Press Releases

15 12, 2023

New Haolonggood Dilophosaurus Models

By Mike|2023-12-26T22:07:00+00:00December 15th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

The new Haolonggood Dilophosaurus dinosaur models will be in stock soon. A shipment with both sets of Dilophosaurus figures should arrive in the UK in early January. We hope to have these Haolonggood dinosaur models in stock later that month.

Haolonggood Dilophosaurus (blue). — *The pair of Dilophosaurus models (sitting and standing) in the blue colouration.*

To view the range of Haolonggood prehistoric animal models in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Haolonggood Prehistoric Animal Models.

The Haolonggood Dilophosaurus Figures

The sets will consist of a pair of Dilophosaurus figures. One will be sitting, the other will be standing. Two colour schemes will be offered – red and blue.

The pair are in 1:35 scale and they are beautifully painted.

Haolonggood Dilophosaurus (red). — *The pair of Dilophosaurus models (sitting and standing) in the red colouration.*

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur confirmed that the next shipment of Haolonggood figures will contain the following figures:

Dacentrurus – Xuning.
Dacentrurus – Lingzhen.
Otodus megalodon (Li Jun).
Carnotaurus – Li Zhong.
Carnotaurus – Zhou Tong.
Daspletosaurus torosus – Wu Song.
Daspletosaurus torosus – Lu Zhi Sheng.
Ampelosaurus – Sun Er Niang.
Ampelosaurus – Zhang Qing.
Dilophosaurus – Wang Ying/Hu San Niang.
Dilophosaurus – Sun Xin/Gu Da Sao.
Megaraptor – Shi Qian.
Megaraptor – Duan Jing Zhu.
Baryonyx – Shan Ting.
Baryonyx – Wei Ding Guo.

Visit the award-winning and user-friendly Everything Dinosaur website: Everything Dinosaur.

14 12, 2023

The New Haolonggood Alamosaurus Models

By Mike|2024-01-01T09:12:49+00:00December 14th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Press Releases|2 Comments

Haolonggood intend to manufacture three versions of a 1:35 scale Alamosaurus. They are not sure how many to make of each version, so they have asked Everything Dinosaur to highlight this offer and make enquiries. The three versions, A and B plus C, a limited-edition, plain version will be available in the early spring of 2024. The Haolonggood Alamosaurus offer is open until December 28th (2023). If customers reserve a figure before 28th December, the Alamosaurus will be supplied with base and pterosaur figure.

Haolonggood Alamosaurus Version A

*Haolonggood Alamosaurus model. Version A colour scheme.*

To help customers select which figure(s) they want, Haolonggood have supplied computer generated images of the proposed colour schemes.

Haolonggood Alamosaurus Version B

Haolonggood Alamosaurus model. Version B colour scheme. — *Haolonggood Alamosaurus model version B.*

The third Alamosaurus model is the limited-edition, plain version (version C).

Haolonggood Alamosaurus Version C (Limited-edition, Plain)

*The limited-edition, plain version of the Haolonggood Alamosaurus model.*

To reserve your model, simple contact Everything Dinosaur and let them know which model (A, B or C) you would like.

Contact Everything Dinosaur: Contact Everything Dinosaur.

Alamosaurus Accessories

If booked before 28th December (2023), the Alamosaurus scale figure will be supplied with a base and one of two special pterosaur models.

Haolonggood Alamosaurus Model Measurements

The actual model measurements have yet to be finalised. However, each PVC figure will weigh several kilos and the proposed product packaging suggests that the 1:35 scale Alamosaurus will stand about 35 cm tall and measure around 65 cm in length.

Haolonggood supplied box dimensions: 65 cm (25.6 inches) long, width 14 cm (5.5 inches) and height 36 cm (14.1 inches).

Showing the size of the Haolonggood Alamosaurus model. — *Showing the size of the Haolonggood Alamosaurus figures.*

Customers have until December 28th (2023) to contact Everything Dinosaur: Contact Everything Dinosaur to Reserve Your Alamosaurus Figure.

To view the range of Haolonggood prehistoric animal models in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Haolonggood Prehistoric Animal Models.

Note

There has been some confusion over these figures and the product offering. We can confirm that all three models are currently available. Version C will only be available for a limited time (it is a limited-edition model). It is painted in a brown colour scheme. The base and detachable tree plus the unpainted pterosaur figure (there are two pterosaur model versions), are only available for orders placed before December 28th.

It is only the pterosaur models that will require painting.

10 12, 2023

Helpful Explanation of Lateral Views

By Mike|2024-01-01T11:27:35+00:00December 10th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Palaeontological articles, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

Many prehistoric animal models are photographed in lateral view. Everything Dinosaur explains the differences between right and left lateral views. It can be a little confusing for model collectors when photographs of a new prehistoric animal figure are released. Often the images include lateral views, these are images of the figure seen from the side.

The PNSO Megalosaurus model. — *The new for 2023 PNSO Megalosaurus dinosaur model. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The image (above) shows a view of the recently introduced PNSO Edward the Megalosaurus dinosaur model. The left side of the model can be seen. This photograph shows the left lateral view of the figure. That is, in a left lateral view the object faces to the left as you look at the image.

To view the extensive range of PNSO prehistoric animal models available from Everything Dinosaur: Prehistoric Animal Models from PNSO.

Lateral Views

Determining whether a prehistoric animal figure is in left lateral or right lateral view is made easier if the whole of the model is shown in the image.

Left lateral view – the head of the figure faces to the left as you look at the image.
Right lateral view – the head of the figure faces to the right as you look at the image.

Papo Kronosaurus marine reptile model. — *The Papo Kronosaurus marine reptile photographed in right lateral view. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

In the image (above) the recently introduced Papo Kronosaurus model is facing to the right. Therefore, this model is being shown in the right lateral view.

To view the Papo prehistoric animal model range: Papo Prehistoric Animal Figures.

Providing Explanations

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“Our blog often features details of scientific papers. Some of them can be quite technical and we try to summarise the findings and provide simplified explanations for the general reader. Interpreting scientific drawings can be a challenge. It can also be difficult to understand the details shown on a photograph of a prehistoric animal model if the orientation is not known.”

Explaining lateral views of fossils. — *The partial skull of the lizard shown in right lateral view. Picture credit: David Whiteside, Sophie Chambi-Trowell, Mike Benton and the Natural History Museum UK*

The photograph (above) shows the skull of the stem lizard Cryptovaranoides microlanius in right lateral view. Computerised tomography (CT) was used to help the researchers to construct the left side of the skull of C. microlanius. This enabled the team to construct a left lateral view of the skull.

To read Everything Dinosaur’s blog post about this fossil discovery: Modern Lizards in the Triassic.

Standardising Anatomical Terms

Although left lateral and right lateral are terms that are not often used in scientific disciplines, it is helpful to have an understanding of their meaning. It is important to have standard anatomical terms and scientific papers have been published that examine the use of such terms when describing fossils.

The next time you see a photograph of a prehistoric animal model, we hope our short explanation will help you to understand whether the view is left or right lateral.

The award-winning Everything Dinosaur website: Everything Dinosaur.

9 12, 2023

A Trio of Cute and Cuddly Horseshoe Crab Soft Toys

By Mike|2024-01-18T11:47:16+00:00December 9th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

It is another hectic day at Everything Dinosaur. Team members have been busy picking and packing orders for customers. However, there was time to take a quick photograph of three Horseshoe crab soft toys. These cute and cuddly invertebrates will soon be on their way to customers.

The horseshoe crab soft toys look quite happy at the prospect of leaving our warehouse.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Prehistoric Plush

Everything Dinosaur stocks a wide range of dinosaur soft toys and prehistoric plush. We have T. rex soft toys, Triceratops and even Woolly Mammoths. We also like to stock some of the more unusual soft toys. Horseshoe crabs are still around today, but they first evolved nearly five hundred million years ago.

To view the range of dinosaur and prehistoric animal soft toys available: Prehistoric Animal Soft Toys.

Horseshoe Soft Toys

Our Horseshoe crab soft toys represent “living fossils”. However, these marine animals are under threat. Habitat destruction that accompanies coastal development presents a danger and the animals are used as bait in the fishing industry. Their unusual metabolism and their blue-coloured blood has been extensively studied. The blood has clotting agents (amebocytes), which are of great benefit to medical science.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented that they thought the horseshoe crabs were cute and cuddly.

The spokesperson added:

“These are beautiful soft toys and very unusual. The horseshoe crab soft toys looked like they were smiling at us as they awaited their turn to be packed. We took a quick photograph before returning to our packing duties.”

Visit the award-winning and user-friendly Everything Dinosaur website: Everything Dinosaur.

7 12, 2023

Five-star Feefo Feedback for Everything Dinosaur from Germany

By Mike|2024-03-09T15:02:14+00:00December 7th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Press Releases, Product Reviews|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur receives lots of five-star feedback from customers. Today, we highlight some five-star Feefo feedback sent by a customer in Germany. The UK-based mail order company has thousands of customers in Europe. Everything Dinosaur has developed an excellent reputation for customer service.

Five-star Feefo feedback from Germany. — *Five-star feedback from a customer in Germany. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.*

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Five-star Feefo Feedback from All Over the World

Over the last thirty days (November 7th 2023 – December 7th 2023), Everything Dinosaur has received a total of twenty-seven Feefo customer service reviews. All of these rate our customer service as five-star. Over this same period, we have also received sixty product reviews all of them rating our models and figures as excellent.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“It is wonderful to receive feedback from all over the world. We have many customers in Europe, and we welcome their comments and views.”

The German-speaking customer commented:

“Sehr guter Service, rasche Lieferung, schöne Figuren, besonders aus der neuen Serie (Halonggood).”

This translates as:

“Very good service, fast delivery, beautiful figures, especially from the new series (Haolonggood).”

Haolonggood model boxes ready for packing. — A total of nineteen different Haolonggood dinosaur models were in the first shipment of figures from China. Ten different genera of dinosaur are represented. These models have received praise from many customers. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the range of Haolonggood figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Haolonggood Prehistoric Animal Models.

Replying to our German Customer

Where possible, we try to reply in the language of the customer. Thanks to Generative AI this is relatively easy to do. A team member replied stating:

“Ich danke Ihnen für Ihre freundlichen Worte. Wir werden bald mehr Haolonggood Figuren auf Lager haben.”

This translates as:

“Thank you for your kind words. We will have more Haolonggood figures in stock soon.”

Replying in a customer’s own language, it’s all part of our customer service.

Visit the award-winning Everything Dinosaur website: Everything Dinosaur.

3 12, 2023

Advice on Posting Dates for Christmas

By Mike|2023-12-04T15:23:11+00:00December 3rd, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

The holiday season is very nearly upon us. It is that time of year when Everything Dinosaur is busy packing and despatching orders in time for the festivities. As always, we have contacted Royal Mail and can provide an update on the recommended last posting dates for Christmas.

Everything Dinosaur team members have been working extremely hard to stay on top of orders and to ensure parcels are despatched quickly. Our staff will do all they can to assist customers. We recommend that shoppers place orders as early as possible to give us every opportunity to get parcels out to customers.

We have published (below) a helpful table from Royal Mail outlining the last recommended posting dates:

Last recommended posting dates for Christmas 2023. — *A table showing the last recommended posting dates for parcels in time for the festive season (December 25th) – 2023.*

Table credit: Royal Mail

For dinosaur themed toys, models and games visit the award-winning Everything Dinosaur website: Visit Everything Dinosaur.

Last Recommended Posting Dates for 2023

The last recommended posting dates for Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, the Middle East and the Far East is this Wednesday (6th December).

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“This time of year the mail network is getting extremely busy. We are doing all we can to pack and despatch parcels quickly. Customers are advised to place their orders as early as possible.”

Helpful Tips and Advice

Here are our top tips to ensure you have a happy and stress-free mail order experience:

Please remember to include the house name or house number with the delivery address information that you provide with your order.
Remember to check the postcode/zip code.
Before finally hitting the “submit” button to send an order to Everything Dinosaur, it is a good idea to check the delivery address for one last time.
PayPal and in our own website’s ordering process, customers can include a message to Everything Dinosaur in the order message box. You can use this message box to inform us about any special delivery circumstances that you might have.
Everything Dinosaur’s website makes it easy for you to specify a different delivery address to your billing address, perhaps you want to send a parcel to work or to a relative.
If you do decide to send an item to your work address, (assuming that you are not working from home), please ensure that you include the company name in the delivery address details. Please remember to check the postcode or zip code.
You can always specify a neighbour’s address, or a designated safe place where the parcel can be delivered to if you will be out when the delivery is likely to occur.

For further advice and information, you are welcome to contact Everything Dinosaur: Email Everything Dinosaur.

For dinosaur and prehistoric animal models: Prehistoric Animal Models.

1 12, 2023

Maintenance on the Everything Dinosaur Blog

By Mike|2023-12-29T15:58:38+00:00December 1st, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

The Everything Dinosaur blog has been undergoing scheduled maintenance. Visitors to the site will not notice any differences. However, as the weblog is vast, it is important to keep links and references valid. To date, team members have posted up over 6,500 articles. The blog was started in May 2007 and team members have strived to post up a new article every day since.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The Everything Dinosaur Blog

A spokesperson confirmed that each article was being checked to ensure references were accurate. This is a vast undertaking with an estimated 200,000 lines of text to be examined. Team members began work on this a while ago. It is hoped that the current maintenance task will be completed by early 2024.

The spokesperson added:

“Our weblog has proved to be an invaluable resource for teachers, academics, collectors and dinosaur fans. We aim to keep it relevant and up to date. With thousands of articles, hundreds of images and video links too, this is an arduous task.”

Site visitors will not be inconvenienced by the scheduled maintenance. The spokesperson confirmed that the housekeeping aspect of this maintenance would be completed promptly, and that the maintenance programme should be finished by the Chinese New Year.

In the meantime, visit the award-winning Everything Dinosaur website: Everything Dinosaur.

30 11, 2023

New CollectA Diprotodon Drawing

By Mike|2023-12-17T15:19:21+00:00November 30th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Drawings, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur has commissioned a CollectA Diprotodon drawing. The illustration of the largest marsupial known to science is to be used in a Diprotodon fact sheet. The fact sheet will be available from Everything Dinosaur with sales of the new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Diprotodon model.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

CollectA Diprotodon Drawing

The illustration will be modified, and a human figure added for scale. This drawing will then provide fact sheet readers with a visual size guide for this herbivore. The CollectA Deluxe Diprotodon is a male, and the illustration will reflect this. Males were much larger than females, perhaps reaching a length of four metres or more. The shoulder height of a fully grown male Diprotodon was around 1.8 metres.

The CollectA Diprotodon model will be available from Everything Dinosaur in 2024.

To view the range of CollectA Deluxe prehistoric animal models in stock: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Animal Models.

CollectA Deluxe Diprotodon model. — *CollectA Diprotodon has a torn ear. It is likely big males fought each other for mating rates, territory and social status.*

The CollectA Diprotodon figure will have a torn ear. An injury sustained most probably in a fight with another male. However, our Diprotodon illustration shows this powerful marsupial with its left ear restored.

Educating and Informing

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented that fact sheets were sent out with most of the models the company supplies as these fact sheets help to inform customers about prehistoric animals and palaeontology.

The spokesperson added:

“The fact sheet will be researched and written in plenty of time for the arrival of the CollectA Deluxe Diprotodon. We expect the Diprotodon model to be available around the middle of next year.”

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26 11, 2023

New Moros intrepidus Scale Drawing

By Mike|2023-12-08T16:04:17+00:00November 26th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Drawings, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

As Everything Dinosaur prepares for the arrival of the new Schleich prehistoric animal figures, we have been busy preparing fact sheets. One of our jobs was to create a Moros intrepidus scale drawing. The Schleich Moros model represents the first time we have had this tyrannosauroid in our range. We commissioned an illustration based on the image sent out with the original Moros intrepidus media release. A human figure was added to provide a scale for this three-metre-long theropod.

A Moros intrepidus Scale Drawing

For every named prehistoric animal figure that we sell, we try to research and write a fact sheet. Our fact sheets have been well received by customers. Requests are received each week as collectors try to complete their collections. Moros intrepidus was formally named and described in 2019. At around three metres long and with it standing about 1.2 metres high at the hips, it was no giant. However, it was a distantly related forerunner of the giant tyrannosaurs that were to dominate Late Cretaceous ecosystems of North America. It lived some thirty million years before Tyrannosaurus rex.

To read Everything Dinosaur’s post from 2019 about this dinosaur: Fleet-footed Tyrannosauroid.

New Schleich Dinosaur Models

Schleich are going to introduce six new dinosaur figures in early 2024. Some of these new models will be coming into stock at Everything Dinosaur next month (December 2023). One of these figures is a replica of Moros intrepidus, hence the need to compile a fact sheet.

The Schleich Moros intrepidus figure. — *The new for 2024 Schleich Moros intrepidus figure.*

To view the range of Schleich dinosaur and prehistoric animal figures in stock: Schleich Prehistoric Animal Figures.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“We try to write a fact sheet for all the prehistoric animal models and figures we stock. As Moros is one of several new Schleich figures, we needed to create a Moros intrepidus scale drawing and fact sheet. We intend to send out the fact sheet with sales of the Schleich Moros model.”

For further information about the extensive range stocked by Everything Dinosaur, visit the company’s website: Everything Dinosaur.

25 11, 2023

Biggest and Best Ever – TetZooCon 2023

By Mike|2023-11-29T09:58:30+00:00November 25th, 2023|Categories: Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Educational Activities, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Main Page, Palaeontological articles, Press Releases|0 Comments

Less than a week to go now before the start of the TetZooCon 2023 event. Once again, Everything Dinosaur are proud to be involved with this conference and as a sponsor we wish the organisers every success. This is the tenth TetZooCon, the conference is becoming an institution, a must attend event for anyone with an interest in the natural world, the Earth sciences and palaeoart.

Many of Everything Dinosaur’s chums will be attending. Unfortunately, pressures of work have once again prevented us from going, but we will be thinking of everyone next weekend.

*The TetZooCon banner for 2023 which has been designed by Darren Naish, one of the conference organisers.*

Picture credit: Darren Naish

TetZooCon 2023

TetZooCon 2023 will be held at Bush House, King’s College, London, on the weekend of 2nd and 3rd December 2023, with an evening reception on Friday December 1st and a fieldtrip on Monday 4th December. For the first time ever, the TetZooCon will consist of parallel sessions throughout.

Several of the sessions are dedicated to marine reptile research. Attendees will get the chance to meet “Flip” the world’s most scientifically accurate swimming plesiosaur. Dr Dean Lomax will be delivering a presentation covering the latest research into the “Rutland Sea Dragon”. Not to be outdone, Emily Swaby will be discussing Yorkshire’s very own giant marine reptile – Temnodontosaurus crassimanus.

Dr Dean Lomax working on the skull of the Rutland ichthyosaur. — *Dr Dean Lomax working on the skull of the Rutland ichthyosaur, the largest and most complete ichthyosaur fossil ever found in the UK. Picture credit: Matthew Power.*

Palaeoart in Perspective

The very talented Luis Rey will lead a panel discussion on the Past and Future of Palaeoart. Co-host Darren Naish will provide an insight into the television series “Prehistoric Planet” and expect living archosaurs such as corvids and cassowaries to enter the debate.

On Sunday (December 3rd), Nigel Marven will look back on his adventures filming dinosaurs and other reptiles. In addition, during Sunday lunch time there will be a special screening of the film “The Lost World” from 1925.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“We wish we could attend next weekend. Bush House at King’s College, London is going to be buzzing. Our congratulations to Darren Naish and John Conway for all their hard work organising such an exciting event.”

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