Before we begin the review, I would like to thank Happy Hen Toys for sending this figure along as a review sample. Check out their large selection of animal and dinosaur figures by clicking on the banner below. Birds of the Phorusrhacidae family, commonly known as terror birds, are some of the most impressive dinosaurs to evolve in the post-Mesozoic...
Every now and again, something rather interesting pops up that you wouldn’t expect to be as good as you’d think. The toy sets you would see at supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl, often seen as cheap item makers, having something worth getting. Here, we examine the Joy City line on prehistoric animals, a counterpoint to there Dinosaur wave, which seems...
Review and photos by Lanthanotus, edited by Suspsy A few months ago I stumbled upon pictures of several dinosaur figures made by the French company Starlux while I was reading through the “Recent Acquisitions” thread in the DTF. I looked up this company and found that they had made a great array of dinosaurs as well as some very obscure...
After the death of the non-avian dinosaurs some of the remaining theropod tried to re-claim their former glory and put mammals back in their place. These were the terror birds, or Phorusrhacidae, which carried on the legacy of Tyrannosaurus and its kin between 62-2 million years ago. Ultimately, they wouldn’t make it, but during their reign as apex predators they...
The Vintage Schleich Diatryma is a nice little figure to have! It is brightly coloured (although I know of monochrome ones being out there) and looks as if it is smiling at you. Looking at this figure, one can’t believe it was a more or less aggressive Eocene omnivore, lurking for prey in the Messel woods, not even avoiding small...
