Two more new products from Haolonggood have been revealed! The first one is Ampelosaurus, a Late Cretaceous armoured sauropod from France.
And the second is the famous tyrannosaurine, Daspletosaurus. With lips, hurrah!
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Wuerhosaurus is a genus of stegosaurid that lived during the early Cretaceous in China. Being from the early Cretaceous makes it notable as it means it’s one of the last living stegosaurid genera. While stegosaurids as a group flourished during the late Jurassic, they went completely extinct by the end of the early Cretaceous.
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It’s rare for me to audibly gasp from surprise, but that was exactly how I reacted in 2019 when I rounded the corner to the Chicago Field Museum’s “Evolving Planet” exhibit, and came face-to-face with the colossus now standing guard outside the exhibit entrance.
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Still more images of 2024 Jurassic World toys have shown up online!
Danger Pack.
Craterosaurus. To my knowledge, this is the very first toy of the European stegosaur.
Kileskus. The diminutive Russian tyrannosauroid is also receiving its very first toy.
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Review and images by Cretaceous Crab, edited by Suspsy
Since the release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in 2018, Mattel has practically exploded in terms of the diversity of prehistoric genera it has offered, many of which are the first of their kind to be represented in toy or figure form.
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Say hello to Dayong the Yangchuanosaurus, the latest in a very long line of theropods from PNSO this year. And lo and behold, this one has lips!
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Next up for Haolonggood is the iconic “meat-eating bull,” Carnotaurus. Sculpted in a walking pose and with an articulated lower jaw, it will come in either brown or grey. Yet another impressive job.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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. 🙂
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