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Review: Tyrannosaurus (Great Dinosaurs Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Great Dinosaurs, Safari Ltd Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.6 (15 votes)

Tyrannosaurus rex is a dinosaur that needs no introduction from me. Regardless of your knowledge concerning dinosaurs this is one species that everyone is familiar with. Because of its fame it is perhaps the species most reproduced in toy form, for better or worse.

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Review: Tenontosaurus (Antediluvia Collection)(David Krentz)

Genus: Tenontosaurus Brand: Antediluvia, David Krentz Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (6 votes)

The grand history of paleontology puts quite a bit of emphasis on Iguanodon. As a child, I could never understand why people failed to recognize this dinosaur, especially when all the books lavished it with so much attention. It was almost as though they weren’t reading the books at all.

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Review: Therizinosaurus (Great Dinosaurs Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Therizinosaurus Brand: Great Dinosaurs, Safari Ltd Classification: Therizinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3 (23 votes)

Review and photos by Gwangi
If you were purchasing dinosaur toys two decades ago there is one family you wouldn’t have seen represented at all, the Therizinosauridae. Though known to science since 1954 it is a family that was very poorly known only until recently.

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Review: Einiosaurus “Buffalo Bill” (David Krentz)

Genus: Einiosaurus Brand: David Krentz Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous

4.4 (7 votes)

Despite the constant presence of prehistoric collectibles in my shop, it may surprise people to know that I’m not much of a collector. I don’t feel compelled to own most things I see, even the truly awesome things. If space and money were never an issue, I would still exercise restraint.

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Review: Apatosaurus (Antediluvia Collection)(David Krentz)

Genus: Apatosaurus Brand: Antediluvia, David Krentz Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (9 votes)

Apatosaurus has come a long way over the years. What was once a sluggish swamp-dwelling behemoth is now more tightly built, with muscular columns of legs supporting a powerful body, graceful neck, and elegant whip-like tail. As the rest of the world struggles to keep pace with the latest paleontological research, David Krentz is always perched on the cutting edge.

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Review: Leaellynasaura (Walking with Dinosaurs by Toyway)

Genus: Leaellynasaura Brand: Toyway, Walking with Dinosaurs Classification: Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (10 votes)

Review by Niroot ‘Himmapaan’ Puttapipat
The first reader to name more than three good hypsilophodontid figures gets a bean bun.
The scarcity of this family of dinosaurs in toy and model form is still a puzzle to me and something I’d long lamented.

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Review: T. rex Hatchling (Dino Discoveries by Safari)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Baby Dino

2.9 (10 votes)

Review by Patrick Krol
Since I started collecting dinosaur figures I wanted to have dinosaur eggs in my collection, but couldn’t find a good one anywhere. Then, when I discovered about the foreign museum lines through internet, I found out that Safari had done some hatchling dinosaurs and they were soon in my “things to buy” list.

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Review: Hyaenodon (AAA)

Genus: Hyaenodon Brand: AAA Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene, Miocene, Oligocene Type: Figurine

3.5 (8 votes)

Review and photos by Mihnea (Wildheart)
Existing for approximately 26 million years, Hyaenodonts were some of the largest predators of the Late Eocene and Early Miocene epochs. Their name comes from the sharp hyena-like teeth used to tear apart possible prey. The skulls of these animals were huge and well equipped for hunting, but their brains were quite small, something typical in primitive carnivorous mammals.

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Review: Amargasaurus (Desktop model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Amargasaurus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model

3.4 (8 votes)

Most sauropods tend to more or less look similar; big body, long neck long tail. Rarely will a sauropod possess any distinguishing characteristics beyond those three things. Then there is Amargasaurus. This dinosaur was a smaller (relatively speaking) sauropod from the early Cretaceous in what is now Argentina.

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Review: Woolly rhinoceros (AAA)

Genus: Coelodonta, Woolly rhinoceros Brand: AAA Classification: Mammal Age: Pleistocene Type: Figurine Scale: 1:28

2.9 (11 votes)

Everyone familiar with Pleistocene fauna is familiar with the woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis), a large shaggy rhino that lived in Eurasia and died out at the end of the Ice Age. It is often reproduced in toy form, only less so that the more popular mammoths and Smilodon.

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Review: Rhoetosaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Rhoetosaurus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.4 (8 votes)

Review by Nathan, edited by Plesiosauria.
Rhoetosaurus brownei was an Australian sauropod that lived around the mid-Jurassic Period and is one of the oldest known sauropods. Little evidence has been found for this dinosaur, only a partial hind leg, some vertebrae, ribs, and pelvic elements are known, yet CollectA decided to release one as part of their standard collection back in 2009.

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Review: Entelodont (AAA)

Genus: Entelodon Brand: AAA Classification: Mammal Age: Eocene, Oligocene, Paleocene Type: Figurine

4 (9 votes)

Admittedly, there were lovelier animals to have walked the earth in prehistoric times than entelodonts, omnivorous beasts that were two metres tall and four metres long. Entelodonts were especially abundant in what are now Mongolia, China and Northern America and strolled through the landscape searching for any kind of food in the Eocene epoch – mainly probably carrion.

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I don't consider the lack of feathers on a Compsognathus figure an inaccuracy. The only integument preserved for Compsognathus is…

This is my favorite PNSO theropod to date (edging out the big Allosaurus formerly known as Saurophaganax). Y. Magnus has…

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Review: Tyrannosaurus (Great Dinosaurs Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Tenontosaurus (Antediluvia Collection)(David Krentz)

Review: Therizinosaurus (Great Dinosaurs Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Einiosaurus “Buffalo Bill” (David Krentz)

Review: Apatosaurus (Antediluvia Collection)(David Krentz)

Review: Leaellynasaura (Walking with Dinosaurs by Toyway)

Review: T. rex Hatchling (Dino Discoveries by Safari)

Review: Hyaenodon (AAA)

Review: Amargasaurus (Desktop model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Review: Woolly rhinoceros (AAA)

Review: Rhoetosaurus (CollectA)

Review: Entelodont (AAA)

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