P is for Prehistoric Odds & Sods

That's enough dinosaurs for a while (there's more in the queue!), finishing off with a few which have come in recently worthy of a mention, and a quick follow-up on a recent post, so, in the order in which they were shot, which is pretty-much the order then came in . . .

 

These two came in with a mixed lot, possibly a Charity shop lot, several got subsumed into the whole without dedicated posts, while others only got the highlights shot - like these two? A couple of hatching dinosaurs, presumably from a larger diorama or vignette, painting is quite crude so maybe one of the larger generic window boxes you see in TKMaxx, B&M or Home Bargains?

 

I'd been looking for these, to compare with the other two sets when I Blogged them a while ago

 

https://smallscaleworld.blogspot.com/2024/12/p-is-for-prehistoric-party-packs.html

 

I think we have seen them, or a similar set before, and with the other two now buried in the storage unit, it's a comparison for another day, but there are four of these mini-monoblock party-favour sets to compare, in total I think, maybe five, and these are the pooest, being knackered multi-generational piracies of old US sculpts from the 1950/60's?

 

Shelfied in B&M the other day, I thought the painting was quite good on the six animal models, and with the seeable models not matching the artwork, worth shooting against future ID'ing of loose samples when they come in!

 

While I hope one day to do lots of ID pages, as I've mentioned before, firefighters, AWI/Marlborough, cats, whatever, there are so many dinosaurs, it will be difficult to get them all on one page, so I fear the 'Dinosaur' Tag, here, well always be a fall-back!

 

I got a third Depesche pencil-top to add to the two we saw the other day;

 

https://smallscaleworld.blogspot.com/2025/02/d-is-for-deinos-sauros.html

 

Only, once I'd got it home I wondered if we've actually seen it before, and that was why I didn't get it when I got the other two, so I may have two of them now, but that might encourage me to force one off the pencil and see if it will stand-up!

D is for Deinos Sauros

Three quickies tonight, long day and I need a shower!

 

I shelfied this back in August and I can't remember where, but it might have been the big farm-shop up at Borden? I was tempted as I have a couple of 'dinosaur' vehicles in the stash, from the die-cast dino' collection from Matchbox back in the 1990/2000's, but I didn't, although Maisto's idea that a Honda Acty is the best thing for carrying a 22-ton dinosaur is rather amusing!

These were in The Range around the same time, and were so cheap I bought one of each, but left them on the cards, as they went straight to storage, a week or so later! A bit cartoony, but in that small bracket, where there are so many to ID one day, I thought it expedient to tick a box while I could!

While I paid too much for these, the other day! They are firmly glued-on, so not really designed for play, or at least, designed not to be pickpocketed from display-cups! Also, I don't think either would actually stand free, the raptor looks front-heavy, while the rather cow-like triceratops has uneven feet. Branded to Depesche, and out there now, as are the others.