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.
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.
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!
