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Review: Allosaurus (Kinto Favorite Desktop Model)

4.7 (7 votes)

Following the split with Dinostoreus in the United States, the Japanese manufacturer Favorite (formerly known as Kinto) has developed several unique dinosaur collectibles. The most interesting of these can arguably be found in their desktop model line, which features detailed polyresin statues of popular species.

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Review: Edmontosaurus (UKRD)

Genus: Edmontosaurus Brand: UKRD Classification: Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.1 (20 votes)

The blog’s gone all grown-up recently with resin kits and limited-edition statues – leave it to me to lower the tone and introduce a mere toy. What we have here, then, is what is known among collectors as a ‘Chinasaur’ – cheaply made and featuring little more identification than ‘Made in China’.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus “Tyrant King” Statue (Safari Ltd. Primal)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model

4.8 (17 votes)

Review by Dan Liebman
Around the time Jurassic Park was pumping prehistoric animals back into pop culture consciousness, Safari Ltd. released this rather large statue of the iconic Tyrannosaurus rex. One glance, and it’s clear the company was appealing to mature collectors of dinosauria.

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Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Antediluvia Collection)

Genus: Tyrannosaurus Brand: Antediluvia, David Krentz Classification: Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

4.7 (23 votes)

David Krentz, also responsible for sculpting and designing the Sideshow Dinosauria Collection, has created a line of dinosaur models on a much smaller and thankfully less expensive scale. The Antediluvia Collection consists of dinosaurs all made in exactly 1/72 scale but don’t let the small size fool you.

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Review: Stegosaurus (Desktop model by Favorite Co. Ltd, sculpted by Michael Trcic)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Desktop Model

4.9 (7 votes)

I recently decided to give in to a long-lasting urge and purchased my first ever desktop dinosaur models. Given the considerable price tag on some of these statues, it can be a big decision, especially in these days of online shopping when it’s difficult to know if it’s really worth it, and when there’s risk of damage during transit.

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Review: Protoceratops (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Protoceratops Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Ceratopsian, Ceratopsian (basal) Age: Cretaceous Type: Baby Dino, Figurine

3.7 (7 votes)

One of the more unusual early Carnegie releases (© 1988), this Protoceratops is less dinosaur toy, more cheap-‘n’-cheerful diorama. The inspiration’s pretty obvious for anyone who’s read a dinosaur book or two (a classic case of mistaken identity – nobody tell this guy!), but it made for an odd early entry among the chunky theropods with painted-on teeth.

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Review: Agustinia (Deluxe Collection, CollectA)

Genus: Agustinia Brand: CollectA, Procon Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3 (27 votes)

Review and Photos by Nicholas Anning (“Brontozaurus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.
CollectA/Procon is somewhat unique among dinosaur toy companies in that they have an extensive range of dinosaur toys which represent relatively obscure dinosaurs. While these toys seem to vary in quality (to say the least), they at least deserve points for trying.

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Review: Prehistoric Sea Life Toob (Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Basilosaurus, Chlamydoselachus, Dolichorhynchops, Elasmosaurus, Henodus, Ichthyosaurus, Liopleurodon, Metriorhynchus, Nothosaurus, Tylosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Ichthyosaur, Mosasaur, Placodont, Plesiosaur, Pliosaur, Reptile (other), Whale Age: Cretaceous, Eocene, Jurassic, Triassic Type: Tube

4.5 (17 votes)

Review by Cordylus, photos and figure captions by Plesiosauria
This is truely a marine reptile lover’s dream come true. For years, Nothosaurus, Metriorhynchus, Basilosaurus and the like were all hard to find and expensive (if there were any to even be found) – until now.

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Review: Apatosaurus (2010) (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine Scale: 1:50

4.3 (23 votes)

Review and photos by Dr Andre Mursch (“Brontodocus”). Edited by Plesiosauria.

Get your fore feet back down to earth, Bronto, here comes 2010’s latest release of the Wild Safari Dinos series by Safari Ltd:

Apatosaurus maybe regarded the archetype of a sauropod – a highly iconic dinosaur taxon almost everybody knows today – despite the long taxonomic confusion caused by its popular junior synonym Brontosaurus coined by the same author, O.C.

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Review: Plesiosaurus (Papo)

Genus: Plesiosaurus Brand: Papo Classification: Plesiosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

2.8 (24 votes)

The exciting news in 2010 that Papo was to release a plesiosaur, their first ever marine reptile, was quashed quickly when I saw the early publicity photograph. The picture revealed a disappointing Nessie-like concoction with a chubby body and a swan-like neck. In the flesh, the Papo Plesiosaurus evokes mixed feelings.

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Review: Deinosuchus vs. Parasaurolophus Diorama (Dinosauria by Sideshow)

Genus: Deinosuchus, Parasaurolophus Brand: Sideshow Collectibles Classification: Crocodile, Hadrosaur, Ornithopod Age: Cretaceous Type: Desktop Model

3.2 (15 votes)

Review by Dan Liebman of DansDinosaurs.com
Photos by Jeremy Killian
The fifth entry in Sideshow’s Dinosauria line features a predation scene like many others, yet with only a single true dinosaur. Deinosuchus vs. Parasaurolophus looks to be an almost classical depiction of violence in the natural world, the massive jaws of a monstrous crocodilian clamping down on a hapless creature that was presumably ambushed while drinking at the water’s edge.

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Review: Kentrosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Kentrosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.1 (18 votes)

What’s that coming over the hill? Why, it’s the Wild Safari Kentrosaurus, new for 2010. A special mention should go out to the magnanimous and quite probably very handsome Dan Liebman, he of Dan’s Dinosaurs, who was generous enough to airmail me this little guy for a reviewing.

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They've made better figures. I must have all Concavenator figures, so these will probably come home with me.

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I too like miniature figure reviews, even more than the standard sized ones! More than half the figures in my…

Glad you're enjoying these reviews then! With everyone gushing over gigantic sauropod models I'm somewhat under the assumption that figures…

Yes I have been voting 5 stars on them. I have a fondness for miniatures so I tend to rate…

Well if that's you voting five stars on these last two reviews then yeah, I would say you must like…

I like it! With the wonky proportions and size, I wonder if it could function as a juvenile for a…

I may not like it but I'm happy that it has its admirers!

I actually really like this one. The feet are a bit wonky but I like the lean build, pose, and…

Had this as a kid, didn’t really care that he was inaccurate. He served his purpose well as something for…

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Don’t know the price just yet, but it’ll be available from multiple vendors: Everything Dinosaur, Happy Hen Toys, MiniZoo, AliExpress,…

how much will it be and where can I pre-order it

Even three starts might be too generous for this one!

Review: Allosaurus (Kinto Favorite Desktop Model)

Review: Edmontosaurus (UKRD)

Review: Tyrannosaurus “Tyrant King” Statue (Safari Ltd. Primal)

Review: Tyrannosaurus rex (Antediluvia Collection)

Review: Stegosaurus (Desktop model by Favorite Co. Ltd, sculpted by Michael Trcic)

Review: Protoceratops (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Agustinia (Deluxe Collection, CollectA)

Review: Prehistoric Sea Life Toob (Safari Ltd.)

Review: Apatosaurus (2010) (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

Review: Plesiosaurus (Papo)

Review: Deinosuchus vs. Parasaurolophus Diorama (Dinosauria by Sideshow)

Review: Kentrosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

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