This is the regular return or regular
roundup - if you like, they haven't been in the queue, but rather collecting in
a TBS (to be sorted) bag as they come in until there's enough for a quick phot-shoot.
Mostly generic-enough Chinasaur shite, but there's a gem or two among them.
Start with a pair of classic, rubbery, proper-common,
cheepo' Chinasaurs, these turn-up all the time and always remind me of baby
birds, with their gaping mouths, soft PVC and their eyes painted like gum-ball
machine rubber-jigglers or Imperial
Poopatroopers. The carnivore won't stand up, so he's punching Dimetrodon in the face! Nature, even bug-eyed nature; raw in tooth and claw!
Having let a whole set through my hands a
few years ago, I'm now building the Invicta/Natural
History Museum set again, one dino' at a time; this is number three I
think! Described as 'Scelidosaurus - about 4 meters'.
A collection of mostly old-school (or old
tool) Chinasaurs from the HK days, the one on the right (looks like a
mole-rat!) is definitely an earlier issue, with the middle pair of very poor
quality, one marked with a bit of Hong... the other not marked at all, while
the one on the far left may be a more recent 'China' re-issue.
The per'terra-thingy has been seen here
under both Home Collection and Perfect Moments branding, and while the
Steggie' looks likewise familiar from those monochromatic sets, it's actually a
different sculpt with opposite plates rather than the off-set ones of the other
brands, and a very poorly sculpted head on an otherwise reasonable body.
The little yellow one is tiny; about the
same height as an Airfix HO/OO guardsman, but a relatively original sculpt, so
he may be a baby from a larger parent in a more commercial play-set?
Two ceratopsian's from the current crop of
toob sets, which one - I haven't a clue, but there are dozens of them and one
day we'll have a proper look at them and make some sense of them all.
These are utter shite, but I love them!
Reason being, they are modern shots taken from the old 1970's rubber dino'
moulds from which my childhood Dimetrodon comes! They have been moulded in a
pale fawn or sand rubber and painted likewise with over-brushing in oxide red
or grey for a dusty, desert-dwelling look.
The Dimetrodon on the right is the one I
remember with a sharper-tipped sail, the one in the middle has had his
sail-tips smoothed-off. The one on the right also ended-up with some flash,
pulled away from the gate-mark as he was taken from the mould, and now looks as if he's god and is using a gecko-like tongue!
Anyone who had these in the heyday of their
semi-translucent, silicon-rubber, 1970's glory will recognise the smooth
scalloped bellies of the other three sculpts, and the rather flat 'fence-panel'
of the Dimetrodons!
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