Eofauna posted this message on the forum earlier in the week: Dear DinotoyBlog members, We are sorry to inform you that the Paraceratherium and Anancus are not yet ready, although we had expected them to be by now. The factory has informed us that it is currently facing a shortage of skilled workers, which has delayed production by several ...
Aside from being the most popular and familiar prehistoric carnivoran, cats of the Smilodon genus are notable for several reasons. They’re the most recent of the “saber-toothed” cats, having only gone extinct at the end of the Ice Age, 10,000 years ago. They were also large, reaching and exceeding the size of extant big cats. One species, S. populator, was...
Add Haolonggood to the list of companies with a Coelodonta toy to their name. As you can see, this woolly rhinoceros is part of the new “Ancient Witness” series, which will presumably include the proboscideans teased previously. And it appears that Haolonggood will only be making one colour version as opposed to the two or three versions they’ve been doing...
It’s yet another hot summer day and the last thing that Cameron would care to do is move a single muscle of his ten ton body. That’s because he’s been beating the heat by lounging comfortably in a shallow pool, with his huge head resting on the muddy bank, his titanic trunk half submerged in the cool brown water, and...
The Ediacaran is the first geological period with widespread evidence of multicellular life. And those fossils are actually quite extraordinary, as many of them are of soft-bodied creatures that normally do not preserve easily in the fossil record. Most of the fossils are casts and molds in sandstones. One theory for this is that their preservation may have been assisted...
The upcoming 1/18 scale Cyberzoic Yutyrannus looks very different from the Beasts of the Mesozoic version thanks to its raven-inspired colour scheme. The black and blue really make it seem like a cold, sinister, pitiless killer. And the very first non-mammalian critter in Beasts of the Cenozoic will be the giant terror bird Kelenken! This 1/12 dinosaur’s black, red, and...
With the Duel Attack, Hammond Collection, and Habitat Defender Triceratops toys all in my collection I didn’t think I would ever add another Mattel Trike to my shelves, but then Mattel went and made one with rubber skin! I resisted it for as long as I could, but when it inevitably went on sale, I caved, so here I am...
Seven new LEGO sets based on the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World films have been revealed! First up is the famous Jeep Wrangler, complete with a Dennis Nedry minifigure. It becomes available on May 7. And here’s Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops, following in the footsteps of the Tyrannosaurus rex. It comes with a Dr. Harding minifigure. This will be out on...
Right off the bat I want to give my sincerest thanks (again) to David James Armsby, who sent me this figure and for free, after a lovely conversation on the forum here. Not only that but with a wonderful little sketch as well. I cannot stress my extreme gratitude for his generosity enough. And yes that is Dead Sound himself,...
One of the first dinosaur toys I ever bought as an adult collector was the 2008 Carnegie Collection Giganotosaurus. I got mine from Ithaca’s Museum of the Earth around 2010 and it has stood as the sole representative of the genus in my collection ever since (not counting Jurassic World toys). Many excellent Giga figures have been released over the...
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the popular Marvel Comics character Deadpool back in 2021, Funko POP released six special figures that year. Included among them was none other than Dinopool, which combines the traits of the fourth wall-smashing Merc with a Mouth and the simply smashing Tyrannosaurus rex! Funko has made countless characters from all manner of...
Slated for release this May, the 1/18 Cyberzoic Carnotaurus is an agile, graceful, and fearsome predator! Just look at all that articulation! And slated for release further in the future is the super awesome 1/12 scale dire wolf! This vicious dog comes with three interchangeable heads. There’s the standard one with an articulated jaw. Howling head. And POed head. The...
