Austalopithecus family
These strange figures were sold separately (not together as a set, as I show them). They are molded in very hard vinyl and finished in a high gloss, both typical of the earlier Carnegie/Safari figures. The scale is nominally 1:15.
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Deinosuchus
The Terrible Crocodile was a denizen of the (period) of (location). A few skulls have been found, but no postcranial remains. However if he happened to be proportioned like modern crocodilians he would have been about --- long. (scale).
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DEINOSUCHUS
©1995 The Carnegie
Safari Ltd, Miami. FL
Made in China CE
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Dimetrodon
Well, it wouldn't be much of a dinosaur set without a Dimetrodon, even though D. was a synapsid and not particularly dinosauresque. The first Carnegie version was in 1:40 scale to match the majority of the other figures. The figure is -- long, and Dimetrodon was about --- long, so the figure's scale works out to ---. I have examined quite a few of these figures, and every one looks like the paint of the mouth was put on in the dark. Conditions must be pretty basic in those satanic mills of China.
The first Dimetrodon figure was discontinued a few years ago and eventually replaced with a new one. The new Dimetrodon is a much larger figure, in a nominal 1:15 scale. The figure is -- long, so the actual scale is --. The color scheme is, obviously, also new.
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Elasmosaurus
Elasmosaurus was an early addition to the Collection. The big news is that his head isn't just an indiscriminate lump (a fault of the Invicta Plesiosaur). The color scheme is about as festive as one is likely to get using basic browns. Elasmosaurus [neck vertebrae, scale]
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Kronosaurus
This certainly is a strange-looking figure. The scale --------. Someone did a pretty good job sculpting and painting those teeth.
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Mosasaurus
That dorsal frill is back (see discussion here). And the figure is much too small. The big mosasaurs - Mosasaurus, Tylosaurus, Plateocarpus, ------ - were pretty damn big,
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Pteranodon
This is one of the earlier figures, in the hard, rigid vinyl and glossy finish. Sculpting is a bit peculiar. This Pteranodon doesn't look like he's flying, and, unlike the remarkable Marx figure, he doesn't look like he's resting. Actually, he looks more like a road kill.
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Quetzalcoatlus
This is a much later figure than the Pteranodon, and the sculpting is much improved (although his port foot seems to be shy a toe). This figure is in the later (softer) vinyl. [how many mold segments?][scale]
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Smilodon
Another early figure, hard/glossy and 1:15 scale, apparently meant as a companion for the Austalopithecines. [scale]. The lower jaw doesn't look right - it looks like the jaw of a -------------------------. [a bit on sabre tooth cat evolution]. The oversized front legs and the silly little tail look correct for Smilodon.
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Tanystropheus
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