DINOS! DINOS DINOS!

picked up this marushin awhile back, love it!
such a fun dino sculpt , not to mention the wonderful paint

 

Awesome! Love the expression. Kinda naughty.

 

Very cool! His expression to me is "Why is this guy pinching my tail!"

 

yea, but he looks happy about it.

 

Black King, rubber? 25 cents.

 

I never thought I'd have anything to post in the vintage section, but I love this thread. I don't have any vintage dinos of my own(yet), but looking through all of these pictures makes me really happy.

 

A paint variation of the Daikyou Scolosaurus. I was a little concerned that it might be painted over / customized (having never seen one in these colors), but the paint seems to be original.



I fell in love with this toy after seeing it in VV's photos (the other paint version, earlier in this thread). Very happy to have found this one in good condition.

 

I would call that condition great!
Looks like he's still got the "showroom shine".
Awesome picture, and thanks for sharing.

 

damn akum, that thing is pure candy ! you definately got the best version. after i saw yours, i went to check mine, and i bit perplexed that you called it by what sounded like a dinosaur name. i was leaving the room, when i looked up, and saw its twin. never put it together that it really was a dino untill that moment.

 

Oooh boy! Marusan reissue dinos!

http://www.marusan-toy.com/news/diplodo ... ugaki.html

http://www.marusan-toy.com/news/tricera ... ugaki.html

 

i think this is a sort of Badzilla for poor people like me

 

my 70' bandy!

 

Couple of Marushin dinos that don't come up very often...



Tarbosaurus, standard size. Looks suspiciously similar to Marushin's standard T-Rex, but the colors are prettier.



Edaphosaurus. Another sculpt of this one that ends up looking more like Dimetrodon (Edaphosaurus has a shorter skull, less crocodilian). I wonder if someone in Japan messed this up initially and everyone just followed suit. This is a smaller vinyl with only one point of articulation- a diagonal cut slightly behind the forelegs. One of the most beautiful, intricate dinosaur vinyls that I have handled.

 

Wow! These two are very interesting. I've never seen them before. Edapho might be more intricate but I'm going with Tarbo. The colours are beautiful and it reminds me of why they thought of birds and dinos being related in the first place. He has this grin that I find very appealing. Yes, he looks like a slim, vegetarian, rehabilitated cousin of T-Rex.

 

Dino gems!
I came across some old photos of a nice little dinosaur set I dug up. Really great little sculpts with minimal but nice paint.
Not sure of the maker but someone may recognize or be able to read the packaging. I'll also check them for logo markings and post a pic.









size comparison

 

The name of the production company is "Hearty Robin." That sounds familiar... think they may have produced some low-end plastic and die-cast toys as well.

 

Thanks Daniel!
I wonder if the Mammoth came separately or if they just 86'd it from the set?

 

Recently picked up this nice little set. They are unmarked and max out at 6cm tall and 7cm long. Lots of nice metallic spray and decent detail.

 

This thread has made me so happy! So many cute Dino's!

 

picked these up at the San Jose Super toy show

 

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Holy shit, Mr. Burns dino!

 

do you not have a picture of the mammoth?
these are amazing!

 

I missed out on those marusan unpainted dinos.

Can anyone recall the price on these?
The One Million Years BC Brontosaurus in particular.

How similar were these to the Bullmarks or the original Marusans?
Same size?

 

I bought a couple of these when I was around 5 years old. I have the brown crocadilian looking guy in your picture, plus a beaver/ armadillo looking prehistoric mammal. Should dig them and all my old dinos out of the attic for a photo shoot.