Funrise Dinosaurs

A few days ago, I told you that I found two Funrise Dinosaurs in their original card on Ebay: the Dimetrodon and the Psittacosaurus. Here they are, with my Funrise Whooly Mammoth, found in a flea market back in 2004 (the tusks were missing, so I made it new ones with rubber-covered metal wire). Here they are. I am showing you the blister card as well. All of them are on TAW.



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Those blister cards are a treasure.
I wonder if these molds are by Toy Major as the early horses.

Roger wrote:

Those blister cards are a treasure.
I wonder if these molds are by Toy Major as the early horses.

I don't know. I guess it depends on which is the oldest. Thre Funrise mammoth is a remake of the Invicta mammoth, no question about that. My Funrise mammoth is marked 1988 and my two dinosaurs are marked 1991. When did Toy Major release its own ones?

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Those blister cards are a treasure.
I wonder if these molds are by Toy Major as the early horses.

I don't know. I guess it depends on which is the oldest. Thre Funrise mammoth is a remake of the Invicta mammoth, no question about that. My Funrise mammoth is marked 1988 and my two dinosaurs are marked 1991. When did Toy Major release its own ones?

I don't know corresponding Toy Major figures for this dino set. I only know the horses and I am cogitating about it. Though, I think the 1987 Playskool Psittacosaurus has a similar design.

Roger wrote:

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Those blister cards are a treasure.
I wonder if these molds are by Toy Major as the early horses.

I don't know. I guess it depends on which is the oldest. Thre Funrise mammoth is a remake of the Invicta mammoth, no question about that. My Funrise mammoth is marked 1988 and my two dinosaurs are marked 1991. When did Toy Major release its own ones?

I don't know corresponding Toy Major figures for this dino set. I only know the horses and I am cogitating about it. Though, I think the 1987 Playskool Psittacosaurus has a similar design.

Not exactly: the Playschool Psittacosaurus has its beak a little open and its head pulled forward; the Funrise one has a closed beak and its head is held high, on a vertical neck.

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Those blister cards are a treasure.
I wonder if these molds are by Toy Major as the early horses.

I don't know. I guess it depends on which is the oldest. Thre Funrise mammoth is a remake of the Invicta mammoth, no question about that. My Funrise mammoth is marked 1988 and my two dinosaurs are marked 1991. When did Toy Major release its own ones?

I don't know corresponding Toy Major figures for this dino set. I only know the horses and I am cogitating about it. Though, I think the 1987 Playskool Psittacosaurus has a similar design.

Not exactly: the Playschool Psittacosaurus has its beak a little open and its head pulled forward; the Funrise one has a closed beak and its head is held high, on a vertical neck.

I was not suggesting they're the same mold, just similar interpretations but you're right, they're different enough to discard any direct connection.

Roger wrote:

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Those blister cards are a treasure.
I wonder if these molds are by Toy Major as the early horses.

I don't know. I guess it depends on which is the oldest. Thre Funrise mammoth is a remake of the Invicta mammoth, no question about that. My Funrise mammoth is marked 1988 and my two dinosaurs are marked 1991. When did Toy Major release its own ones?

I don't know corresponding Toy Major figures for this dino set. I only know the horses and I am cogitating about it. Though, I think the 1987 Playskool Psittacosaurus has a similar design.

Not exactly: the Playschool Psittacosaurus has its beak a little open and its head pulled forward; the Funrise one has a closed beak and its head is held high, on a vertical neck.

I was not suggesting they're the same mold, just similar interpretations but you're right, they're different enough to discard any direct connection.

That is because they were sculpted somewhere in the 1980's. At that time, the concept of "kangaroo-like" posture among two-legged dinosaurs was still considered as the right interpretation. It is when it was noticed that the ligaments attachments of the tail of iguanodon tail could not have given dinosaurs the necessary flexibility to their tails to bend that way and for dinosaurs to remain in that position, that dinosaurs stopped being represented like that in books and toys.

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Roger wrote:

Those blister cards are a treasure.
I wonder if these molds are by Toy Major as the early horses.

I don't know. I guess it depends on which is the oldest. Thre Funrise mammoth is a remake of the Invicta mammoth, no question about that. My Funrise mammoth is marked 1988 and my two dinosaurs are marked 1991. When did Toy Major release its own ones?

I don't know corresponding Toy Major figures for this dino set. I only know the horses and I am cogitating about it. Though, I think the 1987 Playskool Psittacosaurus has a similar design.

Not exactly: the Playschool Psittacosaurus has its beak a little open and its head pulled forward; the Funrise one has a closed beak and its head is held high, on a vertical neck.

I was not suggesting they're the same mold, just similar interpretations but you're right, they're different enough to discard any direct connection.

That is because they were sculpted somewhere in the 1980's. At that time, the concept of "kangaroo-like" posture among two-legged dinosaurs was still considered as the right interpretation. It is when it was noticed that the ligaments attachments of the tail of iguanodon tail could not have given dinosaurs the necessary flexibility to their tails to bend that way and for dinosaurs to remain in that position, that dinosaurs stopped being represented like that in books and toys.

Yes, you're right. That's one of the fascinating points of collecting vintage dinosaur figures. Instead of seeing them as silly and outdated figures, it is much nicer to see them as traditional representations of their time, whether it is for scientific knowledge or just popular culture.

Like you pointed out in the Imperial creatures topic, collecting vintage dinosaur toys is a good way to study the evolution of paleaonthology. The year of production shows how those animals were represented at that time.