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Post by Dinotoyforum on Mar 3, 2008 12:41:50 GMT
This post could equally have gone into new acquisitions, but I'm seeking info. I won my first ever Ebay auction. yay. Anyway, the plesiosaur in this lot took my fancy, and for £1, I was willing to buy.  It looks like an old Chinasaur, but a pretty good one at face value. I'd never seen it before - have any of you? |
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Post by tomhet on Mar 3, 2008 16:52:54 GMT
At first I believed it was something Starlux related, but it's not. Nice find  I envy your pineapple  ;D I thought you had won some Kaiyodos  |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Mar 3, 2008 16:56:38 GMT
I won the Kaiyodos, but they were 'buy it now' items so I consider this my first auction won  Yes, The pineapple is the real reason why I bid on this lot ;D It will go staight onto the top of my pencil... I also saw a blue version of the same plesiosaur in another auction, but that's over now - I was outbid. |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Mar 3, 2008 17:06:25 GMT
 Either it is based on this Macroplata painting, or vice versa. Just a coincidence? |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Mar 4, 2008 11:28:43 GMT
The blue one went for a little more than I expected:  £4.30 |
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Post by piltdown on Mar 6, 2008 4:25:16 GMT
What's going to happen to the Chinasaurs in the lots? That's always been a problem for me when I have had to bid on a gigantic lot of dinosaurs to get the one I want  |
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Post by tomhet on Mar 6, 2008 5:55:33 GMT
^^^ I just give them away to kids, they really need relief from TV |
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Post by sbell on Mar 24, 2008 0:37:29 GMT
I'm new here--just joined--but I can solve your mystery because I have one of the blue ones. It is marked TOYWAY on the bottom. That's right, the company that brought us Walking with Dinosaurs figures also produced a small plesiosaur (but I don't know when).
I do like the Macroplata ID though.
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Mar 24, 2008 12:00:17 GMT
Thats odd - my green version says 'Dinocrats', no reference to Toyway:  Deatil of the bottom of the plesiosaur - the one in first post. Maybe we are talking about different plesiosaur figures? By the way, I am very pleased with the pineapple tomhet - I gve it as a gift to my girlfriend to remind her of me |
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Post by sbell on Mar 24, 2008 13:31:47 GMT
That's very strange--I checked mine again, and while it is the same exact sculpt (the long tail is a giveaway) it clearly says Toyway. And Plesiosaurus, and UK. No date though.
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Mar 24, 2008 13:39:35 GMT
Interesting. How odd - well at least we know Toyway and 'Dinocrat's are linked somehow. Maybe they used the same moulds, or maybe Toyway used to be called Dinocrats? We have a line of evidence to follow!
*...picks up pipe and magnifying glass and begins to investigate the history of Toyway...*
Thanks for the information by the way, really helpful.
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Mar 24, 2008 13:41:40 GMT
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Post by tomhet on Mar 26, 2008 3:44:24 GMT
Maybe we are talking about different plesiosaur figures? That's my guess too. Maybe a Chinese company used the mold and named the line Dinocrats. Even so, it's kind of strange that we've never heard of those products. By the way, I am very pleased with the pineapple tomhet - I gve it as a gift to my girlfriend to remind her of me You really squeezed the juice out of that lot, didn't ya? |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Mar 26, 2008 11:21:41 GMT
Maybe we are talking about different plesiosaur figures? That's my guess too. Maybe a Chinese company used the mold and named the line Dinocrats. Even so, it's kind of strange that we've never heard of those products. By the way, I am very pleased with the pineapple tomhet - I gve it as a gift to my girlfriend to remind her of me You really squeezed the juice out of that lot, didn't ya? The pineapple is super cool! it's wearing pointy shoes man! |
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Post by Dinotoyforum on Apr 17, 2008 21:07:15 GMT
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Post by piltdown on May 19, 2008 19:12:18 GMT
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on May 19, 2008 20:32:35 GMT
Looks ugly to me. Are they rare or someting?
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Post by Dinotoyforum on May 19, 2008 22:08:22 GMT
Not particularly rare, in the UK at least. They frequently pop up on ebay, you just have to keep your eyes open. I got mine (green version) for a couple of quid.
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Post by brad on May 21, 2008 15:39:22 GMT
Is there a real plesiosaur with a tail that long?
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Post by sbell on May 21, 2008 16:21:49 GMT
Well, in an earlier post in this thread, there is an image of Macroplata that has a longer tail.
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;D
-- apparently it has a "great history":![[][][]cordylus[][][] Avatar](http://files.sharenator.com/Troll_Face_U_MAD_RE_wrestling_1-s407x405-126802.jpg)
