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FigureFocus 292 Invicta Plastics Pliosaur (Liopleurodon) Painted

Well, today is a sort of classic figure, possibly from the first 'museum quality' dinosaur line out there. The line is of course the Invicta Prehistoric models made for the Natural History Museum (referred to as the British Museum of Natural History at the time). Overall, it is a line of figures, I believe mostly to 1:45 scale, of a number of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals (and a blue whale...because of course) that are overall quite notable, in particular…

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March 21, 2022

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FigureFocus 291 Wild Safari Prehistoric World Kaprosuchus

Today is a good one! The Wild Safari Kaprosuchus from 2011! Originally released in the Wild Safari Dinos & Prehistoric Life series, that whole line has been rechristened 'Prehistoric World'. I think this may be about the fourth name for their prehistoric models (most of them) but I guess the new one is more succinct (although sounds a lot like a Schleich series or something.) Either way, this is a great figure, product number 300829 and I actually have a…

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March 18, 2022

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FigureFocus 289 Sbabam Kreaturex Dinocrocuta

I'm going to be quick this post*. In part because it's hard to say a lot and in part because I'm almost at a loss for words that it exists, and I have it! Which is why I am giving it pride of place as a standalone post instead of some kind of grouping. As the title says, today's entry will be one of the oddest mammal figures I have, the percrocutid Dinocrocuta from Sbabam as part of their Kreaturex…

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March 7, 2022

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FigureFocus 283 Safari Gryposaurus

A quick visit to a single excellent figure from Safari Ltd today, the Gryposaurus from the Dinos & Prehistoric Life series (or whatever the name of the series is, was, or will be. It's changed a lot). The item number is 302529, and it was first released in 2013. One thing to immediately note--for a Safari figure, and an ornithopod, this figure is relatively large. It's about time, since some of these dinos were impressively big! One of a few…

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February 14, 2022

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FigureFocus 282 Starlux Endothiodon

Time to look at another single, kind of special figure. This time another very unique model from the French company Starlux, but how often does a company make a dicynodont? And even more, how often does a company make a kind of aberrant dicynodont like Endothiodon? And I don't even have one--I have two Endothiodon figures! It's a very strange animal, from a group of already strange animals. Starlux was always great for the huge taxonomic variety that they released…

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February 10, 2022

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FigureFocus 280 Battat Cryolophosaurus

Let's look at another great figure from a great set that was tragically cut short. I am speaking of a figure from the rebirth and re-release of the Battat Dinosaurs for their Terra series. Four new figures were created by the great sculptor Dan LoRusso, and several of the figures from the original Battat Boston Museum of Science series were brought back in revised paint schemes. This figure is one of the novel models--a Cryolophosaurus. A few first pictures! Even…

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February 3, 2022

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FigureFocus 278 My Favorite Animals Paddlefish

Time for another fast, single-figure post. This time featuring one of my favorite models...from a series called My Favorite Animals. Naming the company is awkward...anyway, it is part of the subset 'Past Works 4, the only figure I have from the sculptor. It's definitely not a toy, and definitely one of the more obscure figures and series in my collection (among many, of course). This could very well be the definitive American Paddlefish figure ever made. It would be nice…

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January 27, 2022

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FigureFocus 275 PNSO Haylee the Helicoprion

Due to recent events, I'm going to make this a quick single-figure post. In this case (in case the title didn't give it away) it will be a somewhat recent 'shark' figure from PNSO, Haylee the Helicoprion, number 43 in their Prehistoric Animal Models series. It's hard to believe that there's already so many in this line. Anyway, of the figures released in 2021, definitely one of my favorites. And a great example of what this company is up to!…

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January 17, 2022

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Vault Tales 264 Monterey Bay and Wild Safari Giant Squid

We're going to look at a pair of figures from Safari Ltd today, two different takes on the same animal. I am speaking of their larger figures of the Giant Squid (the photo and title probably gave that away...!) I decided to look at the two since they are from the same maker, within about 6 years of each other, and overall are quite similar. Obviously, size is a major difference, but there are some other notable variations. A look…

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November 18, 2021

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Vault Tales 263 Kaiyodo Dinoland 100mm Barosaurus

This post will be taking a look another figure from Kaiyodo, but one unlike anything I've covered before! Most of the Kaiyodo figures I've covered have fallen into a broadly toy-like category; many are kind of breakable, but the initial prices and methods of sale indicate that they were meant for play and collectors of all ages. This figure is from an earlier series created by Kaiyodo, in a few forms, called Dinoland. Unlike our more familiar Dinotales and the…

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November 15, 2021

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Vault Tales 262 CollectA Dimetrodon

Another look at another great figure! This time, we're going to a relative of the mammals from the Permian. This is a sort of recent one, the CollectA Dimetrodon from their Deluxe 1:20 collection. Released in 2018 as item number 88822. As has become a bit of an industry standard, this figure of course includes some articulation, in this case the jaw opens and closes. Not super exciting, but that seems to be something we are seeing on a lot…

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November 11, 2021

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Vault Tales 261 MojoFUN Megacerops (Brontotherium)

Today, looking at a figure of one of my personal favorite prehistoric mammals, Megacerops. This particular one is the figure made by MojoFUN in 2013, number 387155, part of their Mojo Prehistoric series. It was released--and is still listed--as Brontotherium, which is considered synonymous with Megacerops. Whatever the name, I recall being very excited for this one, as brontotheres were one of those animals that I used to find as fossils, but until around then, figures were pretty sporadic. Of…

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November 8, 2021