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Review: Albertosaurus (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Genus: Albertosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.1 (19 votes)

Albertosaurus was a theropod related to Tyrannosaurus which roamed North America during the Late Cretaceous roughly 70 million years ago. Unlike its more famous cousin, Albertosaurus existed earlier and was much smaller, reaching only around 30 feet in length. The name means “Alberta lizard”, pertaining to where the holotype specimen of this animal was discovered in 1884.

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Review: Ouranosaurus (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Genus: Ouranosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.9 (11 votes)

The 24 foot Ouranosaurus was an interesting ornithopod from Early Cretaceous Africa, where it coexisted with the fish-eating theropod Suchomimus. Its name means “brave lizard”, and some distinguishing traits of Ouranosaurus were its thumb spikes and the elongated neural spines of its back.

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Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Papo)

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

3.4 (16 votes)

Papo are much-loved for their highly detailed, Jurassic Park resemblin’ line of prehistoric creature figures; any number of them are perfect lookalikes of their movie counterparts, right down to the smallest inaccuracy. So it is too with this little marginocephalian fella, the Papo Pachycephalosaurus, perhaps one of the most overlooked members of the line.

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Review: Protoceratops (Tyco)

Genus: Protoceratops Brand: Tyco Classification: Ceratopsian, Ceratopsian (basal) Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.3 (6 votes)

Protoceratops was a smaller more primitive ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia. Size wise it is most commonly compared to a sheep and many fossilized specimens of this dinosaur have been discovered from tiny eggs and hatchlings all the way up to full grown adults.

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Review: Compsognathus (alias “Velociraptor”) by Tchibo

Genus: Compsognathus, Velociraptor Brand: Tchibo Classification: Compsognathid, Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine

1.4 (9 votes)

Tchi – what?!
Here we have a funny dinosaur figure. It´s funny and bizarre for at least six reasons. It´s not only its overall look. It´s also because
1. its manufacturer company is unknown and
2. it was distributed by coffee trading company Tchibo from Germany who
3.

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Review: Maiasaura (original sculpt) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Maiasaura Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4 (12 votes)

The Late Cretaceous hadrosaur Maiasaura has become famous for being the first large dinosaur to be discovered alongside direct evidence that it cared for its young. Fossil nests associated with this dinosaur show that young dinosaurs stayed in the nest well after hatching.

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Review: Torosaurus (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Genus: Torosaurus Brand: Schleich Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (12 votes)

Torosaurus was a Late Cretaceous ceratopsian from North America, and its nearly 9-foot skull was among the largest of any land-based organism in natural history. The holotype specimen was discovered in Wyoming in 1891 by John Hatcher and the genus Torosaurus was established by the famous American paleontologist Othniel C.

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Review: Deinonychus (Bullyland)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Bullyland Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.8 (8 votes)

Photographs by Lanthanotus, edited by Dinotoyblog
Reading Horridus´ great review of the vintage Carnegie Deinonychus trio, another Deinonychus figure came into my mind. A base? Non–feathered? Dynamic, Bakker-inspired pose? Wait, yes – it’s the Bullyland Deinonychus!

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Review: Deinonychus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3 (25 votes)

Now here’s a figure I know some of you will recognise from your childhood – the Carnegie Deinonychus trio. Remember your childhood? Those halcyon, carefree days that were spent frolicking through flowery fields and dawbing awful dinosaurs using wax crayons? Well, those days are gone – GONE – and you can’t have them back.

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Review: Wooden Theropod of unknown origin

Genus: Unspecified genus Brand: unknown company Classification: Theropod Type: Figurine

4.5 (8 votes)

The title of this review does not really sound promising, does it? But in the next few lines I´ll do my best to entertain you and of course introduce to you my recent acquisition:
My perception of what is a toy includes extraordinary fellows like this one.

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Review: Afrovenator (CollectA) (New for 2010)

Genus: Afrovenator Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Megalosaur, Theropod Type: Figurine

2.8 (24 votes)

Afrovenator – that’s one most people haven’t (and won’t) heard of. It almost makes me surprised that CollectA did one (but I guess if any of the mainstream dinosaur companies were to do one, it would be them).

Afrovenator itself was a megalosaur (or allosaur or spinosaur, does anybody even know?) from mid-jurassic Africa, who was about thirty feet long, and was presumably a pretty nasty fellow.

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Review: Parasaurolophus (Battat)(Boston Museum of Science)

Genus: Parasaurolophus Brand: Battat Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.9 (16 votes)

Review by Dan Liebman, Photos by Mat Hockett
No dinosaur figure collection is complete without Parasaurolophus. While some may outclass her in a popularity contest, she is certainly the most well-known of all hadrosaurs. Her signature crest provides instant recognition, and this reconstruction for the Battat line includes a rarely-depicted stretch of skin running from the crest to the neck.

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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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The Deinocheirus/Therizinosaurus weirds me out every time I look at it. The T. rex has me unexpectedly excited, though! I…

Yikes...... Just, yikes. Somehow I'm still baffled by how ugly this figure is after seeing pictures of it so many…

Review: Albertosaurus (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Review: Ouranosaurus (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Review: Pachycephalosaurus (Papo)

Review: Protoceratops (Tyco)

Review: Compsognathus (alias “Velociraptor”) by Tchibo

Review: Maiasaura (original sculpt) (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Torosaurus (Replica-Saurus by Schleich)

Review: Deinonychus (Bullyland)

Review: Deinonychus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Wooden Theropod of unknown origin

Review: Afrovenator (CollectA) (New for 2010)

Review: Parasaurolophus (Battat)(Boston Museum of Science)

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