Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Plastic dino monsters unite!


Why oh why do I like cheap-looking toys so much? These plastic dino monster things, often referred to as "Chinasaurs" by some fellow toy geeks enthusiasts, are badly-painted and just questionably produced in general, yet for some reason they will keep a permanent place in my figure collection. I did a post on them a while back, but since I recently got a new one (green dino-dog-dragon dude on the right), I decided to get a group shot of all the different plastic dino monster sculpts I own.

For more pics of these guys, check out my Chinasaurs set on Flickr.

8 comments:

  1. Love those things too - I've had four of those five for as long as I can remember, but the one second-from-right... Still haven't managed to get hold of that one.

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  2. Love your site. This may shed some light on these "Prehistoric Monsters":

    http://diterlizzi.com/home/owlbears-rust-monsters-and-bulettes-oh-my/

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    1. What an awesome post, thanks for sharing. I'm kind of envious of the Owlbear--that one must have been a very short-lived inclusion!

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  3. He is the tough one to find. In the 11 months that I have been watching auctions on eBay, only 2 came up...and you saw what the first one went for. Fortunately the second went for $7, which is about the usual price I paid for these guys.

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    1. I don't think I'd ever even seen that one before your post. I'll have to keep an eye out!

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  4. The other day I picked up a set of "Realistic Dinosaurs" containing the larger bipedal lizard man and a bulette. Keep an eye on the Rite-Aid toy isle if you're still looking for a bulette.

    Also, now I'm curious. I read that these are likely based on Ultraman kaiju, but I'm not at all that familiar with Ultraman. Which kaiju are these guys based on?

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    1. Cool, it's nice to know these are still showing up! They must take some record for longest-available toy sculpts.

      I wish I could answer the Ultraman question. I'm actually not sure.

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