Vault Tales 241 Run the Set Unknown Dino Egg Dinosaurs

Well, this is a weird little set of prehistoric animals. Small, rubbery, and with very, very...limited styling. It's the kind of set that doesn't really fit with what I'd normally collect. But sometimes there are reasons. I think this'll be a brief post! A few different ceratopsians. There are no names given, but they likely represent Protoceratops, Triceratops and Centrosaurus (probably meant as Monoclonius originally). These little figures have probably shown up in a whole lot of different sets and…

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Vault Tales 152 ToyTrio Flame snake, Tsushinokos & Nessie/Plesiosaur trio

So...I'm doing this, this week. Three different figures, three different takes on imaginary/mythical/cryptozoolgical animals all based on real animals. To varying degrees of quality. We'll even go from solo to a duo to a trio! Some were worth getting because of how they represent real creatures; others were probably part of random lots...or came as parts of sets. Into the imaginations I guess! Wizards of the Coast Flame Snake Quite clearly based on a cobra. And the human from a…

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Vault Tales 119 Kinto/Favorite Pewter Plesiosaurus

It's like a trophy or something, complete with wooden stand! For today we're going to look at one of those odd ones in my collection--a well known company in an unusual style. As the photos give it away, it is a special release pewter version of their Plesiosaurus, but not the one familiar now. For many recent collectors (last 15 years or so) the company has been known as Favorite. They are out of Japan and make a variety of…

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