Dinosaur Toy Blog

Review: Protoceratops (Inpro)

2.6 (5 votes)

If any of you have been wondering why I’ve been slacking off on reviews lately I have a good excuse, I just don’t have a lot left to review! Almost my entire collection has been reviewed already by myself or others, with minor exception. So in order to review something I’ve had to scrape the bottom of the barrel, literally.

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Review: Gallimimus (AAA)

Genus: Gallimimus Brand: AAA Classification: Ornithomimosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.7 (7 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
In recent years, the pantheon of ornithomimosaur figures has expanded more than ever before. Though still an underrepresented family of dinosaurs, these omnivorous/herbivorous theropods are very interesting oddities that only a few companies have tried to represent. Here is AAA’s attempt at a bird-mimic: Gallimimus, one of the largest members of the family.

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Review: Triceratops (Mighty Megasaur by, Dragon-i / Adventure Wheels)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Dragon-i, Mighty Megasaur Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

2.5 (6 votes)

There are many different tiers of dinosaur toys on the market. There are high end brands with exquisite detail and accuracy, and some brands that just make toys to be played with and have very little attention to detail or accuracy. This Triceratops falls closer to the latter category and is probably not destined to be on the display shelf.

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Review: Triceratops (CollectA)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: CollectA Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.7 (14 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
It is amazing to see how far CollectA has come over the years. Nowadays, they make some of the best and most diverse ranges of prehistoric figures out there, using the most up to date research to create figures that are as accurate and dynamic as possible.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Prehistoric Scenes by Aurora)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Aurora Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Kit

4.2 (27 votes)

Well, here we are at last, dear friends. After nearly two years of exploring the prehistoric plastic worlds of CollectA, Papo, Safari, Kenner, Lego, Playmobil, and various other companies, we’ve arrived at my 100th review for the Dinosaur Toy Blog! I’ve saved the biggest item in my collection for this very special occasion: the Aurora Prehistoric Scenes Tyrannosaurus rex!

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Review: Torosaurus (Walking With Dinosaurs by Toyway)

Genus: Torosaurus Brand: Toyway, Walking with Dinosaurs Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.5 (8 votes)

Review and photographs by Indohyus, edited by Suspsy
When most dinosaur-related series cover ceratopsians, Triceratops is the animal most often chosen to be featured. However, while Triceratops made a cameo appearance as a T. rex‘s courtship offering in the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs, the main ceratopsian was the lesser known Torosaurus instead (whether it or not it turns out to be a mature Triceratops, we will see).

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Review: Estemmenosuchus (Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Genus: Estemmenosuchus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Therapsid (non-mammal) Age: Permian Type: Action Figure

3.1 (11 votes)

Review and photos by Tim Sosa
Kenner’s Jurassic Park line was supposed to have had an additional wave of figures, but they were never released at retail. Fortunately, the 1997 Lost World line re-used some of those prototypes, one of which was this Estemmenosuchus.

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Review: Allosaurus (Prehistoric Scenes by Aurora)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Aurora Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Kit

3.2 (15 votes)

Prehistoric Scenes is a line of model kits made by a company called Aurora between 1971 and 1975. Rather than having to use glue, one needed only to snap the many pieces together. Moreover, these massive models boasted quite a good bit of articulation. They have been reissued by Monogram and Revell many times over the decades, the latest being in 2015.

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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: Utahraptor (Jurassic Hunters by Geoworld)

Genus: Utahraptor Brand: Geoworld, Jurassic Hunters Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.3 (4 votes)

Review and photos by Takama, edited by Suspsy
Last time I did a review of a Geoworld product, I said that the company likes to put feathers only on species that are known to have feathers in the fossils. Well, unfortunately I should’ve done more research (and a little more glancing at my collection) because that was not the case.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Museum Line by Bullyland)

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

2.4 (11 votes)

Review and photos by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
According to the dinosaur books I read when I was a child, Tyrannosaurus rex was the ultimate bane of the Cretaceous. Every other dinosaur had best fled to save its poor hide once the king of tyrants strolled by.

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Review: Struthiomimus (CollectA)

Genus: Struthiomimus Brand: CollectA Classification: Ornithomimosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.8 (18 votes)

Struthiomimus is the quintessential ornithomimid, the ostrich dinosaur many of us grew up reading about in dinosaur books. Its top speed is estimated to have been between 50 and 80 km/h, and it would have needed that speed to escape from hungry tyrannosaurs and dromaeosaurs.

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Brand
Dinosaur Name
Classification
Age
Product Type

Review: Protoceratops (Inpro)

Review: Gallimimus (AAA)

Review: Triceratops (Mighty Megasaur by, Dragon-i / Adventure Wheels)

Review: Triceratops (CollectA)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Prehistoric Scenes by Aurora)

Review: Torosaurus (Walking With Dinosaurs by Toyway)

Review: Estemmenosuchus (Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Review: Allosaurus (Prehistoric Scenes by Aurora)

Review: Dimetrodon (Linde)

Review: Utahraptor (Jurassic Hunters by Geoworld)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Museum Line by Bullyland)

Review: Struthiomimus (CollectA)

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