. . . namely the Explore Planet Earth 12 Dinos Play Dinos (#1679) sets. Brian has
also sent us shelfies of a fifteen-piece set (#1655).
Secondly, because while it wasn’t' clear
from the shelfies, each dinosaurs appears to have been pantographed in two (or
three) sizes to create family groups (if you get a large enough sample!) of
indentikit Chinasaurs!
As a fan of Dimetrodons I'm well pleased
with these two fiery additions to the collection, but a further observation I
think I made at the time of the original posts is that I'm pretty sure these
are old 1970's 'HONG KONG' moulds dug-out and re-run with a variety of China
marks?
Three of this sample were singles but some
of them can be seen in Brian's shots, in other sizes; the triceratops with
lop-sided horns (in orange) for instance. Also there seems to be more paint
involved in my purchase-sample than the bagged sets, particularly the 12-dino
set, although the stegosauruses are the same.
Speaking of the 'Steggie', he's the one I'm
sure was around when we were kids, I definitely remember that arrow-head and
the way the double-row of spine-plates have been achieved by a single row bent
alternately to either side, allowing for a simpler mould . . . classic rack-toys!
The whole sample - which I'm assuming is
either a near complete set or the contents of multiple sets - is of twelve
dinosaurs, although the flying dino's and larger sauropods seen in the
bagged-sets are missing.
There are two large, three medium-large,
three medium-small and four smallies, whether all pose/sculpts come in all four
size brackets remains to be seen? I suspect 3 sizes per-animal; with some
starting bigger and some finishing smaller.
Prior to the last few years, I only
collected smaller dinosaurs, but they will give us a clue as to whether they
were HK-marked, when they turn up - I haven't seen them yet!
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