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Review: Prehistoric Life Toob (Safari Ltd)

Genus: Andrewsarchus, Arsinoitherium, Doedicurus, Homo neanderthalensis, Macrauchenia, Mammuthus, Megatherium, Smilodon, Woolly mammoth Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Cat, Elephant, Hominid, Mammal Age: Eocene, Miocene, Oligocene, Pleistocene, Pliocene Type: Set, Tube

4 (10 votes)

Safari Ltd has released several new tubes in 2010, or Toobs, to be funky but grammatically incorrect, each of which contains a selection of prehistoric critters. But before we pour these new toobs out for review, let’s take a look at one of the existing toob sets.

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News: The Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2010 – Open

News Category: Diorama Contest Brand: Uncategorized

5 (3 votes)

It’s that time of year again, the Third Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest (2010) is open!

“Cretaceous Hunt” by Tomhet. One of the winning dioramas in the 2009 contest
The rules and regulations for the 2010 contest are as follows:
-Entry is free.
–All members of the Dinosaur Toy Forum, including staff, are invited to participate.

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Review: Chasmosaurus (CollectA)

Genus: Chasmosaurus Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3 (15 votes)

Chasmosaurus is a fairly well known ceratopsian that lived in Canada during the Campanian era of the Late Cretacious. It’s characterized by a distinctly tall and wide frill accompanied by three horns on its face. At least three individual species of this dinosaur are known due to variation amongst frills and horns on various skulls.

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

Genus: Pachycephalosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

3.4 (13 votes)

Time – the ever-flowing river. Come with us now to a time before Walking With Dinosaurs, when the river flowed through a world easily impressed by CGI and when Spielberg ruled the Earth. Welcome…to the Jurassic Park action figure line, circa 1997.
Fine, I dropped the ball at the end there.

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Review: Oviraptor (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Oviraptor Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Oviraptorosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.6 (20 votes)

Following on from the recent review of the Papo Oviraptor by a fellow blogger, let us look now at a radically different interpretation of the same dinosaur from the good folk at Safari. This is actually the second Oviraptor released as part of the Carnegie line; the original, released in 2005, featured less elaborate plumage with a simpler colour scheme and no tail fan.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Jurassic Park 2009 toyline)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Jurassic Park, Kenner Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Action Figure

4.9 (69 votes)

For Jurassic Park fans, the news of a new toy line back in May of ’09 made many excited, and others indifferent. Hasbro was going to release another line of Jurassic Park toys that was only made out of repaints. Or so we all thought……

JP fans had come across a list of the toys in the line and their prices.

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Review: Seismosaurus (Kabaya)

Genus: Seismosaurus Brand: Kabaya Classification: Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.2 (5 votes)

Review and photos by Brandon, edited by Dinotoyblog
Although Diplodocus was discovered in the 19th century by Samuel Wendell Williston and Benjamin Mudge, and named by Othniel Charles Marsh, a new and large specimen belonging to a new species of Diplodocus was found in the late 1980s.

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Review: Deinosuchus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Deinosuchus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Crocodile Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.3 (22 votes)

Review by Cordylus, photos by Plesiosauria
There aren’t many prehistoric crocodilian figures, but out of the very few there are, the Carnegie Collection Deinosuchus stands out.

Deinosuchus was a big alligator (well technically it wasn’t an alligator- but it was more closely related to alligators than to crocodiles) from prehistoric Texas.

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Review: Dracorex (CollectA)

Genus: Dracorex Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Pachycephalosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

2.2 (17 votes)

The skull of Dracorex was found in the Hell Creek Formation in the United States and dates back to the Maastrichtian age at the very end of the age of dinosaurs. Its full name, Dracorex hogwatsia, translates to “Dragon King of Hogwarts” which pretty much makes it the coolest official name in science ever.

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Review: Camarasaurus (Dinotales Series 7, by Kaiyodo)

Genus: Camarasaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Macronaria (basal), Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (8 votes)

Review and photos by DinoLord
Camarasaurus was the most common sauropod in the Morrison Formation, which is mainly distributed in present day Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. Many different fossils have been found, including some complete and even fully articulated specimens, so it is surprising that this dinosaur isn’t made more often in toy form.

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Review: Oviraptor (Papo)

Genus: Oviraptor Brand: Papo Classification: Oviraptorosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.1 (24 votes)

Papo made an Oviraptor. And they made it well. Great fuss has been made around this figure, because again a Papo figure takes that typical “love it or hate it” – attitude as a basis, which I personally highly adore. Albeit Papo´s interpretation of this late Cretaceaous Mongolian theropod turned out to be very old school, if not obsolete, many people now regard it as another Papo masterpiece.

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Review: Dodo (Wings of the World, by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Dodo Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Bird, Theropod Type: Figurine

4.8 (17 votes)

Review by Brandon. Edited by Plesiosauria.
The demise of the dodo bird is probably the most famous extinction event in recent history. This ancient Columbiform bird was a flightless species endemic to the small island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Africa near Madagascar, and occupied the island since at least the Holocene era.

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Review: Prehistoric Life Toob (Safari Ltd)

News: The Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2010 – Open

Review: Chasmosaurus (CollectA)

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

Review: Oviraptor (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Jurassic Park 2009 toyline)

Review: Seismosaurus (Kabaya)

Review: Deinosuchus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Dracorex (CollectA)

Review: Camarasaurus (Dinotales Series 7, by Kaiyodo)

Review: Oviraptor (Papo)

Review: Dodo (Wings of the World, by Safari Ltd)

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