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News: Announcing… the Monster Toy Blog!

News Category: Announcement

5 (9 votes)

We’ve launched a new website, the Monster Toy Blog!

The Monster Toy Blog is dedicated to monster toy and model reviews, and completes a Holy Toy-rinity of figure review sites together with our existing Dinosaur Toy Blog and Animal Toy Blog sites.

A screenshot of the Monster Toy Blog

Our team of eight reviewers – EmperorDinobot, Faelrin, Gwangi, Saarlooswolfhound, SBell, Suspsy, Torvosaurus, and myself – have been beavering away with plenty of new content to kick the site off with a monstrous bang.

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Review: Guanlong vs. Lystrosaurus (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Epic Evolution Danger Pack by Mattel)

Genus: Guanlong, Lystrosaurus Brand: Jurassic World, Mattel Classification: Therapsid (non-mammal), Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Jurassic, Permian, Triassic Type: Action Figure Scale: 1:18

4.1 (22 votes)

Recently, Mattel has started dabbling with small-figure two packs, first with an Eoraptor vs. Stegouros pairing and then with the set we’re looking at today, Guanlong vs. Lystrosaurus. I think these two packs are a fantastic idea and hope that Mattel will produce more of them in the future.

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News: Upcoming release from CollectA (New for 2024)(Pt.2)

News Category: Announcement, Upcoming Releases Brand: CollectA

4.2 (30 votes)

Check out this towering 1:20 scale Arctodus!

It’s about time we got a short-faced bear toy! Most Arctodus depictions show it with brown fur like a grizzly, but this one looks more like a spectacled bear instead.

Definitely a must-have!

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News: Upcoming release from Mojo Fun (New for 2025)

News Category: Announcement, Upcoming Releases Brand: Mojö Fun

4.2 (13 votes)

Mojo Fun has revealed a new prehistoric toy for next year: the Middle Jurassic plesiosaur Cryptoclidus.

Despite having appeared in the BBC Walking With Dinosaurs series back in 1999, Cryptoclidus has never gotten a toy from any of the major companies until now.

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News: Upcoming release from Mattel (New for 2025)(Pt.5)

News Category: Announcement, Upcoming Releases Brand: Jurassic World, Mattel

4 (33 votes)

The latest reveal for the Jurassic World Hammond Collection is not a dinosaur and has not yet made an appearance in a movie or a TV series, but it is most definitely welcome: Scutosaurus.

Looks fabulous!

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Review: Lufengosaurus (2024) (PNSO)

Genus: Lufengosaurus Brand: PNSO Classification: Prosauropod, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine Scale: 1:35

4.7 (43 votes)

Many of us will recall the old days when the term “prosauropods” was used to describe the likes of Plateosaurus, Massospondylus, Melanorosaurus, and other early long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs thought to be the ancestors of the great sauropods like Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, and Diplodocus.

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News: Upcoming releases from CollectA (New for 2025)(Pt.1)

News Category: Announcement, Upcoming Releases Brand: CollectA

4.8 (34 votes)

CollectA’s first two reveals for next year are most exciting indeed! Feast your eyes on the very first toy of Furcatoceratops!

And look, no more filaments on the hindquarters! This ceratopsian will be part of the Popular series.

And here’s the Deluxe 1:20 scale Jaekelopterus, biggest of all known arthropods!

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News: Upcoming releases from Mattel (New for 2024)(Pt.4)

News Category: Announcement, Upcoming Releases Brand: Jurassic World, Mattel

3.4 (12 votes)

First off, sorry for the image quality, I’ll replace them as soon as better ones become available, but wowsa! Mattel sure has some rare and unusual genera in store for us next year!

Hypsilophodon. Been a very long time since this little herbivore got a toy.

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Review: Pteranodon (Ultimate Dinosaurs by Yowie Group)

Genus: Pteranodon Brand: Yowie Classification: Pterosaur Age: Cretaceous Type: Figurine Scale: 1:80

3.2 (17 votes)

Collectors of extant animals are no doubt familiar with Yowie Group, who have been producing animal figurines for U.S. markets since 2014 and for Australia since 2017. Yowie Group is a relaunch of Cadbury Yowie, which produced toy animals and chocolate in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, before Cadbury and Yowie parted ways.

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News: Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2024 Poll is Open!

News Category: Announcement, Diorama Contest

4.9 (11 votes)

The entries are listed on the forum, and as always, there’s some real gems! Voting for your top three is open until November 10. Best of luck to all contestants!

Vintage diorama by Jay Matternes, made for the Smithsonian.

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Review: Compsognathus corallestris (Monster in my Pocket by Matchbox)

Genus: Compsognathus Brand: Matchbox, Monster in my Pocket Classification: Theropod, Theropod (basal) Age: Jurassic Type: Caricature, Figurine Scale: 1:17

3.3 (17 votes)

I have a doozy for you today, a remarkable figure of C. corallestris, a semi-aquatic species of Compsognathus with fin-like hands. At least, that’s what palaeontologists thought when they described the type specimen in 1972. The interpretation didn’t last long though.

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News: Upcoming releases from Mattel (New for 2025)(Pt.3)

News Category: Announcement, Upcoming Releases Brand: Jurassic World, Mattel

3.6 (12 votes)

Here’s yet another addition to the popular Hammond Collection: the “Ghost” Atrociraptor.

And here’s the Roar Command Tyrannosaurus rex. According to the packaging, you’ll be able to record your own roaring sounds and then have the toy play it back.

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News: Announcing… the Monster Toy Blog!

Review: Guanlong vs. Lystrosaurus (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Epic Evolution Danger Pack by Mattel)

News: Upcoming release from CollectA (New for 2024)(Pt.2)

News: Upcoming release from Mojo Fun (New for 2025)

News: Upcoming release from Mattel (New for 2025)(Pt.5)

Review: Lufengosaurus (2024) (PNSO)

News: Upcoming releases from CollectA (New for 2025)(Pt.1)

News: Upcoming releases from Mattel (New for 2024)(Pt.4)

Review: Pteranodon (Ultimate Dinosaurs by Yowie Group)

News: Dinosaur Toy Forum Diorama Contest 2024 Poll is Open!

Review: Compsognathus corallestris (Monster in my Pocket by Matchbox)

News: Upcoming releases from Mattel (New for 2025)(Pt.3)

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