Happy Hen Toys has generously provided me with my first ever Haolonggood review subject: Dacentrurus. The very first stegosaur to be formally described and named in 1875 (the original name was Omosaurus until someone realized in 1902 that it was already taken), Dacentrurus is estimated to have been up to nine metres in length and five metric tons in weight, making it presently the second largest known member of its family after Stegosaurus.
News: Upcoming releases from Mojo Fun (New for 2024)
1.6 (40 votes)
Well, this is definitely disappointing. Mojo Fun is only releasing repaints for next year. And two of these five repaints are of the same animal. It’s even more unfortunate considering that Mojo was on a pretty decent prehistoric mammal roll for the last three years. Here’s hoping that they make up for this in 2025.
News: Upcoming releases from Haolonggood (New for 2024)
3.8 (71 votes)
Next month, Haolonggood will be releasing their biggest figure yet: a towering Alamosaurus. Just look at the size of it!
Like all of Haolonggood’s recent products, it will come in multiple colour schemes: blue, gray, or a limited edition brown version.
I like the blue version best myself.
Review: Carcharodontosaurus (Blue Version)(GR Toys by Haolonggood)
4.6 (38 votes)
Review and images by Pliosaurking, edited by Suspsy
Hello, everyone and welcome to another review, in which I’ll be reviewing the Gr Toys x Halonggood Blue Carcharodontosaurus! Carcharodontosaurus was a massive carcharodontosaurid that lived in northern Africa during the Cenomanian stage of the Cretaceous period about 90 million years ago.
Review: Mosasaurus (Deluxe Prehistoric Collection by CollectA)
4.6 (57 votes)
Before we begin the review, I would like to thank Happy Hen Toys for supplying this figure for review. Happy Hen Toys is a U.S. distributor of animal figurines and a member and supporter of the Dinosaur Toy Blog and Forum. Of particular note is that they’re one of the few U.S.
News: Upcoming releases from Haolonggood (New for 2023)(Pt. 13)
4.7 (22 votes)
For their first hadrosaur, Haolonggood has opted for Tlatolophus. Not only is it the first time this species has received a toy, but it’s also one of the few times that a Mexican dinosaur has received any love!
Both versions look nice.
Review: Meraxes (Prehistoric Animal Models by PNSO)
4.6 (47 votes)
A dragon of ashen white and gray scales emerges from the pitch-black forest to haunt the twilight hours…
2023 has been a busy year of theropods for PNSO, having released a dozen large predators back to back over the year’s course. Before some collectors started to feel inundated by steady flow of flesh-eaters, however, near the front of their lineup PNSO released Mungo the Meraxes, the first-ever appearance on the toy market of a remarkable new discovery among giant predatory dinosaurs.
Review: Piatnitzkysaurus (Jurassic World Dino Trackers Danger Pack)
3.4 (27 votes)
We owe a lot of our pop dinosaur knowledge to books such as “The Humongous Book of Dinosaurs” by David Norman (et al.), written in the very late 1980’s and early 90’s, published by various publishers in many formats, like collectible magazines, all which often included a comprehensive list of dinosaurs from a-z, and from all over the world.
News: Upcoming release from Eofauna (New for 2024)
4.6 (56 votes)
At very long last, Eofauna’s upcoming Tyrannosaurus SUE has been revealed! At 1:35 scale (34 cm x 13 cm) and with a removable base and a colour scheme by the remarkable paleoartist Andrey Atuchin, this one looks like a royal winner!
Video: Sega Miniature Dinosaurs Unboxing
3.9 (15 votes)
In which I unbox some teeeny Sega miniature dinosaur figures acquired in a recent trade on the Dinosaur Toy Forum.
Originally posted on Youtube 13 Sept 2020.
News: Upcoming releases from CollectA (New for 2024)(Pt. 4)
4.4 (37 votes)
The three final 2024 CollectA toys have been revealed! First up is the very first ever toy of Nanuqsaurus! This Alaskan tyrannosaurid was smaller than Albertosaurus and much smaller than Tyrannosaurus rex, but if you saw its appearance in Prehistoric Planet, you know it was a savage and pitiless predator!
News: Upcoming releases from Haolonggood (New for 2023)(Pt. 12)
4.9 (24 votes)
The famous and fierce fish-eating Brit Baryonyx is coming courtesy of Haolonggood!
The two versions this time around come in light and dark shades. I think the darker one is a little bit better myself.
Review: Kronosaurus (Papo)
4.4 (54 votes)
My great thanks to Happy Hen Toys for their generosity in providing this figure for review, which is now available for sale at their website happyhentoys.com.
Two whole years after rumors of its existence first began circulating among dino collectors, Papo’s figurine of the Australian apex predator, Kronosaurus queenslandicus, has finally emerged from the realm of myth and begun landing on the shores of retail shops worldwide.
Review: Proceratosaurus (Beasts of the Mesozoic Tyrannosaur series by Creative Beast Studios)
4.3 (40 votes)
Proceratosaurus. “Before Ceratosaurus“. I remember when I first laid eyes on the exquisitely preserved jaws of this animal, found in England from the rocks of the mid Jurassic. The picture was in most dinosaur books throughout the 80’s and 90’s, accompanied by a somewhat vague description usually saying that it looked like Ceratosaurus and Ornitholestes due to the nasal horns (in the case of Ornitholestes, the nasal horn never existed, as the fossil skull was somewhat warped).
Review: Velociraptor osmolskae “Alpha” (Beasts of the Mesozoic by Creative Beast Studio)
4.2 (50 votes)
When is a Velociraptor not a Velociraptor? I would imagine every dinosaur fan is familiar with the famous “swift thief”, and seasoned enthusiasts are probably aware there’s a history of confusion surrounding the dromaeosaur’s identification. V. mongoliensis, the type species of Velociraptor, is currently the primary species recognized under the genus; however it might not be the only one.