Press Releases - Part 106

Everything Dinosaur’s press releases and other information.

31 07, 2013

Dinosaurs Uncovered with Everything Dinosaur

By Mike|2023-02-21T07:33:36+00:00July 31st, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Educational Activities, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Forge Mill Needle Museum Travels Back to the Age of Dinosaurs

The enthusiastic staff at the excellent Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch (England), have got their time travelling hats on again as they are holding a summer exhibition entitled “Dinosaurs Uncovered”. Everything Dinosaur team members are making a special appearance on Sunday 11th August to provide visitors with the chance to handle dinosaur and other prehistoric animal fossils. If you have ever wanted to know just how exactly T. rex went about eating his or dinner or why palaeontologists lick fossils then this is your chance to find out!

Dinosaurs Uncovered

Take a trip back to the Mesozoic and meet the likes of the fearsome Velociraptor, the huge Triceratops and other amazing prehistoric creatures as the Forge Mill Needle Museum hosts a special dinosaur themed day with puppet shows, face painting, fun trails, craft activities and of course, the dinosaur experts at Everything Dinosaur.

Terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex on Display at an Exhibition

Ferocious T. rex on display.

The exhibition offers a chance to step inside the astonishing world of the dinosaurs. Dinosaur buffs of all ages can test their knowledge on the Dino buster touchscreen and dig for bones in the specially prepared “bone yard”. Everything Dinosaur team members will be on hand to guide visitors through the exhibition, as well as conducting some impromptu palaeontology throughout the day.

Everything Dinosaur Special Guests at Dinosaur Day

Meet dinosaur experts at the Forge Mill Needle Museum.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur

The special dinosaur day starts at 11am on Sunday the 11th August, it runs to 4pm (last admission 3pm) and it is going to be jam packed with Jurassic themed activities, Cretaceous crafts and Mesozoic monsters.

The exhibition itself, started this week and it is on at the museum until Sunday 1st September, providing a great family orientated, summer holiday treat. In addition, there is the added bonus of a special dinosaur themed day with the experts at Everything Dinosaur on the 11th August, a definite date for your diary so come along and bring your little monsters!

To view the range of dinosaur themed toys and gifts for your little monsters available from Everything Dinosaur: Toy Dinosaurs and Dinosaur Gifts.

26 07, 2013

Ichthyovenator “Fish Hunter” New for 2014 from CollectA

By Mike|2023-02-20T07:38:47+00:00July 26th, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|8 Comments

Putting Laos on the Palaeontology Map with Ichthyovenator

CollectA have announced the third of their new prehistoric animal models for 2014 and fans of the spinosaurs are not going to be disappointed. The company is committed to producing models of more unusual theropods and the planned introduction of Ichthyovenator (I. laosensis) in 2014 will certainly cement CollectA as being a pioneering dinosaur model maker as this dinosaur was only formally named and described in 2012.

Ichthyovenator Model

New for 2014 Ichthyovenator Model from CollectA

“Fish Hunter” from Laos.

Picture credit: CollectA/Everything Dinosaur

This dinosaur is known from fragmentary remains that were discovered in Laos in 2010. Fossil bones include vertebrae, a partial rib, plus elements of the hip area. All the fossil material represents post cranial material, no skull fossils were found. The striking thing about this basal spinosaurid, currently assigned to the Baryonchidae is that it may have had two sails, running down its spine. One sail seems to conclude at the first sacral vertebrae (back bones above the hip), the second starting from the second sacral vertebrae.

Due for Release in 2014

CollectA have depicted this feature in their new Ichthyovenator model, due for release in 2014, the skull is modelled on Suchomimus as is the dentition. The dermal scutes and crocodilian appearance of the tail, the proportions of the limb bones are speculative, once again based on better known members of the spinosaurid group.

Although the fossil material represents less than 15% of the entire skeleton, when the specimen was discovered in 2010 it represented the most complete spinosaur specimen yet to be found in Asia. The strata from which the fossils were excavated dates from the Aptian faunal stage of the Cretaceous (125 million to 112 million years ago). The spinosaurids were thus a very widely distributed group with fossil specimens having been found in Europe, South America, Africa and potentially Australia.

To read about the evidence of spinosaurids in Australia: Australia’s First Spinosaur?

Barremian Spinosaurids

Trouble is, we have evidence of Barremian spinosaurids (Baryonyx walkeri) from Europe, then we have Aptian spinosaurid fauna the likes of Suchomimus tenerensis and Ichthyovenator laosensis and then later spinosaurids such as Irritator (I. challengeri) and of course Spinosaurus itself (potentially two species), but nothing representing this group into the Late Cretaceous. This suggests that the spinosaurid fossil assemblage is extremely fragmentary and the group as a whole is poorly known.

It is very likely that there are many other spectacular spinosaur fossils awaiting discovery.

The Ichthyovenator model measures 22 cm long approximately (measured from the tip of the jaws to the tip of the tail), although in reality the model is a little bigger as the head is slightly curved inwards ) and it stands around 8.5 cm high at its tallest point over the hips. Palaeontologists are not sure how big Ichthovenator was, the fossil specimen may represent an immature adult or a fully grown individual. Size estimates range from 7-9.5 metres.

To view CollectA prehistoric animal models and figures: CollectA Prehistoric World Models and Figures.

23 07, 2013

Walking with Cavemen and Swimming with Sharks at the Beacon Museum

By Mike|2023-02-20T07:28:15+00:00July 23rd, 2013|Categories: Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur Prepares to Help Out at Museum Exhibitions

Team members from Everything Dinosaur will be on hand to guide visitors through the Beacon Museum’s two exciting summer exhibitions when they make special guest appearances, the first of which is taking place on the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of August.

The Beacon Museum

Visitors to the Beacon Museum can come face-to-face with life size replicas of giant prehistoric beasts from the Ice Age as well as learn all about amazing creatures from the deep as the Copeland museum hosts “Ice Age – Life after Dinosaurs” and “Shark! Myths and Reality”.

Staff from Everything Dinosaur will explain how the Sabre-Toothed Tiger got its misleading name and what to do if attacked by a Woolly Rhinoceros. Providing an insightful Ice Age survival guide as well as pointing out just how closely related to Neanderthals some of the residents of Whitehaven might actually be.

Sharks are an ancient group with a fossil record stretching back over 420 million years and Everything Dinosaur team members will explain some of the similarities between sharks and “land-sharks” otherwise known as dinosaurs.

For models and replicas of prehistoric sharks and other ancient creatures: PNSO Age of Dinosaurs Figures.

Despite the fearsome reputation of giant shark predators such as the enormous Megalodon, whose jaws were so big it could have swallowed a Great White shark whole, Everything Dinosaur will also be introducing museum visitors to some of the other super-sized predators that once terrorised the seas.

Everything Dinosaur Team Member Mike Walley with a Megalodon Tooth

Something fishy going on at the Beacon Museum.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur

Team members from Everything Dinosaur will be special guests at the Beacon Museum over the weekends of 3rd/4th August and October 26th/27th, visitors to the museum will be able to handle fossils, pose questions and participate in various activities as Everything Dinosaur staff explore over 400 million years of Earth’s history.

Contact Everything Dinosaur team members for information about prehistoric animals: Contact Everything Dinosaur.

15 07, 2013

Two-Headed, Fire Breathing, Water Spraying Monster

By Mike|2023-02-19T07:08:41+00:00July 15th, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Drawings, Educational Activities, Photos/Schools, Press Releases|0 Comments

Beacon Museum Announces Competition Winner

One lucky school girl has won the chance for herself and her classmates to visit the new exhibitions at the Beacon Museum which opened this weekend. Whitehaven in Cumbria is having its very own monster, double-bill with two exhibitions running concurrently at the Beacon Museum, “Ice Age – Life after the Dinosaurs” and “Shark – Myths and Reality”

Monster Drawing Competition

Elle Jenkinson, aged 9, of St Bridget’s RC Primary School in Egremont, won a drawing competition organised by the enthusiastic museum staff, children were invited to design their own prehistoric monster. Elle’s winning entry was a colourful drawing of a two-headed monster, that could breathe fire and spray water.

Elle Jenkinson’s Monster Drawing

Picture credit: Elle Jenkinson

Highly Commended

Four other entries were highly commended and received prizes. These were by Tess Cullen of Thwaites School, Dylan Hodgson of Kells Infant School, Jennifer Eve Gillon of Eaglesfield Paddle Primary School and Evan Casson of Moor Row Community School.

Around a hundred primary schoolchildren from West Cumbria entered the competition. They created their own magnificent monsters and beasts in the hope of winning the chance for their whole class to come face to face with life-size replicas of giant beasts, superb sharks and unbelievable underwater creatures.

The competition was judged by the Mayor and Mayoress of Copeland, Geoff and Sandra Garrity who said:

“The children had obviously had real fun creating these amazing pictures. The imagination and thought that they had put into their drawings really was wonderful.”

The Beacon Museum

The exhibitions currently on at the Beacon Museum will give visitors the chance to get up close to some real monsters that once roamed the Earth as well as to learn more about the fascinating world of the shark, some of which, the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) for example, can grow to be as long as a bus. Fortunately, these giants are filter feeders and not likely to attack divers.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“It was a great idea for the Beacon Museum to organise a drawing competition. A chance for school children to imagine strange and bizarre animals, with the prize being a visit to the exhibitions to learn all about some very real and even more strange and bizarre animals that are known to science.”

“Ice Age – Life after the Dinosaurs” and “Shark – Myths and Reality” is on from now until the 5th January 2014.

For models and figures of many of the prehistoric animals that are featured in the exhibition: Everything Dinosaur Models and Figures.

11 07, 2013

Sharks and Ice Age Monsters Invade The Beacon

By Mike|2023-02-19T06:39:46+00:00July 11th, 2013|Categories: Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal News Stories, Educational Activities, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Press Releases|0 Comments

Cumbrian Museum to Play Hosts to Sharks and Woolly Mammoths

Staff at The Beacon, the interactive, family orientated museum at Whitehaven on the Cumbrian coast, are going to have their hands full this summer as not one but two major exhibitions will be taking over their galleries. Following on from the highly successful “BBC Walking with Dinosaurs Exhibition” in 2011, in which team members at Everything Dinosaur were invited to be the “on the spot dinosaur experts”, the museum will be hosting “Ice Age – Life After Dinosaurs” and “Shark! The Myths and Reality”.

“Ice Age – Life After Dinosaurs” and “Shark! The Myths and Reality”

The Beacon is closed for the next few days as final preparations are made, it is not easy to manipulate life-size replicas of giants such as Woolly Mammoths, Sabre-toothed cats and Great White sharks. The grand opening is scheduled for this Saturday (13th July), there’s just time for the busy Beacon staff to check all the hands on, educational and fun exhibits before the start of these “monster” exhibitions at 10am Saturday morning.

If you’re looking for ways to entertain your little monsters for the summer holidays, then you don’t have to look too far as visitors to Copeland’s museum will be transported back to a time when the Earth was dominated by a diverse range of magnificent mammals, that our ancestors had to contend with. The “Ice Age – Life After Dinosaurs” exhibition features full size replicas of giant prehistoric beasts including the wonderful Woolly Rhino and the savage Smilodon as well as real and replica fossils.

Square up to a Sabre-toothed Cat

Rebor Smilodon model in the Ice Age colour scheme.

A close-up of the head of the Rebor Smilodon populator figure (mouth open head attachment). The exquisite detailing or the teeth and the inside of the mouth can be clearly seen. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Commenting on the exhibition, Mike Walley from Everything Dinosaur stated:

“This is the best chance people have had to go eyeball to eyeball with Ice Age monsters in the last 20,000 years”.

Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur team members who will be running two special weekend events at The Beacon in the summer and October school holidays. The fossil experts are going to be visiting the exhibitions on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of August, with a second, special appearance scheduled to coincide with the autumn half-term, the weekend of 26th and 27th of October.

Everything Dinosaur is keeping what they intend to bring along from their extensive fossil collection under wraps for the moment, however, visitors to The Beacon on these special weekends can expect to get up close to some super-sized marine predators, ferocious hunters that make “Tyrannosaurus rex look like a pussy cat”. If you have ever wanted to know how to avoid being gored by the two-metre long horn of a giant rhinoceros or to discover how close scientists are to cloning a Woolly Mammoth then don’t forget to book the weekend of August 3rd and 4th and the last weekend of October into your diary.

The Beacon Museum

“Shark! Myths and Reality” will turn everything you thought you knew about sharks upside down, bringing visitors face to face with life size replicas of these ancient hunters, including the Great White. This exhibition aims to dispel the many myths about sharks as mindless killing machines. Built in co-operation with The Shark Trust, it tells the real story of these fascinating underwater creatures.

Famous for its Whorl of Teeth – Helicoprion an Extinct Cartilaginous Fish.

PNSO Haylee the Helicoprion anterior view

PNSO Haylee the Helicoprion replica. The stunning emerald eye on the model is reminiscent of the eye of a Chimaera such as the deep water Rabbit Fish (Chimaera monstrosa) to which Helicorprion is distantly related.

For models and replicas of prehistoric animals including Helicoprion (whilst stocks last): PNSO Age of Dinosaurs Models and Figures.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur explained:

“Although sharks have been around for something like 420 million years and there are over 400 species alive today, scientists are still learning about these incredible creatures. For example, just this week a new scientific paper has been published that confirms how the Thresher shark uses its amazing tail as a whip to stun its prey.”

Pat Graham, Copeland’s Director of Services added:

“We are proud and delighted that we have managed to again secure a nationally significant exhibition for Whitehaven. These big events not only attract visitors in the town, but afford residents the opportunity to access the best education and fun that museums can offer, but on our own doorstep. These are hard times for the Council, and for families, but this is an opportunity for us to celebrate something really great for the town, and we should use this as an opportunity to collectively promote our Borough across the region”.

There will also be weekly drop in family craft days beginning on 31st July. Be inspired by what you have seen during your visit and create your very own Ice Age creature, shark or other magnificent monster.

But don’t worry if you can’t make it during the summer as both exhibitions will be on display until 5th January.

For more information about the fantastic models in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Figures.

29 06, 2013

Ocker Hill Junior School Pupils Study Rare Dinosaurs for Special Science Week

By Mike|2024-04-29T14:26:08+01:00June 29th, 2013|Categories: Educational Activities, Press Releases, Teaching|0 Comments

Journey into the Jurassic for Junior School Pupils

Pupils at Ocker Hill Junior School are getting into all things prehistoric as they embark on a week-long science themed teaching topic with a focus on the dinosaurs. Based at Tipton, (West Midlands), just a geologist’s stones’ throw from the Wrens Nest Nature Reserve, the UK’s very first national nature reserve for geology, the staff at the school have been working on all sorts of clever and creative activities to help bring the past to life.

Dinosaurs for Science Week

Looking at different types of dinosaurs and classifying them led to the development of a series of Venn diagrams as pupils under the tutelage of their teachers and support staff explored how best to present data relating to the Dinosauria. Getting school children to understand the concept of deep time can be a little tricky, but teacher Mr Wilde, armed with some stakes and a hammer set out to provide a scale model of the various geological periods using the school grounds.

Each stake representing a period in geological time was carefully marked and hammered into place to give the budding young palaeontologists an idea of how old the Earth is believed to be. This is an excellent idea, a very practical demonstration of geological time, one that will help the children to grasp what different types of creatures lived and when.

Everything Dinosaur Team Members Visit School

Team members at Everything Dinosaur were invited in to kick start the week by holding a series of workshops with pupils in years three to six. The chance to explain what fossils can tell scientists and to explain a little about the science of palaeontology. Sarah Southall, one of the year three teachers was surprised to learn that there is a dinosaur named “Sarahsaurus, whilst Mrs Brookes (year 5 teacher) and some of her charges discovered just how big or (how small), the arms of Tyrannosaurus rex actually were.

Mr Goodwin (year six), had been helping his class to learn more about marine reptiles. Under the expert guidance of school artist Darrell Wakelam the pupils had created a wonderful reconstruction of the fossilised skeleton of an Ichthyosaurus.

Bringing the Past to Life

Year six pupils constructed their own Ichthyosaurus fossilised skeleton

Picture credit: Ocker Hill Junior School

Coprolite on Show

Everything Dinosaur had some coprolite (fossilised poo) from the body cavity of an ichthyosaur skeleton team members had been working on, the children were delighted when Mr Goodwin got to handle the 180 million year old fossil poo and to demonstrate what the creature had been eating by being able to point out the fish scales still preserved within the specimen.

It is certainly going to be an exciting week for the students. The enthusiastic teaching team have lots and lots of dinosaur themed maths, science and art activities planned all helping to enthuse and motivate the next generation of scientists.

To view the range of sea monster models including ichthyosaurs available from Everything Dinosaur: Models of Sea Monsters and Other Prehistoric Animals.

20 06, 2013

American Poll About Pets Reveals Some Surprising Answers

By Mike|2023-02-18T11:24:41+00:00June 20th, 2013|Categories: Animal News Stories, Dinosaur Fans, Press Releases|0 Comments

A Dinosaur as a Pet?

A survey carried out by an American polling agency has revealed some surprising information about American pet owners, attitudes to pets and animals in general. Americans love their pets, we know lots of pet owners in the UK and we concur, however, some of the survey results did raise a few eyebrows when team members at Everything Dinosaur read about the market research.

Dinosaurs as Pets

For example, twenty percent of those who took part stated that they preferred to spend time with their pet than with people, this is understandable to a point but then eighteen percent of those polled said that they believed in the Loch Ness Monster.

When it came to thinking about animals that scare people, it was not really surprising that snakes came out on top in this telephone survey. We have encountered a few snakes on our travels, its not that they are that scary in reality, most snakes quickly move off when people approach, but we do seem to come across them unexpectedly and the surprise of seeing one can give you a “Mohican neck moment” as one of our colleagues calls it.

Scary Animals

Other animals regarded as scary in the American survey were alligators, bears and sharks. Once again these animals tend to have a bad press, although having got a little too close to crocodilians for comfort on a number of occasions we can understand why such animals are feared.

One of the more intriguing sections of this research dealt with people’s attitudes to exotic pets. When asked to name a “fantasy exotic pet” twenty-six percent stated that they would opt for a tiger. A further twenty percent said they would have a giraffe. Sixteen percent said they would choose an elephant, expect some “jumbo” rhubarb if you had to look after a member of the Proboscidea.

A Dinosaur as a Pet

Eighteen percent would pick a dinosaur as a pet, this was most certainly a surprise to us, as if this were possible, most of the Dinosauria would make very unsuitable pets. However, it was a light-hearted survey and it got us thinking about what dinosaurs might possibly prove to be suitable for life in and around people’s homes.

When Everything Dinosaur team members visit schools to deliver dinosaur and fossil themed workshops we do get asked by year 1 and year 2 students about which dinosaurs would make the best pets. Large carnivores should be avoided, after all, you don’t really want these dinosaurs to “bite the hand that feeds them” and any really big dinosaurs would be not be suitable.

Perhaps a small ornithopod like Gasparinisaura or a primitive Asian horned dinosaur such as the metre long Graciliceratops, or even one of the smaller members of the “Bone Headed” dinosaurs.

Would a Protoceratops Make a Good Pet?

The Papo Protoceratops dinosaur model in anterior view

Papo Protoceratops dinosaur model in anterior view. Would a Protoceratops make a good pet?

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The picture (above) shows a Papo Protoceratops dinosaur model.

To view the Papo “Les Dinosaures” range: Papo “Les Dinosaures” Models and Figures”.

It is an interesting thought, given the twelve hundred or so different known dinosaur genera, which of these animals would make a suitable domestic companion?

It might prove prudent to stick with cats, dogs, rabbits, goldfish, guinea pigs…

18 06, 2013

Update on the New Papo Dimetrodon Availability and Delivery – Unethical Practices from Competitors

By Mike|2024-04-29T06:50:55+01:00June 18th, 2013|Categories: Press Releases|0 Comments

Unethical Practices Concerning New Models

The Papo Dimetrodon model (Papo product code 55033) is the last of the 2013 prehistoric animal models to be released by Papo this year. We at Everything Dinosaur work very closely with Papo of France and we receive regular updates on how this model’s production and shipping schedule is progressing. We post up information about new model releases on this blog site as well as keeping our customers informed of developments using our Facebook, Google Plus and Twitter pages.

Papo Dimetrodon Model

A number of our internet based UK competitors are asking customers to pre-order this model, some are even claiming that it will be available from the 1st of July. We at Everything Dinosaur have no plans to operate any pre-order policy. We have never operated a pre-order policy. We think it is simply not fair or indeed ethical to ask to customers to pay for an item that may not be available for many weeks or even months.

Papo Dimetrodon – Coming Soon

Fearsome sail-backed reptile, with exquisite detail.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur has already committed to taking stocks of this item, we ordered our stock many months ago, perhaps as far back as 2012 when, due to our close working relationship with the manufacturer, it became clear that this model was going to be made.

Dimetrodon Model Information

The latest information we have from France on this model is as follows:

The Dimetrodon is being shipped in early July, it will be on the water for most of this month and scheduled for delivery into France by early August. From the French hub, our stock will be despatched, we anticipate that we will have our models a few days into August, it might be the middle of the month.

We were expecting delivery in July, but as with many shipments there can be delays, either in production or during the freight process. This means that statements about July availability made by many of our competitors may not necessarily be true. We cannot comment about competitors pre-ordering practices but we are very well informed and we feel that many people may be let down by such activities.

Promises Made and Promises Broken by Competitors

Pre-ordering is a marketing ploy employed by a number of companies. However, if promises are made and then deliveries are not as prompt as promised, then we think that this is unethical. For example, if the Papo Dimetrodon is not available until August, customers will have paid up front for a model not may not be sent out to them for six or seven weeks.

We at Everything Dinosaur do not do this, we offer an alternative, one that involves our customers getting personal service and it does not cost them a penny. We have lots and lots of loyal customers, they contact us asking about an item’s availability. We store their request and when the item comes into stock (and we are usually one of the first to get the product), we send them an email to let them know that the item is available and that we have put one aside for them on our reserve shelves in the warehouse.

Everything Dinosaur Reserves Models for Customers

We hold products on reserve, not just for a few days, but for weeks and months as we understand that collectors and dinosaur fans often like to save money by being able to acquire all the new releases in one single shipment. This we do and there is absolutely no obligation for a customer to order what we have reserved.

We think our system is fairer and it prevents customers being let down when manufacturing and delivery schedules from factories run into problems. We are passionate about prehistoric animals, we understand how enthusiastic collectors and dinosaur fans are about new releases and we feel that getting people to pay up front for an item that may not be in stock for many weeks is simply not ethical.

If you wish to reserve a Papo Dimetrodon, or indeed any item from our product range, just drop us an email and we will do our best to assist you: Contact Everything Dinosaur.

Sometimes the very best plans can go wrong, to illustrate the pitfalls of pre-ordering just consider the case of the excellent Papo Brachiosaurus model that was released in 2012.

Papo Brachiosaurus – Delayed for Months

Papo Brachiosaurus ready for shipping (nearly).

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Papo Brachiosaurus

Originally scheduled for release in July 2012, this model was actually not available until October. Companies operating a pre-order policy would have potentially held onto to customer’s money for many months before customers had any chance of receiving this item.

With the Papo Brachiosaurus, we posted up a lot of information, keeping fans of Papo updated on developments; below is a brief summary of the notices we put up:

December 2011 – Everything Dinosaur confirmed that this model was due to be released in 2012 and we gave out a scheduled delivery date of July 2012.

August 2012 – Several updates had been posted, confirmation that the product was delayed.

September 2012 – Articles posted reflecting the updates Everything Dinosaur had received about production and shipping.

October 2012 – Information from France about expected delivery, subsequently confirmed and stock into Everything Dinosaur.

What is also frustrating is that we see various “special deals” and “pre-order offers”, companies claim that if you pre-order you can get this item at a special price or that stocks will be limited. In our experience, such “special offers” do not always turn out to be good value, after all, as the Papo Brachiosaurus model demonstrated, customers may have had to wait four or five months to receive what they had purchased, hardly helpful when buying for birthdays or other special occasions.

We at Everything Dinosaur do not agree with asking customers to pre-order products, such practices no matter how well intentioned, run the risk of going wrong. Delays can occur which can mean that customers have handed over payment for something that they will not receive for some considerable time after purchase.

To view the range of Papo “Les Dinosaures” models in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Papo Prehistoric Animal Models and Figures.

15 06, 2013

Warning! Copies of CollectA Models on Sale (Disreputable Companies)

By Mike|2023-02-18T10:59:10+00:00June 15th, 2013|Categories: Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|5 Comments

Beware of Imitations of CollectA Models

CollectA International Limited has been in business for a number of years now. Their dedicated team have produced some amazing models of prehistoric fauna and flora in the replica range entitled “Prehistoric Life”, we at Everything Dinosaur have been selling CollectA models since the company started and our team members are proud of our strong working relationship with this hard working company.

It is sad to receive news that a company has started to manufacture poor quality copies of a number of CollectA prehistoric animal models. Not only are the models being made and sold, but the firm concerned has used CollectA’s logo and even a picture of dear Anthony Beeson to help promote this range. To all fans of CollectA, please, please, please be careful where you buy CollectA models from.

CollectA Models

All the models made by CollectA are individually hand-crafted and are manufactured from the best quality materials. CollectA are constantly striving to improve their product range, investing and working very hard so that they can bring you the best possible model range.

Examples of the Copied CollectA Models

Avoid these models, inferior quality and not from CollectA. Everything Dinosaur urgest dinosaur fans and model collectors not to buy copied figures.

Poor Quality Copies

Having their replicas copied like this is a form of flattery, we at Everything Dinosaur have come across instances where some of our own photography has been used by unscrupulous people for personal gain. We too, have had our imitators, even those who have claimed our Everything Dinosaur logo as their own. For CollectA, they have taken the precaution of informing company lawyers, since the imitations are being made in China, it may not be possible to prevent such copies being manufactured.

Peter Leung, the General Manager at CollectA commented to Everything Dinosaur:

“This is extremely annoying and it would be gratefully appreciated if you [Everything Dinosaur] could give a warning to collectors”.

Collectors Urged to Take Care

We are happy to do this for you Peter, we would urge all model collectors to take great care and to ensure that they are sourcing CollectA products from a reputable source, such as Everything Dinosaur, we go to a great deal of trouble to support the work of the enthusiastic staff at CollectA, a spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur added:

“We do see instances such as this from time to time and we would urge all fans of CollectA to take care when sourcing models. We cannot be certain as to the type of plastic these replicas are made from, we don’t know what sort of paints have been used. Many of these models may be being given to children and this concerns me greatly”.

Comparisons between the CollectA Made Models and the Imposters

Beware of poor quality, inferior imitations.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Identifying Authentic Models

The above picture shows three authentic CollectA models (top) compared against their imitations (bottom). The dinosaurs depicted (from left to right) are Styracosaurus, Iguanodon and the North African sauropod Rebbachisaurus.

Everything Dinosaur remains strongly committed to support CollectA. The company stocks a huge number of models and every named prehistoric animal model supplied by Everything Dinosaur is sent out with its own fact sheet that has been researched and written by team members. Recently, Everything Dinosaur added Daspletosaurus, Diabloceratops and Prezwalski’s Horse fact sheets to its portfolio, as a result of taking in stocks of the new 2013 model releases from CollectA.

To view the not-to-scale CollectA Prehistoric Life/Prehistoric World model range: CollectA Prehistoric Life/World Models and Figures.

To view the range of scale CollectA prehistoric animal models in stock at Everything Dinosaur: CollectA Deluxe/Supreme Prehistoric World Models.

The message is simple, please take care and beware of imitations!

8 06, 2013

Planning for Christmas Already – Team Members Ready for a Successful Season

By Mike|2024-04-29T06:53:52+01:00June 8th, 2013|Categories: Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur Plans the Christmas Rota

We may not have reached high summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, but today, Everything Dinosaur team members have been working out the Christmas staffing rotas. Christmas for us is all about planning. We have to fit our own plans around the need to pack and despatch orders from customers as quickly as we can. In a bid to make sure that we have just about everything covered, staff have been working out who is going to be in the office and when. In this way we can pack and send out orders rapidly avoiding any unnecessary delays.

Planning for Christmas

With on line shoppers tending to leave their Christmas shopping later each year, at least we know that we have already got plans in place to help out where we can. Our advice is to shop early and to take note of the last recommended posting dates (information that we will publish on this blog nearer Christmas), especially when sending gifts overseas.

There are just under two hundred days to go until Christmas day itself. We intend to be working seven days a week in the busy run up to Christmas and all rotas and staffing plans are now in place.

Everything Dinosaur Getting into the Christmas Spirit

Plans already in place to help out with Christmas orders.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Everything Dinosaur

So whether it is customers looking for dinosaur models, dinosaur toys or dinosaur games, we know that our plans are in place to assist customers when it comes to their Christmas shopping.

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