus. Right off the bat, this model is downright cute, and it is clear it was made for toddlers because of the bright colours and the hard vinyl plastic it is made off.

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Review: Velociraptor (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Velociraptor Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (59 votes)

For a long time now, too long in fact, various collectable dinosaur companies have tried and failed to make a properly feathered and accurate representation of one of the world’s most popular dinosaurs; Velociraptor and its kin the stem-birds we call dromaeosaurs or “raptors.” When I first started collecting dinosaur toys the best representations included those by Bullyland and CollectA and while we commend their efforts to popularize feathered dinosaurs they ultimately failed to make convincing looking animals.

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Review: Triceratops (Carnage Dinosaurs by ReSaurus)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Carnage, Resaurus Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.8 (5 votes)

Review and photos by EmperorDinobot, edited by Suspsy
Hello! This is your friendly neighborhood EmperorDinobot with another review! As you saw from my previous review, I absolutely love ReSaurus’ Carnage dinosaurs. It took me ten years to find most of them, but I finally succeeded!

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Adult and Baby)(Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (51 votes)

With Wild Safari having released an absolutely stellar assortment for 2017, I thought it would be both amusing and humbling to take a trip back in time to when the line was widely perceived as being strictly for kids and inferior to the now-defunct Carnegie Collection.

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Review: Styracosaurus (Tyco)

Genus: Styracosaurus Brand: Tyco Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.6 (9 votes)

Review and photos by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
Months ago, there was a call for completing the Tyco page of the DTB and I replied that I’d add a review. I intended to have a look for the Pteranodon, a figure I just then had acquired, but couldn’t manage to write down a review in time and eventually this was done by Gwangi.

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Review: Zhuchengtyrannus vs Sinoceratops (Favorite Co. Ltd)

Genus: Sinoceratops, Zhuchengtyrannus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian, Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.8 (6 votes)

Review and photos by Triceratops83, edited by Suspsy
The Favorite Zhuchengtyrannus and Sinoceratops come packaged in a boxed set for the Fukui Dinosaur Museum in Japan. They are sculpted by Favorite’s premiere artist, Kazunari Araki. Both of these dinosaurs are only known from fragmentary remains, so the scale is a bit iffy, but they fit in well enough with other 1:40 figures (or possibly slightly smaller).

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Review: Velociraptor (Rhode Island Novelty)

Genus: Velociraptor Brand: Rhode Island Novelty Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

1 (5 votes)

Review and photos by Takama, edited by Suspsy
Ever since someone reviewed a Boley Dilophosaurus, I began to rethink exactly what is open for reviewing on this blog. I thought I would test the waters by reviewing one of my cheap “Chinasaurs” brand dinosaurs that I have been buying every time I go to the local vegetable or fruit festivals, whenever they are available.

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News: Upcoming releases from CollectA (New for 2017)

News Category: Upcoming Releases Brand: Uncategorized

4.3 (6 votes)

CollectA’s exciting line up for 2017 includes one ‘supreme’ model, four ‘deluxe’ models, and five standard models, so their relentless trend of releasing bucket-loads of new dinosaur toys each year continues! CollectA’s categories refer to their scale: ‘deluxe’ models are larger and more detailed than standard models, and the ‘supreme’ models are larger still.

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Review: Mighty Dinosaurs (Creator by Lego)

Genus: Brachiosaurus, Pteranodon, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Brand: Lego Classification: Ceratopsian, Macronaria (basal), Pterosaur, Sauropod, Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Construction, Set

4.3 (11 votes)

“Season’s Greetings, fellow dinosaur lovers! Yes, it is I, Dr. Bella Bricking, enjoying another holiday season! And where would I be without my trusty and beloved companion, Beth Buildit?”
“I can’t believe I let you talk me into wearing this hat, Doc.”

“Now, now, no humbugs, Beth!

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Review: Lufengosaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Lufengosaurus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Prosauropod Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

2.2 (13 votes)

Lufengosaurus lived during the early Jurassic period and is a primitive sauropodomorph from China. A full osteology of Lufengosaurus was done in 1941 and was the first complete dinosaur skeleton mounted in China. Fortunately, much is known on its size and shape as there is quite a lot of known material.

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Great review of a great toy. I love how Mattel is making more obscure dinosaurs lately. 5 stars!

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@dinotoyblog I used to have this as a child, donated it to a nursery years and years ago

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hahaha...if only I had the space!

Oops! Fixed it. I always get the order mixed up between Iguanodon and Megalosaurus.

Great review of a charming figure. 4 stars!

Review: Thylacoleo (Southlands Replicas)

Review: Huanghetitan (Age of the Dinosaurs by PNSO)

Review: Stegosaurus (Wendy’s Exclusive from Definitely Dinosaurs by Playskool)

Review: Velociraptor (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Triceratops (Carnage Dinosaurs by ReSaurus)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Adult and Baby)(Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Review: Styracosaurus (Tyco)

Review: Zhuchengtyrannus vs Sinoceratops (Favorite Co. Ltd)

Review: Velociraptor (Rhode Island Novelty)

News: Upcoming releases from CollectA (New for 2017)

Review: Mighty Dinosaurs (Creator by Lego)

Review: Lufengosaurus (CollectA)

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