New CollectA Models 2021 (Part 3)

Everything Dinosaur in collaboration with CollectA announce further additions to the CollectA range of prehistoric animal models for 2021.  Today, we highlight the introduction of an Age of Dinosaurs Elasmosaurus marine reptile model, along with a contemporary of this elasmosaurid, a 1:40 scale replica of the fearsome prehistoric fish Xiphactinus.  Furthermore, a third set of mini dinosaur and prehistoric animal models will be added to the CollectA portfolio.

• CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Elasmosaurus – a Late Cretaceous marine reptile.
• CollectA Deluxe 1:40 scale Xiphactinus – a Late Cretaceous, predatory fish which was geographically widespread.
• A CollectA box of mini dinosaurs (set 3) – contains 10 mini prehistoric animal models.

The CollectA Elasmosaurus, the 1:40 scale Xiphactinus and the CollectA mini prehistoric animal set will be in stock at Everything Dinosaur around the middle of 2021.

The New for 2021 CollectA Elasmosaurus Marine Reptile Model

CollectA Elasmosaurus

The CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Elasmosaurus joins a growing number of marine reptile figures under the CollectA brand.  For example, in 2017 a model of the ichthyosaur Excalibosaurus was added to the range along with a 1:40 scale CollectA Deluxe Kronosaurus.  The famous American palaeontologist Edward Drinker Cope named and described Elasmosaurus in 1869, he based his study on fossils that had been discovered in Wyoming.  One of the larger members of the Plesiosauria, this marine reptile reached a length of around 14 metres and it is estimated to have weighed 2,000 kilograms when fully grown.

The CollectA model depicts Elasmosaurus in the act of turning to attack its prey, with its mouth open ready to grab an unsuspecting fish.

On the subject of fish, the next CollectA figure we discuss is a replica of a monstrous predatory fish with a reputation for being particularly aggressive.

The New for 2021 CollectA Deluxe 1:40 Scale Xiphactinus Model

CollectA Deluxe Xiphactinus

A swift and powerful hunter, a number of species have been described from Cretaceous-aged deposits of North America, Europe and Australia.  Xiphactinus (pronounced Zee-fak-tin-us), swallowed its victims whole.  It had a varied diet, mostly fish and occasionally seabirds such as Hesperornis.  Its reputation for being particularly aggressive is well-founded, a Canadian specimen was recently discovered with the remains of a mosasaur flipper trapped in its jaws.

The aggressive nature of this bony fish sometimes was its undoing.  A famous fossil specimen collected by George F. Sternberg and on display at the Sternberg Museum of Natural History (Kansas, USA) shows a 4-metre-long Xiphactinus with a near perfect specimen of a ichthyodectid Gillicus arcuatus located in the stomach cavity.  It is likely that during the swallowing of the 1.8-metre-long Gillicus, the Xiphactinus was fatally injured.

A Famous Fossil of a Fish within a Fish

With a model length of a fraction over 16 cm, the 1/40th scale rating for this figure is around the right ballpark.  Fans of Everything Dinosaur on Facebook will recall that a poll was posted earlier this year asking for views and opinions about the prospects of a Xiphactinus model being produced.  The overwhelmingly positive response received encouraged the design team at CollectA to bring out a Xiphactinus figure.

CollectA Set of Mini Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Models (Set 3)

The third new item Everything Dinosaur announces today is a third set of CollectA dinosaur and prehistoric animal models.   These sets have proved to be very popular with dinosaur fans and model collectors, the mini models measure around six to ten centimetres in length and this new set features eight dinosaurs along with a pterosaur and a miniature marine reptile model.

The CollectA Mini Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Models Set 3

Visit the Everything Dinosaur website for more prehistoric animal models: Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Toys.

This CollectA mini dinosaurs and prehistoric animals set features replicas of:

Dinosaurs – Alamosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Iguanodon, Mapusaurus, Mercuriceratops, Oviraptor, Therizinosaurus and Utahraptor.

Pterosaurs – Guidraco

Marine Reptiles – Pliosaurus (the replica that features in the CollectA mini prehistoric marine animals set).

Model Measurements

• CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Elasmosaurus – length 24 cm, width across the flippers 8 cm.
• The CollectA Deluxe 1:40 scale Xiphactinus – length 16.2 cm with a height of around 5.6 cm.
• CollectA Mini Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Set 3 – average model size ranges between 6 cm and 10 cm approximately.

All three of these items will be in stock at Everything Dinosaur around the middle of 2021.

To see the existing range of CollectA Deluxe models: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Animal Models.

CollectA models and figures: CollectA Prehistoric Life Models and Figures.

For our blog post on the first of the new for 2021 CollectA models to be announced: New CollectA Models for 2021 (Part 1).

For our blog post on the second batch of new CollectA figures: New CollectA Models (Part 2).