News: The Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2016

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5 (2 votes)
Announcement by Stargatedalek, organiser of the Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2016.

It’s time to take off your lens caps!
I’m pleased to announce the Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2016 is now open!

The winning dinosaur diorama of the 2015 contest: Jurassic Titans, by Carnosaur
Rules and regulations
The rules and regulations for the 2016 contest are as follows:
-Entry is free.

Review: Plesiosuchus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

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4.6 (19 votes)
Metriorhynchids were fully aquatic crocodyliforms with reduced forelimbs, no osteoderms, and shark-like tail flukes for propelling themselves through the depths. Plesiosuchus, at an estimated 6.8 m long, is the largest known member of the family. Like its very distant relative the modern saltwater crocodile, this Jurassic predator probably fed on whatever it could catch, from various fish to other marine reptiles.

Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Jurassic World Bashers and Biters by Hasbro)

2 (13 votes)
Review and photographs by Takama, edited by Suspsy
Pachycephalosaurus is common among dinosaur toys with almost every company (including the Chinasaur manufacturers) having at least one model of this species in their collection. The animal was made somewhat famous due to its appearance in The Lost World: Jurassic Park and it would later make a cameo in Jurassic World.

Review: Allosaurus (Soft Model Series 2 by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

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4.2 (14 votes)
If you like your dinosaurs well detailed, accurately sculpted, and shrink wrapped in true 1990’s fashion than look no further than Favorite’s latest take on some of our favorite classic dinosaurs. Favorite Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company formally known as Kinto. Their first series of dinosaurs consisted of a line of well-made and mostly accurate dinosaurs, all popular classics, none of them obscure.

Review: Dilophosaurus (The First Giants by Schleich)

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3 (21 votes)
Review and photographs by Takama, edited by Suspsy
Dilophosaurus has been a staple dinosaur ever since it appeared in a certain 20-year old movie that many companies like to pander to. Despite the inaccurate appearance in that movie, most companies base their Dilophosaurus on the real thing to an extent, making sure that their models lack a extendable frill.

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

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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.

Review: Prehistoric Plants (Safari Ltd)

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.

Review: Ducabrook Rhizodont (Yowie)

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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.

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

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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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