If there’s one thing that young prehistory fans enjoy, it’s randomly pitting their toys against one another in savage battles, geography and time be blowed. And if there’s another thing that young children in general are entertained by, it’s seeing things change colour by immersing them in water. That’s precisely why Mattel’s two biggest properties, Barbie and Hot Wheels, have...
With its crown of thorny spikes and a name meaning “demon from the river Styx”, Stygimoloch is one of the coolest dinosaurs around. Too bad then that many consider it to be a juvenile of Pachycephalosaurus or a different species of Pachycephalosaurus. Regardless of whatever Stygimoloch is, it will live on immortalized in the Jurassic World franchise. Stygimoloch made its...
I first learned about Stygimoloch back in the late 1980s when I came across a painting of it by the late paleoartist Ely Kish in a dinosaur book, and I distinctly recall being rather excited at the prospect of another North American pachycephalosaur besides Pachycephalosaurus itself and Stegoceras. So it was something of a disappointment years later when it was announced that both Stygimloch and...
It was inevitable. Funko has now found its way onto the Dinosaur Toy Blog. Since this is the first Funko review on the DTB I suppose a brief introduction of the company is in order, not that it’s needed. Funko has managed to spread its tendrils into virtually every pop culture fandom imaginable and even if you don’t collect them,...
Review and photographs by DrWheelieMobile, edited by Suspsy A staple of any paleo-nut’s childhood – and source of dread for said paleo-nut’s parents! – were so-called excavation kits, which usually took the form of plaster blocks with parts of a skeleton model jumbled inside. Equipped with a toy hammer, the task was to ‘excavate’ the pieces, then to assemble them...
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. We all know that many of the prehistoric species featured in this franchise are not...
Review and photos by Faelrin, edited by Suspsy While the award goes to the Carnotaurus for my favorite new theropod in the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom line (if not counting the new hybrid Indoraptor), the award for my new favorite herbivore has to go to the Stygimoloch. Even prior to seeing the film, there was just something charming (and promising)...
“Good day to you all, fellow dinosaur lovers! It is I, Dr. Bella Bricking, here once again to guide you through an exciting Lego journey! And of course, I am accompanied by my ever-eager partner, Beth Buildit!” “Yo.” “I say, Beth, how is little Bronwyn faring? I miss having her along on our exploits!” “Yeah, funny thing about that, Doc....
