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News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2013)

News Category: Upcoming Releases Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd, Wild Safari

4.8 (6 votes)

Although it’s only September, Safari Ltd have already provided information on the new figures they plan to release in 2013. The line up of prehistoric animals includes one new addition to the Carnegie Collection, several new critters in the Wild Safari line, and a new ‘toob’. Presumably information about the new releases from CollectA, Papo, and Bullyland will follow shortly.

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News: Dinosaur Diorama Contest 2012 – winners!

News Category: Diorama Contest Brand: Uncategorized

5 (3 votes)

I’m pleased to announce the results of the Dinosaur Diorama Contest 2012, sponsored by Dan’s Dinosaurs. This year we had the largest number of entries ever and the standard was incredibly high. However, one diorama stood head and shoulders above the rest, both in the public vote and also in the opinion of the judges, so first place winner this year is especially deserved.

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Review: Torosaurus (Sue at the Field Museum by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Torosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous

4.6 (12 votes)

In 2004 Safari Ltd. released four dinosaur figures in collaboration with Chicago’s Field Museum in honor of the newly mounted “Sue,” the worlds largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus. Among the releases were two versions of Sue herself but two other dinosaurs that were Tyrannosaurus contemporaries (and food) were also released; Anatotitan and Torosaurus.

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Review: Caudipteryx (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Caudipteryx Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Oviraptorosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.4 (20 votes)

It’s a bird…it’s a dinosaur…it’s possibly both. It’s the Carnegie Caudipteryx! Although reviewed briefly in 2007 it’s time this stunning oviraptorosaur got the more in depth treatment it deserves. Released in 2006 with several other feathered representations of China’s Yikian formation, this is Carnegie’s take on the small theropod that remains one of the best feathered dinosaur models available.

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Review: Styracosaurus (Carnage Collection by ReSaurus)

Genus: Styracosaurus Brand: Carnage, Resaurus Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.7 (7 votes)

Few dinosaur toys are as strikingly exotic as the Carnage Collection by ReSaurus Company Inc. It is a bit of a mystery why these spectacular figures have received so little attention here on the blog, and by ‘little’ I mean ‘none’. So, after being overlooked here for more than five years, I’ve finally taken it upon myself to give Carnage a little love.

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Review: Vagaceratops (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Vagaceratops Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (25 votes)

Safari have really performed excellently with the Wild Safari line this year. While their bipeds have attracted criticism from some quarters for having oversized feet (the Ceratosaurus being particularly irksome in this respect), it’s clear that the production values have really been ramped up – maybe even (whisper it) to Papo standards.

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Review: Plesiosaurus (Soft Model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Plesiosaurus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Plesiosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.3 (6 votes)

Favorite’s ‘Soft Models’ tend to receive acclaim on the Dinosaur Toy Blog and I’ve been promising to review the Plesiosaurus for…well, years actually. Certain members of the Dinosaur Toy Forum tend not to let me forget it! So it will be a weight off my shoulders to finally give this figure the attention it deserves.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Baby) (Papo)

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

4.5 (51 votes)

This year’s really all about Tyrannosaurus as far as Papo are concerned, with two brand new sculpts and a repaint/refinement of their original Jurassic Park knock-off. Sure, there’s also that tantalising brachiosaur, but that’s not out yet – and I think we’ll all agree that we’re better off pretending that any disastrous attempts at marine reptiles didn’t happen.

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Review: Therizinosaurus (Bullyland)

Genus: Therizinosaurus Brand: Bullyland Classification: Therizinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.8 (14 votes)

Therizinosaurs were among the strangest dinosaurs ever, and I really like them very much. They were late Cretaceous theropods, yet herbovires, and their overall appearance is so strange and deviates from standard dinosaur scheme pretty much. Huge bellies, a beak and feathers make Therizinosaurs look like gigantic turkeys.

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Review: Euoplocephalus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Euoplocephalus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Thyreophoran Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.2 (14 votes)

One of the earliest Carnegie figures made (it’s stamped ‘© 1988’), this Euoplocephalus is also the line’s very first ankylosaur figure. Remarkably, this review will also be this blog’s first to feature a toy that’s actually labelled Euoplocephalus, rather than simply de facto representing the genus (like the Favorite “Ankylosaurus” and original Schleich “Saichania“).

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Review: Coelophysis (Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Genus: Coelophysis Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Theropod, Theropod (basal) Age: Triassic Type: Action Figure

3.6 (14 votes)

Anyone that has read up on their dinosaurs knows who Coelophysis was. This small, lithe theropod is one of the oldest dinosaurs to have been described. Their massive late Triassic bone beds are among the most famous fossil sites in North America and the genera holds a special place in my heart as one of the only dinosaurs known to have lived in my home state of New York.

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Review: Allosaurus (1988) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.5 (22 votes)

Among theropods one of the most popular and well known is the Jurassic Morrison Formation’s Allosaurus, also known from Portugal and possibly Tanzania as well. Though it lived in pop culture in the shadow of Tyrannosaurus, the Allosaurus was arguably a more efficient animal all together.

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News: Upcoming releases from Safari Ltd (New for 2013)

News: Dinosaur Diorama Contest 2012 – winners!

Review: Torosaurus (Sue at the Field Museum by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Caudipteryx (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Styracosaurus (Carnage Collection by ReSaurus)

Review: Vagaceratops (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Plesiosaurus (Soft Model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Baby) (Papo)

Review: Therizinosaurus (Bullyland)

Review: Euoplocephalus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Coelophysis (Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Review: Allosaurus (1988) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

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