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Allosaurus on Carcass (Fauna Casts)

There is much to be said of the distinction between toy and model. For some, it represents a leap from the child’s plaything to the adult collectible. Others may note the significant difference in...

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Allosaurus (Resin Model by Shane Foulkes)

Photos by Dan and Jeremy However vast and complicated cyberspace may be, I would say that the Dinosaur Toy Forum did more than any other website to revitalize my interest in this subject. It was here...

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Allosaurus (Kinto Favorite Desktop Model)

Following the split with Dinostoreus in the United States, the Japanese manufacturer Favorite (formerly known as Kinto) has developed several unique dinosaur collectibles. The most interesting of...

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Allosaurus (Desktop model by Dinostoreus)

Review and photos by Dan Liebman of Dan’s Dinosaurs The Dinostoreus “Desktop” Allosaurus model has a generous heft to it, both in physical weight and price – as of the time this review was written,...

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Allosaurus (Antediluvia Collection)(David Krentz)

Photos by Dan and Jeremy Although David’s 1:72 scale Antediluvian series has been graced with a few exotic species, he’s giving plenty of love to the classics as well. His considerable talents often...

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Acrocanthosaurus (Salvat)

Review by Patrick Padilha As you may know, it’s not easy to choose a figure to review when you have a small collection and most of the figures you do have were already inspected by one of the expert...

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Acrocanthosaurus (Antediluvia Collection)(David Krentz)

As more species slip into mainstream consciousness, the ever-popular theropoda sees its previously obscure members slowly becoming household names. Nowhere is this more evident than Acrocanthosaurus...

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Euoplocephalus in Egg Maquette (Sideshow Dinosauria)

5 (1 votes) In 2013, Sideshow Collectibles released an extremely limited edition model featuring a baby Euoplocephalus. Of course, every Sideshow Dinosauria model is produced in limited quantities, and...

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Gryposaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

4.8 (13 votes) Call me strange, but this is really my favorite new release for 2013. Only Safari Ltd. has the stones to tackle the often-overlooked hadrosaurine (or saurolophine, if you’re keeping up...

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Dilophosaurus (Sideshow Dinosauria)

5 (1 votes) On November 8, 2012, Sideshow offered the first preview image of the Dilophosaurus statue. This choice of species does not come as a great surprise to many of us, as we all know that this...

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Pachyrhinosaurus (Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)

4.8 (11 votes) The approach of 2014 means an exciting new line from each of our favorite prehistoric figure manufacturers. However, there’s an extra surprise this year – the new 2014 line from Safari...

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Mosasaur by Sideshow Dinosauria

5 (2 votes) Review by Dan Liebman – Dan’s Dinosaurs Regular visitors to the DinoToyBlog know that I enjoy reviewing every new piece in this series, but I really wanted our resident paleontologist Dr....

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Tyrannosaurus “Tyrant King” (Sideshow Dinosauria)

4 (3 votes) Review by Dan Liebman of DansDinosaurs.com Photos by Chris Kastner of BackyardTerrors.com If you ask a paleontologist what the two main types of dinosaur might be, you’re likely to receive...

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Tupuxuara Skeleton Kit (Boneyard Pets)

0 (0 votes) If you’re around my age, you probably remember the old balsa wood dinosaur skeleton kits. After inhaling all the sawdust from sanding and pulling the splinters out of your fingers, you had...

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Triceratops (Sideshow Dinosauria)

4 (1 votes) Review by Dan – DansDinosaurs.com Photos by Dan and Robban Now that everyone and their mother owns a Sideshow Tyrant King statue, the clever folks at Sideshow are counting on buyers to look...

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Ceratosaurus (Sideshow Dinosauria)

4.5 (2 votes) Given how frequently Ceratosaurus shows up in pop culture, it is a little surprising that so few people can identify it. Certainly, one cannot fault it for lack of a catchy name, which...

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Pachyrhinosaurus (Beasts of the Mesozoic)

5 (10 votes) Spring 2021 saw the arrival of the second wave of ceratopsians from the Beasts of the Mesozoic series. Fans of Dave Silva’s crowdfunded line of articulated figures will already be familiar...

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