Development of my Dinosaur collection

I think, many collectors know this: I collect specific figures, others not, because in my opinion they are not so nice or they don´t fit so good
into my collection.
These animals are not observed in shops or ebay or somewhere else.
For me, these are the dinosaurs.
I thought, they did not fit into my collection, many models of them do not please me so much.
But then! At several flea markets, I have found a dinosaur.
I bought it and put it at home in a shoebox. With time, there were more and more Dinosaur, now the box is closely.
Meanwhile, however, they are an integral part of my collection and I like them all , although this was not planned at the beginning.
A collection develops with time, sometimes new directions. At the end is often a surprise.

Some of my Dinos....

Both are from British Museum, Invicta Plastics (1986)
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From Schleich
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From Schleich
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Schleich
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Schleich
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Schleich
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Bullyland
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Bullyland
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Safari

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Schleich
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Yvette

Hay great topic! I love seeing other people's Dino Collections, this does me a lot of good!

These are my fav's of your collection
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Good ole Invicta Plastics, they give me many good memories of them good ole 80's

Always happy to see someone else's Dinosaur Collection taking shape here, would love to see more though, keep 'em com'n I'm like!

A nice collection with some phantastic oldies!! Congratulations Yvette!!

Congratulations Yvette!! I remember the Invictas, I had a few but not these two! Very nice

Nice pictures Yvette! (I love the poor little chicken in the one photo. made me smile. at least those particular dinosaurs are herbivores right?)

Congratulation Yvette, I like the way you are NOT collecting dinosaurs

They are wonderful ! Congratulations, Yvette

I LOVE those Invictas, hopefully they will be on my shelf somwe day also
And the bullylands, and...
And the deinosuchus, - he is half of my collection of Schleich "dinoes"

Take care now...you may end up being a SERIOUS dino-collector. They are so fascinating

I think I can never be tired of the beautyful view from your beautyful penthouse

SUSANNE wrote:

I think I can never be tired of the beautyful view from your beautyful penthouse

I was thinking exactly the same thing. The view is lovely.

Some great dinosaurs there. Collections do tend to grow when you aren't looking, don't they :)

Great dinos! Some are lovely, almost cute and other are impressive Congratulations Yvette!
And beautiful photos too!
I must be careful otherwise I may also start to collect dinosaurs

One day I'll turn in a dino collector! One day!
Thanks for sharing your dino collection and congrats for these nice pictures.

Very nice collection! I also collect dinosaurs : )

I never knew that Schleich made a styracosaurus.

I really like that deinosuchus. It's fascinating and creepy but kinda cute at the same time : D *adds to my want-list*

If seeking higher quality Dinosaur models like from Colorata, Kaiyodo, CollectA, Carnegie or Papo, this list might give you a better view on what can be collected :)
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The Deinosuchus from Carnegie Collection is by far the best Deinosuchus you can get besides the resins of course
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Anyways this list should give you a wider view to the much better quality Dino models & toys

Tylosaurus wrote:

If seeking higher quality Dinosaur models like from Colorata, Kaiyodo, CollectA, Carnegie or Papo, this list might give you a better view on what can be collected :)
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The Deinosuchus from Carnegie Collection is by far the best Deinosuchus you can get besides the resins of course ;)
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Anyways this list should give you a wider view to the much better quality Dino models & toys ;)

I actually like the Schleich one more, it's more unique.

To produce a prehistoric crocodile is a bit tricky since crocodiles have stayed quite the same during all the years...
But to me, the Carnegie one doesn't look like a creature whose name means "The Terrible Crocodile".

But hey, each to their own : )

kristaru wrote:

Tylosaurus wrote:

If seeking higher quality Dinosaur models like from Colorata, Kaiyodo, CollectA, Carnegie or Papo, this list might give you a better view on what can be collected :)
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The Deinosuchus from Carnegie Collection is by far the best Deinosuchus you can get besides the resins of course
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Anyways this list should give you a wider view to the much better quality Dino models & toys

I actually like the Schleich one more, it's more unique.

To produce a prehistoric crocodile is a bit tricky since crocodiles have stayed quite the same during all the years...
But to me, the Carnegie one doesn't look like a creature whose name means "The Terrible Crocodile".

But hey, each to their own : )

The Schleich is mostly seen as a " True Abomination" by most Dinosaur collectors and professionals and it's no where near unique, how can it be unique when it's no where near precise as details go?
Sorry but that does not match up nor make any sense what so ever

All in all, the Carnegie is most precise as toys go

scot(t) wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

I think I can never be tired of the beautyful view from your beautyful penthouse

I was thinking exactly the same thing. The view is lovely.

I agree

Tiermann wrote:

Some great dinosaurs there. Collections do tend to grow when you aren't looking, don't they :)

I agree too

Tylosaurus wrote:

The Schleich is mostly seen as a " True Abomination" by most Dinosaur collectors and professionals and it's no where near unique, how can it be unique when it's no where near precise as details go?
Sorry but that does not match up nor make any sense what so ever :roll:

All in all, the Carnegie is most precise as toys go 8)

I never talked about accuracy in the Schleich case, gosh no. I talked about the overall look and feeling. To me, it looks like some vintage children's storybook creature.
Of course the Carnegie more accurate, but that wasn't the question, in my case at least.

I don't want to argue, and definitely not to ruin Yvette's great topic. Please let me have my opinion. They're called opinions, there's no right or wrong.

I have them both, and love them both.

As said before, the Schleich one is half of my Schleich "dino"-collection, I like him that much

They are SO different, and I think they can not be compared

The backgound of the models is quite different, - Schleich made theirs to show how DANGEROUS it is ( without scaring children), and Carnegie has a reputation to defend as a museum, - also without scaring the children

Thanks you all for your interesting comments!

Christope, Scott and Susanne: Many thanks for your compliment!

I am always very interested in backgrounds, photos were I can see a little bit, how people live.

So I love the photos of Susanne with the lake in the background, the cats and dogs. These are really familiar pictures.
I see the lake, I know at once, this picture can only be made from Susanne.

Tim/Christophe: Yes, it's an interesting way to observe, how an part of the collection developed. My collection of dinosaur evolved on its own
I don´t know where.

Scott: You're right, they are vegetarians, so the little Schleich chicken is brave and shows the size.

Krista / Tylosaurus / Susanne: You are right, I especially agree with Susanne.
Dinosaur from Schleich and Safari, but also from other companies like Papo are very different in terms of realistic representation.
It always depends on the background of the company and also by the expectations of buyers, as Susanne says very right and properly.
That's the nice thing about our hobby, the big diversity. It´s creativity - So we have interesting results: Many interesting and unique special collections. Diversity and variety created many interesting collections.

So we have also always interesting opinions and always something to
discuss - so we learn much about our hobby and sometimes more...

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Yvette

I know this place is for Die-Hard Schleich fans, which is obvious and of course if you guys love this brand that much, go ahead and make it the best out of it all :)

You just won't see me wasting money on a brand that has no skills on making professional looking Dinosaur models, but yer I am very precise when it comes to details in models, my autism does this and that is what I like about my autism as precise details go.

So I take such choices very seriously, selectively and mostly I take my time looking out a specific model.

The ones you'd see me buy besides resins from Kinto Favorite, Daniel Hernandez & Shane Foulkes would be Desktop models from Carnegie/Safari Ltd, Favorite Kinto, CollectA, Frame Masters or Kaiyodo/Colorata

But hay each to their own ya know! Only I do find it aloud to post an opinion of something even if I don't like something , I will post it, thing is I don't like Schleich, which should be accepted, I won't waste money in something I don't like, no one would for similar matters.

Tylosaurus wrote:

I know this place is for Die-Hard Schleich fans, which is obvious and of course if you guys love this brand that much, go ahead and make it the best out of it all :)

You just won't see me wasting money on a brand that has no skills on making professional looking Dinosaur models, but yer I am very precise when it comes to details in models, my autism does this and that is what I like about my autism as precise details go.

So I take such choices very seriously, selectively and mostly I take my time looking out a specific model.

The ones you'd see me buy besides resins from Kinto Favorite, Daniel Hernandez & Shane Foulkes would be Desktop models from Carnegie/Safari Ltd, Favorite Kinto, CollectA, Frame Masters or Kaiyodo/Colorata

But hay each to their own ya know! Only I do find it aloud to post an opinion of something even if I don't like something , I will post it, thing is I don't like Schleich, which should be accepted, I won't waste money in something I don't like, no one would for similar matters.

Tylo, that's a forum for all lovers of animal toys. Being cartoonish, artistic or accurate that's the result from individual tastes. You like them more scientifically accurate but many people love them with a lot of character. We are lucky enough to have a scientifically accurate deinosuchus made by Carnegi and a toy full of character that as Krista says, looks from an old book for children. Nobody is saying that the Schleich is more accurate. Remember that Carnegi deinosuchs is a replica for children and Schleich is a pure toy giving us roughly an idea of what was a deinosuchus. Two different toys to different kind of collectors. Yvette was kind enough to send to me the Authentics fox, not the most accurate fox I know and I love it. I'm sure you also love your old dimmentrodon, don't you?

it's an Edaphosaurus but that is just something of my childhood memory, I don't compare that with the new-gen stuff of today, That has a much different purpose of being here it's totally inaccurate but it's just uhm funny to have as a good memory it gives me :)

Safari are the toys and Carnegie makes the higher quality models btw just to keep that in mind as Dino's go.
But yer the Carnegie Deinosuchus is the best hard plastic model known if you seek a precise resin this would be the best one to get, it's just so expensive :X

Shane Foulkes:
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Side Show Statues:
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These are by far the best and most up to date models of Deinosuchus you can get, but yer they cost a shipload too rofl xDDDD

Ah, those are splendid but not toys. Surely very expensive. I like that the deinosuchus is inviting the guy for a lunch.

I like Bullyland dinoes too

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Of course you are allowed to have your opinion, but agree to disagree.
By the way, most of the dinosaurs in my collection are actually by Safari (WS or Carnegie collection), so I know very well what kind of brand it is...

And I don't actually want any Deinosuchus figures (except the Sch one, because it looks cool) because at the moment I have very little interest to crocodiles in general.

Also, those resin models don't interest me in any way, because they are not toys. And since parasaurolophus is my favourite dinosaur I definitely don't want one being eaten on my shelf.. : (

Susanne! I love those Bullylands too! And I love Donald Duck!