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Review: Baryonyx (Dinosauria by Wild Republic)

2.8 (11 votes)

Wild Republic (or K&M International) have collaborated with the Natural History Museum in London to release a line of small, cheap plastic dinosaur toys with the tagline “When dinosaurs ruled the earth”, which I feel could do with an exclamation mark – mainly because it reminds me of a cheesy old Hammer flick (there was also a little tribute in…that movie).

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Review: Tyrannosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd. – 2006 sculpt)

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

1.3 (50 votes)

Guest review by forumite Fooman666 (edited by Horridus)

This 2006 offering from Safari’s Wild Safari range of dinosaurs is a lovely (if inaccurate) replica of every child’s favourite dinosaur, the famed villain of almost every dinosaur movie available, Tyrannosaurus rex.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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

3.7 (49 votes)

Review and Photos by Rugops
Another T rex review for the blog, and this time around it’s the Wild Safari original version.

One thing you probably notice about this figure is that it’s rather athletic and slim looking for a Tyrannosaurus. In fact it looks little bit like a Daspletosaurus or even an Albertosaurus.

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Review: Spinosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Spinosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Spinosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.5 (14 votes)

Review and Photos by Rugops
This model holds a special place for me, being my first museum quality figure, and the one that started off my collecting spree seven years ago. It is a really nice spino model, certainly nicer than the Wild Safari Suchomimus, the Carnegie Baryonyx, or the preceding Carnegie Spinosaur which had that ill fated head of an Allosaurus.

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Review: Apatosaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

Genus: Apatosaurus Brand: Dinomania, Kaiyodo Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.8 (10 votes)

Formerly known as Brontosaurus, Apatosaurus is perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognizable dinosaurs. Such fame and popularity guarantees its presence in many dinosaur toy lines. However, most of these figures tend to be on the larger side, and some of them are not quite accurate, with the hands often being inaccurate.

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Review: Gorgosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Gorgosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.2 (12 votes)

Few dinosaurs have had such a turbulent history of classification as Gorgosaurus. Due to the close similarities between this animal and Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus has sometimes been referred to as a junior synonym of Albertosaurus.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus (skeleton) (Dinotales Series 1 by Kaiyodo)

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

3.5 (4 votes)

The Dinotales series is well-known for high-fidelity detail at a preposterously small scale and low price. Even so, I must admit to having been sceptical as to Kaiyodo’s ability to successfully recreate highly complex dinosaur skeletons – such as this Tyrannosaurus – at the same minute size as their fleshed out reconstructions.

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Review: Allosaurus (original sculpt) (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.4 (18 votes)

The famous Allosaurus was the T.rex of the Late Jurassic. This large Theropod could reach lengths greater than 30 feet. The name means “different or “other” lizard. The first remains of Allosaurus were recovered from the Morrison Formation in Colorado in 1869, but a lot of notable specimens have been recovered from the Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry in Utah.

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Review: Allosaurus (Schleich)

Genus: Allosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.2 (18 votes)

Review & photos by forumite FOOMAN666 (EDITED by Horridus – take note Dan!)
Released in 2006, Schleich’s small scale Allosaurus is, to me, a breath of fresh air. It proves that the company who is well known among the dinosaur toy collecting circle for butchering many famous dinosaurs each year has finally started to pay attention and at least try to improve their products.

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Review: Styracosaurus (Inpro)

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

3.1 (9 votes)

Back in the early 70s a line of small hard plastic dinosaur toys were released by a company in England called Inpro. Despite the way they look by today’s standards they were actually quite educational as they were sold attached to a card that had information about the earth’s history and what not.

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Review: Carnotaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 5)

Genus: Carnotaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Ceratosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (9 votes)

One of the last South American dinosaurs, Carnotaurus was an interesting theropod that lived in what is now Argentina 70 million years ago. Its most distinctive features are the two horns that sit atop its head. In fact, the name Carnotaurus means “flesh-eating bull”.

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Review: Triceratops (skull) (Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model, Skeletal

5 (4 votes)

I would love a Triceratops skull cast for my living room. Unfortunately, while such things look magnificent and provide a wonderful talking point for any bemused people one might have dragged in off the street, they also tend to cost a small fortune and occupy a rather large amount of space.

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Amazing! 5 stars

Review: Baryonyx (Dinosauria by Wild Republic)

Review: Tyrannosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd. – 2006 sculpt)

Review: Tyrannosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Spinosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Apatosaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

Review: Gorgosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Tyrannosaurus (skeleton) (Dinotales Series 1 by Kaiyodo)

Review: Allosaurus (original sculpt) (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Review: Allosaurus (Schleich)

Review: Styracosaurus (Inpro)

Review: Carnotaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 5)

Review: Triceratops (skull) (Favorite Co. Ltd.)

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