Wishing all our customers, web log readers, Facebook fans, followers on Instagram and social media friends a very happy New Year. The start of another decade of dinosaur and prehistoric animal news stories and fossil discoveries.
Wishing All our Customers and Readers a Very Happy New Year
Team members at Everything Dinosaur would like to wish all our customers, readers and social media followers a very happy New Year. Can you spot the dinosaur? Can you spot the pterosaur? Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Happy New Year from Everything Dinosaur
Team members have lots of exciting plans for the next twelve months. Many more dinosaur and prehistoric animal models will be added to our already huge portfolio, the first of the new for 2020 models should be with us in just a few weeks.
Wishing all our customers and readers a wonderful, peaceful and prosperous 2020.
Given our plans, we think it is appropriate to also say: Feliz Año Nuevo, Bonne Année, Frohes neues Jahr, Felice Anno Nuovo, Feliz Ano Novo, Akemashiteomedetōgozaimasu …
Visit our Everything Dinosaur website. Yes, we do have customers overseas: Everything Dinosaur.
Maintaining the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award for 2019
Everything Dinosaur has continued to maintain its very high customer service standards throughout the whole of the festive period. Furthermore, the UK-based dinosaur themed company has maintained the Feefo Gold Trusted Service award throughout the whole of 2019. The company has been awarded the highest accolade by Feefo, the independent ratings company for the last three years.
Everything Dinosaur Has Maintained the Highest Standards of Customer Service Throughout 2019
Everything Dinosaur has once again, maintained the very highest standards of customer service.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Everything Dinosaur Receives Hundreds of Reviews
There are hundreds of customer reviews on the Everything Dinosaur website. Every single one of them has been independently verified by Feefo.
Some examples of recent customer reviews for Everything Dinosaur:
Rustam from Azerbaijan wrote:
“I would definitely recommend them and continue purchasing the models and other prehistoric accessories from Everything Dinosaur.”
Basit Ali (Qatar), stated:
“Everything Dinosaur is one of the best things that ever happened in my life. I came here late but I think to me personally their customer service is nearly unbeatable as not even once I have regretted my purchase from them. I highly recommend shopping with these guys, you do it once and you’ll come again yourself.
Thank you, Everything Dinosaur!”
Everything Dinosaur Committed to Maintaining Customer Service Excellence
Maintaining 100% customer service all year round.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Customer Reviews
Donovan from Canada provided a review about our delivery of the limited edition Papo Spinosaurus model:
“Great service all around and they always make it easy to get what you like. Did an amazing job with Papo limited Spinosaurus and getting figure to me in great time and boxed up so nothing could happen to it on its travels.”
Our customers in the UK think a lot about us too.
Recently, we received a review from Abigail she wrote to say:
“I have bought from this website twice now and their customer service is excellent. Speedy delivery and items arrived in perfect condition. The information sheets are a welcome bonus, making the dinosaurs brilliant presents for the dinosaur enthusiasts in my life! I have emailed queries and spoken to them on the phone and in both situations my questions were answered politely, quickly and fully. I have no complaints at all.”
In her 5-star review Courtney stated:
“Fantastic service as always – went above and beyond in fulfilling my order.”
Writing about his purchase of the CollectA Hydrotherosaurus dinosaur model Raymond commented:
“Excellent item, service, and value. Fully recommended to all.”
Top Marks for Everything Dinosaur
5-star service from Everything Dinosaur throughout the whole of 2019.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
2020 – A New Service Challenge (Platinum Trusted Service Award from Feefo)
With Everything Dinosaur, every day is all about delivering top-notch customer service. Since we signed up with Feefo we have been consistently one of the highest rated of all their clients. As a result of the endeavours of businesses like us, Feefo have decided to introduce a very special award which recognises consistently high levels of customer service. The Platinum Trusted Service award is due to be launched next year and Everything Dinosaur is hotly tipped to be amongst the first organisations in the world to be awarded this accolade.
The Platinum Trusted Service award recognises those businesses that go above and beyond to provide a consistently excellent service and dedicate themselves to acing their customer experience year after year. We hope to post up news of this award in the near future.
A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“We appreciate that this time of year can be a stressful time for shoppers, we have continued to maintain our customer service and support channels and we have done all we can to help and assist our customers. Our work is reflected in our consistently high customer service rating. We are truly proud and humbled to have received such praise and positive feedback from our customers over many years.”
To see what all the fuss is about, Everything Dinosaur’s Feefo reviews can be found on the company website here: Everything Dinosaur’s website.
“Tis the season to be jolly.” A very merry Christmas to all our customers, social media followers, Instagram aficionados, Facebook fans and blog readers. It has been another very busy year of web log posts with lots of amazing new fossil discoveries, news stories and fascinating research. Seasonal greetings and compliments of the season to all our dedicated readers of this blog.
Merry Christmas from Everything Dinosaur
Wishing all our customers, social media fans, followers and of course, our web log readers the compliments of the season.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Team members are already looking forward to an exciting 2020, plans are very well advanced for the forthcoming year. We intend to write lots of new dinosaur and prehistoric animal themed articles over the next twelve months or so. We can’t wait to introduce our readers to lots of new dinosaurs and yes, there will be quite a few in 2020.
Wishing all our customers and readers a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year.
Given our plans, we think it is appropriate to also say: Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël, Fröhliche Weihnachten, Buon Natale, Feliz Natal, Merīkurisumasu ….
The trio of Rebor 1:35 scale Stegosaurus models called “Garden” are in stock at Everything Dinosaur. All three colour variants – “Plain”, “Woodland” and “Mountain” have arrived and what a tremendous trio of thyreophorans they make!
Rebor Stegosaurus armatus
All Three Rebor Stegosaurus Models are in Stock at Everything Dinosaur
The three new for 2019 Rebor Stegosaurus dinosaur models – left to right “plain”, “mountain” and “woodland”.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Each figure is supplied with its own presentation base and the tail equipped with its “thagomizer”, slots neatly into the model to form a spectacular display piece The colouration and finish on these models is really good, each figure has been given a glossy wash coat, which gives the plates a beautiful sheen and the dinosaur an attractive and realistic “wet-look”.
The New for 2019 Rebor Stegosaurus “Plain” Colour Variant
Rebor have chosen to base these new armoured dinosaur figures on the Stegosaurus armatus species erected by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1877, from fossilised remains found in Colorado. A victim of the bone wars, the first Stegosaurus species to be named is regarded by many palaeontologists as invalid, it has nomen dubium status, but since the first description of this Late Jurassic herbivore was published, Stegosaurus has gone onto become one of the most recognisable dinosaurs of all.
The Rebor replicas are superb, the different colour variants depict different potential habitats for this low browser. It is hard to decide which one is our personal favourite.
The Rebor Stegosaurus “Woodland” Colour Variant
The stunning Stegosaurus “woodland” colour variant from Rebor.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Flexible Tails and Necks
The Stegosaurus figures have flexible necks and tails. The tail can be placed in a variety of poses, those carefully crafted spikes on the end of the tail can be positioned in such a way as to indicate that the animal is striking at an attacker with its “thagomizer”. The thicker, shorter neck is a little less flexible, but the head can still be turned and adjusted so that dinosaur fans can create their own, unique dioramas.
The Rebor Stegosaurus armatus Model “Mountain”
The Rebor Stegosaurus armatus “mountain” colour scheme. Both the tail and the neck can be bent sideways to create new poses for the dinosaur model. Note the both the tail and the head have been positioned away from the camera.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Each model is supplied with its own base, but if you acquire two or more of these Stegosaurus figures then the bases can be interchanged between the models. After all, with such a huge appetite these armoured dinosaurs probably migrated quite large distances to find food, from the open plains to the woodlands and perhaps to higher altitudes to seek some relief from the hottest and driest part of the dry season.
The Three New for 2019 Rebor 1:35 scale Stegosaurus Dinosaur Models
A trio of Stegosaurus models. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Available separately or as a three-piece set whilst stocks last from Everything Dinosaur. To view the Stegosaurus figures and the rest of the spectacular Rebor range available from Everything Dinosaur: Rebor Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Models.
As Everything Dinosaur prepares for the arrival of the first of the new for 2020 CollectA “Age of Dinosaurs” models and figures, team members are busy sorting out scale drawings to insert into the prehistoric animal fact sheets that we are researching and writing. One of the first of the new CollectA models will be a Fukuisaurus, a replica of a bird-hipped dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Japan.
Very little of the skeleton of Fukuisaurus (F. tetoriensis) is known. CollectA, just like palaeontologists who have to try to reconstruct a dinosaur skeleton, from only a limited amount of material, have based their figure on better-known iguanodontids that were probably closely related to Fukuisaurus. From the model, Everything Dinosaur team members have been able to commission their scale drawing.
The Scale Drawing of Fukuisaurus (F. tetoriensis)
A scale drawing of the Early Cretaceous dinosaur Fukuisaurus.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Calculating the Size of Fukuisaurus
Although the actual size of Fukuisaurus is not known (due to the scarcity and paucity of the fossil material), Everything Dinosaur team members have based their scale drawing on the size estimate given by the acclaimed dinosaur expert Gregory S. Paul who postulated a body length of around four to four and half metres. The body weight of this herbivorous dinosaur would have fluctuated over the course of the year, depending on the availability of food. Just like many herbivores today, this dinosaur would have laid down fat during the times when forage was plentiful and then it would have lived on its reserves during times when food was scarce, such as in the dry season.
Everything Dinosaur team members estimate that this dinosaur probably weighed around four hundred kilograms when fully grown.
At the time when Everything Dinosaur announced this 2020 edition to the CollectA Deluxe range, model designer Anthony Beeson stated that he had been inspired to introduce another dinosaur from the famous Kitadani Formation of Japan, in response to requests from Japanese collectors. These fans will have in 2020, a model of an Early Cretaceous ornithopod to display alongside the CollectA Fukuiraptor that was introduced this year (2019).
The CollectA Fukuiraptor and the CollectA Fukuisaurus Dinosaur Models
The CollectA Fukuiraptor (top) and the CollectA Deluxe Fukuisaurus (bottom).Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Papo Prehistoric Animal Model Retirements for 2020
Everything Dinosaur team members recently announced what new Papo prehistoric animal models will be brought out in 2020. In total, six new models will be introduced next year, five dinosaurs: New Papo Dinosaur Models for 2020 and for us, the stand out figure from Papo for 2020, a replica of Megaloceros New Papo Megaloceros.
Papo Prehistoric Animal Models
Today, we publish details of those prehistoric animal figures that are being withdrawn. Being notified about retiring figures is important to collectors, with such a notice they can secure a model for their collection before they become too rare and difficult to obtain.
In 2020 Papo will retire the following:
Green Stegosaurus
Baby Pachycephalosaurus
Original Feathered Velociraptor model
Green Parasaurolophus
Papo Prehistoric Animal Models Retired in 2020
Papo prehistoric animal model retirements (2020).Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Papo Model Retirements
With the arrival of a new Stegosaurus colour variant it was always likely that the original, green Stegosaurus dinosaur model would go the same way as the Papo Allosaurus and be withdrawn from production. This is indeed the case, the Papo green Stegosaurus dinosaur model has been retired.
The Papo Green Stegosaurus has been Replaced by a New Colour Variant Papo Stegosaurus
The retired Papo Stegosaurus (left) and the new for 2019 Papo Stegosaurus (right).Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
A New Papo Parasaurolophus Heralds the Demise of the Original Papo Parasaurolophus
As Papo develops a number of colour variants, then the original figures are very likely to be retired shortly afterwards. The original Papo Parasaurolophus will be replaced by a new colour variant in 2020 and is already out of production.
The Original Papo Parasaurolophus Model is Being Retired
The original Papo Parasaurolophus (top) is being replaced by a new colour variant (bottom) in 2020.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
The new Parasaurolophus has certainly got a striking colour scheme, but many model collectors and fans of Papo will miss the original version with its more muted colours and tones.
Papo Baby Pachycephalosaurus and the Feathered Velociraptor
The Papo Baby Pachycephalosaurus dinosaur model is also being retired and production of this model has already ceased. Readers of this blog might have suspected that this figure was under threat when Everything Dinosaur released news of the introduction of a new “bonehead”, a replica of Stygimoloch , which is likely to be available in the late summer/autumn of 2020.
In addition, the original feathered Velociraptor model, released in 2016 is also being retired. It too is being replaced by a new colour variant.
Papo Feathered Velociraptor Old and New
New Papo feathered Velociraptor dinosaur model (top), the 2016 Papo feathered Velociraptor (bottom).Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“We can now reveal which models are being retired from the Papo Les Dinosaures range. By releasing this information now, model collectors still have the chance to acquire these figures before they become subject to inflated prices as found on internet auction sites.”
Our Facebook page has hit the landmark of 7,000 “likes” we would like to say a very big thank you to all our customers, followers and fans who have “liked” Everything Dinosaur on Facebook.
Everything Dinosaur Has Achieved 7,000 “Likes on Facebook”
Everything Dinosaur has achieved 7,000 “likes” on Facebook. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Everything Dinosaur on Facebook
Over 7,000 people follow Everything Dinosaur on Facebook and our popularity has steadily increased. For example, team members celebrated the landmark of reaching 5,000 “likes” at the end of July 2018 and then the threshold of 6,000 “likes” was reached and then passed in March of this year (2019).
A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“We are truly humbled to have achieved the benchmark of 7,000 likes on Facebook. We know how important social media platforms are to our customers and we do our best to post up information, respond to questions and share images of dinosaur fossils, new prehistoric animal models and to put up news about the latest dinosaur discoveries onto our pages.”
The spokesperson added:
“I would like to thank all our followers, friends, customers, dinosaur fans and collectors of prehistoric animal replicas and figures who have taken the time and trouble to visit the Facebook page and to give Everything Dinosaur’s page a “like”. We really do appreciate this gesture and, unlike some Facebook sites, all of our “likes” are genuine. The increase in our page’s popularity has come from organic growth and not a single “like” has come from any form of paid for advertising and promotion. We all feel very humbled and honoured.”
Visit Everything Dinosaur on Facebook
The “like” button on the Facebook social media platform permits users to easily interact with Everything Dinosaur. The page provides status updates, photos, links, news, polls and comments. Gaining genuine and legitimate “likes” on Facebook provides an organisation with authority and gives reassurance to other Facebook visitors. This helps to build up a community around the company and helps to reinforce customer trust and loyalty.
“Like” Everything Dinosaur on Facebook
Like our Page (please). Click the Facebook logo (above) to visit our Facebook page and to give Everything Dinosaur a “like”.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur
Everything Dinosaur has exciting plans for 2020, these include posting more frequently on the company’s Facebook page, aiming for “Platinum” standard customer service from the independent ratings organisation Feefo and recording more videos for Everything Dinosaur’s YouTube channel.
Yesterday, Everything Dinosaur published details of five new dinosaur models coming out from Papo in 2020. These models caused quite a lot of reaction, as was to be expected. However, there is a sixth prehistoric animal due out from Papo next year, one that we deliberately chose not to include in our dinosaur themed blog post, it was only late in the afternoon that we posted up pictures of this sixth model on our social media sites.
Today, we can give this new for 2020 Papo prehistoric animal the platform it deserves, as there is going to be a Papo Megaloceros!
New for May 2020 the Papo Megaloceros
Papo adds a prehistoric mammal to its model range in 2020. The Papo Megaloceros.
A Magnificent Papo Megaloceros Model
Megaloceros is an extinct member of the deer family (Cervidae). One species, the largest and type species M. giganteus, is often referred to as the “Irish Elk”, although it was not restricted to Ireland and it is not that closely related to the Elk. The Papo model depicts this giant deer (the largest species exceeded two metres in height at the shoulder), as a magnificent animal, those colossal antlers have been skilfully crafted and the paintwork and detailing are superb. There have been models of Megaloceros produced before, perhaps most famously by Bullyland of Germany, but this figure has long since been retired.
It is great to see such a staple of European natural history museum extinct mammal galleries depicted as a model.
A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur explained:
“With five dinosaur models to announce we thought it best to introduce these first before turning our attention to the magnificent Megaloceros figure. With many prehistoric mammal models, they can be lost in the swirl of excitement and debate that accompanies the release of information about new dinosaur replicas and figures, we wanted to give the new Papo Megaloceros room to breathe, as this in our view is a wonderful figure, our personal favourite of the new for 2020 Papo prehistoric animals.”
The Fossilised Remains of a Megaloceros on Display at the National Museum of Scotland
A Megaloceros skeleton on display. Many specimens of Megaloceros adorn the mammal galleries of European natural history museums.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
The Megaloceros model is likely to be available from Everything Dinosaur around May 2020, beating the introduction of the Papo dinosaur figures by several months. We promise our blog readers that we keep them all posted about this model’s production and when it is going to be in stock.
Today, Monday 9th December, is the latest recommended posting date for international parcels destined for Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and the Far and Middle East. This means that today, is the last recommended date for getting parcels out to customers in these parts of the world in time for Christmas. The countdown to the big day is most certainly ticking away, there are only handful of shopping days until the 25th and from now on, almost every day, the latest recommended posting date for parcels from the UK to somewhere in the world will be passed.
Post Early for Christmas
Details of the Last Recommended Posting Dates from Royal Mail
Latest recommended posting dates Christmas 2019. Information sourced from Royal Mail.
Source: Royal Mail
Listing the Countries
To give readers and idea of the number of countries, for which today is the last recommended posting date to get parcels out in time for Christmas, we have published a list (by no means comprehensive), below. Everything Dinosaur sends parcels to customers all over the world, for many of our customers today is the last day to get parcels sent out in time for the big day.
A list of the countries affected by today’s date:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Ascension Island, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Esawatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Gaza and Khan Yunis, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Saba, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, St Maarten, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, St Barts, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sri Lanka, St Eustatius, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan Suriname, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tristan Da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, UAE, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
That’s a considerable portion of the world. To all our customers we advise placing orders with Everything Dinosaur as early as you can. In this way, you are helping us and those hard-working mail networks that will be increasingly put under stress at this time of year.
The Papo limited-edition Spinosaurus model is in stock at Everything Dinosaur. This eagerly anticipated Papo Spinosaurus figure has arrived at the Everything Dinosaur warehouse and our team members have been busy emailing all those customers who have reserved a figure. Such has been the popularity of this limited-edition Papo model, that a second reservation list had to be set up and list members have been sent a special newsletter letting them know that this figure has arrived.
The Papo Spinosaurus Limited Edition Dinosaur Model
The Papo Spinosaurus limited edition dinosaur model.
Two Options to Purchase from Everything Dinosaur
The new Papo Spinosaurus (2019) figure is huge and it comes in a sizeable presentation box. The model measures an impressive 40.3 cm long and that magnificent sail is around 16.5 cm tall. The presentation box measures nearly half a metre long. This could give our international customers some problems, as the presentation box is too large to be sent out by standard international mail options. However, customers outside of the UK have nothing to worry about. Everything Dinosaur will be offering two purchase options:
Purchase the Papo Limited Edition Spinosaurus with its Presentation Box.
Purchase the Papo Limited Edition Spinosaurus dinosaur model without the Presentation Box. This greatly reduces international postage costs.
With Everything Dinosaur Two Purchase Options for the New Papo Spinosaurus Dinosaur Model
Papo Spinosaurus limited edition purchase options. Option 1 model with presentation box or option 2 model without presentation box. If the model is purchased without a presentation box this greatly reduces the international shipping costs. This saves money for our customers outside the UK.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
The Papo Limited Edition Spinosaurus Model with its Presentation Box
The new for 2019 Papo Spinosaurus limited edition model with its presentation box. Everything Dinosaur customers are being offered the choice of purchasing this limited edition figure with or without its presentation box.
The Papo Spinosaurus Model
A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“We do appreciate the dilemma this super-sized presentation box gives our customers. The presentation box measures 47 cm long and stands nearly 23 cm high. This severely limits the shipping options available for our customers overseas. To overcome this problem, we can supply the figure without its presentation box, this will reduce the shipping costs and enable our customers to save a lot of money.”
In Stock! The Papo Spinosaurus (Limited Edition)
Everything Dinosaur stocks the limited edition Papo Spinosaurus dinosaur model. The model can be purchased in its presentation box, or if customers prefer, the Papo Spinosaurus can be purchased out of its box, sent untagged without the gift box to help save money on postage.Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.
