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Review: Triceratops (Jurassic Park 3 by Hasbro)

2.7 (11 votes)

Triceratops is one of the most famous and recognizable dinosaurs of all time. Anyone, even a member of the general public who knows absolutely nothing about dinosaurs, will recognize the classic three horns and frill. For over a century, Triceratops has been featured in countless books, movies, and other media where dinosaurs are involved.

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Review: Majungasaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Majungasaurus Brand: CollectA Classification: Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.3 (14 votes)

Review by Nicholas Anning (“Brontozaurus”), pictures by Zachary Perry (ZoPteryx)

With the notable exception of Carnotaurus, abelisaurids have not often been made as toys. Lately, though, there has been a move towards renditions of less well-known species, perhaps because toys of the most famous dinosaurs are very common.

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Review: Styracosaurus (Dinotales Series 3 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Styracosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Centrosaur, Ceratopsian Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.5 (10 votes)

Styracosaurus was a centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America. It is well known and popular amongst dinosaur fans because of its unique and menacing horn style. Despite the fact that many other ceratopsian dinosaurs with what seems to be increasingly bizarre horn adornments have since been unearthed, Styracosaurus still remains one of the most striking.

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Review: Triceratops (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.8 (11 votes)

Triceratops is the largest known ceratopsian and lived at the very end of the reign of dinosaurs in what is now North America. Kaiyodo came out with two different renditions of this dinosaur, one in its first series and then a newer, more up to date rendition in its fifth series featured here.

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Review: Anchiceratops (Dinotales Series 7 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Anchiceratops Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.6 (12 votes)

Anchiceratops was a large ceratopsian that lived during the late Cretaceous in what is now Canada. Like its relative, Chasmosaurus, Anchicratops is characterized by possessing a large frill complete with two large openings called finestre to prevent the skull from being too heavy.

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Review: Dilophosaurus (Jurassic Park 2009 toyline by Hasbro)

Genus: Dilophosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park Classification: Theropod, Theropod (basal) Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

2.2 (6 votes)

Review by forumite Fooman666 (edited by Horridus)
Jurassic Park’s dinosaurs have had a profound impact on how the general public sees dinosaurs – to people who don’t know any better the subject of this review will always be their loveable little ‘spitter’.

First things first – WOW!

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (original) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

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

4.6 (29 votes)

As an illustration of how far the Carnegie line has advanced in 20 years, you can’t do much better than the original Tyrannosaurus. Many people in their early 20s will remember owning one of these as a child. They’ll probably also remember it gathering dust in a dark corner of the cupboard under the stairs when the Jurassic Park toyline came along and made everything else seem a bit rubbish.

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Review: Loch Ness Monster (Monsters in My Pocket by Matchbox, Series 2)

Genus: Unspecified genus Brand: Matchbox, monster, Monster in my Pocket Classification: Fictional, Plesiosaur Type: Figurine, Monochrome

2.1 (7 votes)

Monsters in My Pocket was a toy franchise that started in the 80s that consisted of a series of small, rubber figures. These figures were each only a few inches tall and could each come in a variety of solid colors. What makes this toy line special is that each figure is modeled after a certain creature that exists in some sort of real culture.

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Review: Parasaurolophus (Jurassic Park III by Coca Cola)

Genus: Parasaurolophus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kaiyodo Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure, Figurine

4.2 (9 votes)

Famous among dinosaur figure collectors for their excellent Dinotales figures, Kaiyodo also produced a lesser known set of dinosaur figures in 2001, following the release of Jurassic Park III. The set, sponsored by Coca Cola, consisted of 12 dinosaur figures and a secret figure (a Spinosaurus skull).

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Review: Stegosaurus (The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

4.5 (26 votes)

Kenner’s first attempt at a Stegosaurus for the Jurassic Park line – released back in 1993 – turned out a little, well, ugly. The Lost World saw Stegosaurus‘ debut in the film franchise, and fortunately Kenner had a much, much better sculpt lined up, one that resembled closely the creatures as they appeared on screen.

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Pachycephalosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.6 (8 votes)

Pachycephalosaurus is the largest and most well recognized member of the dome-headed dinosaurs. It lived at the end of the Cretaceous 66-65 million years ago and therefore would have been amongst the last non-avian dinosaurs ever to be alive. It coexisted with other well known dinosaurs like Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus.

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Review: Spinosaurus (Dinosauria by Sideshow)

Genus: Spinosaurus Brand: Sideshow Collectibles Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model

3.3 (9 votes)

Photos by Jeremy, Review by Dan of Dan’s Dinosaurs
One of my favorite things about my job is that it affords me a unique opportunity to interact with paleontologists and paleoartists from around the world. During a brief chat with the esteemed artist Tony McVey, he casually mentioned that he was working on a Spinosaurus for Sideshow’s Dinosauria line.

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Hi Gwangi, thank you for the review. It‘s a real charming little trike.

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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: Triceratops (Jurassic Park 3 by Hasbro)

Review: Majungasaurus (CollectA)

Review: Styracosaurus (Dinotales Series 3 by Kaiyodo)

Review: Triceratops (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Review: Anchiceratops (Dinotales Series 7 by Kaiyodo)

Review: Dilophosaurus (Jurassic Park 2009 toyline by Hasbro)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (original) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Loch Ness Monster (Monsters in My Pocket by Matchbox, Series 2)

Review: Parasaurolophus (Jurassic Park III by Coca Cola)

Review: Stegosaurus (The Lost World: Jurassic Park by Kenner)

Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)

Review: Spinosaurus (Dinosauria by Sideshow)

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