Originally posted on the Animal Toy Blog for April Fools.
This article marks my first multiple model (Safari Ltd. TOOB) production! Presented here are 14 figures, 7 original pieces and 7 later re-released with updated paintwork. The Cryptozoology Designer TOOB by Safari Ltd. #677504 was originally released in 2013 with simplistic paintwork, then re-released a few years after retirement with much improved paint schemes for most of the figures.
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).
Originally posted on the Animal Toy Forum for April Fools.
The kraken (Microcosmus marinus) is a cephalopod native to northern Europe that’s renowned for its size and ship sinking abilities. Although its true size is unknown, Erik Pontoppidan, bishop of Bergen and author of Natural History of Norway wrote that the kraken is “the largest sea monster in the world…round, flat, and full of arms, or branches.
Originally posted on the Animal Toy Blog.
The Sasquatch (Megapodapithecus krantzi), more popularly known as Bigfoot, is one of only two apes (the other being Homo sapiens) known to inhabit the North American continent. It is also one of the world’s largest primates, with adult males regularly growing to well over two metres in height and 227 kg (500 lbs) in weight.
Review and images by stargatedalek; edited by bmathison1972, originally posted as an April Fools review on the Animal Toy Blog.
The Tsuchinoko is a small pit viper native to southern Japan. They have a short, stout body with a broad skull similar to their closest relative, the North American water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).
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.
Review by Griffin, originally posted on the Dinosaur Toy Blog.
Monsters in My Pocket was a toy franchise that started in the 80s that consisted of a series of small, rubber figures. These figures were each only a few inches tall and could each come in a variety of solid colors.
