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18 02, 2012

Our Quirky and Unique Interpretation of Dinosaur Extinction (Part 1)

By Mike|2024-04-23T06:51:33+01:00February 18th, 2012|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur videos|0 Comments

Wind Up Dinosaur Toys – Bring out the Director in Us

The new wind up dinosaurs are proving to be very addictive. Since they came into stock about a week ago, we have had them racing against each other, acting out the David Haye/Dereck Chisora boxing brawl, wandering across the warehouse floor and interrupting our regular Friday afternoon company meeting. It seems that these little, plastic, blue (or orange) dinosaurs, toys based on a fearsome theropod, are a big hit amongst team members. Wonderful dinosaur toys to inspire creative play.

Cute Wind Up Dinosaurs Act out the Munich British Boxing Brawl

*Great dinosaur wind up toys try boxing.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Dinosaur Toys

These funky wind ups are quite fun, just turn the lever at the back and watch them waddle all over the place. Most seem to wander around in circles, a description often applied to me as I scoot round the warehouse trying to find items to fulfill orders.

They have even inspired us to take out the video camera and make a quick movie, our sort of interpretation of dinosaur extinction.

Wind Up Dinosaurs and Dinosaur Extinction

https://youtu.be/z0HR_sIq86A

A quirky extinction of the Dinosauria!

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

We think they are cute and fun, making good party gifts and pocket money toys.

To see for yourself scroll through Everything Dinosaur’s dinosaur party products and the company’s extensive range of dinosaur themed toys and gifts: Everything Dinosaur – Dinosaur Toys and Gifts.

8 02, 2012

Papo New Prehistoric Animal Models (2012)

By Mike|2023-01-27T08:16:10+00:00February 8th, 2012|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur videos|0 Comments

Encountering Papo Prehistoric Animal Models at a Trade Show

Everything Dinosaur team members met up with staff from the French model and figure manufacturer Papo the other day. Whilst with the Papo team we took a look at their trade stand and viewed some of the new, exciting 2012 model releases in the Papo “Les Dinosaures” range.

Encountering Some of the New Papo Models (2012)

Everything Dinosaur takes a look at the new Papo prehistoric animal models for 2012.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

Papo “Les Dinosaures”

We wanted to give an idea of the size and scale of the new models such as the running T. rex figure, the new baby T. rexes as well as the two juvenile Woolly Mammoth replicas, so we shot some quick video footage. We promised Papo that we would post it up as soon as we could and within a day or two it is up on the Everything Dinosaur web log, as well as posted onto our Facebook page and Youtube channel.

A Papo Red Styracosaurus Dinosaur Model

Papo red Styracosaurus in left lateral view. Papo "Les Dinosaures" model range. — *The Papo red Styracosaurus in left lateral view. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

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We are looking forward to receiving these models shortly, they should be with Everything Dinosaur in a few days or so. Great to see some new additions to the Papo “Les Dinosaures” – dinosaurs model range.

To view prehistoric animal models including the Papo range of T. rex figures, dinosaurs, pterosaurs and other prehistoric animals: Papo “Les Dinosaures” Models and Figures.

26 12, 2011

A Review of the Deinosuchus Crocodile Model

By Mike|2023-03-08T14:03:53+00:00December 26th, 2011|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur videos, Product Reviews|1 Comment

Deinosuchus (Carnegie Collectibles – Safari Ltd) by Everything Dinosaur

After team members at Everything Dinosaur produced a short video review of the Kaprosuchus prehistoric crocodile model, we were asked to create a video of the Deinosuchus replica. Both these models are made by Safari Ltd, one is a terrestrial crocodile whereas, the other, Deinosuchus, was adapted to a life in water.

For models and replicas in the Safari Ltd model range available to purchase from Everything Dinosaur: Prehistoric Animal Figures and Models (Safari Ltd).

Deinosuchus Replica

Deinosuchus was a water-borne ambush predator, a formidable creature that lived in the Late Cretaceous of the southern United States. This is an excellent replica, the Carnegie Collectibles Deinosuchus crocodile model.

Everything Dinosaur’s Video Review of the Deinosuchus Model

A review of the Carnegie Collectibles Deinosuchus model by Everything Dinosaur.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

In this short (five minutes) review we discuss the Deinosuchus model, comment on the fossil material associated with this prehistoric crocodile and provide a little more information as to how Deinosuchus may have lived and hunted. We enjoyed making this video using the Carnegie Deinosuchus.

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14 12, 2011

Juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex on the Loose in a Local Museum

By Mike|2023-01-25T09:27:54+00:00December 14th, 2011|Categories: Everything Dinosaur videos|0 Comments

T. rex Rampages through Museum

Recently team members from Everything Dinosaur worked at a museum that was holding a special dinosaur activities evening. We spent our time digging for real fossils with the young, enthusiastic visitors, meanwhile, on the floor below us a young Tyrannosaurus rex, went on the rampage. The juvenile T. rex was created by those clever people at Erth Visual and Physical, or was it?

Cryptozoologists beware, is this video evidence of tyrannosaur on the loose…

A Juvenile T. rex on the Loose at a Local Museum

A juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex inside the museum.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

The juvenile T. rex certainly made quite an impression amongst the young dinosaur fans.

For models and replicas of tyrannosaurs including juvenile tyrannosaurs (whilst stocks last): CollectA Age of Dinosaurs Popular Figures.

Juvenile T. rex

To read a more recently published article by Everything Dinosaur team members that explored the ontogeny (growth rates) of juvenile tyrannosaurs: Baby Tyrannosaurs Born Ready to Hunt.

25 10, 2011

A Review of the Wild Safari Dinos Tyrannosaurus rex Model

By Mike|2023-01-23T07:51:36+00:00October 25th, 2011|Categories: Everything Dinosaur videos|0 Comments

Updated Tyrannosaurus rex Model Available

It is always a pleasure to see a new model of Tyrannosaurus rex introduced. It seems no prehistoric animal model series is complete without at least one version of this, most famous of all dinosaurs within its ranks. We have prepared a short, five minute video review of the new T. rex model made by Safari Ltd.

Tyrannosaurus rex

Safari Ltd have added an updated replica of Tyrannosaurus rex to their Wild Safari Dinos range. It may be more than 100 years since this particular dinosaur was formally named and described but T. rex’s popularity shows no signs of waning. Virtually every major Natural History Museum in the world has a Tyrannosaurus rex exhibit as focal point within their collections and for this tyrannosaur we can confidently state that “rex” remains the most popular dinosaur of them all.

Everything Dinosaur’s Video Review of this New T. rex Model

Everything Dinosaur reviews the Wild Safari Dinos Tyrannosaurus rex model.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

This video is one of twenty-two videos that we have made. There are all available on Everything Dinosaur’s YouTube channel (Everything Dinosaur – “DinosaurMike1”), as always we welcome comments.

To view the Wild Safari prehistoric animal model range: Wild Safari Dinos and Prehistoric Animal Models.

Tyrannosaurus rex may be the most iconic of all the dinosaurs, but the tyrannosaur family are a bit of an enigma, how these large, Late Cretaceous predators evolved has remained very much of a mystery to palaeontologists. However, over the last ten years or so, our understanding of these most famous of all the dinosaurs has grown tremendously as new discoveries have been made and new research techniques to existing fossils applied and this new model brings the latest research into T. rex into dinosaur fan’s model collections.

A Tyrannosaurus rex Exhibit on Display

T. rex on display. Dinosaurs Unleashed. — *Ferocious T. rex one of the most popular of all animals. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

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21 10, 2011

A Review of the Guanlong Dinosaur Model (Wild Safari Dinos)

By Mike|2023-03-08T14:00:37+00:00October 21st, 2011|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur videos|0 Comments

Basal Tyrannosauroid Reviewed – Guanlong

One of the earliest members of that great theropod dynasty – the Tyrannosauroidea, Guanlong (Guanlong wucaii) has been a favourite for many years, well at least since 2006, the year this dinosaur was formally named and described. Team members at Everything Dinosaur have produced a short video review of the Guanlong dinosaur model (Wild Dinos – Safari Ltd).

This particular meat-eater, roamed the woodlands of what was to become north-western China in the Late Jurassic. Measuring just three metres long and just 1.2 metres high at the hips, this fast running predator is believed to be a distant ancestor of the Late Cretaceous apex tyrannosaur predators of the Northern Hemisphere. It is hard to believe that this cursorial dinosaur with its long grasping hands and three, clawed fingers was an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex, Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus and Appalachiosaurus.

Guanlong Dinosaur Model

We were delighted when Safari Ltd introduced a colourful model of this dinosaur, an addition to their Wild Safari Dinos model range. A video review of this replica has been posted up on our Youtube channel and on Everything Dinosaur’s Facebook page. We hope you like our video review of the Wild Safari Dinos Guanlong dinosaur model.

Everything Dinosaur Reviews the Guanlong Model

Everything Dinosaur reviews the Wild Safari Prehistoric World Guanlong dinosaur model.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

Comments and feedback would be welcome. One thing worth noting, as fossils of Guanlong’s relative Dilong (Cretaceous dinosaur) have been interpreted as having proto-feathers, the model makers have followed the trend to show Guanlong covered in primitive feathers. We like the way the coat of navy blue down contrasts with this dinosaur’s distinctive head crest, although are not sure how accurate the tail plume is.

The unusual crest that ran along the top of the snout was very thin and delicate, too delicate to be used in combat. It was probably used for display either to attract a mate or to show maturity or perhaps to settle intraspecific squabbles.

To view models of theropod dinosaurs in the Wild Dinos range available from Everything Dinosaur: Wild Dinos Prehistoric Animal Figures.

7 10, 2011

A Review of the Carnotaurus Model (Safari Ltd)

By Mike|2023-01-22T07:12:45+00:00October 7th, 2011|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur videos|0 Comments

Carnegie Collectibles Carnotaurus Model Under the Spotlight

As always, it is a pleasure to see a new addition to the Carnegie Collectibles dinosaur model range (made by Safari Ltd). As fans of abelisaurids the introduction of a new 1:30 scale replica of Carnotaurus, a giant Cretaceous predator was most welcome. With some time in the boardroom booked, we set up our mini studio, grabbed the company’s handy cam and set to work.

Here is the review of the Carnotaurus model:

Everything Dinosaur’s Review of the Carnotaurus Model (Safari Ltd

Everything Dinosaur reviews the Safari Ltd Carnegie Collectibles Carnotaurus dinosaur model.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

Carnotaurus Dinosaur Model

In this video we discuss the skin texture of the model compared to the existing fossil material and reflect on the accuracy of the replica compared to the fossil evidence – enjoy.

To view models and figures in the Safari Ltd range of prehistoric creatures available from Everything Dinosaur: Prehistoric World Figures (Safari Ltd).

2 10, 2011

A Review of the Miragaia (Stegosaur Model) – Safari Ltd

By Mike|2023-03-08T13:38:28+00:00October 2nd, 2011|Categories: Everything Dinosaur videos|0 Comments

The Miragaia Stegosaur Model from Safari Ltd

It is always exciting when Safari Ltd introduces a new replica into their premier prehistoric animal model range – Carnegie Collectibles. These scale models are authenticated by the palaeontologists at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States). We were delighted to hear that a new stegosaur model was on its way a couple of years ago and within twelve months we had it confirmed that it was going to be a European stegosaur – none other than the Portuguese Late Jurassic stegosaur called Miragaia.

Naturally, when the model came out we were happy to write reviews and articles on this new replica, after all, any stegosaur who had more cervical vertebrae than an Apatosaurus is a winner in our eyes. We also turned our little boardroom into a film studio and shot a brief video about this introduction from Safari Ltd. It is a pleasure to see a Carnegie Collectibles Miragaia dinosaur model added to the Carnegie Collectibles dinosaur model series.

A Scale Model of M. longicollum

Scale Drawing of Miragaia — *“Long-neck from Miragaia”. A scale drawing of the long-necked stegosaur Miragaia. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

In this video, we comment on the colouration, discuss the actual fossil material ascribed to this species – Miragaia longicollum and provide a brief review.

A Review of the Carnegie Collectibles Miragaia Replica

Everything Dinosaur reviews the Carnegie Collectibles Miragaia dinosaur model.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

This five-minute long video is one of a series of videos we have produced reviewing various models and model sets that have recently been introduced by manufacturers such as Safari Ltd.

To view Everything Dinosaur’s extensive range of prehistoric animal models including the Miragaia longicollum figure (available whilst stocks last): Miragaia Dinosaur Models – Wild Safari Prehistoric World.

Hope you liked the video, as always feel free to comment.

24 09, 2011

Edmontosaurus Review – So Much More than T. rex Food

By Mike|2023-01-21T10:08:34+00:00September 24th, 2011|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page|0 Comments

Edmontosaurus Model (Safari Ltd) Review

The amazing three tyrannosaur exhibition mount at the newly refurbished Los Angeles County Museum features an Edmontosaurus as well. Alongside the T. rex nick-named “Thomas” and his/her chums there is the fossil of an Edmontosaurus, a duck-billed dinosaur. This exciting diorama shows three tyrannosaur skeletons all different ages, a two-year old, an animal that died aged perhaps thirteen years old and the biggest specimen represents a T. rex in its late teens. The Edmontosaurus is depicted as the victim, it is the corpse upon which these tyrannosaurs are about to feast in the L. A. Museum’s scenario.

Edmontosaurus Dinosaur Model

Whilst there are a number of Edmontosaurus fossils that suggest that this four tonne herbivore was part of a Tyrannosaurus rex diet, we think that it is time for Edmontosaurus to step into the spotlight and to be given some attention. After all, as one of the last dinosaurs to evolve, it was very big for a hadrosaur and as a genus it was extremely widespread and if the Late Cretaceous fossil record of North America is anything to go by it was very numerous, roaming what was to become Alaska, Alberta, and Montana in huge herds.

The introduction of a new Edmontosaurus replica into the Wild Safari Dinos model range (Safari Ltd) gave us the chance to make a video review featuring Edmontosaurus.

Everything Dinosaur’s Review of Edmontosaurus (Safari Ltd)

Everything Dinosaur reviews the Wild Safari Prehistoric World Edmontosaurus dinosaur model.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

In this video, we use this new model to highlight some of the knowledge that palaeontologists have been able to build up based on the extensive Edmontosaurus fossil material. We discuss why the model has been painted the way that it has, how the hooves and skin have been depicted and reflect on the interaction between this ornithopod and T. rex with whom it shared its environment.

To view the range of Safari Ltd’s dinosaur models including the Wild Safari Dinos Edmontosaurus: Models of Dinosaurs including duck-billed Dinosaurs (Safari Ltd).

We go on to explain why Edmontosaurus was chosen as the “victim” for the three T. rex exhibit at the L. A. Museum and provide answers to the question as to why this model has such a deep tail – enjoy.

Edmontosaurus Dinosaur Scale Drawing

Edmontosaurus dinosaur model scale drawing. — *Edmontosaurus dinosaur scale drawing.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

19 09, 2011

Prehistoric Sharks Toob – Video Review

By Mike|2023-01-21T09:33:32+00:00September 19th, 2011|Categories: Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Product Reviews|0 Comments

Prehistoric Sharks Model Set by Safari Ltd

It is not very common to see a prehistoric shark model swim into view, let alone a set of ten from a mainstream model maker. However, this is exactly what you get with the Prehistoric Sharks Toob from Safari Ltd. Whether it is primitive sharks from the Devonian or Cretaceous giants such as Cretoxyrhina that get your shark fins swishing with excitement this set of ten models is a credit to the manufacturer.

Prehistoric Sharks Toob

Everything Dinosaur’s Review of the Prehistoric Sharks Toob

Everything Dinosaur reviews the Wild Safari Prehistoric World Prehistoric Sharks Toob.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

The video shown above is available on Everything Dinosaur’s YouTube channel.

With palaeontologists able to trace the evolution of sharks back some 420 million years, some might say that a museum quality set of prehistoric shark models was somewhat overdue. This set of ten prehistoric shark models made by Safari Ltd showcases the diversity of forms that these cartilaginous fish evolved into. There may be more than 400 species of shark alive today, but there have been thousands of species of shark that are now extinct . Scientists know that the fossil record of these superb, streamlined creatures stretches back to the Late Silurian and the models made by Safari Ltd highlight some of the bizarre forms that these members of the Elasmobranchii evolved into.

To view Everything Dinosaur’s range of prehistoric animal models including models from the Wild Safari Prehistoric World series: Wild Safari Prehistoric Animal Models and Replicas.

The ten, well-painted and colourful models represent key genera of shark that lived during the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic eras. Sharks such as Cladoselache (pronounced Klad-oh-sel-lak-ee) from the Devonian, the Age of Fishes and the fearsome Cretoxyrhina (Cre-tox-ee-rhine-ah) from the Western Interior Seaway of the Late Cretaceous. The model makers have shown great care in making their selection of which extinct sharks to make replicas of. They have included a number of important sharks in terms of their significance to the fossil record and highlight the myriad of forms that these predatory fishes evolved into.

Perhaps our favourite is Stethacanthus (Steth-ack-anth-thus), the “ironing board” shark, so called due to the bizarre shape of this shark’s dorsal fin. It certainly is a great set of Safari Ltd prehistoric sharks.