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.
Review: Hadrosaurus (CollectA)
4.8 (67 votes)
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.
Review: Tapejara (Jurassic World Dino Rivals/Primal Attack Savage Strike by Mattel)
2.2 (56 votes)
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.
News: Upcoming release from Bandai (New for 2023)
3.2 (39 votes)
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.
News: Upcoming release from Creative Beast Studio
4.7 (96 votes)
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!
Review: Nothosaurus (Jurassic World Dino-Trackers, Danger Pack by Mattel)
3.7 (164 votes)
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.
News: Mattel’s Jurassic Park Crowdfund Tanks
1.7 (31 votes)
With only 1,631 backers in the end (5,000 were required just to unlock the gates and the vehicle), there’s no two ways about it: Mattel’s crowdfund for Jurassic Park: The Gates has been a decisive and disappointing failure. Many collectors are dearly hoping that the Bull T.
