All Apatosaurus Reviews

Review: Brontosaurus (Marx)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: Marx Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

3.7 (10 votes)

Before we begin the review, I would like to take a brief aside and recollect for a moment, as the date of this posting has some significance to me personally. Today, July 16th, 2021, is my 10-year anniversary writing for the Dinosaur Toy Blog.

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Review: Brontosaurus (MPC)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: MPC Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

2.8 (14 votes)

This classic little sauropod is best viewed today as a relic, a curious piece of memorabilia nestled between more interesting figures which came before and after it.

If you were to ask a veteran toy collector about vintage dinosaurs, you’d probably hear Marx cited first.

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Review: Brontosaurus (Sinclair Dinoland)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: Sinclair Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies

4 (7 votes)

Sinclair’s Brontosaurus and its plastic compatriots are time capsules to a moment of zeitgeist in paleo pop-culture, and stand as charming testaments to the evolving nature of paleontology and memorabilia.

Brontosaurus is one of the quintessential icons of dinosaur pop-culture imagery.

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Review: Brontosaurus (Tyco)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus Brand: Tyco Classification: Diplodocoid, Sauropod Age: Jurassic Type: Action Figure

3.9 (8 votes)

This review marks my 100th review for the Dinosaur Toy Blog and with having reached this milestone I think I need to reflect a bit. My first review was posted on July 16th, 2011. That’s just over 5 years of collecting and writing about dinosaur toys.

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Review: Dinos (Toob by Safari Ltd.)

Genus: Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Dimetrodon, Diplodocus, Iguanodon, Pteranodon, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Dromaeosaur, Iguanodont (basal), Ornithopod, Pelycosaur, Pterosaur, Sauropod, Stegosaur, Theropod, Theropod (basal), Thyreophoran, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic, Permian Type: Set, Tube

3 (26 votes)

Safari’s very first prehistory toob is charming, but largely showing its age in the details and aesthetics of the figurines.
Toobs might be the unsung heroes of Safari Ltd.’s toy lines. I see them wherever Safari products are sold, even when their larger, standard-sized kin are absent.

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Review: Dinosaurs (Tim Mee Toys by J. Lloyd International Inc.)

Genus: Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus, Dimetrodon, Edmontosaurus, Mammuthus, Nedoceratops, Smilodon, Stegosaurus, Trachodon, Tyrannosaurus, Woolly mammoth Brand: Tim Mee Toys Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Cat, Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Elephant, Hadrosaur, Mammal, Ornithopod, Pelycosaur, Sauropod, Stegosaur, Theropod, Thyreophoran, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic, Permian, Pleistocene Type: Figurine, Monochrome, Oldies, Set

4.2 (33 votes)

Back in 2012 a representative from the toy vendor VictoryBuy joined the Dinosaur Toy forum looking for member feedback with regards to reissuing the Tim Mee set of toy dinosaurs, originally produced in the 1970’s. Flashforward to 2014 and VictoryBuy once again stopped by the forum, this time to announce the actual release of the set.

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Review: Dinosaurs I (Authentics Habitat Collection by Safari ltd.)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Brontosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Hadrosaur, Macronaria (basal), Ornithopod, Sauropod, Stegosaur, Theropod Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Set, Tube Scale: 1:100, 1:110, 1:120, 1:130, 1:150

2.8 (15 votes)

These six little dinos, sculpted by the Carnegie Collection’s own Forest Rogers, may look pretty dated today; but they manage to blend old and new aspects of science to produce a charming set as a whole.

Safari ltd. stands as one of the giants of educational, scientifically accurate dinosaur & animal toys today; but it’s easy to forget the company didn’t start out this way.

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Review: Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Museum Collection, Series 2 (Larami Corp)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Brand: Larami, playset Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Plesiosaur, Sauropod, Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Figurine, Knock-off, Set

2.5 (15 votes)

Larami’s Museum set is looking pretty dated now, but it’s a charming playset all the same and one of the more memorable imitators out there.

It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; by that metric the dinosaur toy industry has been incredibly generous towards the leading toy brands.

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Review: Feathered Dinos Tube (Safari Ltd)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Beipiaosaurus, Caudipteryx, Chasmosaurus, Dilong, Microraptor, Pachycephalosaurus, Protoceratops, Psittacosaurus, Sinornithosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor Brand: Safari Ltd Classification: Ceratopsian, Ceratopsian (basal), Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Dromaeosaur, Oviraptorosaur, Pachycephalosaur, Sauropod, Therizinosaur, Theropod, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Set, Tube

4 (21 votes)

Safari Ltd have produced several tubes (or ‘toobs’ as they call them) that contain a diverse selection of mini-dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. These tubes are a great choice for the indecisive amongst us. Why pick one single large dinosaur when you can get an entire tube of small dinosaurs for the same price.

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Review: Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom Kinder Joy Eggs (by Ferrero)

Genus: Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus, Dimorphodon, Mosasaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor Brand: Jurassic World Classification: Ankylosaur, Ankylosaurid, Diplodocoid, Thyreophoran, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic

4 (7 votes)

Here is an interesting fact. In the United States of America, the release of the limited edition Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom Kinder Joy Eggs would have been illegal if it had been released in previous years. The reason for this is that any candy with a toy or “non-nutritive object embedded” inside it has been illegal since 1938, when the U.S.

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Review: Micro Tiere Collection (Bullyland)

Genus: Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Mammuthus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Woolly mammoth Brand: Bullyland Classification: Ceratopsian, Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Elephant, Macronaria (basal), Mammal, Sauropod, Stegosaur, Theropod, Thyreophoran, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic, Pleistocene Type: Figurine, Set

2.9 (7 votes)

Back in 2010 our own Libraraptor reviewed a little Apatosaurus, part of Bullyland’s Micro Tiere Collection released in 2005. Having found the same little figure in an eBay lot I was very curious about this small but seemly high quality figure.

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Review: Mini-Dino Multi-Pack (“Battle Damage”)(Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by Mattel)

Genus: Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Baryonyx, Carnotaurus, Dilophosaurus, Indominus, Indoraptor, Metriacanthosaurus, Mosasaurus, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Stygimoloch, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor Brand: Jurassic World, Mattel, monster Classification: Ceratopsian, Ceratosaur, Chasmosaur, Diplodocoid, Dromaeosaur, Fictional, Mosasaur, Pachycephalosaur, Pterosaur, Sauropod, Spinosaur, Stegosaur, Theropod, Theropod (basal), Thyreophoran, Tyrannosaur Age: Cretaceous, Jurassic Type: Set

4 (14 votes)

Review and photographs by Cretaceous Crab, edited by Suspsy
Let me start out by saying that this pack of figures are obviously part of the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World toy franchise, and likewise, each figure is designed to be a representation of its silver screen counterpart.

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