T is for Two - Dippy Dino's

Speaking of Dimetrodons as I have been today, these two came in the other day, and I am very pleased to have found them, they are probably early/mid-1960's, or even late 1950's, certainly predating the 'Gary Gygax' monsters of the 1970's (Lik Be, Holly et al), but almost presaging them with the slightly 'monster aspect' of their not-quite dinosaurness?

Relatively the 'more dinosaur' of the two, but clearly a clinically depressed Dimetrodon, both he and his mate below are near mint on the paint-front, which is not exceptional with mass-produced plastics, even really old ones, as there's always some old shop-stock or unloved/unplayed-with stuff out there somewhere, but nice when you find them.

Actually . . . he could just be stoned out of his bracket-tree - something must have found the edible 'shrooms first!

While this is clearly the Rhinophantine Tricerafinbacksplitops Dame-Ednaii, a really, really rare beast, they've only found part of a jaw-bone so you can appreciate how much effort the reconstruction-artists had to go to, in the production of this complete and wholly accurate picture of such an unusual animal. Luckily for posterity, an eyelash found in amber gave-up the entire DNA-chain necessary to form this ghosting likeness!

Too cool for paleontological school! Is there such a word as Gygaxian yet? I think there should be!