DinosaurKing – Fauna Figures

FigureFocus 323 Playmates Dinosaur King Ceratosaurus

Another look at a figure from the Dinosaur King series, this time another one from series one. This one is the Ceratosaurus figure from the series. At this point I've written about so many of these figures, and yet there's always so many more, it's hard to have more to say! This one stands out by its very, very blue colour and kind of derpy face. Super blue Ceratosaurus! For once, not the red headed trope at least. It is…

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October 24, 2022

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

FigureFrenzy 296 Acrocanthosaurus, Redfin, Sea Lion, Wolverine

We're going all over the place today! The only thing that unites them is that I have them all...let's go! Nayab/FUL/Lontic Sea Lions It's a trio of Sea Lion figures. The two small ones are from the same set, and could be two different sea lion species (California sea lion and Steller's sea lion) while the big one is more clearly a Steller's sea lion. Or, the brown one might be a female? The big one is about 1:58, so…

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April 4, 2022

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

FigureFrenzy 294 Megalosaurus, Amargasaurus, Moeritherium, Woolly Rhino

It's all prehistoric megafauna today! From the Jurassic to the Pleistocene. As far as the figures, well...one if them is really nice. One of them is very okay. Two of them are very basic but ones that are probably pretty easy to get! Wild Republic/Imperial/random 'Megalosaurus' Lots of versions of the same figure...probably based on Megalosaurus toys and paintings from some time ago. Using height, probably around 1:92, so the explorer is close in scale. Our first figure is actually…

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March 28, 2022

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales 265 Run the Set Playmates Dinosaur King Series 2

I have spoken about the Playmates Dinosaur King series of figures, but this is the first time I'm looking at a whole (mostly) series of them. In this instance, it is all of the figures that I have from the second release, which in my case is 16 of the 24...and it looks like that will be as far as I can get. A few of the bigger figures (relatively speaking). Pentaceratops, Stegosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus (the SUPER ALPHA VERSION!!! Yes,…

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November 22, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 254 FigureFrenzy Apatosaurus, Char, Poraspis, Archelon, Spinosaurus

Wide range of figures again today. All over the map--prehistoric and modern, big and small, really nice and...less high end. I guess that's what happens when picks are random...! Jurassic World FK mini Apatosaurus (Walmart) It's a very basic Apatosaurus from a Jurassic World set. Decent monochrome though, although the 'blood splash' is a little weird. It's about 1:182 scale, so the guy's about half the needed height. First up, a small mini dinosaur figure from Mattel, an Apatosaurus from the…

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October 14, 2021

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales 251 Run the Set BattleTop Dinosaurs (unknown maker)

So, today, a very strange one. One which I've had for about 15 years now. It's a set of dinosaur figures that look an awful lot like Dinosaur King figures. Except that they came mounted on battle top (early 2000s...it was a big thing). And while they were carded, they were not branded as Dinosaur King or as Bandai, or anything else in particular. And they were at a local dollar store. But they were cheap, and unique--I had never…

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October 4, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 228 FigureFrenzy Futabasaurus, Salmon, Velociraptor, Xenacanthus, Teleoceras

More random figures. Possibly more random than normal! Even a figure that was customized (not the first one I've discussed, I think. But a weirder one). Mostly prehistoric animals though. That's something. Playmates Dinosaur King Futabasaurus This pattern on Futabasaurus is almost a meme among early figures of the animal. Not sure how that came to pass. It's about 1:60 scale, close to the diver. Visiting another Dinosaur King figure again already? Yup, another wave 2 figure, and one that…

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July 15, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 227 FigureFrenzy Cheetah, Iguanodon, Milkfish, Sifaka, Sturgeon

Well, today is about as random as they're going to get. All over the place in terms of species, quality, brand, materials...Kind of like my actual collection, it can be kind of all over the place! Schleich Bayala Arelan Cheetah I personally think this is one of the most interesting Cheetah figures made, by Schleich, and among many other cheetah figures. The posture is such a unique one. About 1:18 scale, so close to the misguided zookeeper there. Our first…

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July 12, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 222 FigureFrenzy Allosaurus, Hallucigenia, Pufferfish, Triceratops, Lungfish

Another frenzy of figures! As usual, kind of all over the place. Dinosaurs, fish, weird invertebrates. And all from different companies. For the first time in a while, I think these are also all figures that I currently display! That doesn't always happen! I also just realized that every one of these figures is from a different Japanese series. Which might indicate just how many Japanese models I have! Kaiyodo Dinotales Special Release White Allosaurus The colour of this Allosaurus…

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June 24, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 201 FigureFrenzy Apatosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Saurosuchus, Concavenator, Belemnites

Another bunch of figures today, all prehistoric ones! And a wide range of them...the funny part is that the largest figure is the smallest (and the only not-reptile!) And a strange assortment of brands and styles! CollectA MiniBox A1102 Apatosaurus One of those classic dinosaur figures, this was the first Apatosaurus made by CollectA for their mini box sets. It's about 1:192, so that man is way too large (it's all I have!). First up we have one of the…

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April 12, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 133 ToyTrio Andalusian, Mapusaurus, Utahraptor

Another ToyTrio, and another pretty random assortment! MojoFun Andalusian stallion I don't have many horses. And really, this one is only in the collection by accident I believe that this might be the first horse I've looked at on this blog. As I've said before, I don't really have much to do with farm/domestic animals, and have never gone too far into horse collecting--from what I can tell, that may be the largest subset of animal collecting there is (even…

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August 10, 2020

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 123 ToyTrio Doedicurus, Tarsier, Daspletosaurus

Today is another Toy Trio, this time featuring a really...really...weird assortment. I suppose if we want to connect them, they all have a Japanese origin of some kind? Let's go with that. Kaiyodo Dinotales S6 Doedicurus One of the classic 'Ice Age' animals--a mammal that found out about ankylosaurs and said, "I can do that" Our first stop is another excellent little figure from the Kaiyodo Dinotales series. This Doedicurus figure is number 102 in the original Dinotales series--and by…

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July 6, 2020