Rejuvenated Dinosaur Hunter

[nephilim]

Hi All!
Just signed up! I had absolutely no idea there were so many dinosaur figures etc 'out there' and am blown away that there are so many dinosaur collectors!
I have two sons both below the age of 2, and have been thinking back to what toys myself and my younger brother liked when we were young to lead my thoughts. After scanning the internet a bit I realise my first dinosaurs (no longer with me) were Marx or from Marx moulds. I still have most of my Inpro figures and Invicta Natural History Museum figures (thanks to my mums loft!).
But where to start in this day and age??? I've already bought a few dinosaurs and am here for pointers really in where and which I should head for next!? I hope there are some friendly folk who won't mind helping me out (I dont have much free time with the young uns!)
So...the collection so far........

Allosaurus (Schleich Replica-saurus)
Parasaurolophus (Schleich Replica-saurus)
Triceratops (Schleich Replica-saurus)
Quetzalcoatlus (Schleich) not sure if this is from Replica-saurus range??
Velociraptor (Papo)

Such an improvement on the toys I had as a youngster!
So.....T-Rex!! Which one???

[sbell]

Oct 20, 2011 18:02:06 GMT nephilim said:

Hi All!
Just signed up! I had absolutely no idea there were so many dinosaur figures etc 'out there' and am blown away that there are so many dinosaur collectors!
I have two sons both below the age of 2, and have been thinking back to what toys myself and my younger brother liked when we were young to lead my thoughts. After scanning the internet a bit I realise my first dinosaurs (no longer with me) were Marx or from Marx moulds. I still have most of my Inpro figures and Invicta Natural History Museum figures (thanks to my mums loft!).
But where to start in this day and age??? I've already bought a few dinosaurs and am here for pointers really in where and which I should head for next!? I hope there are some friendly folk who won't mind helping meSchleich Quetzalcoatlus out (I dont have much free time with the young uns!)
So...the collection so far........

Allosaurus (Schleich Replica-saurus)
Parasaurolophus (Schleich Replica-saurus)
Triceratops (Schleich Replica-saurus)
Quetzalcoatlus (Schleich) not sure if this is from Replica-saurus range??
Velociraptor (Papo)

Such an improvement on the toys I had as a youngster!
So.....T-Rex!! Which one???

A currently-available one? Probably the Wild Safari 2011 release. Of course, every company has one, and they can be quite variable in their quality or accuracy (the Schleich ones are both terrible though).

[nephilim]

Thanks for that.
Have seen two Schleich ones, one was upright pose, the other (I think from the replica-saurus range) looked like the side profile of the head was a bit big in the snout, like a sperm whale!?
I was favouring the Papo one like the Jurassic Park T-Rex or the Collecta one in a cool pose! That Wild Safari one does look good though....but maybe won't fit in scale-wise with my other figures (?)......scared of having a dwarf version of the king of the dinosaurs!

[nephilim]

Added Carnegie Dilong and Iguanodon to my set. Maybe I should start posting in 'Collections' part of the forum now??

[Himmapaan]

Hello and welcome!

Yes, do please share your collection. We'd love to see it.

[gwangi]

Welcome to the site. You're off to a good start with your collection. For Tyrannosaurs I would suggest the Safari 2011 or the Kinto soft Favorite Tyrannosaurs (one of my favorites).

[Horridus]

Oct 23, 2011 20:42:23 GMT gwangi said:

Kinto soft Favorite Tyrannosaurs (one of my favorites).

This. Unless you can afford resin models and/or upsizing.
The company is known as 'Favorite' rather than 'Kinto' though - look for the 'Favorite soft model Tyrannosaurus'. I'm presuming you're a fellow Britisher, so check out dinosaurtime.co.uk/Shop/Dinosaur-Toy-Models/Favorite-Dinosaurs/1458-Tyrannosaurus---Brown.html.

[nephilim]

Hi,
Thanks for the advice! Yes, I'm a brit
Opted for the Papo T-Rex but may get the Favourite one too as Im going to be ordering the Styracosaurus from that range too

[Horridus]

Nov 16, 2011 7:22:39 GMT nephilim said:

Opted for the Papo T-Rex but may get the Favourite one too as Im going to be ordering the Styracosaurus from that range too

Yes, definitely do! The Papo one is incredibly detailed but is more of an unofficial Jurassic Park action figure than a true representation of what the animal looked like. The Favorite one is rather blandly painted by comparison, but has much better proportions and a better posture, no bunny hands etc.