This small outdated ankylosaur model was sold by the Early Learning Centre in the UK in the 1990s. It doesn’t have any brand markings, but I’m reasonably confident it’s an AAA model based on the style and knowing the strong relationship the Early Learning Centre had with AAA.
News: Upcoming release from CollectA (New for 2025)(Pt. 4)
4.7 (21 votes)
Finally! A new Gallimimus toy for next year!
This 1:40 scale Deluxe toy strongly resembles a rooster, which is appropriate given that its name means “chicken mimic.”
And yes, it’s mounted on a base just like CollectA’s previous ornithomimosaur toys, but I have no issue whatsoever with that.
News: Upcoming release from Creative Beast Studio (New for 2025)
4.7 (16 votes)
Here’s a hideous but happy sight: the painted 1/18 scale prototype of Andrewsarchus for the upcoming Beasts of the Cenozoic series by Creative Beast.
The colour scheme is based on the extant brown hyena. Looks quite terrifying!
Review: Kosmoceratops (Ultimate Dinosaurs by Yowie Group)
4.2 (25 votes)
A few weeks ago, I posted a review of the Pteranodon from Yowie Group’s latest set of blind-bag figures, Ultimate Dinosaurs. In that review I mentioned that most of the figures were average to below average in execution but that there were a few standout figures.
News: Upcoming releases from Recur (New for 2024)(Pt.3)
4.3 (16 votes)
Have I mentioned that Recur has really improved as of late? Here’s their new Spinosaurus.
And this is their new Therizinosaurus, although it looks like it’s got the head of Deinocheirus. Odd.
And here’s more images of their previously revealed Tyrannosaurus rex.
Review: Diabloceratops (Haolonggood)
4.6 (36 votes)
Before we begin the review, I would like to extend my gratitude towards Happy Hen Toys for sending this figure along as a review sample. Check out their large selection of animal and dinosaur figures by clicking the banner below.
When Haolonggood announced their Diabloceratops it was one of the few ceratopsians by the company that I didn’t intend to purchase.
News: Upcoming releases from Haolonggood (New for 2024)(Pt.17)
5 (22 votes)
It’s been awhile since the last Haolonggood reveal, but here finally is the Utahceratops pair.
Those frill patterns really do look like bulging eyes, don’t they?
Difficult to choose between them.
Review: Therizinosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
4.6 (42 votes)
Biggest by far of all known maniraptorans, bearer of the longest claws of any known animal, and just downright rocambolesque to the human eye, Therizinosaurus is one truly remarkable dinosaur. It’s been made into a toy by many of the major companies, including Safari Ltd.
News: Upcoming release from CollectA (New for 2025)(Pt.3)
4.7 (22 votes)
Here’s something that ought to make any dedicated dinosaur fan sit up and take notice: the very first toy of Ingentia prima, the “first huge one,” courtesy of CollectA!
Ingentia was a basal sauropodomorph that lived in South America during the Late Triassic period.
Review: Xenoceratops foremostensis (Beasts of the Mesozoic Ceratopsian series by Creative Beast Studio)
4.7 (23 votes)
I, EmperorDinobot, have a less than healthy obsession with the Beasts of the Mesozoic. These are the dinosaurs I wanted to own as a kid. Dinosaurs that were articulated beyond what Kenner and later Hasbro’s dinosaurs could do. And here I am, roughly two decades later, sitting in bed with my own personal computer doing what I always did as a kid: browsing the catalogs which sometimes came in the boxes, or just the back of the card for some figures, always plotting what I should get next.
News: Announcing… the Monster Toy Blog!
5 (9 votes)
We’ve launched a new website, the Monster Toy Blog!
The Monster Toy Blog is dedicated to monster toy and model reviews, and completes a Holy Toy-rinity of figure review sites together with our existing Dinosaur Toy Blog and Animal Toy Blog sites.
A screenshot of the Monster Toy Blog
Our team of eight reviewers – EmperorDinobot, Faelrin, Gwangi, Saarlooswolfhound, SBell, Suspsy, Torvosaurus, and myself – have been beavering away with plenty of new content to kick the site off with a monstrous bang.
Review: Guanlong vs. Lystrosaurus (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Epic Evolution Danger Pack by Mattel)
4.1 (23 votes)
Recently, Mattel has started dabbling with small-figure two packs, first with an Eoraptor vs. Stegouros pairing and then with the set we’re looking at today, Guanlong vs. Lystrosaurus. I think these two packs are a fantastic idea and hope that Mattel will produce more of them in the future.