With the release of Jurassic World: Rebirth this past summer, Toy Monster released an entirely new product in their Captivz line: dioramas! Three of them were released, featuring a Captivz figurine and a buildable diorama depicting the scene in the movie that the animal was featured in. Diorama sets were made for the T. rex, Mosasaurus, and Quetzalcoatlus scenes. After...
When it comes to pterosaur toys the companies that make them have two options; make it in a flying pose or make it in a standing pose. Since kids play with them, most pterosaurs are in flying poses, but there have been many standing pterosaurs over the years going all the way back to Marx in the 1950’s with their...
When news of the discovery of Quetzalcoatlus first began breaking back in the late 1970s, it inspired a wave of paleoart depicting a rather bizarre and somewhat unnerving creature that ended up bearing very little resemblance to the mighty azhdarchid. The very first rendition appears to have been by Giovanni Caselli in 1975. A similar portrait was created by Bob Hersey in...
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 to share with the blog. When Jurassic World: Dominion came out there was a lot of talk about the inaccuracies of its dinosaurs. Wrist-winged Pyroraptor this and tall-spined Giganotosaurus that. But, as usual, the pterosaur...
It’s rare for me to audibly gasp from surprise, but that was exactly how I reacted in 2019 when I rounded the corner to the Chicago Field Museum’s “Evolving Planet” exhibit, and came face-to-face with the colossus now standing guard outside the exhibit entrance. When preparation began for installing Maximo the Patagotitan in the Field’s main hall, while Sue the...
Although Quetzalcoatlus finally made its onscreen debut in 2022 courtesy of Jurassic World: Dominion, longtime collectors know full well that Kenner released a toy of the colossal azdharchid all the way back in 1994, which has still not yet been reviewed for the blog (although you can get a fairly good idea of what it was like...
Nearly 60 years after Mold-A-Rama imprinted itself as an icon of American toy memorabilia, The Field Museum of Chicago collaborated with Mold-A-Rama to produce a brand-new prehistoric creature in classic plastic form. Mold-A-Rama figures have been an icon of dinosaur toy collecting for decades. Originally conceived in the 1950s by Tike Miller for personal use, the first official molding machines...
Well, I’ve shown you the worst of this line, let’s waste no time and get straight on to the best of them! Starting off the top half is everyone’s favourite three horned herbivore Triceratops. This features one of the best poses of the lot (something I haven’t talked at length about as most the figures are in a generic standing...
This set of reissued figurines offers an updated, good-quality variety of animals for collectors who might have missed earlier releases. Kaiyodo’s miniature dinosaur lines might be among the very best in the market, even with more and more high-end companies entering the scene in recent years. It’s a shame that acquiring Kaiyodo’s figurines hasn’t gotten any easier for collectors outside...
When the prologue (and later, trailer) for Jurassic World: Dominion dropped, it was met with a lot of grievances from our community. To be fair, there was a lot to gripe about, from anachronistic animals mingling together, to the sloppy anatomy typical of the franchise. That said, people seem to like focusing on the negative, and while everyone was fussing...
Overall this appears to be a fine representation of Quetzalcoatlus in many details, but when it comes to some of this animal’s most integral and challenging features the figurine actually falls short. Having grown up familiar with the titanic pterosaur being featured in books and television programs, it’s sometimes surprising for me to remember that Quetzalcoatlus is a relatively recent...
Time will tell if some of Araki’s artistic license proves true, but there are still definite issues with the design which may turn off more serious-minded collectors. While long-established companies like Safari Ltd. and Schleich have been going steady, and rising stars like Rebor and PNSO have been conquering the collecting market worldwide, Japanese companies like Favorite have been...
