Last year, for Thanksgiving, I reviewed a figure of King Kong with the promise that I would return with another Kong for 2025. I also explained why I associated Thanksgiving with the mighty monkey but if you missed it, you can read it here. True to my word, I’m back with another Kong, and this year’s Kong figure is a major improvement over last year’s.
Classification: Dinosaur
Anguirus (Trendmasters)
3 (4 votes)
Anguirus is a kaiju that’s supposed to be a giant Ankylosaurus and has the distinction of being Godzilla’s first adversary, appearing in the first Godzilla sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (1955). According to that film, Anguirus had been laying dormant since the Cretaceous and was awakened by nuclear bomb testing.
Bicapitosaurus ivani (Unknown company)
4.3 (6 votes)
Review and photos by Torvosaurus, edited by Suspsy. Originally posted on the Dinosaur Toy Blog.
Howdy from wonderful, windy Wyoming! Today we’ll take a (satirical) look at Bicaputosaurus ivani, sculpted by an unknown artist.
For the first time, a national big box department store steps to the front, ahead of offerings by typical dinosaur manufacturers, offering this rare dinosaur to any discriminating collector.
Shadow Raptor (Eldrador by Schleich)
3.6 (7 votes)
Originally posted on the Dinosaur Toy Blog.
One of the most unusual and frightening members of the dromaeosaur family, Skiaraptor kakos (“evil shadow raptor”) was first discovered in the African nation of Zamunda by the distinguished scholar Professor Cuthbert Calculus. Subsequent remains have turned up in Birani, Equatorial Kundu, Kijuju, and Wadiya, indicating that the species ranged throughout the continent during the Middle Cretaceous.
Armadon (Primal Rage by Playmates)
3 (8 votes)
Review and photographs by Funk, edited by Suspsy. Originally posted on the Dinosaur Toy Blog.
The 1994 Atari fighting game Primal Rage featured a roster of stop-motion animated dinosaurs and giant apes that battled it out on a post-apocalyptic Earth (or “Urth”), which seems like an irresistible concept for a toyline, with Playmates jumping to the task in 1996, possibly to coincide with the sequel of the game which never materialised (toys based on characters from the sequel were also produced).
Triceratholestes (Predasaurs DNA Fusion by Simba)
3.1 (8 votes)
Review and photos by Takama, edited by Suspsy, originally posted on the Dinosaur Toy Blog.
After reviewing the Dinosaur Toy Blog’s first hybrid dinosaur that has nothing to do with Jurassic Park, I decided to review the rest of the figures I own in this series. Picking the next one to review was something I did at random, and here is the winner.
