Post by sbell on May 25, 2008 3:30:44 GMT
That's right, I figured out what a Dinocrat was/is. I have a bunch of old Dino Collectors Club newsletters, and while going through them, came across a short piece about some giveaways of a number of figures (long over).
The figures were Inpro, and included the apparently rare Trachodon and Saltoposuchus (by the way, if anyone has one of the Saltoposuchus, let's talk). It then went on to mention that Inpro figures have been in production since 1972, generally under the name...DINOCRATS!
So Dinocrats are just a common name for Inpro dinosaurs.
The article then mentions a plesiosaur being sold by Toyway that was meant to be a Dinocrat/Inpro figure, but never got into the lineup. Which only begs the question--why does Toyway have that mould? And since there are two colour schemes out there, is it still in production?
In another newsletter issue, there is an interview with someone from Invicta (in 1993) talking about how the JP movie has caused a flood of dinosaur figures that didn't measure up to the Invicta standard (probably true) and that Invicta dinos would be around for a long time, long after all of these other companies went away (guess she didn't see that coming).
The figures were Inpro, and included the apparently rare Trachodon and Saltoposuchus (by the way, if anyone has one of the Saltoposuchus, let's talk). It then went on to mention that Inpro figures have been in production since 1972, generally under the name...DINOCRATS!
So Dinocrats are just a common name for Inpro dinosaurs.
The article then mentions a plesiosaur being sold by Toyway that was meant to be a Dinocrat/Inpro figure, but never got into the lineup. Which only begs the question--why does Toyway have that mould? And since there are two colour schemes out there, is it still in production?
In another newsletter issue, there is an interview with someone from Invicta (in 1993) talking about how the JP movie has caused a flood of dinosaur figures that didn't measure up to the Invicta standard (probably true) and that Invicta dinos would be around for a long time, long after all of these other companies went away (guess she didn't see that coming).
