Synapsid – Fauna Figures

FigureFrenzy 284 Brontosaurus, Dimetrodon, Gomphotherium, Velociraptor

Taking a look at a weird and wide variety of prehistoric figures. Representing all kinds of geologic ages and taxonomic groups! Also...pretty wide range of quality. Dino Magic Fizz-N-Surprise 'Brontosaurus' Skeleton (GLOW!) Kind of the basic dinosaur skeleton, ostensibly a Brontosaurus skeleton. It's roughly 1:200 scale, so that diver guy there is pretty close in scale Well let's start with what will obviously be the low point...another figure from the Dino Magic series. I have to say, it's representative of…

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February 17, 2022

FigureFocus / FigureTales

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

FigureFocus / FigureTales

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

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales 232 Run the Set Kaiyodo UHA Chocolasaurs Dinotales Series 1 PART 2

Part 2 - Palaeozoic and Cenozoic Figures! And we're back with Part 2, featuring the best Palaeozoic and Cenozoic figures the Dinotales Series 1 had to offer (not really a surprise if you've looked at the banner)! Another nine figures, after the 15 from the first part. In case you missed it, the first post featuring the dinosaurs and other Mesozoic animals can be found here. There are some really cool ones in this lot though. Let's go from geologically…

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July 29, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 150 ToyTrio Dimetrodon, Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus skeleton

Today is a super special Toy Trio--3 figures from the marvelous original Dinotales series! One is from series 1, one is from series 1 version 2 (sort of) and one is from series 2 (sort of). All are of course wonderful--and two are super special editions! Dino Fun! Kaiyodo Dinotales series 1 Dimetrodon This is a very nice Dimetrodon. It's really hard to find something to say about it Here is our first one, from the very first Dinotales series--and…

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October 15, 2020

FigureTales

Vault Tales 137 Shapeways Edaphosaurus

It probably doesn't help that the figure is a single solid colour, but the face is actually pretty detailed. Here we are again, with a second Edaphosaurus in as many weeks. This time it is a 3D printed model from Shapeways, designed by creator GNModels, AKA Galileo Hernandez. I recognized the name as a sculptor that had created non-3D print model kits for some people, but I am not much for building; the opportunity to get some of his models…

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August 24, 2020

FigureTales

Vault Tales 130 Starlux Edaphosaurus

Starlux is such a classic company for figures like these. This one took quite a while for me to track down too. One of the earliest Edaphosaurus figures, definitely one of my oldest ones. Today's post I am going to look at a figure that was one of my personal grails...and I was happy to eventually get it. It is, as the title says, another Starlux figure, the Edaphosaurus. This figure was first produced in 1983, making it one of…

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July 30, 2020

FigureTales

Vault tales 71 Marx Sphenacodon

Who makes it? This is a classic figure from Marx! When did it come out? I'm not really sure when this particular one came out, but it was produced from about 1955 to the 1970s. A classic monochrome plastic figure! Still available? Not the original figures, but I think it sometimes gets recast (officially or unofficially) for other later sets. Where can it be found in my displays? On a shelf filled with all kinds of non-dinosaur reptiles. It's among…

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January 6, 2020

FigureTales

Vault tales 48-Group Profile-Arizona Silver Dinosaurs

What is this? Some figures that get picked are not really much to talk about...so I'll speak to them as a group. In this case, it's a group of pewter prehistoric animals from a company called Arizona Silver. I don't know a tonne about them, but I do have a story behind them. The whole lot of them. As far as I know. I first became aware of the models when I was managing the dino museum (which I know…

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October 17, 2019