Mattel – Fauna Figures

FigureFrenzy 300 Allosaurus, Anteater, Pantylus, Penguin

Been a bit distracted lately, but catching right back up...once again, with a very random assortment. Very. Broad range of quality, style, and taxonomy. Jurassic World FK mini Allosaurus (Walmart) Revisiting an almost monochrome figure from the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom minis. This time it's the Allosaurus. A very gaunt, skinny dino. It's about 1:85 scale, so the explorer is pretty close. So we'll start with another mini figure from the Walmart Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom multi-pack (a few others can…

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May 2, 2022

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

FigureFrenzy 290 Mattel Jurassic World Suchomimus, Stegosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus

Time for some MEGA MATTEL MADNESS! Three large figures from their dinosaur figures inspired by the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom movie...one of them is among the earliest, the others are more recent. All three of them definitely demonstrate how much better things are with Mattel making them (the Hasbro were...there). There are of course issues (they're toys first, after all) but they're also pretty decent as far as toy dinos go. Mattel Jurassic World Pachyrhinosaurus A very big Pachyrhinosaurus. Lots…

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March 14, 2022

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

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 225 FigureFrenzy Camel, Carnotaurus, Mosasaurus, Sarcosuchus, Alligator

Lots of reptiles today, and a single tiny mammal! Some prehistoric, some modern. A few are collectable...some are just kind of there...! Lots of 'mini' figures! Ausini Bactrian Camel A tiny little Bactrian camel from the Ausini mini series. It's a pretty basic figure...around 1:130, so that guy there is a little too big! Or the camel is a small one. We're going to start with a little figure from the Ausini set again! Once again, a fairly recognizable animal…

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July 5, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 221 FigureFrenzy Rutiodon, Helicoprion, Reef shark, Jackal, Postosuchus

Back to some random figures, but as a group, ones that I am overall pretty fond of! I think you'll agree that they're all collection worthy for various reasons. ActionProducts I-Dig-Sharks Helicoprion The position of the tooth whorl kind of gives away the age of the figure, although it might have just been wrong! The figure is roughly 1:120, so the diver is too big (or it's a small Helicoprion) First up, a strange, short-lived figure from a company known…

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June 21, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 181 ToyTrio Alligator, Rhamphorhynchus, Poison Dart Frog

Well here's a truly broad assortment of figures...I don't even have two of them on display, for various reasons. Let's jump right in! And we'll probably keep these short... Animal Kaiser American Alligator It's certainly a reasonable Alligator figure. Not sure if it has all the details or not, but unmistakable for anything else. It's around 1:50 scale, so ore or less in scale with DnD guy there. First up, yet another Animal Kaiser figure (I have a surprising number...hopefully…

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February 1, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 148 ToyTrio Cretoxyrhina, Pteranodon, Diadectes?

Okay, so another trio, another theme...sort of. Three prehistoric animals, all non-dinosaurs, and that's about all that connects them. Some very strange ones here really. Learning Curve "Dinosaur Train" Mr. Cretoxyrhina Clearly this is not a realistic paint scheme for Cretoxyrhina. We can't be completely sure but, no. Kind of gives up the cartoon-based origin It seems like I only recently discussed a Dinosaur Train figure and we're already on to another one. And it's not like I have a…

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October 8, 2020

FigureTales

Vault Tales 125 Mattel Jurassic World Gallimimus

Gallimimus in all of its two-tone glory. But the figure itself is pretty active looking overall Surprisingly, after all of this, I don't think I've covered much from the various Jurassic Park/Jurassic World toy lines. Part of this might be that I don't have a tonne of them; shocking, I know, but I wasn't really into collecting them during the first movies; and I've only gathered a few here and there with the more recent ones. But of the ones…

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July 13, 2020

FigureTales

Vault tales 64 Jurassic World FK mini Stegosaurus (Walmart)

Who makes it? This is one of many Mattel products tied in to the Jurassic World--Fallen Kingdom movie. This Stegosaurus is one of the figures in the Walmart bulk bag. When did it come out? Around the time of the movie, 2018 The figure in its green glory Still available? As of this writing I think so. It's hard to say if it varies depending on region. Where can it be found in my displays? It's not. There were some…

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December 12, 2019