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Review: Brachiosaurus (Soft model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

4.8 (6 votes)

“Brachiosaurus” brancai comes to the Dino Toy Blog yet again. Of course, it isn’t really “Brachiosaurus” brancai, but rather Giraffatitan brancai, the big old brachiosaur from Africa having recently acquired a genus of its very own, albeit unfortunately a genus coined by Greg Paul on one of his off days (heresy!).

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Review: Cryolophosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Cryolophosaurus Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Theropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.4 (21 votes)

The unusual theropod Cryolophosaurus is the largest carnivorous dinosaur from the Early Jurassic and the most complete dinosaur known from Antarctica. This fascinating dinosaur is one of two new additions to the Carnegie Collection line in 2010. Their second offering, the first ever Carnegie ichthyosaur, is another figure to look forward to this year.

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Review: Velociraptor (Papo)

Genus: Velociraptor Brand: Papo Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.6 (20 votes)

Up for review is yet another Papo dinosaur – Velociraptor. This figure is largely praised in the dinosaur toy collecting community, as is the real Velociraptor itself!

Unfortunately, most aspects of this Velociraptor are wrong. The tail is too short and curved, the arms are awkwardly pronated, the tibias seem a little too long, and there’s no feathers – all very un-dromeosaurid like features.

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Review: Stegosaurus (Papo)

Genus: Stegosaurus Brand: Papo Classification: Stegosaur, Thyreophoran Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

3.7 (26 votes)

Stegosaurus has always been a staple dinosaur. It’s featured prominently in museums, the media, museum toylines, chinasaur bins, and it’s been heavily researched. Many renditions of this animal have been done in toy form (just about every dinosaur toy collection has one!) so we’ll look at the attempt by Papo for now.

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Review: Dimetrodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd.)

Genus: Dimetrodon Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Pelycosaur Age: Permian Type: Figurine

2.3 (22 votes)

Review and photos by Griffin
Dimetrodon is probably one of the most well known non dinosaur prehistoric creatures of all time. It lived during the early to middle Permian era way before any dinosaur and is actually more closely related to us mammals than it is to other kinds of reptiles.

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Review: Deinonychus (Soft model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Genus: Deinonychus Brand: Favorite Co. Ltd. Classification: Dromaeosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.9 (8 votes)

In spite of not having a name ending in ‘raptor’, Deinonychus remains a high-profile dromaeosaur in the public imagination, and rightly so for an animal that revolutionised our understanding of dinosaurs. This fairly small and affordable toy is manufactured by Favorite, and is clearly modelled on their larger (and somewhat more expensive) resin ‘Desktop’ model.

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Review: Liopleurodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Genus: Liopleurodon Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Plesiosaur, Pliosaur Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.9 (24 votes)

One of the first new releases of 2010 is the Liopleurodon from Safari’s rapidly growing and excellent quality Wild Safari line. This is Safari’s first replica of the infamous Jurassic sea monster, originally made famous for its appearance in Walking with Dinosaurs over a decade ago.

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Review: Acrocanthosaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

Genus: Acrocanthosaurus Brand: Kaiyodo Classification: Allosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.8 (16 votes)

Acrocanthosaurus, in my opinion, is one of the coolest theropods ever. Many companies have tried and failed at creating a replica of this peculiar dinosaur, so it’s nice to see a respectable replica of one. This review will be focusing on kaiyodos attempt.

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Review: Tarbosaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 4)

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

5 (11 votes)

The “Asian Tyrant”, Tarbosaurus, is unfortunately looked over in favor of it’s more famous American cousin, Tyrannosaurus, by toy companies most of the time. Kaiyodo has produced many obscure genera before, so making a Tarbosaurus doesn’t come as a surprise to me.

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Review: Triceratops (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd)

Genus: Triceratops Brand: Carnegie, Safari Ltd Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine

3.7 (9 votes)

Review and photos by Griffin
Ever since it was discovered in the late 1800s, Triceratops has remained one of the most well known and iconic dinosaurs of all time. By this I mean it’s actually one of those dinosaur names that an average person with no interest in paleontology taken off of the street would know (A true honor only a select few kinds of dinosaurs have ever been able to claim).

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Review: Triceratops (Papo)

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

3.9 (21 votes)

In my previous review of Papo’s Parasaurolophus, I pointed out that not all Papo’s pre-Allosaurus dinosaur figures were necessarily Jurassic Park copies – but this Triceratops definitely is. It will therefore be more appealing to JP fans than anyone else, but like all Papo figures it’s quite a nice piece in its own right.

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Review: Brachiosaurus (Wild Safari By Safari Ltd) (2010 Version)

Genus: Brachiosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd, Wild Safari Classification: Macronaria (basal), Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine

4.2 (15 votes)

Review and Photos by Dan of DansDinosaurs.com
Safari Ltd. released their first Brachiosaurus figure in 1989, and it remained the largest prehistoric figure in their entire collection for two decades. Despite the changes in paint application, its mold has been unchanged to this very day.

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Review: Brachiosaurus (Soft model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Review: Cryolophosaurus (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)

Review: Velociraptor (Papo)

Review: Stegosaurus (Papo)

Review: Dimetrodon (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd.)

Review: Deinonychus (Soft model by Favorite Co. Ltd.)

Review: Liopleurodon (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd)

Review: Acrocanthosaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)

Review: Tarbosaurus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 4)

Review: Triceratops (Carnegie Collection by Safari ltd)

Review: Triceratops (Papo)

Review: Brachiosaurus (Wild Safari By Safari Ltd) (2010 Version)

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