One of the biggest and admittedly funniest fiascos in paleontological history involved the legendary American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope and the famous plesiosaur Elasmosaurus platyurus. The latter’s fossil remains were first discovered in 1867 in the Pierre Shale Formation of Kansas and formally described by Cope in 1869.
Review: Spinosaurus (Monster In My Pocket by Matchbox, Series 6)
2.7 (22 votes)
After four series the Monster in my Pocket line began to run out of actual monsters to make, and began to take inspiration from the real world instead. Series five was a line of ‘Super Creepies’, essentially an array of extant bugs and other creepy crawlies, and series six turned its attention to dinosaurs in 1993 – that’s the line we’re all interested in here.
Review: Liopleurodon (DeeZee)
4 (30 votes)
Review and photos by Torvosaurus, edited by Suspsy
Howdy from wonderful, windy Wyoming! Today we’ll take a look at the DeeZee (DZ) Liopleurodon. DeeZee figures were incorporated with the Honourable Lead Boiler Suit figures and sold as one line, as additions to HLBS’s Saurian Safari game.
Video: The Birthday Liopleurodon
3.3 (13 votes)
In which I unbox ‘the birthday Liopleurodon’, a gift from mum and dad, and recount its epic journey from bondage to freedom and onto my display shelves. The toy is the Jurassic Clash action figure by Lanard Ltd.
A version of this video was originally uploaded to Youtube on Sep 18, 2018. Title graphics by Patrx.
Review: Yangchuanosaurus (Dapeng) (Prehistoric Animal Models by PNSO)
4.8 (46 votes)
With 47 votes the PNSO Saurophaganax is poised to win the prestigious title of figure of the year on the Dinosaur Toy Forum’s Top 10 of 2023 poll. And rightly so, it’s a fantastic figure. One of the best theropod models I’ve ever seen, and quite possibly the best “Allosaurus” ever.
News: Upcoming releases from Recur (New for 2024)
4.4 (30 votes)
My, my, my, how Recur has improved since 2016! The animals comprising their latest prehistoric assortment look genuinely great and still retain all the durability and play value that has made the company a success. It should be exciting to see these reviewed on the blog!
Video: Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Toys of 2022
4.4 (8 votes)
A compilation of the top 10 new releases in 2022, as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum community. Main video content edited by Sim.
Video: DinoToyBlog Channel Trailer
5 (5 votes)
The Dinosaur Toy Blog Channel is now directly here on dinotoyblog.com. We’ll be migrating all our legacy video content from Youtube over here in time, and new video content is being posted here instead of Youtube. View all the DinoToyBlog Channel content here.
Title graphics by Patrx (check out his own channel on Youtube).
Review: Sinoceratops (Haolonggood)
4.8 (29 votes)
Review and images by bmathison1972; edited by Suspsy
Sinoceratops zhuchengensis is a centrosaurine ceratopsid that lived during the Late Cretaceous of present-day China. The holotype specimen was discovered in 2008 from the Hongtuya Formation in Shandong Province and was formally described in 2010.
Video: Top 10 New Prehistoric Animal Toys of 2021
3.8 (10 votes)
A compilation of the top 10 new releases in 2021, as voted by the Dinosaur Toy Forum community. Main video content edited by Sim.
Review: Dimetrodon (small version) (AAA)
3.2 (17 votes)
There are at least five different AAA Dimetrodon sculpts so I’m calling this the “small version” to differentiate it from the others. This one is from the 1980s and there are a handful of interesting aspects that make this figure stand out from other similar cheap Dimetrodons.