Before we begin the review, I would like to thank the generous folks over at ToyMonster, for sending me a large selection of Captivz figures for me to share with the blog.
I love how quickly Nasutoceratops has risen in popularity.
News: Upcoming release from Eofauna (New for 2025)
5 (27 votes)
Earlier this week Eofauna teased something new for early next year with a partially redacted photograph. It was clearly a fifth proboscidean, but we wondered which one could it be? An American mastodon? A gomphothere of some sort? Or perhaps even a dwarf mammoth?
News: Upcoming releases from Schleich (New for 2025)
2.7 (27 votes)
Schleich’s 2025 prehistoric assortment will include their first ever Carcharodontosaurus. They did a fairly decent job with the head; you can immediately tell it’s the shark-toothed lizard. This is probably the best out of the four.
There’s also a new Dilophosaurus, but it frankly looks like a step down from the previous version.
Review: Dilophosaurus (Haolonggood)
Review: Daspletosaurus (Haolonggood)
4.1 (39 votes)
As Waylay bursts out from concealment, the big male champsosaur that was basking placidly on a sandbank immediately slides into the water.* But the pools in these marshlands are half a metre deep at most and Waylay simply wades in and seizes the fleeing reptile’s tail in her jaws.
Review: Edmontosaurus (Haolonggood)
4.6 (39 votes)
Edmontosaurus has been a staple in dinosaur toy lines since the very beginning of dinosaur toy production with Marx in the 1950’s. It’s a quintessential dinosaur, right up there with Triceratops, T. rex, and Stegosaurus, even if it was historically regarded as nothing more than theropod fodder.
Review: Albertaceratops nesmoi by Beasts of the Mesozoic from Creative Beast Studios
4.9 (23 votes)
At this point in my life, my reviews are all going to be somewhat personal. As collectors, we tend to form serious attachments to our toys or figures, as they often serve as memory capsules. They remind us of things such as a fun event that led to their discovery, a trip where a collector bought a figure at a gift shop, a gift given to a collector for their birthday, or by a special someone that may or may not be with them anymore, etc.
Review: Monolophosaurus (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, Epic Evolution Strike Attack by Mattel)
News: Upcoming release from Creative Beast Studio (New for 2024)(Pt.11)
5 (20 votes)
Behold the painted prototype of Creative Beast/Eons’ Prehistoric Elephants Moeritherium!
The colour scheme is reminiscent of the Moeritherium that was featured in the BBC series Walking with Beasts. Both were clearly inspired by the common hippopotamus.
And here’s some other pleasing news: the Backerkit campaign is doing well thus far.
Review: Utahraptor (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
3.9 (42 votes)
Review and photos by bmathison1972, edited by Suspsy.
In 2016, I moved from the hot and humid deciduous forests of Georgia to the hot and dry high deserts of Utah. It wasn’t a stark change for me, though, as I grew up in the hotter and drier Sonoran Desert of Arizona.