#911 Dino Riders (Ice Age) - Giant Dry Reason Sloth Alongside Ulk (1990)

The final moving ridge of Dino Riders had a subseries called "Ice Age", that included 4 prehistoric animals, merely no dinosaurs. For me, this was a consummate error, since dinosaurs are then much to a greater extent than attractive! Maybe they idea that dinosaurs were really similar to each other as well as they were already reusing existing casts likewise much.

The 4 animals produced for this subseries inwards the closing moving ridge past times Tyco were:

-Woolly Mammooth alongside Grom

-Giant Ground Sloth alongside Ulk

-Killer Warthog alongside Zar

-Sabre-Tooth Tiger alongside Hub

Some people reckon this subseries every bit a dissever collection as well as until latterly the involvement for this serial was really low. Now I regret non having bought these boxed a few years ago, when they were sold at really depression prices. Currently they are becoming to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than hard to notice as well as the prices are ascent accordingly.

Another tidings to this moving ridge was a novel figure cast, representing a prehistoric human, to a greater extent than or less are marked every bit Neanderthals, oder every bit Cro-magnons, merely the cast is ever the same.

These characters convey rough-sounding, one-syllabed names as well as all play for the Valorians, non the Rulons. That is, they are overnice guys. The figures convey the same articulations than whatever other figure, merely alongside to a greater extent than or less simian feature, similar shorter legs, that convey to convey slightly bent knies to stand, as well as dissimilar colours ranging from lite brown, to night brown, to grey, to nearly black. The characters deport also dissimilar paintings inwards their chests as well as dissimilar designs inwards their loincloths.

The 4 Ice Age animals included ane figure each, equipped alongside gray weapons every bit the dinosaur´s figures from moving ridge one, as well as 4 to a greater extent than figures from 2-packs. These came together alongside to a greater extent than or less Rulon figure, as well as the bill of fare also had to a greater extent than or less Ice Age ornamentation behind. Interestingly, this serial 2-packs Rulons (also the 2 Valorians) were done inwards quite mutual frigidity colours, similar dissimilar blueish shades, white, purple.. also giving the impression of an Ice Age, compared to the brilliant colours of the 2nd series´ figures as well as the golden/silver of the outset series´ figures.

As usual, the boxes inwards this serial came inwards several sizes, the mammooth is big as well as has walking feature, the Warthog as well as the giant solid set down sloth are variety of medium, as well as the Sabre-tooth tiger is small. Maybe they idea this could live a flake short, then they also made 3 dinosaurs: the big Pachyrhinosaurus (also alongside walking activity feature) as well as the modest Quetzalcoatlus as well as Chasmosaurus. These 3 were in all likelihood decided subsequently the Ice Age animals, since they are repaints of older models alongside slightly dissimilar heads or no changes at all as well as they arrive at non tally the concept of the job originally (although the job was already mixing dinosaurs from dissimilar geological eras).

In general, nosotros could state that the dinosaur as well as fauna armours for this moving ridge are also quite uncomplicated compared to armours inwards previous waves. most of them come upwards alongside a big slice that serves every bit a base of operations from everyhting else, including the figure/seat. Two novel types of pieces are those made of transparent plastic (like to a greater extent than or less variety of windshield or igloo) as well as flexible plastic tubes.

The Giant Ground Sloth (a.k.a. Megatherium) is peradventure ane of the references inwards serial 3 alongside the most elaborated armour. Or peradventure non the armour, because it matches the description above, merely for 2 extra pieces that attach to the armour as well as that create an igloo alongside 3 cannons when assembled (leaving the fauna unarmed!). It is the solely dinosaur that comes alongside to a greater extent than or less detachable stratucture that tin live played independently inwards the whole toyline (the Rulon traps cannot live attached to the dinosaurs) together alongside the Dimetrodon, that had something similar.