I, EmperorDinobot, have a less than healthy obsession with the Beasts of the Mesozoic. These are the dinosaurs I wanted to own as a kid. Dinosaurs that were articulated beyond what Kenner and later Hasbro’s dinosaurs could do. And here I am, roughly two decades later, sitting in bed with my own personal computer doing what I always did as a kid: browsing the catalogs which sometimes came in the boxes, or just the back of the card for some figures, always plotting what I should get next.
News: Announcing… the Monster Toy Blog!
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.
Review: Guanlong vs. Lystrosaurus (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Epic Evolution Danger Pack by Mattel)
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.
News: Upcoming release from Mojo Fun (New for 2025)
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.
Review: Lufengosaurus (2024) (PNSO)
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.
News: Upcoming releases from CollectA (New for 2025)(Pt.1)
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!
News: Upcoming releases from Mattel (New for 2024)(Pt.4)
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.
Review: Pteranodon (Ultimate Dinosaurs by Yowie Group)
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.
Review: Compsognathus corallestris (Monster in my Pocket by Matchbox)
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.