Imperial creatures

Interesting :)

I hope Roger will put that card on TAI someday. This card is intresting, because it shows all the figures that belongs within that particular set.

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I hope Roger will put that card on TAI someday. This card is intresting, because it shows all the figures that belongs within that particular set.

Valérie, I uploaded the pictures of the blister on ray page. Do you know which exact animals are illustrated on it? I find it interesting that the Portuguese language was included in that card but I can't find the animal names.

The name of the other animals are not mentioned on the card I have, but I do clearly remember the shark being the TIGER SHARK (I had taken the time to look at other blister cards in the store with my friend, back in 2010 when I bought mine) and the crocodile being the SALTWATER CROCODILE. As for the cobra, I'm not sure to remember well and I remember the frog not being in the store at all (maybe it was already sold when I bought my manta ray). And the spider? I remember the species photographed on the corner (little information card) was in more brownish colors than the toy. If I remember well, it was some sort of tarentula, because the spider on the picture clearly was a big one, considering the thickness of the legs. But I'm not 100% sure...

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Here is my newest find: the Imperial 1977 Diplocaulus!!!

Congrats :)

I am happy I found this, because there are not so many companies who made a Diplocaulus model. On TAI, it is the fifth or the sixth.

Congratulations Valérie! By far the most interesting Imperial figures you've presented until now. Diplocaulus is such a bizarre creature and as you mentioned, not very common in toy hsape. Each rendition is an interesting collectible. Apparently, only Starlux made it before Imperial.

The only thing is, Imperial represented Diplocaulus as a reptile: they gave it pointy teeth and a snake tongue.

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The only thing is, Imperial represented Diplocaulus as a reptile: they gave it pointy teeth and a snake tongue.

I find these mistakes very interesting when it refers to prehistoric animals. I could read a little before posting my ignorance but was it already known it was wrong when it was released?

Roger wrote:

Bowhead Whale wrote:

The only thing is, Imperial represented Diplocaulus as a reptile: they gave it pointy teeth and a snake tongue.

I find these mistakes very interesting when it refers to prehistoric animals. I could read a little before posting my ignorance but was it already known it was wrong when it was released?

Not by the Imperial people! Actually, 1970's Imperial dinosaurs looked pretty much like modern Chinasaurs and the Diplocaulus was part of a Lizards line. Imperial represented their prehistoric animals only from very basic knowledge, which is the reason why all their dinosaurs looked like "scary carnivorous lizards" around fourty years ago. In the 1980's, things changed a little bit, and their dinosaurs were closer to accuracy than the decade before: their legs were at a right angle with their bodies and they knew the difference between the herbivores and the carnivores.

My imperials:

The 'Bugs n' Jug' set (review available):

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The large lady beetle on the left (only):

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large walking stick (walkaround available):

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Wonderful! Could you take individual pictures of those figures, please? They need to be added to TAI! And we will put the group picture of your Bug in Jug set on the page as well.

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Here is my latest Imperial find: the "Remove the Skeleton" AMARGASAURUS! I found it on EBay, in its original blister card (which has a corner cut off, unfortunately). The skeletton is Inside the figure. The skin, in soft rubber, is hihly stretchable and the skeleton can be removed through a gate on the belly, and put back again in. There is also an information card included, which you can see on TAI. Yes, this figure is already on TAI!

Although I have seen it already, I want to congratulate you for finding such a rare figure and concept of toy. Thanks also for sharing and cards are always very useful, even if a corner is missing.

congrats

So, last night running errand, I stopped by a dollar store, since historically they are a great place to find toy animals and often insects. In a bin of assorted animals (sea life, dinosaurs, reptiles), I found the following spider. I went ahead and got it, but it wasn't until later I realized it was by Imperial Toys, and marked 2016! I didn't realize Imperial was still making animal figures.

The spider isn't realistic or modeled after a given species, but it is stamped with the Imperial logo. I wonder if the other animals in the bin were also Imperial?

If you look on the bottom, you will see there is also a large blank square area; this is probably for redistribution by another company (for example, a novelty company that wants to sell this spider at Halloween time - I have noticed Halloween decor usually has these kinds of barn-door stamps).

Anyway, happy to get a new Imperial figure, and for $1 USD LOL

EDIT: You know after thinking about it, this might be modeled after a member of the genus Argiope, and actually not a bad likeness, now that I am studying it better!

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From 2016? Is interesting

Notice that the Imperial logo seen on the belly of this spider is the logo the manufacturer is using since 2004. The founder of the company, Fred Kurt, died in 2003. The logo changed right afterwards.

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Here is my latests Imperial addition: 1977 STEGOSAURUS. It is already on TAW, both in Taxonomy and in Company's pages!

Perfect job Valérie and congratulations for finding such an early Imperial model. It is almost as old as me.

Roger wrote:

Perfect job Valérie and congratulations for finding such an early Imperial model. It is almost as old as me.

It IS as old as me. And look at its "ferocious lizard" style. Because aside Starlux and other exceptions, in the 1970's, toy manufacturers tended a lot to represent all dinosaurs as ferocious lizards, including herbivores! And the 1977 Imperial Dinosaurs line is a good example of that way of thinking.

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Here is the 1979 Imperial Parasaurolophus I got for not that expensive from Ebay yesterday!

That parasaurolophus looks like it's shrieking because someone just goosed it!

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Here is my latest Imperial find: the "Remove the Skeleton" AMARGASAURUS! I found it on EBay, in its original blister card (which has a corner cut off, unfortunately). The skeletton is Inside the figure. The skin, in soft rubber, is hihly stretchable and the skeleton can be removed through a gate on the belly, and put back again in. There is also an information card included, which you can see on TAI. Yes, this figure is already on TAI!

Valerie, I was just going through some of my daughter's old My Little Ponies, and found the parasaurolophus from this set. Is it something you'd want?