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Post by Dinotoyforum on Jul 7, 2008 12:27:13 GMT
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Post by Libraraptor on Jul 7, 2008 17:52:11 GMT
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Post by stoneage on Jul 7, 2008 22:17:52 GMT
It looks like the real thing. Mine is the normal purple color.
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Post by tomhet on Jul 8, 2008 1:36:35 GMT
I started my collection with the Invictas and still I say: They´re awesome! Great that you think so too. They are indeed beautiful. ally pally's dinos are always surprisingly expensive
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Post by dinoboy on Jul 17, 2008 0:15:47 GMT
My preference are the Sauropods
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Post by Libraraptor on Jul 19, 2008 16:53:01 GMT
My preference are the Sauropods I like them, too. But: Except for the Cetiosaurus they´re all dragging their tail, that´s what I dislike. But wait! Doubting Invicta style is blasphemy, isn´t it?
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Jul 19, 2008 17:01:08 GMT
My preference are the Sauropods I like them, too. But: Except for the Cetiosaurus they´re all dragging their tail, that´s what I dislike. But wait! Doubting Invicta style is blasphemy, isn´t it? The Brachiosaurus and Mamenchisaurus do not drag their tails.
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Post by Libraraptor on Jul 19, 2008 17:11:25 GMT
I like them, too. But: Except for the Cetiosaurus they´re all dragging their tail, that´s what I dislike. But wait! Doubting Invicta style is blasphemy, isn´t it? The Brachiosaurus and Mamenchisaurus do not drag their tails. Sorry, you´re right of course.
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Post by bowheadwhale on Oct 13, 2011 18:31:59 GMT
It's a shame we never see "made in England" marked under a toy like in the Invicta years, nowadays, anymore...
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Post by crackington on Oct 13, 2011 21:10:15 GMT
Muttaburrasaurus also has its tail up, as does the stenonychosaurus - but these were the later models in the line....
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Post by bowheadwhale on Oct 14, 2011 20:28:42 GMT
By curiosity, when were Invicta dinos available in stores?
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Post by Seijun on Oct 14, 2011 22:38:05 GMT
I believe from the 70's until the early 2000's?
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Post by bowheadwhale on Oct 16, 2011 18:36:56 GMT
My Invicta collection includes only one piece: the Blue Whale. I wish I had a few more.
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Post by Libraraptor on Oct 25, 2011 9:16:36 GMT
By curiosity, when were Invicta dinos available in stores? I got most of mine in the early 1990s, the last one in 1997. Don´t know, however,if there is still a shelf with some Invictas in a museum or toy shop out there? It would probably be a "living fossil" then ;D
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Post by Minnesota Jones on Oct 25, 2011 13:32:41 GMT
Hey all. I started collecting Invicta back in the 1970's when they hit our local museum here in town. Had 8 of them back then. Still have them too, except my Stegosaurus must have wandered off... They have their battle scars from being played with, but they're still kicking. I've recently started collecting all of them and I'm only 4 shy of completing my collection. Still need a Lambeosaurus, Dimetrodon, the magical Liopleurodon (you HAVE to watch Charlie the Unicorn on YouTube to get that), and that famous dinosaur, the Blue Whale... I was lucky and even snagged a green Stegosaurus off eBay not too long ago. I was just watching an auction on eBay and a Lambesaurus went for over $100! Wow! Is that normal for that figure?!? I know it's rare, but sheese! Great figures. For the time, they easily beat out the Marx and MPC figures by far. As a kid, I was in dinosaur heaven.
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Post by gwangi on Oct 25, 2011 13:50:18 GMT
The Invicta line is still one of my favorites. I got my first few back in the late 80's but like all my toys of that time I ended up getting rid of them. My collection currently consists of nine but completing the collection is a high priority for me in this hobby.
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Post by Minnesota Jones on Oct 25, 2011 13:53:32 GMT
I hear ya. I recently got all the Papos (for good or for bad), have quite a bit of Safari's Carnegie collection and all the Battat's (not all the variations thou), lots of Marx and MPCs, but there's something about those darn Invictas that makes you want 'em all! Maybe when I finish getting them all, I'll start next on the painted versions.
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Post by gwangi on Oct 25, 2011 13:58:09 GMT
I've been telling myself I'm going to stick with non-painted only...ya right! I know if I get the chance to get a painted I'll do it and than I'll have to complete that collection too. That is probably a more long term goal.
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Post by Minnesota Jones on Oct 25, 2011 15:05:32 GMT
I completely agree. Painted versions are nice, but not on my priority list. Does anyone know if all 23 were painted back in the day? I've seen alot all the painted versions pop up on eBay here and there, but not sure if all 23 figures all got the paint treatment or not.
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Post by sbell on Oct 25, 2011 15:22:33 GMT
I completely agree. Painted versions are nice, but not on my priority list. Does anyone know if all 23 were painted back in the day? I've seen alot all the painted versions pop up on eBay here and there, but not sure if all 23 figures all got the paint treatment or not. I don't think the Troodon and Lambeosaurus were painted, but I think the rest were. Personally, I kind of like the monochrome Invicta style--I think their key is that the sculpts are incredibly detailed, and without paint it becomes more obvious. It's funny, I have an article from the late 90s with an interview with someone from Invicta. They were asked about the 'newcomer' (Carnegie) and in not so may words, basically said that Carnegie as a line would never last, that they weren't good enough. A few years later, Invicta released the painted series to compete.
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