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14 04, 2023

The New Mojo Fun Coelacanth Model

By |2024-01-02T20:08:07+00:00April 14th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

The Mojo Fun Coelacanth model is in stock at Everything Dinosaur. This replica of a “living fossil” is an excellent example of a Coelacanth figure. Team members were keen to bring in this figure. It is a vivid blue colour and website sales of this model will be accompanied by an Everything Dinosaur Coelacanth fact sheet.

Mojo Fun Coelacanth model.
The Coelacanth figure that team members have nicknamed “Bluey”. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Coelacanth

Thought to have died out at around the same time as the non-avian dinosaurs. Naturalists and palaeontologists were shocked when a Coelacanth specimen was caught in a shark gill net at the mouth of the Chalumna River on the east coast of South Africa in 1938. Two living species are known Latimeria chalumnae from the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis, which is known from Indonesian waters. Although these fish are assigned to the same genus, an analysis of DNA suggests that the two populations have been separated from each other for several million years.

Mojo Fun Coelacanth model.
The beautifully painted and very blue Mojo Fun Coelacanth replica.

Mojo Fun Coelacanth Model

The Mojo Fun Coelacanth model depicts the rostral pores on the top the snout. These openings lead to a jelly filled cavity in the centre of the animal’s head. It is thought that this organ plays a role in prey detection by sensing the weak electrical signals produced by prey.

Mojo Fun Coelacanth model.
A very bright and colourful Mojo Fun Coelacanth model. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The Coelacanth has a remarkably small brain. A fish measuring around 1.5 metres long and weighing more than fifty kilograms may have a brain weighing only a few grammes. No known living vertebrate has so small a brain in relation to its body size.

To view the Mojo Fun model range: Mojo Fun Prehistoric and Extinct Model Range.

11 04, 2023

The Everything Dinosaur Blog a Spring Clean

By |2024-01-02T20:08:54+00:00April 11th, 2023|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur team members have been busy giving the company blog a spring clean. Articles have been checked, information updated and links verified. The blog consists of over six thousand articles, and it provides a useful resource for fans of dinosaurs. The weblog is also read by palaeontologists, academics and students. It provides help and advice to teachers too.

Everything Dinosaur celebrates Publishing 6,000 Blog Posts
Everything Dinosaur celebrates posting up 6,000 articles on its blog site. In 2022, Everything Dinosaur celebrated publishing their 6,000th web post.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The Everything Dinosaur Blog

One of Everything Dinosaur’s objectives is to provide updates on palaeontology and the Earth sciences but in a way that minimises the technical terms and use of difficult to understand phrases. We try to write articles that can be read by those who don’t have a formal scientific training but share our interest in all things related to fossils and ancient life. Articles that can be used by fellow teachers and teaching assistants. Also, articles that showcase the work of others, blog posts that aim to inform, inspire and to educate.

A spokesperson from the award-winning company explained:

“We try and post up a new article every day. With so many blog posts to manage and look after, this is a challenge, however, we get lots of positive feedback about our work.”

To visit Everything Dinosaur’s user-friendly website: Everything Dinosaur.

A Spring Clean

The current work is part of more extensive revisions taking place in the background. Each article is being checked and updates are being made. Readers of the blog and visitors to the site will not notice any disruption. The changes are being co-ordinated in such a way as to provide a seamless service for site visitors.

The company aims to publish article number 7,000 in the autumn of 2025. The Everything Dinosaur blog was started in May 2007.

10 04, 2023

Working on the Bank Holiday

By |2023-04-10T12:03:00+01:00April 10th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

It might be a holiday for many people at the moment, but this morning for Everything Dinosaur’s Mike and Sue it is Bank Holiday working. Whilst for many today, Bank Holiday Monday, might provide an opportunity for a lie in, Everything Dinosaur team members have come into work to pick, prepare and pack parcels for customers.

Working on the Bank Holiday
It might be a holiday for much of the rest of the world, but Everything Dinosaur has been working today packing orders to ensure a swift despatch tomorrow (Tuesday). Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Supporting Our Customers

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur explained that with the recent arrival of the first of the new CollectA prehistoric animal figures, a lot of orders had been placed. Mike and Sue wanted to keep up with the orders and ensure a swift despatch of parcels. By coming into the warehouse today, they can ensure that orders can be sent out as early as possible. Most orders placed last Friday and over the weekend will be on their way to customers by Tuesday afternoon. Orders destined for customers in the European Union will have their parcels despatched later this week, as the international European courier network starts up again.

Visit Everything Dinosaur’s award-winning website: Everything Dinosaur.

Bank Holiday Working

Mike from Everything Dinosaur joked:

“I told Sue that there were some Easter eggs hidden in the warehouse. She could not wait to get into work!”

He went onto add:

“During these difficult and challenging times, we do appreciate how eagerly our customers await new model arrivals. We want to do all we can to support them, and we are happy to spend a few hours on a national holiday getting parcels ready for customers.”

Bank Holiday working for Everything Dinosaur team members.
Sorting and checking new for 2023 CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular models for customers. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the CollectA range of not-to-scale models and figures: CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Models.

Feefo Feedback Requests

As well as despatching orders, there have been Feefo feedback from customers to respond to. Today, another twenty-three Feefo feedback emails have been despatched to customers.

It certainly has been a busy few days for Everything Dinosaur. Not that we are complaining, we like to help customers.

To view the CollectA Deluxe range of models and figures: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Animal Figures.

6 04, 2023

New CollectA Prehistoric Animal Models in Stock

By |2023-04-06T15:30:46+01:00April 6th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

The new for 2023 CollectA prehistoric animal models have arrived at Everything Dinosaur. Eight new prehistoric animal figures to collect. New CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular not-to-scale models have arrived. In addition, two new CollectA Deluxe figures, the Mosasaurus and the impressive Ruyangosaurus are also in stock.

New CollectA prehistoric animal models.
Six new for 2023 CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular, not to scale figures are now in stock at Everything Dinosaur.

CollectA Prehistoric Animal Models

Six of the new figures are new additions to the CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular range. There are four new dinosaurs – Triceratops horridus – confronting, Hadrosaurus, Brighstoneus and the Ceratosuchops – fishing spinosaurid figure.

The other two new figures to be introduced are both scale models in the CollectA Deluxe range. The 1:40 scale CollectA Deluxe Mosasaurus has an articulated lower jaw. There is also a replica of the giant Asian sauropod Ruyangosaurus. The Ruyangosaurus model (R. giganteus) has a declared scale of 1:100.

New CollectA Deluxe figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur.
The CollectA Deluxe 1:40 scale Mosasaurus model and the 1:100 scale CollectA Ruyangosaurus replica have arrived at Everything Dinosaur.

Everything Dinosaur

A spokesperson for the UK-based, mail order company commented:

“These are the first batch of new for 2023 CollectA models to arrive at our warehouse. We have been busy contacting all our customers who asked to be informed when these figures became available. The last two new for 2023 CollectA models Stegouros and Koolasuchus are expected in the late spring.”

To view the range of not-to-scale CollectA prehistoric animal figures: CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Models.

Anthony Beeson

Sadly, our dear friend Anthony Beeson, passed away last year. Anthony was the inspiration behind the CollectA range of prehistoric animal figures. His enthusiasm and dedication to the CollectA brand has enabled CollectA to introduce new models. Such was Anthony’s passion for these models that there is a huge inventory of new replicas and models all waiting to be produced. The CollectA range will continue to grow, and Anthony’s unbounded energy and drive has ensured that there will be lots of new model introductions for many years.

To view the range of scale figures and replicas in the CollectA range: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Animal Figures.

2 04, 2023

The Amazing Papo Green Styracosaurus Dinosaur Model

By |2024-01-02T16:56:56+00:00April 2nd, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

Team members at Everything Dinosaur took advantage of the settled weather to take a photograph of the splendid Papo Green Styracosaurus model outdoors. This new colour variant of the Papo Styracosaurus model was added to the Papo “Les Dinosaures” range last year. It has proved popular with dinosaur model fans and collectors. Its popularity could be explained by its striking colouration or perhaps the excellence of the painting. It could be popular because of the detailed skin texture. Whatever the reason, the Papo green Styracosaurus has been a welcome addition to the Papo range for fans of horned dinosaurs.

Papo green Styracosaurus.
The recently introduced (2022) Papo green Styracosaurus dinosaur model. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The Papo Green Styracosaurus

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented that this ceratopsian figure had been introduced in the autumn of 2022. The original version (red Styracosaurus), was introduced in 2011. The original Styracosaurus figure has been retired and is out of production.

To view the range of Papo prehistoric animal figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur, including the rare, red Styracosaurus (whilst stocks last): Papo Prehistoric Animal Models.

29 03, 2023

Beautiful Bullyland Ammonite Model Retired

By |2024-01-02T16:07:02+00:00March 29th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

The popular Bullyland ammonite model is to be retired according to sources at the German model and figure manufacturing company. Everything Dinosaur team members made enquiries with Bullyland in Germany earlier in the week and it has been confirmed that the ammonite model is going out of production.

The Bullyland ammonite model next to a polished section of an ammonite fossil.
The Bullyland ammonite model is often used in museum displays to depict the living animal next to fossil material. This Bullyland model is being retired and there are no plans in place to make any more replicas. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Bullyland Ammonite Model

The Bullyland ammonite model was included in the company’s latest product catalogue, but according to Everything Dinosaur’s sources the ammonite figure is to be withdrawn. Over the last few years, the number of models made by Bullyland has been reduced. The company has been focusing on producing figures under licence for organisations such as Disney and Pixar.

Bullyland ammonite model.
The Bullyland replica ammonite model.

To view the range of Bullyland prehistoric animal figures available from Everything Dinosaur: Bullyland Prehistoric Animal Models and Figures.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“Over the last 2-3 years the Bullyland range of prehistoric animals has been significantly reduced. A new Ichthyosaurus model was due to go into production in 2020, but this replica seems to have been postponed, possibly permanently.”

The spokesperson went onto state:

“As for the Bullyland ammonite model, its partner product, a belemnite, was retired about a decade ago. Whilst we will be sorry to see this figure go, there are now a number of ammonite and other prehistoric invertebrate models on the market, most notably within the CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular range.”

CollectA Arthropods and Cephalopods new for 2020.
New CollectA arthropods and cephalopods.

The picture (above) shows some of the cephalopod and arthropod figures within the CollectA range. In 2022, the range was extended with the addition of the nautiloid Cooperoceras and this year, a model of Anomalocaris is being added.

To view the range of CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular figures available from Everything Dinosaur: CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Figures.

28 03, 2023

Everything Dinosaur Genuine Reviews

By |2023-04-13T10:15:14+01:00March 28th, 2023|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

All the reviews posted on the Everything Dinosaur website are genuine. They have come from real people who are customers. Genuine reviews are the only type of review that team members are interested in and willing to post up onto our website for visitors to read.

We have three main sources of review. Firstly, we receive reviews from Feefo, the independent customer ratings company. All the feedback, comments and reviews we receive are checked by Feefo to ensure that they come from real customers. In addition, we receive reviews on products and our customer service from shoppers. Purchasers send us product reviews and feedback, by visiting the review section on product pages and subsequently leaving a comment.

Thirdly, we receive Google reviews. These are made visible on the Google platform. Each review is from a real person, a customer of Everything Dinosaur. We also receive ratings on the Everything Dinosaur Facebook page.

Platinum Trusted Service Award
Everything Dinosaur has won the prestigious Feefo Platinum Trusted Service award every year that it has been offered. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

For example, you can find the independent Feefo reviews about Everything Dinosaur here: Feefo Customer Reviews About Everything Dinosaur.

Fake Reviews

Sadly, there are many companies that do not take such an ethical approach. Testimonials and feedback do influence purchase behaviour. A person is more likely to buy a product or place an order with a website, if they see positive reviews.

There are individuals and companies quite prepared to provide fake reviews.

Everything Dinosaur received the following email:

“Hello,

Do you need stick and non drop GMBs, Trustpilot, sitejabber, facebook, resellerratings reviews?

We use real mobile IPs.
Each review is made from a different IP address.
We don’t use proxies,VPN.

All reviews are posted from aged and phone verified Google accounts.
All reviews are posted based on the geo location of your business.

Looking for a positive response,
Regards,

Thank You!”

Please Note

This is a genuine email, offering Everything Dinosaur reviews. We have not changed any of the grammar or corrected the spelling in this email.

Our Response

An email such as this, is deleted immediately. We have always been honest with our customers. Every review posted on our website, is absolutely genuine. Everything Dinosaur will never knowingly post up a fake review.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop, we expect the profusion of fake reviews to grow. They will become increasingly difficult to spot. At Everything Dinosaur, we remain committed to providing our customers and site visitors with genuine comments and feedback from customers.

Genuine Reviews

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“Everything Dinosaur currently has over 360 5-star Feefo reviews. Our company has received over 250 5-star Google reviews. In addition, we have thousands of customer comments, product reviews and feedback posted up on our own website. Every single one of these is genuine. We would never knowingly post up fake reviews.”

The spokesperson explained that they were extremely grateful for all the reviews, comments and feedback the company received. Team members appreciated customers taking the time to provide feedback and reviews.

Visit Everything Dinosaur’s award-winning and genuine website: Visit Everything Dinosaur.

17 03, 2023

Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Figure and a PhD

By |2023-04-01T21:13:13+01:00March 17th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

A Lund University student researching the cognitive abilities of animals was given a Rebor Oddities “Extinction” figure as a gift on completion of her PhD. Everything Dinosaur was contacted by an academic from The Cognitive Zoology Group at Lund University (Sweden), when the pair of limited-edition Rebor Oddities “Extinction” figures were first publicised. Associate Professor Mathias Osvath, wanted to gift a figure to his PhD students as they completed their doctorates.

Swedish doctorate student receives Rebor Oddities "Extinction" Figure.
Student Claudia of The Cognitive Zoology Group (Lund University) having successfully completed her PhD with her coveted Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Victorian neoclassical marble version figure. Picture credit: Associate Professor Mathias Osvath (Lund University).

Rebor Oddities “Extinction” Figure

Rebor produced two versions of their Oddities “Extinction” figure. Both figures are cast in elastic resin and polystone and feature a Velociraptor in contemplation holding a human skull in its right hand. The beautifully detailed dromaeosaurid is perched on a stack of twenty-three books, one book for each of our twenty-three pairs of chromosomes.

The books represent an eclectic range of publications. They are a combination of fiction and non-fiction and include titles such as The Divine Comedy, the Poems of Longfellow, Gray’s Anatomy and the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

Such was the interest from academics and collectors that Everything Dinosaur compiled a list of the books featured on the models in an earlier blog post: The Rebor Extinction Library.

Rebor Oddities Extinction Models
The Rebor Oddities Extinction models. Left the bronze effect version and the Victorian neoclassical marble (right). Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Dinosaur Cognition

Cognitive studies of the Dinosauria constitute an intriguing area of scientific enquiry. Everything Dinosaur expects to see several papers on dinosaur cognition being published in the near future. We wish Claudia and the other successful PhD students every success as they pursue their careers.

When asked about the special dinosaur present, Associate Professor Osvath commented:

“The gift was a success! During the party people started to notice that more or less every book the dino is sitting on had titles on the back, or even front covers. It can only be seen when shining bright light from the sides and using magnifying glasses. It must have been educated people, with a sense of humour, who designed these figures.”

“Le Penseur”

There are two variants of the Rebor “Oddities” Extinction figure. The Victorian neoclassical marble version was despatched by Everything Dinosaur to Lund University but there is also the same figure in a Renaissance bronze finish.

The Rebor “Oddities” Extinction figures remind Everything Dinosaur’s team members of Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture “The Thinker”, also known as “Le Penseur”.

To view the range of Rebor figures and replicas in stock at Everything Dinosaur including the extinction figures (whilst stocks last): Rebor Models and Replicas.

12 03, 2023

The Sixth Batch of Frogspawn Spotted in Pond

By |2024-03-09T15:58:59+00:00March 12th, 2023|Categories: Animal News Stories, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Photos, Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur team members have recorded the sixth batch of frogspawn in the office pond. The recent cold snap has ended and the wetter and milder weather may have encouraged more frogs to spawn. A sixth batch of frogspawn was observed early this morning. We suspect that it had been laid last night or in the early hours of the morning.

Sixth Batch of Frogspawn
The sixth batch of frogspawn spotted in the office pond on March 12th 2023. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Common Frogs

At least one Common frog (Rana temporaria) is still in the pond. The frog has a bright white throat patch so, we suspect that this is a male. Team members will continue to monitor the pond to see if more frogspawn is laid. Frog numbers have declined in recent years. Five years ago, as many as a dozen frogs could be seen in the pond during the spawning season. Hopefully, our small pond will continue to support a frog population, attract other wildlife and provide a bathing area for nesting birds.

Visit Everything Dinosaur’s website: Dinosaur Models, Prehistoric Plus and Dinosaur Toys.

9 03, 2023

Frogspawn in the Office Pond

By |2023-03-09T09:41:39+00:00March 9th, 2023|Categories: Animal News Stories, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Photos, Press Releases|0 Comments

The fifth batch of frogspawn has been spotted in the office pond. The fresh spawn was spotted yesterday morning (8th March, 2023). Despite the wintry weather, with air temperatures dropping to near zero the frogs have continued to spawn. The night was cold and a small amount of ice formed over the pond. Team members will continue to monitor the office pond frogspawn.

The frogs (Common frogs), seem undeterred and have continued their spawning.

Frogspawn in the office pond. The 5th batch.
The 5th batch of frogspawn has been spotted in the Everything Dinosaur office pond. The frogspawn was laid on March 8th. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Frogspawn in the Office Pond

The first frogspawn was observed on the morning of the 28th of February. This is the earliest date in the year that we have seen frogspawn. Over the years, the date of the Common frogs (Rana temporaria) spawning has got earlier and earlier. A decade ago, frogspawn was normally observed around the third week of March. In 2022, frogs spawned on the 2nd of March. Our monitoring of the spawning dates suggests that the trend is for the frogs to breed earlier each year. Perhaps this is indicative of climate change and global warming.

To read more about Everything Dinosaur’s frogspawn observations: Frogspawn Spotted in the Office Pond (2023).

Office Pond Frogspawn

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur, took a break from packing dinosaur and prehistoric animal themed orders for customers and stated:

“We try not to disturb the pond too much. However, we like to monitor the frogs to make sure all is well. As cold weather is forecast for the next two to three days, we have gently and carefully moved the spawn into deeper water to give the eggs some protection from the forecast cold snap.”

Potentially Delayed Hatching

The unseasonably cold temperatures with widespread snow likely to fall across the north-west of England could delay the hatching of the eggs. Everything Dinosaur team members think that the rate of development of the tadpoles is influenced by the water temperature. The pond water is likely to remain very cold for at least the next few days. This cold weather may slow the rate of hatching.

Team members promise to keep observing and taking steps to make sure that the pond wildlife is safe.

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