Gecko08’s Collection - MOVED TO A NEW TOPIC

I stopped by Ollie’s today and got the Mattel Basic Dino Spinosaurus.
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Back with a usual post…

Kaprosuchus saharicus (Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous Africa
Length: 20 feet
Scale: 1:30

Dolichorhynchops osborni (Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway
Length: 10 feet
Scale: 1:40
Without copy and paste, I could never type Dolichorhynchops. I usually call them “Dollies”, but Dolichorhynchops is easier to say than to type. I recently lost my 1:40 man that came with my Shonisaurus, but I found the Safari Caveman at the same scale, and it’s added more character to my shots.

Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis (Vitae)
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Late Cretaceous China
Length: 38 feet
Scale: 1:60
I was beginning to fear that both my Vitae figures were ripoffs, but they both have Vitae’s logo. This one just is a color variation or a second release. I also wish it were bigger, but if someone made a bigger figure, it would have to be superior in quality and accuracy.
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Nyctosaurus gracilis (PNSO)
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Late Cretaceous Utah
Wingspan: 6 feet
Scale: 1:12
At the same time the Dollies chased small fish, the Nyctosaurus flew in the sky. Some reconstructions depict it having a regular crest, but this figure depicts a thin membrane stretched out on the crest.

Indosuchus raptorius (PNSO)
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Late Cretaceous India
Length: 22 feet
Scale: 1:80

Homalocephale calathocercos (Nayab)
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Late Cretaceous Asia
Length: 6 feet
Scale: 1:18
10.14.2021

First off, this is an image-heavy post. I recently took a trip to Jurassic Quest in the Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. I have to say the animatronics themselves were pretty interesting.
This is a Siats, a T. rex sized allosaurid that stalked Utah around 100 mya. Nice to see an obscure species brought to the spotlight. The rest are pretty much regular species.
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Here are some marine species. This is what I believe to be a product of the last few years. They got the YouTube people from T. rex Ranch (used to be ToyLabTV). The fact that i know who these guys are, just show that I was a dinosaur-obsessed kid in the early 2010s who watched way to much YouTube. It’s how it goes.
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Megalodon
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In terms of figures here, it was a complete disappointment. It was only a chinasaurus Parasaurolphus from some sweatshop company called “dr. Cool”. They were way overpriced. On Amazon, the PNSO Lambeosaurus costs $22.99 USD, and it is at least ten times better than the chinasaurs sold here. In fact, the guys in the booths weren’t able to name any high quality replica companies (he had no idea what I was talking about when I mentioned Safari Ltd)
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It wasn’t always like this. About 5 years ago, I visited Jurassic Quest in the Coliseum and found a holy grail.
Giganotosaurus Carolinii (Carnegie Collection by Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous Argentina
Length: 42 feet
Scale: 1:40-1:45
Even so, this figure suffered a lot of abuse being packed and unpacked over and over again. Due to this, it only has one figure on its left paw.
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Even then, it’s a keeper and an extremely accurate figure. It shows that they used to sell high-quality figures, but now they sell CHINASAUR DOLLAR STORE QUALILY CRAP!
10.15.2021

Here is the remainder of my Cretaceous Collection. My current collection is chiefly Cretaceous, so finishing this era means I can cover other eras like the Jurassic, Permian, Carboniferous, and some Cenozoic.

Lepidotes sp. (K&M)
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The Baryonyx itself is around 1:40, but that would imply a gargantuan fish.
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Early Cretaceous Europe
Length: 12 inches
Scale: 1:10
Lepidotes lived before and after Baryonyx went extinct, but since this Lepidotes is an accessory to the Baryonyx, I was able to single it out to this era and locality. Either this was an unusually massive fish or this is a juvenile Baryonyx (which seems the more likely answer). While the Baryonyx isn’t as pretty as Safari’s figure, it does showcase an obscure ancient fish.

Therizinosaurus cheloniformis (Collecta)
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Late Cretaceous Asia
Length: 30 feet
Scale: 1:50

Caudipteryx zui (Safari Ltd)
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Early Cretaceous Asia
Length: 2 feet
Scale: 1:10

Muttaburrasaurus langdoni (Collecta)
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Early Cretaceous Australia
Length: 26 feet
Scale: 1:50

Nigersaurus taqueti (Safari Ltd)
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Early Cretaceous Africa
Length: 30 feet
Scale: 1:40

Tapejara wellnhoferi (Safari Ltd)
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Early Cretaceous Brazil
Wingspan: 12 feet
Scale: 1:15

Nemicolopterus crypticus (PNSO)
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Early Cretaceous China
Wingspan: 25 cm (smallest pterosaur)
Scale: 1:2

Beipiaosaurus inexpectus (Safari Ltd)
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Early Cretaceous Asia
Length: 8 feet
Scale: 1:30

Guidraco venator (PNSO)
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Early Cretaceous Asia
Wingspan: 6 feet
Scale: 1:20

Bistahieversor sealyi (Collecta)
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Late Cretaceous New Mexico
Length: 25 feet
Scale: 1:50

Edmontosaurus regalis (Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous Canada
Length: 30 feet
Scale: 1:40

Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous Colorado
Length: 15 feet
Scale: 1:80

Olorotitan aharensis (Collecta)
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Late Cretaceous Asia
Length: 25 feet
Scale: 1:50

Ectenosaurus clidastoides (PNSO)
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Late Cretaceous Colorado
Length: 15 feet
Scale: 1:50

Hatzegopteryx thambema (Collecta)
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Late Cretaceous Europe
Height: 18 feet
Scale: 1:40

10.16.2021

I decided I might as well make a second post today. This will showcase the last of my current Paleozoic collection (just some Permian and Carboniferous) then I will move on to the Cenozoic and Jurassic.

Orthacanthus arcustus (Safari Ltd)
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Carboniferous
Length: 10 feet
Scale: 1:30

Edestus giganteus (Safari Ltd)
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Late Carboniferous UK
Length: 20 feet
Scale: 1:65

Trochosaurus acutus (Kaiyodo)
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Permian South Africa
Length: 3 feet
Scale: 1:20

Inostrancevia alexandri (Safari Ltd)
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Permian Siberia
Length: 12 feet
Scale: 1:23

Sarcoprion Edax (Safari Ltd)
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Permian Greenland
Length: 20 feet
Scale: 1:60

Scutosaurus karpinskii (Safari Ltd)
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Permian Siberia
Length: 8 feet
Scale: 1:30

Dimetrodon grandis (Safari Ltd)
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Early Permian Texas
Length: 12 feet
Scale: 1:25

10.16.2021

I don't really collect Safari's dinosaurs, but their Carnegie collection has a certain charm to it that I love. I only have a handful of figures from that line but if I were to get another it would have to be that Giga. I've always loved that model so much, I'm not even sure why, the paint and pose is just soooo appealing to me

Very nice presentation

I disagree with your scale estimate about Inostrancevia though, based on a 3,5m max lenght and a 0,6m skull lenght, the Safari ltd is between 1/20 for the skull and 1/23 for the total lenght.

The Olorotitan is indeed 1/50 according to Gregory S. Paul 8m long estimate, it could be 1/75 using Thomas R. Holtz Jr. 12m estimate. Ok, Paul estimate could be a safer option.

I corrected the scale . Here are some Jurassic critters.

Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Safari Ltd)
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Early Jurassic New England
Length: 20 feet
Scale: 1:40
The only dinosaurs from 2020 and 2021 from Safari that I am still seeking are the Daspletosaurus, Shringasaurus, and Sarcosuchus, but I’ll find those eventually. This is a very good figure.

Ichthyosaurus communis (Safari Ltd)
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Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Europe
Length: 11 feet
Scale: 1:40

Pleuroceras sp. (Safari Ltd)
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Early Jurassic Europe
Scale: 1:1

Metriorhynchus brevirostris (Safari Ltd)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 10 feet
Scale: 1:30
After being reminded of this set from Safari, I really wish my small dog hadn’t bitten the Henodus figure in half.

Monolophosaurus jiangi (Safari Ltd)
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Middle Jurassic China
Length: 18 feet
Scale: 1:30

Archaeopteryx lithographica (PNSO)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 20 inches
Scale: 1:6
I’m probably going to get the Safari Archaeopteryx and take this one off the list. This is a well rounded figure, but it can’t stand because one of its legs is fused to its wing for some reason.
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Guanlong wucaii (Safari Ltd)
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Late Jurassic China
Length: 10 feet
Scale: 1:20
The Capcom and Favorite versions are very hard to find, but once I got this figure in hand, I realized it was pretty accurate and a well rounded figure. It’s a shame that all of Favorite’s most interesting figures are museum exhibition exclusives.

Sinraptor dongi (Vitae)
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Late Jurassic China
Length: 25 feet
Scale: 1:30
Like the Chiliantaisaurus from Vitae, this one has a different paint job and can’t stand, but it has Vitae’s logo stamped on its belly, so I doubt they are bootlegs.

10.17.2021

Here is another good chunk of my Jurassic collection (the last piece will come out tomorrow).

Hybodus houtienensis (Safari Ltd)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 6 feet
Scale: 1:30

Proceratosaurus Bradleyi (PNSO)
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Middle Jurassic
Length: 10 feet
Scale: 1:30

Allosaurus fragilis (Favorite Co)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 26 feet
Scale: 1:40
For some reason, Favorite’s series 2 dinosaurs just seemed too shiny.

Europasaurus holgeri (Bullyland)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 20 feet
Scale: 1:30
I always pronounced this name as “your-rope-ah-sore-us”, but I just learned it was pronounced “Europe-oh-sore-us” (which makes more sense considering it lived in Germany).

Liopleurodon ferox (Safari Ltd)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 20 feet (Walking with Dinosaurs said it was 25 meters, but that was based on incorrect measaurments).
Scale: 1:40
Like mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, this figure could use a tail fluke, but it’s perfectly fine otherwise.

Allosaurus fragilis (Safari Ltd)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 26 feet
Scale: 1:30

Camarasaurus lentus (Safari Ltd)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 50 feet
Scale: 1:40

Leedsichthys problematicus (Sansyo88)
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Middle Jurassic
Length: 50 feet (but estimates vary)
Scale: 1:50 (still, estimates vary and could change)

Apatosaurus ajax (Papo)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 60-69 feet
Scale: 1:40

Brachiosaurus altithorax (Papo)
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Late Jurassic
Length: 59 feet
Scale: 1:30
This is a massive figure, so if you’re going for something smaller, but as accurate, Safari’s Brachiosaurus works well.
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It’s about 1:60.
10.18.2021

Here is my final post on my Jurassic Collection. My next post today will cover the remainder of my Cenozoic beasts. First off, a two figures I missed when I covered the Cretaceous.

Daspletosaurus torosus (Collecta)
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Late Cretaceous Montana
Length: 26 feet
Scale: 1:40
I still want Safari’s Daspletosaurus, but Collecta’s pose is unique enough for me to let it stay on the list on the first page.

Abelisaurus comahuensis (PNSO)
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Late Cretaceous South America
Length: 23 feet
Scale: 1:80
This is a great figure for its size and is very accurate to the real animal. While the size of the figure (it’s a miniature) was at first turning me away, I soon realized that there are plenty of sauropods from South America that were made in very close scale to this (see: Collecta’s Argentinosaurus). A majority of Titanosaurs were made in smaller scales, but this might be a good thing, because anybody with smaller shelves or not very much room would be Hesitant to buy a massive sauropod. Now for the Jurassic.

Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus (Safari Ltd)
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Late Jurassic
Wingspan: 3 feet
Scale: 1:6
I usually measure pterosaurs by wingspan. This toothy beak is a Jurassic Fish’s worst nightmare. While the figure is much too big be photographed in a group shot with any of its direct contemporaries, I do have some Jurassic fauna in 1:6.
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Barosaurus lentus (Lontic)
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Late Jurassic North America
Length: 82 feet
Scale: 1:100
This is one of those instances where a massive sauropod is represented in miniature.

Tianyulong confuciusi (PNSO)
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Late Jurassic China
Length: 70 cm
Scale: 1:6
This is the only heterodontosaurid in my collection. Some really old brands took a stab at Heterodontosaurus itself, but they were inferior to this figure by far, and I would rather wait until a brand makes an updated version of Heterodontosaurus.

Anchiornis Huxleyi (PNSO)
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Late Jurassic China
Length: 34 cm
Scale: 1:4
This is a very interesting species, given that we know what coloration at least one individual had. This figure is an okay match to the real life colors, but the plumage could be darker in general.

Yi qi (PNSO)
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Middle Jurassic China
Length: 1 foot
Scale: 1:6
The only scansauropteryid in my collection. PNSO loves adding new families and new species into my collection!
10.19.2021

Here is the remainder of my Cenozoic.

Chalicotherium goldfussi (Bullyland)
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Miocene
Shoulder Height: 8.5 feet
Scale: 1:30

Anchitherium ezquerrae (Bullyland)
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Miocene
Shoulder Height: 2 feet
Scale: 1:18
As for prehistoric horses, this one’s your best bet.

Titanis walleri (Lanard Toys)
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Pliocene-Pleistocene
Height: 6 feet
Scale: 1:20

Macrauchenia patachonica (Safari Ltd)
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Miocene-Pleistocene
Length: 10 feet
Scale: 1:40

Smilodon fatalis (Safari Ltd)
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Pleistocene-Holocene
Length: 7 feet
Scale: 1:18

Doedicurus clavicaudatus (Safari Ltd)
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Pleistocene-Holocene
Length: 12 feet
Scale: 1:20

Mammuthus primigenius (Safari Ltd)
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Pleistocene-Holocene
Shoulder Height: 11 feet
Scale: 1:40

HOMONIDS!

Australopithecus afarensis (Safari Ltd)
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Pliocene-Pleistocene
Height: 4 feet, 7 inches
Scale: 1:25

Homo habilis (Safari Ltd)
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Pleistocene
Height: 3 feet, 11 inches
Scale: 1:20

Homo erectus (Safari Ltd)
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Pleistocene
Height: 4 feet, 9 inches
Scale: 1:20

Together, we journeyed from the First complex life, to our very own ancestors, and I hope that we see so many more species on this topic, and I’m sure we will. In the meantime, be happy to discuss this topic in the reply section while I await new figures.

10.19.2021

Here are two surprise additions of today.

Lisowicia bojani (Collacta)
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Late Triassic Poland
Length: 14.7 feet
Scale: 1:23 (shown with 1:25 human, but 1:20 human would be just as good)
A Triassic era figure is always a welcome addition to my collection. This figure represents a dicynodont similar to my nayab Placerias. Lisowicia is believed to be the last Dicynodont. Nice pickup from Dejankin’s. Collecta has gotten a lot better at creating figures since they started.

Pteranodon longiceps (Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous North America
Wingspan: 18 feet
Height: 6 feet
Scale: 1:20
I expected to find and buy this figure (along with a couple other Safari dinosaurs) at the Jurassic Quest, but I picked it up at Michael’s today. Interesting how an arts and crafts store has better figures than an actual traveling exhibit with dinosaur animatronics. While this pairing may seem like it puts Pteranodon on the small side, this is a pterosaur in a walking pose, which means that I can’t really measure the wingspan. Height is a bigger factor in this pose.

10.21.2021

I was still on the fence with a few figures when I finished the Cenozoic era segment of my posting. Here is the last figure until my birthday that will be on this topic.

Deinocheirus mirificus (Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous Asia
Length: 36 feet
Scale: 1:60
I was on the fence with this figure mainly because of its defect.
First off, the legs are warped (maybe it overheated on the way to the Exploreum…). Either way, it’s been condemned to a tripod stance or toppling over.
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But the thing that irritated me the most is the unsightly defect on its neck. It’s weird and strange, but it’s unnoticeable from the angle I took the reference shot.
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Here is a photo from BionicleSaurus’ review of this figure compared to my figure.
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Despite all this, I still like the figure. It could be a few inches larger, but i would rather have it without the defects than at a larger size. Even the vibrant coloration is not entirely unrealistic for a creature at its gargantuan size, representing a vividly patterned, large, feathered dinosaur that used the colors for display. I’m most likely going to buy another Safari Deinocheirus without the defects. I was considering making a group shot, but I wanted to wait until after my birthday and until my Dejankin’s order arrives. Feel free to discuss figures and the species in the reply section because I won’t be making another figure related post for about a week.
10.22.2021

Some unexpected events took place today and yesterday, which led to figures arriving earlier than I expected. Due to this, I will be making a post earlier than I expected.

Euhelopus zdanskyi (PNSO)
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Early Cretaceous China
Length: 49 feet
Scale: 1:25
The photo is blurry because I had to actually hold the camera to take the shot because of how immense this figure is. It’s one of PNSO’s massive vinyl models, so it’s hollow and not that heavy. Still great accuracy and detail. Unfortunately, the head snapped during transit. I later learned this is a byproduct of the figure being made of six separate parts and stuck together. I glued the head back and apparently this easily happens.
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Here is the story.
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Chlamydoselachus sp. (Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous
Length: 12 feet
Scale: 1:35

And here’s from my latest Dejankin’s order.

Eusmilus bidentatus (Bullyland)
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Eocene-Oligocene Europe
Length: 8 feet
Scale: 1:25
Superficially it resembles a Smilodon, but it’s a nimravid (aka, False Saber Tooth Cat).

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus (Favorite Co)
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Early Jurassic England
Length: 11 feet
Scale: 1:25
There isn’t much in the way of Early Jurassic Figures, so you have to take what you can find.

Geosternbergia “Pteranodon” sternbergi (Favorite Co)
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Late Cretaceous North America
Wingspan: 19 feet
Scale: 1:30
Labeled as Pteranodon, this actually represents Geosternbergia. You can tell from the crest shape.
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After my Brett order arrives, I will have obtained all the Favorite Co Ltd figures I’m after.

Xiongguanlong baimoensis (Collecta)
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Early Cretaceous China
Length: 15 feet
Scale: 1:40

Argentinosaurus huiculensis (Collecta)
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Late Cretaceous Argentina
Length: 98 feet
Scale: 1:80-1:90 (scale for this species depends on your estimation because all the specimens are incomplete)
I've needed an Argentinosaurus for a long time, and now I've finally got one. A 1:40 scale Argentinosaurus would be too big for anyone with size restraints in their collection. The Schleich juvenile Giganotosaurus is representing an adult Mapusaurus.
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The Schleich giga is too dragonlike, but it scales well with Argentinosaurus.
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Dejankin’s spelled my name correctly, which is something some people I know in person still haven’t done.
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10.25.2021

Okay people, so today is my birthday and I have plenty of new additions to the collection to show for it!

First off, are the figures that arrived today, but weren’t birthday presents because I just ordered then earlier this week and they arrived now.

Geoworld’s Zuniceratops. It’s about 1:20.
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It’s not as good as the beasts of the Mesozoic version, but it’s a fun figure nonetheless.
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Henodus chelyops (Safari Ltd)
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Late Triassic Germany
Length: 4 feet
Scale: 1:15-1:18
My dog mauled this figure specifically when I first got this tube, so I went to ebay and bought a new one just now. It fits well with the other Triassic turtle cousins from PNSO.
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I ordered this weird set from Amazon called Zoo World (I think it’s produced by Diramix). It features a bunch of marine creatures as rubber bath toys. It has one extinct animal and that’s the main reason I got this set. It’s just proof that nobody’s safe from collector’s compulsion.
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Thankfully, I have a friend who would like some pool toys that won’t sink to the bottom. Here are the ones I’ll be giving away. A derpy Shark, a pink ray, a squishy marlin, a bean-filled Pufferfish, and a walrus with two left feet. My friend’s birthday isn’t until December so I better get used to seeing these abominations.
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And here’s the main reason I bought this set.

Dinichthys herzeri (Diramix)
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Devonian of USA
Length: 25 feet
Scale: 1:85-1:90
This weird rubbery thing represents Dinichthys, a placoderm (similar to Dunkleosteus and Mcnamaraspis). I read that the figure was 7 inches (THE BAG THEY CAME IN IS BARELY 6 INCHES!!!). The 7 inch length would put it at 1:50. Thankfully, the Dunkleosteus in the Collecta tube is 1:85 so I have something to compare it to.
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On the bright side, Diramix got the fins correct for the most part.
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Here are the ones I’ll be keeping.
An eel that immediately suffered paint loss, an albino stonefish or frog fish, a pacu (or a deep sea fish), an octopus, and my Dinichthys.
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And here are two birthday presents. More coming later today.

Diprotodon optatum (Southlands Replicas)
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Pleistocene Australia
Length: 10 feet
Scale: 1:25
The largest extinct marsupial that ever lived fits well into my menagerie of creatures. It was like a giant wombat. Several companies over the years have taken a stab at making a Diprotodon, but none as detailed and as accurate as Southlands Replicas’ figure. They also made a marsupial lion (Thylacoleo) that I’ll keep an eye out for.

Bajadasaurus pronuspinax (Collecta)
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Early Cretaceous Argentina
Length: 39 feet
Scale: 1:30
Despite being in the same superfamily is Diplodocus, the Bajadasaurus and other Dicraeosaurs don’t agree with the stereotype massive sauropod. They are still massive, but they aren’t the biggest or the smallest. Their necks are rather short compared to their body size.
It’s not to scale cousin, the Safari Amargasaurus. They were both around the same size in real life. You can tell them apart because Bajadasaurus has a mowhawk and Amargasaurus has a mullet .
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10.29.2021

At my party this afternoon, I got several PNSO dinosaurs as presents and they were delightful.

Tarbosaurus bataar (PNSO)
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Late Cretaceous Asia
Length: 33-39 feet
Scale: 1:30-1:40
Little bitty dinky arms (I couldn’t resist saying that when it came to the tyrannosaur with the smallest arms). PNSO’s Tarbosaurus goes well with my other 1:40-ish tyrannosaurs (Battat rex, Geoworld Albertosaurus, Papo Gorgosaurus, Collecta Daspletosaurus, etc.)
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Here it is with close relative, Tyrannosaurus (Safari Ltd)
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Machairoceratops cronusi (PNSO)
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Late Cretaceous Utah
Length: 18 feet
Scale: 1:30
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Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis (PNSO)
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Late Jurassic China
Length: 15 feet
Scale: 1:30

Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis (PNSO)
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Middle Jurassic China
Length: 26 feet
Scale: 1:30
Interestingly, the Yangchuanosaurus is equipped with lips. Something a majority of PNSO’s other theropods need but don’t have.
This one and the Chungkingosaurus come in a set.
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10.29.2021

Congrats on all the figures! PNSO figures look amazing

Very nice additions in your day.

I want the Machairoceratops cronusi, marvellous figure.

Happy Birthday and congratulations! Those are all lovely, I'm jealous!

Some really splendid new additions! Congratulations and happy birthday!

Nice new huge additions here

Nice additions

Thank you everybody for your kind words on the happy birthday topic and here. It has truly been a great 15 months on this forum so far. Interesting, my parcel from Dejankin’s arrived today (they use expedited shipping for $10 so it arrives in a few days, but I would have probably bought more figures if the shipping didn’t cost this much). I forgot about these two figures I got a while ago.

Nanuqsaurus hoglundi (Golden Link)
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Late Cretaceous Alaska
Length: 16-20 feet
Scale: 1:35
A tyrannosaurid known only from a few jaw fragments. It also inspired the Gorgosaur from the WWD feature film (the one with the talking Dinos). It’s a nice little dwarf tyrannosaur, but I would buy a feathered Nanuqsaurus when it’s made.

Montealtosuchus arrudacamposi (Safari Ltd)
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Late Cretaceous Argentina
Length: 6 feet
Scale: 1:20
This little crocodyliform lived too late to meet any of the usual South American species (Mapusaurus, Giganotosaurus, Argentinosaurus, etc.).

Maiasaura peeblesorum (Playful Home & Colorata)
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Late Cretaceous Montana
Length: 30 feet
Scale: 1:20
This massive soft toy does have nice accuracy and detail, but i also like the Colorata Maiasaura. I only really got this figure due to its scale, because the Colorata was 1:80, and I usually prefer 1:55 or above (but those are flexible when you consider accuracy, detail, and species, which are the main deciding factors in my collection). The funny little nestlings are about 1:15.
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And now for the Dejankin’s order.

Plesiosuchus manselli (Safari Ltd)
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Late Jurassic England
Length: 21 feet
Scale: 1:35
Real shame safari discontinued this figure. I was going to get it somewhere down the line, but I wasn’t about to wait until it was unavailable on Dejankin’s to start looking for it. Goes well with Safari’s Metriorhynchus and PNSO’s Dakosaurus.

Megalosaurus bucklandii (Collecta)
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Middle Jurassic England
Length: 20 feet
Scale: 1:40
Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur ever found, but it isn’t world famous like tyrannosaurus. They were on the right track when they coined “dinosaur” and said that they were ancient and extinct, but they thought it looked like this abomination.
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Kamuysaurus japonicus (Collecta)
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Late Cretaceous Japan
Length: 26 feet
Scale: 1:55
Recently, Japanese dinosaurs have been getting more attention, which is good for us. Also Collecta’s sculpting is phenomenal on this figure.  
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Elasmosaurus platyurus (Collecta)
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Late Cretaceous North America
Length: 34 feet
Scale: 1:45
As you can see, today’s haul is mostly Collecta figures. Safari’s Elasmosaurus certainly isn’t a bad figure, but Collecta’s is larger and emulates the most recent discoveries with a tail fluke. No shame on Safari’s figure, because it was made before this discovery. Now I have the earliest plesiosaur (the favorite Plesiosaurus) and what was probably the last plesiosaur.
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10.30.2021

The most recent addition to my collection.

Ophthalmosaurus icenicus (Recur)
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Middle-Late Jurassic
Length: 20 feet
Scale: 1:20
Ophthalmosaurus was named after its massive eyes (which are about the same size as a human’s head). It arose to popularity after its appearance in the third episode of Walking with Dinosaurs, and a very nice figure was released in the toy line from Toyway. The Toyway ophthalmosaurus is extremely rare, but recur made another Ophthalmosaurus a couple years ago and I thought I’d try it out. This is probably my only recur figure, as none of them are particularly unique (species wise) or particularly accurate. I can’t find any glaring inaccuracies in this figure, and the detail is nice as figures go.

I won’t be getting too many figures between now and Christmas, but I still plan on keeping this topic going by taking some group shots.

Jurassic 1:20-1:25
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Ophthalmosaurus (Recur), Chilesaurus (Papo), Plesiosaurus (Favorite Co), Guanlong (Safari Ltd), Hybodus (Safari Ltd). The Ophthalmosaurus feels like such a titan after seeing it with the smaller fauna.

11.02.2021

So for November I’ve tried to take it easy, but when I see an opportunity for a species I need, I must take it.

Riojasaurus incertus (Lontic)
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Late Jurassic South America
Length: 32 feet
Scale: 1:40
I was keeping an eye out for this basal sauropodoporph for a while (I’m going to wait on a Plateosaurus, but I realized that Riojasaurus is less likely to get remade because it isn’t as popular as Plateosaurus). But then I found it misidentified as an Iguanodon for an astoundingly low price. The mistake was probably made due to its “thumb spike” which on closer inspection turns out to be an unpainted finger with the same size claw as the others.
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Even then “RIOJASAURUS” is faintly printed on the beast’s belly so the seller must not have looked.
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This figure could be bipedal, but due to its obscurity, it’ll be a while if we’re gonna see it again. Here it is with Nayab’s Placerias.
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For me, continental differences mean nothing in the Triassic (because of the Pangea Supercontinent, and because the world didn’t begin to look normal until the late Cretaceous). But as long as they lived at the same time, they could have met. Riojasaurus lived from 227-213 mya, and Placerias lived from 220-216, so there was a short window where this could happen.
Here's a little something for reference.
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11.05.2021

I love this Elasmosaurus!