Back in 2010 I treated myself to a pair of statues and reviewed one of them shortly thereafter (Stegosaurus reviewed here). The second model has spent the last half decade standing proudly in my flat, begging for the review that never seemed to come.
Review: Dilophosaurus Ambush (Jurassic World by Lego)
4.3 (6 votes)
“Heeeeeey there, fellow dinosaur lovers! Dr. Bella Bricking and Beth Buildit in the house again! Who’s ready to go Hollywood?”
“Hey folks. What Doc means is that today we’re tackling a Jurassic World Lego set.”
“Hey folks. What Doc means is that today we’re tackling a Jurassic World Lego set.”
“That’s right, Beth! We’re going to review set 75916: Dilophosaurus Ambush!
Review: Rajasaurus (CollectA)
4 (13 votes)
Many kings have been released in royal family of dinosaur toys, usually in the form of Tyrannosaurus Rex but, also in the form of Cryolophosaurus, which is jokingly nick named Elvisaurus, the king of the paleo rock and roll.
Review: Inostrancevia (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
4.9 (19 votes)
Fearsome denizens of the Permian, gorgonopsids were rocking the sabre-toothed look hundreds of millions of years before cats came onto the scene. The largest, Inostrancevia, was roughly the size of a black bear and had enormous canine teeth for slashing or stabbing its prey to death.
Review: Tyrant Twosome (Brown Running T. rex and Rainbow T. rex by Papo)
4.1 (17 votes)
Depending on how you look at it, repaints are either a blessing or a curse. On the one hand, it can be annoying to plunk down hard-earned money on a sculpt you already own. On the other hand, there’s a lot to be said for a radical new colour scheme that spruces up a familiar toy.
News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2016)
4 (4 votes)
Despite the sad retirement of their long-respected and trend-setting Carnegie Collection this year, Safari Ltd have shown no signs of slowing down with their other major prehistoric animal line – Wild Safari. The company has five brand new for 2016 prehistoric animal sculpts in the pipeline: four dinosaurs and one marine reptile.
Review: Arsinoitherium (CollectA)
4.3 (20 votes)
Arsinoitherium was a large herbivorous denizen of swamps and rainforests during the late Eocene and early Oligocene eras. Despite its resemblance to a rhinoceros, it was more closely related to elephants, hyraxes, and sirenians.
Released by CollectA in 2014, this Arsinoitherium toy measures just about 18.5 cm long from the tips of its horns to the end of its tail.
Review: Apatosaurus baby (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)
4.4 (10 votes)
Apatosaurus was a large, robust, long-necked, small headed sauropod that lived 152-151 million years ago. When the Safari Carnegie line began in 1989 the adult and baby were part of the original line up, and has been part of the collection until the cancellation of the line in 2015.
Review: Acrocanthosaurus (Hercules by Rebor)
3.3 (31 votes)
Review by Galen “Shadowknight1” Hesson and photography by tyrantqueen
When most people think of large predatory dinosaurs from North America in the Cretaceous period, they usually think of Tyrannosaurus rex. Fair enough. He’s big, he’s mean, and he’s been well known for a long time, allowing many different models to be made of him.
When most people think of large predatory dinosaurs from North America in the Cretaceous period, they usually think of Tyrannosaurus rex. Fair enough. He’s big, he’s mean, and he’s been well known for a long time, allowing many different models to be made of him.
Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Junior from The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Kenner)
4.9 (70 votes)
The breakout star of The Lost World: Jurassic Park was “Junior,” the unlucky baby Tyrannosaurus rex who suffered a broken leg and was kidnapped twice by unfeeling humans. Happily, his injury was fixed by Sarah Harding and he got to exact his revenge on that rotten Ludlow.
Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Version 2)(Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)
4.6 (33 votes)
There was once a time when no proper museum gift shop didn’t feature the legendary and now-defunct Carnegie Collection. Let us take a closer look at one of its biggest stars.
Here we have the second version of the Carnegie Tyrannosaurus rex, released in 1996.
Review: Plesiosaur (Larami)
1.9 (9 votes)
Often times it’s easier and cheaper to copy another toy company’s fine work and that’s precisely what we have here. Behold the Larami Plesiosaur, a cheap imitation of Invicta’s classic sculpt. This toy actually came as part of a wedding package from a dear old friend of mine.