Diplodocus
With this figure Invicta proved it was serious about that 1:45 scale. Twenty five meters is about right for the overall strateched-out length of Diplodocus; that would scale to 21.7 inches. The figure is actually 20" (50.8 cm) long, though he'd be maybe an inch longer without the detours at the end of the tail, so he's just slightly undersize.
This (almost) properly-scaled sauropod makes 1974 a milestone year in Rubber Dinosaur history.
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DIPLODOCUS
Length about 25m.
© BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) 1974
INVICTA PLASTICS LTD. LEICESTER ENGLAND
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Brachiosaurus
This was Invicta's second sauropod, and a big chunk of plastic he is, too. Unfortunately he's big enough to have caused Invicta some minor molding problems - my sole specimen shows symptoms of having been molded at something less than the optimum temperature. Nevertheless, it's a good, imposing figure.
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BRACHIOSAURUS
ABOUT 12½ METRES TALL
© BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) 19??
INVICTA PLASTICS LTD. LEICESTER ENGLAND
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Mamenchisaurus
With this figure Invicta moved out of the taildragger camp, and put that heavy ol' sauropod tail 'way up in the air. This is certainly the modern style, though I suspect the sculptors may have overdone it a bit. Stretched out, this figure would have been 19 inches long (it's actually twelve and a half inches overall, with that curved neck), which scales to 22 meters (or 71.5 feet).
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MAMENCHISAURUS
LENGTH ABOUT 22m
© BRITISH MUSEUM
(NATURAL HISTORY) 1980
INVICTA PLASTICS LTD.
LEICESTER ENGLAND
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Cetiosaurus
This small sauropod was perhaps not quite as small as the info molded onto his abdomen says - he may have been at least 15 meters long. But 14 meters scales to 12.1 inches (30.8 cm), and the figure measures exactly that.
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CETIOSAURUS
14 METRES LONG
© BRITISH MUSEUM
(NATURAL HISTORY) 1985
INVICTA LEICESTER ENGLAND
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Brontosaurus - Apatosaurus
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BRONTOSAURUS
APATOSAURUS
Length about 20m
© BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) 1987
INVICTA PLASTICS LTD. LEICESTER ENGLAND
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