I’m delighted to officially announce the results of the The Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2013, sponsored by Safari Ltd. The year was our biggest contest to date, with a total of 38 entries and 100 dinotoyforum members taking part in the voting process.
Review: Triceratops (Soft Model Series 2 by Favorite Co. Ltd.)
4 (6 votes)
Another day, another toy Triceratops. This one’s from Araki’s new range of ‘Soft Models’ for Favorite (which may or may not constitute the second series), and is surely one of the best of the bunch, although there’s no escaping the fact that, like the others, it’d be vastly improved by a better paint job.
Review: Triceratops (Version 2, Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)
3.4 (11 votes)
Guest review by John Hall.
Let’s face it – if you’re reading this blog you have known since your age could be measured in single digits that Triceratops was a late Cretaceous ceratopsian from North America whose name means “three horned face”… etc., etc., etc.
Let’s face it – if you’re reading this blog you have known since your age could be measured in single digits that Triceratops was a late Cretaceous ceratopsian from North America whose name means “three horned face”… etc., etc., etc.
Review: Parasaurolophus (Soft Model Series 2 by Favorite Co. Ltd.)
Review: Stegosaurus (Soft Model Series 2 by Favorite Co. Ltd.)
Review: Plateosaurus (CollectA)
4.3 (18 votes)
Having recently reviewed the Bullyland Liliensternus, I thought it fitting to do another Triassic dinosaur that lived with and was possibly preyed upon by Liliensternus. I’m talking of course about everyone’s favorite basal sauropodomorph, Plateosaurus.
Review: Liliensternus (Bullyland)
4 (8 votes)
The earlier dinosaurs of the Triassic are often overshadowed by their larger and more glamorous decedents. Though less flashy than later genera these were important animals in their time that paved the way and gave rise to the later dinosaurs we all know and love.
Review: Dimetrodon (Papo)
4.4 (17 votes)
Every prehistoric animal toy line has to have a Dimetrodon, so here’s Papo’s – their second new figure in 2013, following the successful Carnotaurus. Dimetrodon, a scaly beast with a vicious set of fangs, would seem to play perfectly to Papo’s strengths and, indeed, this might be one of their best figures so far.
Review: Dracorex (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
4.4 (18 votes)
Where reviews of new toys are concerned this 2012 release has somehow gone neglected. Now, amidst the flurry of reviews for newer models I’m writing one for this little guy. I’m writing of course about the Safari 2012 Dracorex, one of a stellar lineup of toys released last year and the only one from that lineup that has yet to be reviewed.
Review: Dilophosaurus (Sideshow Dinosauria)
4 (5 votes)
On November 8, 2012, Sideshow offered the first preview image of the Dilophosaurus statue. This choice of species does not come as a great surprise to many of us, as we all know that this creature was featured prominently in a rather successful film in 1993.
Review: Diabloceratops (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
4.6 (25 votes)
Safari’s take on the sinisterly horned ceratopsian from Utah is the second Diabloceratops figure of 2013, following Collecta’s pretty decent effort a few months prior. While it can be a bit dull when companies rush to produce figures of the same animal, they’re quite welcome to as long as we get toys of this calibre.
