Images of Schleich’s 2024 prehistoric assortment have hit the web, so let’s check out what we’re getting, shall we?
Allosaurus. Schleich has tackled this genus many times already in the past. The pose looks a little contorted, but maybe it’s just the angle.
Bajadasaurus. This looks pretty decent.
The late Triassic Herrerasaurus is one of the oldest dinosaurs known from the fossil record. So old and primitive is Herrerasaurus that there is still debate about where it fits in the dinosaur family tree. At various times it has been proposed that Herrerasaurus was a basal theropod, a basal sauropodomorph, a basal saurischian, or not a dinosaur at all.
Safari has revealed its final two prehistoric toys for the year. First up is a repaint of their baby Brachiosaurus, which originally came out a good 26 years ago. Wonder if the adult version will also be rereleased in these colours?
And now check out the all-new Therizinosaurus!
The Jurassic World line shows no indication of slowing down next year. Some of these newly revealed toys are species that have been done before by Mattel, some have been done by other toy companies, and some have never been done before at all.
Danger Pack
Avaceratops.
The diminutive and delightfully unusual South American ankylosaur Stegouros is the latest reveal from Safari Ltd.! This one looks to be a true winner, as anyone ought to expect when the sculptor is Doug Watson. 🙂
Alas, poor Troodon. Beginning in the late 1980s and continuing all the way into the 2010s, it was widely hailed as the smartest dinosaur of them all. It became a fixture of books, documentaries, and films in which it was frequently depicted as a swift, graceful, big-eyed predator that hunted down small mammals in the night.
Finally, a new PNSO reveal that isn’t a tyrannosaurid! Say good day to Edward the Megalosaurus, a fine old chunk of Middle Jurassic England.
Although only known from 35 bones and some teeth from a single specimen, Hadrosaurus is more significant than its fragmentary remains would suggest. Hadrosaurus foulkii was first described by Joseph Leidy in 1858 from remains found in New Jersey’s Woodbury Formation. It is the first dinosaur ever discovered in the United States and the first dinosaur skeleton to ever be mounted for display, anywhere in the world.
Safari’s latest reveal is a repaint of their Kentrosaurus figure. Looks rather snazzy in orange and blue.
Ever since I, Emperor Dinobot, managed to get most of my Jurassic pterosaurs on the ceiling, I made the reealization that doing so would make it impossible for me to review certain individuals, especially many of the repaints and retools Mattel has released in the last few years.
Now here’s something rather exciting from Bandai: the Plannasaurus Spinosaurus. First you assemble the plastic skeleton, then you attach the skin and flesh pieces to create the most up-to-date restoration of the world’s most famous finned fish eater. I believe this is the very first “new” Spinosaurus figure that isn’t posed in a swimming or quadrupedal stnace.
Coming on the caudal of their O. megalodon is Haolonggood’s take on Dacentrurus, the second biggest known stegosaur after Stegosaurus itself. The sculpting looks superb as always and it’s hard to say which colour variant is the more appealing.
Just when you thought it was safe to not check your bank account again, Haolonggood has revealed their upcoming Otodus megalodon figure, complete with an articulated lower jaw and a water-themed display stand.
Creative Beast Studio has released images of the completed Dilophosaurus prototype for the planned Cyberzoic series. Boy howdy, does it ever look amazing! The Kickstarter for Cyberzoic launches on October 3, so mark your calendar if you’re planning to contribute to this ambitious project!
Nothosaurus is a genus of Triassic marine reptile that belongs to the Sauropterygia clade, along with other weirdos like placodonts and plesiosaurs. Aside from the plesiosaurs all members of the clade would go extinct by the end of the Triassic. Looking at Nothosaurus it is easy to see the relationship between it and plesiosaurs but nothosaurs were a distinct group with their own unique features and did not give rise to plesiosaurs.
