Some STARLUX dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts

As you maybe know, STARLUX is a French company which produced soldiers and animals from the fifties to the eighties. The Starlux toys were sold in France like the Schleich now, as individual models or in special boxes.
The models were made of "blanc de meudon" or very hard plastic, which are good materials to produce thin horns or tails... but are easily breakable.
I used to play with some of them when I was a young child. Now that I'm an older child I still collect some wild animals from this brand.
I have also a few dinos but I always thought I would sell them or trade one day because I didn't want to collect vintage dinos...
The last topic about those old VEB PLAHO dinos and Willy changed a little bit my mind... I'm still not sure to stay with them but, maybe , I could find a place for them on a shelf.

Nevertheless, I still can show you those odd and vintage dinos and prehistoric animals from France. It is only a part of the whole brand because, at that time STARLUX had the widest range of wild animals and dinos of the world.

Here are the few I have in a box.

Very very interesting!
In fact I think these figures express with quality, the scientific knowledge about prehistoric animals at this time! I see it as a nice way to tell the evolution of palaeontology!
See the t-rex pose, the neck of the plesiosaurus, the curious interpretation for pterodactylus, saltopusuchus looks a extraterrestrial etc.
And you have very nice species like Machaerodus, dyatrima, trachodon, moropus, indricotherium, brontotherium, love the euparkeria and never heard about synthetoceras before!
I think they made your happiness as a garçon, and you may keep them in your hands… surely very nice hands! You’ll learn to love them again!

...I,m agree. Very interesting for any collectors. I did know nothing about STARLUX... And so many rare prehistoric species! It,s the nice example for Schleich, Papo, Collecta! :)

The whole prehistoric line consisted of 85 dinos and beasts and 13 humans, which was the widest range at that time.
These figures didn't express the scientific knowledge about prehistoric animals at this time ! They only expressed the common behavior of that time and tried to replicate the older Zdenek Burian illustrations. Even then they were a little bit odd and out of scale of course. STARLUX never produced a Prehistoric Museum line indeed...

So Sergey, it means STARLUX is the real ancestor of Schleich, Papo and even CollectA which still produce inaccurate models    

Kikimalou wrote:

The whole prehistoric line consisted of 85 dinos and beasts and 13 humans, which was the widest range at that time.

These figures didn't express the scientific
knowledge about prehistoric animals at this time ! They only expressed the common behavior of that time and tried to replicate the older Zdenek Burian illustrations. Even then they were a little bit odd and out of scale of course. STARLUX never produced a Prehistoric Museum line indeed...

So Sergey, it means STARLUX is the real ancestor of Schleich, Papo and even CollectA which still produce inaccurate models

...Thank you very much Christoph for information. :)

They are SO great !
Starlux is really impressive and interesting and very, very nice ...

I tried to bid on some on Ebay in France, - ha, ha, not for my kind of money
But them I can look at these fantastic photoes, - and the recent ones from Torben, that is nie, too

Fantastic, thank you Christophe for all the photos

Fantastic stuff Christophe!
I hope you never part from them, as they are a part of your youth, as Britains was in my case!
Besides from that, is Starlux a brand which is great to collect, as they have so many different models, just only look at these pre-historic series.
I do have a few too, but no dino's yet, only some of the pre-historic mammals and humans, here are my few cts to this tread:

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Moropus

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Machairodus

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Cavebear, from which i have 2 colour-variations

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Whooly Rhino

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Alticamelus

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Glyptodon

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Megatherium

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Pithecanthropus with prey

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Neanderthaler with club

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Mammothhunter

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Fantastic stuff Christophe!
I hope you never part from them, as they are a part of your youth, as Britains was in my case!
Besides from that, is Starlux a brand which is great to collect, as they have so many different models, just only look at these pre-historic series.
I do have a few too, but no dino's yet. only some of the pre-historic mammals and humans, here are my few cts to this tread:

Willy, these humans are prehistoric mammals too! :)
Congratulations for your figures, nice to see a alticamelus! Loved to know which other brand was scientifically more accurate at this time! Remember that I was not yet born!

Yes of course Roger, but i wanted to name them seperatly...
The new name for the alticamelus should be Aepycamelus in these days actually, which means big camel...

Willy, - and Cristoph and Torben - theese Starlux are fantastic !
Thanks a heap for the photoes

Some day I will collect them, too

I want you before Susanne, it is a huge range, and not always cheap, but ooh soo fantastic to collect!
As you probably saw, Torben is infected too!

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And how about these, forget the animal cruelty for a moment...

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Roger wrote:

Willy, these humans are prehistoric mammals too! :)
Congratulations for your figures, nice to see a alticamelus! Loved to know which other brand was scientifically more accurate at this time! Remember that I was not yet born!

In the 1970's, no brands was accurate... I mean no company made dinos which are realistic for the scientific knowledge of that time.
As far as I know something about that, the first "accurate" company was the British INVICTA in the 80's.
Alas I only have a few    : The Baryonyx, the troodon (stenonychosaurus) and the lambeosaurus which I missed the pic  


INVICTA also made one living mammal : The blue whale :

Kikimalou wrote:

Roger wrote:

Willy, these humans are prehistoric mammals too! :)
Congratulations for your figures, nice to see a alticamelus! Loved to know which other brand was scientifically more accurate at this time! Remember that I was not yet born!

In the 1970's, no brands was accurate... I mean no company made dinos which are realistic for the scientific knowledge of that time.
As far as I know something about that, the first "accurate" company was the British INVICTA in the 80's.
Alas I only have a few : The Baryonyx, the troodon (stenonychosaurus) and the lambeosaurus which I missed the pic

Nice crocolike and featherless chicken!!!
Are fine , look better than some of new brands! Thanks!

Wonderful figures!

What great photos and information, thanks for posting.

I did visit your website tonight for a very long time my friend, because i have another better computer, and had to make myself "un abonnee" on every part of it again, so i saw these figurines pass by.
I love your new whales!

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

I did visit your website tonight for a very long time my friend, because i have another better computer, and had to make myself "un abonnee" on every part of it again, so i saw these figurine spass by.
I love your new whales!

ah ah, it's good to know I have an "abonné"

Do you see you can make comments ?

My collection is growing very slowly but I like very much the newcomers

No my friend, i didn't make any comments yet, but i will...
I saw that you made the possibility.
But the pictures open up very slowly in a lot of cases i am afraid, maybe because of the size of them, i don't know, and my pc is fast enough to tackle that problem now...
Now i know about all of your newcomers in the future, as i get a feed on it everytime you place something new there!

The tails of those bulls must be very easy to break...

Kikimalou wrote:

INVICTA also made one living mammal : The blue whale :

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Wow this figure is so lovely Congratulations Christophe for having it, very beautiful Blue whale figure.        
Is it hard to find? :)

ana wrote:

Wow this figure is so lovely Congratulations Christophe for having it, very beautiful Blue whale figure.
Is it hard to find? :)

Yes it is Anna, it is from 1973. INVICTA made two models, one unpainted and the one you can see on the pic

Kikimalou wrote:

ana wrote:

Wow this figure is so lovely Congratulations Christophe for having it, very beautiful Blue whale figure.
Is it hard to find? :)

Yes it is Anna, it is from 1973. INVICTA made two models, one unpainted and the one you can see on the pic

My Invicta Blue Whale is unpainted.

My Jurassic park

Brontosaure PH63

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Ouranosaurus PH67

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Tyranosaure PH05

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Tricératops PH08

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Iguanodon PH03, dit de Bernissart (Belgique)

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Stégosaure PH07

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Phororhacos PH14

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Diatryma PH13

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Bronthotérium PH38

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Arsinoithérium PH71

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Dinothérium PH25

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Rhinocéros laineux PH09

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Moropus PH20

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Palèothérium PH11

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Aurochs PH04

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Ours des Cavernes PH05

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Mammouth PH01


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ThierryB wrote:

My Jurassic park