The Sphenacodon was part of Marx’ first wave, produced from 1955 onwards. This species is not a very common choice for toy producers. Since the Sphenacodon was of the earliest wave it may not be surprising that it is a comparably weak representative of the real animal, even with its outdated history in mind. Sphenacodon was a close relative of...
Right to begin with, yes, three figures by Linde are already thoroughly represented on this blog, the Tyrannosaurus, Sphenacodon and Dimetrodon. But for the sake of completeness I include those three in this review aswell. “Linde” is a brand name for a coffee surrogate produced from grain and chicory. The originally producing company dates quite a while back. Johann Heinrich...
Photographs by Doug Watson, edited by Dinotoyblog Here we have the Linde Sphenacodon. In May 2009, Tomhet wrote an excellent recension of Marx´ classic Sphenacodon, also writing that “the two others were almost impossible to find”. Well, almost. Austrian company Linde added plastic toys to their coffee packages. Eight of those were prehistoric beasts, not all to scale but well...
