Dinosaur Toy Blog

Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

4.8 (13 votes)

Back in the mid-2000’s Safari Ltd. released a series of mammals for what they dubbed the “Prehistoric Life Collection.” The series included popular animals like Smilodon and the woolly mammoth but also included some more obscure creatures like the Andrewsarchus, Arsinoitherium, Ambelodon, Doedicurus, and the giant sloth.

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Review: Prehistoric Plants (Safari Ltd)

Genus: Agathis, Araucaria, Tree fern Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Plant Age: Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Miocene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Triassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (10 votes)

Review and photographs by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy
Plants and trees may not be a collector’s first choice of models to collect, and not only because there’s so few around. In general, humans feel more attracted to animals than towards plants despite the fact that we could still live well without keeping or even breeding (and feeding on) animals, but not without plants.

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Review: Ducabrook Rhizodont (Yowie)

Genus: Strepsodus Brand: Yowie Classification: Fish Age: Carboniferous

4.3 (7 votes)

Review and photographs by Tim Sosa
Yowie is a Perth-based company that markets nature-themed toys in little chocolate eggs. These days they have some extant animals that you can buy at places like World Market (at least in the United States), but around a decade ago they had an Australia-only line of prehistoric figures called Lost Kingdoms.

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Review: Velociraptor “Charlie” (Jurassic World by Hasbro)

Genus: Velociraptor Brand: Hasbro, Jurassic World Classification: Dromaeosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

1.5 (11 votes)

I know what your thinking, do we need to see another Jurassic World toy review? Can this toy be any better than its predecessors? Even though I made up my mind not to review anymore toys from Hasbro’s JW line, for some reason I am compelled to give it another try and go down with the ship.

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Review: Dunkleosteus (Favorite Co. Ltd)

Genus: Dunkleosteus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd., Kinto Classification: Fish Age: Devonian Type: Figurine

5 (11 votes)

Review and photographs by Tim Sosa
In the Devonian period, the largest animals were arthrodires, huge armored fish informally referred to as placoderms. ‘Arthrodire’ means “joint-necked,” referring to the fact that there was a hinge in their armor between the thorax and the back of the head.

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Review: Ankylosaurus (Deluxe by CollectA)

Genus: Ankylosaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.8 (21 votes)

As the enemy approaches, the gladiator swings his heavy club from side to side, stamps his foot, and growls defiantly. The tyrannosaur is huge and hungry, but the gladiator has fought many battles and sent many would-be killers limping away bloody and broken. He is ready for this one.

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Review: Masiakasaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Masiakasaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (17 votes)

Since its description in 2001, fans of the Madagascan abelisauroid known as Masiakasaurus have longed for an affordable yet accurate model of this obscure beast but no one would deliver, not even CollectA despite all their obscure critters. Now, 15 years later, we finally have one and who better to sculpt it than Paleo-artist Doug Watson for the Wild Safari collection.

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Review: Raptor (Primeval by Character Options)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Character Options, Primeval Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.3 (8 votes)

Review and photographs by Dilopho
Primeval was a show on ITV a few years back that was known for having atrociously shrink-wrapped dinosaurs and that weirdly tusked Kaprosuchus. While it did have some truly horrific dinosaurs, the best of the show’s creatures were the original ones, such as the terrifying super-evolved bat, the future predator, and this guy.

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Review: Plateosaurus (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Plateosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Prosauropod Age: Triassic Type: Figurine

4.4 (8 votes)

Review and photographs by Dennis AKA Lanthanotus
When I first discovered the Dinosaur Toy Blog, I began with browsing the several dinosaur toy producing companies listed. The Kaiyodo site woke my interest, mainly because of the intriguing color schemes and accuracy of their models. I’ve never heard of the producer before, but when searching the forum I eventually found that they had made a plentiful array of prehistoric models (not to mention the Capsule Q and others).

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Review: Tupuxuara (Papo)

Genus: Tupuxuara Brand: Papo Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (12 votes)

Last year saw the release of CollectA’s Guidraco, a towering 1:4 scale model that stands nearly a foot tall. But CollectA was not the only company to release a pterosaur in 2015; Papo also released a pterosaur that was perhaps overshadowed by the Guidraco.

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Review: Mamenchisaurus (Dinosaurs of China by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Mamenchisaurus Brand: Dinos of China, Safari Ltd Classification: Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.9 (16 votes)

Review and Photographs by Quentin Brendel (aka Pachyrhinosaurus).
Having appeared in the film The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Mamenchisaurus is commonly known as the dinosaur with the longest neck. While this may not have been true due to fossils which have yet to be discovered or named, the Mamenchisaurus by Safari LTD has an enormously long neck compared to its body.

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Review: Diplodocus (Kleinwelka)

Genus: Diplodocus Brand: Kleinwelka Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine, Monochrome

4.8 (6 votes)

The reviewed replica lying on a brochure of the park.
Ah, a classic, monochrome tail dragging sauropod figure! Ah, a replica of a classic behemoth, exclusively released in one theme park in a single region! Ah, a legacy from those times when dinosaurs were regarded at as strange, clumsy foreign bodies.

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Review: Megatherium (Prehistoric Life Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Prehistoric Plants (Safari Ltd)

Review: Ducabrook Rhizodont (Yowie)

Review: Velociraptor “Charlie” (Jurassic World by Hasbro)

Review: Dunkleosteus (Favorite Co. Ltd)

Review: Ankylosaurus (Deluxe by CollectA)

Review: Masiakasaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Raptor (Primeval by Character Options)

Review: Plateosaurus (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Review: Tupuxuara (Papo)

Review: Mamenchisaurus (Dinosaurs of China by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Diplodocus (Kleinwelka)

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