Tyrannosaurus – Fauna Figures

FigureFocus 305 Kaiyodo Capsule Q Feathered Tyrannosaurus

After a longer absence for no particular reason, I'm back with a classic dinosaur species--and let's pretend that I picked it because Jurassic World Dominion is releasing a day from now (or so) and no matter what they do, Tyrannosaurus rex will always be the star dinosaur! Really, though, it had been randomly picked a while ago, I just happened to write this now! Serendipity! Interestingly, this figure is marks a pretty big turn from the many, many T. rex…

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June 9, 2022

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales 266 Run the Set Furuta Dinomodels Series 1

Time to look at another set of Japanese dinosaur figures, or at least the ones I have of the set. The name Furuta might sound familiar, as I have referred to them a few times before. In those instances, it was usually as a partner company with Kaiyodo, continuing the Chocoegg series. However, in the early 2000s (and until today) produced figures for their own series, in this case a line of 8 dinosaur figures in their Dinomodels line (optimistically…

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November 25, 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

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales 231 Run the Set Kaiyodo UHA Chocolasaurs Dinotales Series 1 PART 1

Part 1 - The Mesozoic Figures! That's right--as the title suggests, I am going to be looking at the full run of the Series 1 Dinotales line, the one that started it all! I have looked at various individual Dinotales figures before of course, but I don't think I tackled a full complete set. And it turns out, with at least 25 figures that gets a little daunting. Because unlike some sets, Dinotales deserve at least a little more time…

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July 26, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 143 ToyTrio Tawa, Coelophysis, Tyrannosaurus

So today's trio is going to be a variety of dinosaur figures, all relatively recent releases! As it works out...it kind of acts as a very basic family lineage of the theropod (meat-eating) dinosaurs. If I arrange them in the right order...which I did. It's also why it felt more right to put them together in a 'trio' instead of looking at each one separately. Schleich 'Conquering the Earth' Tawa As dinosaur figures go the Tawa is definitely unique. Also,…

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September 14, 2020

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales Run the Set 108 CollectA Dinosaurs MiniBox 1

All 12 figures from Dinosaurs set 1. I personally think we might be due for a couple more. So we're back already with another Run the Set! This time we'll look at a much more recent one, a box made up of miniature versions of some of the CollectA Deluxe and Standard dinosaurs. This is box set 1, released in 2016 under the catalog number A1101. Set two was released at the same time--giving us 20 small versions of CollectA…

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May 14, 2020

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales Run the Set 107 Kaiyodo CocaCola JPIII Dinosaurs

All of the Kaiyodo Jurassic Park III dinosaurs. 11/12 are in perfect, shiny condition... Way, way, way back I wrote about a special release Kaiyodo dinosaur model--a Spinosaurus skull from their Jurassic Park III + Coca Cola promotion (almost exactly 100 posts ago!). Now, the Random Number Generator has selected other figures from the series, so why not look at them all together? It's another Run the Set! Two classic herbivores that made appearances in earlier movies too. The Triceratops…

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May 11, 2020