Dinosaur Collector presents  

Safari Dinosaurs   12/30/07

For 2005 Safari is released the Sue Toob.  Basically a mix from Carnivore and Dino toobs plus a new Sue the Tyrannosaurus figure.  Safari seems to have replaced the old Habitat series with the new Dino Toob.  There are 3 different sets the Dino Toob, Carnivorous Dino Toob and a Dino Babies Toob that seems to be based on the Wild Safari babies.  Safari appears to be expanding its relations with prominent museums adding the ANHM in New York and the Field in Chicago.

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For 2011 finally Prehistoric Trees

The Safari Sue collection

The pride of the Field Museum is the the largest Tyrannosaurus skeleton to date call Sue after an employee of the Black Hills institute that discovered and excavated the fossil.

There are two versions of the T rex Sue and Anatotitan and Torosaurus.  Both the smaller scale about 1/100 and the choice of figures appears to be designed to minimize completion with the flagship Carnegie line.  Coincidently both Anatotitan and Torosaurus were cast in the Walking with Dinosaurs documentary.

Mini Carnegie / Authentics Habitat Collection

At about 2" to 4" long and about 2" to 3" tall they  little bit bigger than most mini dinosaurs.  They were released in 3 sets.  The scale is mixed so that several of the smaller creatures like Protoceratops, Dimetrodon, Dilophosaurus and Euoplocephalus can be used comfortably with the the 1/40 scale Safari figures.  Reproduce in rubber as erasures and in solid plastic they have also been knocked off by low end companies.  Still available  in 3 packs and call the carnegie Mini.  There are a partial set of knock offs from China that show up.  They are usually not as well finished as the actual Safari products.

Set 1 contains: Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus and T-Rex

Set 2 contains: Dilophosaurus, Styracosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Velociraptor, Protoceratops and Dimetrodon

Set 3 contains: Spinosaurus, Allosaurus, Elasmosaurus, Pteranodon, Iguanodon and Diplodocus

Missing Links Prehistoric Mammals

Originally Safari had a few mammals in the Carnegie Line these were discontinued when the Missing Links series came out.  Given the Safari experience with wild animals and farm animals this seems like a natural extension for the company.  There were no additions to the line and with the release of a Mammoth in Carnegie Line was discontinued.  There is also a Missing Links Panorama display.

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS (woolly mammoth)   and baby

COELODONTA ANTIQUITAS (woolly rhinoceros)

SMILODON (saber tooth tiger)

Neanderthal man

Neanderthal woman, Neanderthal child

Dinosaurs Of China  

Mamenchisaurus, Yangchuanosaurus and Therizinosaurus were created by Ellie Kish, artist in residence for the Tyrrell Museum in Alberta Canada.  They originally came with fossil display bases.  Most of these figures were all in the 1/40 scale.  The  Velociraptor was a limited release collectible in 1/10 scale.  Find all these figures featured in the Dinosaurs of China diorama page  

MAMENCHISAURUS       

The neck and paint have been revised on this figure.

Jurassic China

YANGCHUANOSAURUS  

Jurassic China

THERIZINOSAURUS        

retired

Cretaceous China

VELOCIRAPTOR                limited release

Flaming Cliffs

Dino Discoveries

Oviraptor with nest 2008

TYRANNOSAURUS hatchling

2007

Oviraptor In Egg

Baby Louie Dino Egg

Good Luck Mini's

Good Luck Minis are an overlooked treasure. There is a tendency to concentrate on large figures but collectors know small figures often become the most sought after. The Cog Panorama and Match Figures failed testing and will no longer be sold in the US. The last quality mini figures are the Good Luck Minis by SafariLtd. There is a big range of farm, jungle, and marine minis but the five Prehistoric are what I like best. Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Dimetrodon,and Stegosaurus so far make for a small set. The figures are in a Wild Safari style in a flexible vinyl. I would like to see an even dozen figures. There are one or two new figures a year so I have hopes for the future. The challenge is how to market small figures. Many companies have tried and given up. Traditionally sold in open bins as impulse buys, they are not popular with web stores. I think they should be packaged as a set and sold as sets. The other option is as game pieces.

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