FigureFocus 303 Kabaya Dinoworld Maiasaura

This is the second Kabaya figure I've looked at, so I can skip a little of the preamble. They are a Japanese set of dinosaurs/prehistoric animals that appear to have followed the general concept of Dinotales, with their own spin. For one, the figures are all a different, hollow plastic that feels more resistant. For another, the figures require assembly, but at most is only a few side-to-side pieces. Finally, they sculpts are all brilliantly done (I think they're by…

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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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Vault Tales 256 – Shelf Profile – Dinosaur/Prehistoric Toy Highlights

So, today it's another visit to the shelves...I can't believe that the last time I did one of these was over 200 posts ago! I have a lot of shelves, one would think the Random Number Generator would have hit one again. But here we are, and this one features fewer figures, all officially toys, but not really ones that I would personally play with... And it's still pretty crowded! As seen in the banner photo, we have two sides…

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