The most money you've spent on a dinosaur figure?

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

^^^ have you seen it in person?

[Tyrannax]

Yup

[blackdanter]

Jan 15, 2009 14:41:58 GMT sbell said:

Well, it is not myself, but perhaps it is someone on this board--I recently posted to an auction for some kind-of-rare mammal figures made by Tootsie Toys. They are hollow, thin plastic, solid colour, and not exactly museum-quality.

Anyway, someone just sold one of each of the figures (sadly, none were in the garish hot pink...):
search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&catref=C6&dfsp=1&satitle=mammal&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sadis=200&fpos=S9H+3K7&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&fis=2&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&seller=1&sass=toy-hood&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D2&fgtp=

My max bid on the Dinohyus was $8. I didn't know if that would be enough at the time, apparently because I am not crazy.

On the other hand, what do you all think--I have a Brontothere and Bison crassicornis--think I should offer them to the losing bidders?

They remind me of the diddy plastic dinos/animals given away in Shredded Wheat cereal back in the 1970's. I always preferred the planes and racing cars myself.
Jeez, there's some overpaid loons out there ;D

[blackdanter]

The most I've paid so far is £14 including postage on the Papo Spino (finally in stock here and now sitting on my shelf ;D). I guess this'll creep up to nearly £20 a figure when I get around to a couple of sauropods. I certainly wouldn't open my wallet and release the bats for a battat unless it was a bargain find Diplo, TRex or Acro. I'd probably leave the rest where I found them ................. however unlikely that may be.

I'd love to see Teton get his hands on the battat Diplo. I'm sure it would look amazing .............. If I found one cheap, I'd send it out to him and ask him to post at least one new thread a week featuring detailed photos of the results ......................