Play Visions Pteranodon

Pteranodon (name meaning wing without tooth) was a large pterosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America. It had a 20-23 foot wingspan, making it one of the largest pterosaurs known. At the time it lived, much of North America was covered by ocean. It had very long and narrow wings suited for long distance soaring over water, similar to an albatross. It is known to have eaten fish and research suggests that it may have dived into the water like a pelican and swam underwater using its wings to propel itself to catch fish.

I was lucky to score this guy on an Ebay lot. I used to have one as a kid but I lost it years ago.
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This figure has quite a colorful paint job. It is supposed to stand up on its feet but mine can't. Pterosaurs were actually quadrupeds. Nice to see it has pyctofibers.
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This figure is odd in that it doesn't have the PV logo on it. But yet it looks identical to the one shown in the PV catalog posted here.
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I like the marking on the top of the head.

It is a pretty nice little figure. A rare one too.
Overall, 7/10

Congrats :)

What a charming little feller

That mold has been around a long time--I had the original eraser versions in 1982 or so. Like many Play Visions dinosaurs, they didn't sculpt their own, but used someone else's molds (unlike pretty much any of their other lines).

widukind wrote:

Congrats :)

Thanks :)

sbell wrote:

That mold has been around a long time--I had the original eraser versions in 1982 or so. Like many Play Visions dinosaurs, they didn't sculpt their own, but used someone else's molds (unlike pretty much any of their other lines).

Ah, ok. I guess that explains why it doesn't have the PV logo on it.

That's a cool figure, we still need to list these unmarked prehistoric PV figures on TAI. Thanks for sharing!

Roger wrote:

That's a cool figure, we still need to list these unmarked prehistoric PV figures on TAI. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks. It also came with 9 PV dinosaurs. I'll post them sometime.

Rhamphorhynchus wrote:

Roger wrote:

That's a cool figure, we still need to list these unmarked prehistoric PV figures on TAI. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks.  It also came with 9 PV dinosaurs.  I'll post them sometime.

Yes, you can present all of them in a single topic so we can identify better that set. Thanks! :)