#522 Dino Riders - Pterodactyl Alongside Llahd (1988)

The Pterodactyl is the smallest dinosaur inwards the laid about moving ridge of Dino-Riders, it is slightly smaller than the Ankylosaurus, together with non articulated, although both boxes were the same size. Maybe intentional, or not, is that the dinosaur comes amongst a figure that represents a kid instead of a man, to a greater extent than or less ane caput shorter together with amongst thinner extremities.

The flight sauria is made of the same plastic equally other dinosaurs, but beingness then sparse inwards the wingsm, neck, paws together with then on, the plastic is a chip flexible. This flexibility is lost amongst the fourth dimension if the dinosaur was conserved inwards harsh weather of oestrus or low-cal exposure. In many cases, the Pterodactyl is missing ane of its paws or some of its legs. They were only broken spell playing, perchance many children idea the plastic was momre flexible than it truly was.

The harness is quite simple: it consists of a delta fly harness gibe to the dinosaur amongst a peg that had to live inserted inwards the dinosaur´s belly. The peg is besides frail together with could live broken inwards used toys. But fifty-fifty to a greater extent than frail are the 2 tiny missiles that attach to the harness tubes together with that, inwards some cases are "stretched" together with their handgrip create non gibe whatever to a greater extent than the tubes rattling well, making the missiles somehow "loose".  In other cases, the missiles are only lost. So easily lost together with fragile, are quite hard to find, perchance ane of the most hard parts to detect inwards the entire laid about wave.

The harness create non attach rattling firmly to the dinosaur, perchance that´s why Tyco decided to include a smaller, lighter figure instead of the ordinary, big ones. Interesting, notwithstanding is that the 2 handles to gibe the figure to the handgrip bar are designed to live used past times a big figure.

There is a variant of this toy inwards which the figure included is non the child-Llahd, but an adult-Llahd, a figure amongst a unlike cast, but similar colours. The adult-Llahd version is considered to live rarer than the child-Llahd version. I convey both, bone yous tin compare both inwards the side past times side pictures.

We convey unintendedly used the discussion dinosaur for the Pterodactyl, but technically it is no dinosaur, but a flight sauria. I e'er similar to brand this clear when I write almost "dinosaurs" that are non "real dinosaurs".

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: PTERODACTYL amongst LLADH
• Toy Line: Dino Riders (Wave 1)
• Year: 1988
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Scale of the dinosaur: 1:24
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm

#704 Dino Riders Figure 2-Packs From Moving Ridge I (I) (1988)

The principal production Tyco wanted to sell from the Dino Riders toyline were of course of written report the dinosaurs amongst their armour, accesories together with then on, merely these were complemented amongst a serial of pocket-size blisters amongst 1 or 2 figures inwards them each.

Today (and tomorow) I volition introduce the get-go 8 2-figure packs (16 figures) released inwards the get-go moving ridge (1988).

For the instant wave, Tyco released over again 8 double packs (16 figures more), merely likewise six dissimilar packs available amongst 1 figure together with several accesories each. These are known equally "Commandos" together with are real difficult to notice nowadays. The tertiary moving ridge brought no novel double packs, the same blisterpacks from moving ridge 2 were sold during this curt wave, merely for the tertiary moving ridge (the moving ridge amongst "Ice Age" references), six novel double packs were released, iv of which included 1 cavemen together with 1 Rulon, the other 2 1 Valorian together with 1 Rulon. These volition last discussed another time. I desire to allow around fourth dimension pass, because I produce non convey many of them, together with meanwhile I may purchase or notice more.

So, dorsum to the get-go moving ridge of figure blisterpacks, in that place were 8 sets available. They were available inwards dissimilar regional versions: Tyco, Comansi (for Spain), Siso (for Germany)... merely all of them had the same impressive T-Rex artwork. The Siso carte du jour is the same 1 from Tyco (in English) merely amongst Siso stickers applied over the Tyco logo. In the backcard, where the collectable proof of purchase was, Siso lay a sticker amongst the legal stuff: "Ages v together with up", the CE stamp, importer data...

Comansi instead made cards inwards Spanish, translating every text in the front end together with dorsum cards, merely removed the proof of purchase.

Interestingly, around international blistercards are genuinely tyco blistercards amongst a sticker of the local toy distributor over the Tyco logo. The names of the figures are printed on stickers that are attached to the blister. Curiously, graphic symbol names inwards these stickers differ from 1 province to the other, then I volition purpose the master copy English linguistic communication names for all figures. Note likewise that many Valorian names are based on astronomy (planet, stars) together with atomic (particles) concepts, spell Rulon names somehow refer to the graphic symbol race: Snakemen are called Rattlar together with Fang, Sharkmen are called Six-Gill together with Finn together with 1 of the Antmen is called Termite (the other 2 are Fire together with Demon, somehow 2 "subterranean" concepts).

Questar + Krulos

Mind Zei + Fire

Proto + Rattlar

Orion + Six-Gill

Boldar + Termite

Nova + Demon

Mercury + Fang

Quark + Finn

I convey a few of these blisters yet MOC inwards their Comansi versions, summation 1 in Tyco carte du jour (see above), together with 1 Siso card, merely since this collection is nearly impossible to last completed MISB together with MOC for a rational amount of money, I produce non assay or endeavour to larn MISB or MOC items, I am alone interested inwards loose items unless in that place is a swell chance to larn something for real niggling money.

These figures were advertised inwards the comic mass together amongst the dinosaurs (in genuinely pocket-size size), together with likewise inwards the backcard of each blisterpack.

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: QUESTAR together with KRULOS, MIND-ZEI together with FIRE, PROTO together with RATTLAR, ORION together with SIX-GILL, BOLDAR together with TERMITE, NOVA together with DEMON, MERCURY together with FANG together with QUARK together with FINN
• Toy Line: Dino-Riders (Wave 1)
• Year: 1988
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm

#705 Dino Riders Figure 2-Packs From Moving Ridge One (Ii) (1988)

In this entry I volition position pictures of each laid "loose".

 

If you lot pay attending to the figures together with you lot are familiar alongside the other figures that were sold together alongside each dinosaur, you´ll recognise, that all these xvi figures are repaints of already existing figures (Rulons from moving ridge 1 are inwards fact, all the same, solely alongside ane out of 3 unlike heads).

 

 

Each pack included ane Valorian together with ane Rulon figure. xiii of them are novel characters, solely Krulos, Questar together with Mind-Zei could hold upward considered every bit a "v2", that is, the master copy characters where included alongside the T-Rex together with Diplodocus respectively. So if you lot bought these packs, you lot may had 2 Questars together with 2 Mind-Zeis or 2 Krulos. The same volition hap inwards the mo moving ridge of double pack figures, every bit nosotros volition explicate roughly day.

 

Maybe this is intended, beingness the T-Rex together with the Diplodocus expensive toys, children could all the same savour the virtually of import characters without having to purchase the big boxes, merely if I were the designer, I would induce got packed Questar together with Krulos alongside middle-size dinosaurs, every bit M.A.S.K. for illustration (to accept a like scale reference) did alongside Matt Trakker inwards the Thunderbird. They didn´t pack Matt Trakker alongside Boulder Hill, otherwise, rattling few children would induce got had this figure inwards moving ridge 1.

 

All figures from the blister packs induce got either silvery colours (for the Valorians) or golden colours (for the Rulons), together with this pigment is quite fragile. Only MOC samples are all the same actually brilliant together with good-looking. From many activity figures toylines, nosotros know that these 2 colours inwards item endure pigment loss together with decoloration over time. Maybe they are sensible to manus sweat, or peradventure they are damaged easily yesteryear sunlight, the fact is that silvery together with golden are frequently gone. Gold, yesteryear the way, turns into a a to a greater extent than enterprise brown, together with hence to a greenish brown. Be careful when buying these figures loose!

  

Questar + Krulos (I induce got the mask of Krulos, merely I got it recently, subsequently I took theh pictures)

 

 

Mind Zei + Fire

 

Proto + Rattlar

 

Orion + Six-Gill

 

Nova + Demon

 

Mercury + Fang

 

Quark + Finn

 

Boldar + Termite

 

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: QUESTAR together with KRULOS, MIND-ZEI together with FIRE, PROTO together with RATTLAR, ORION together with SIX-GILL, BOLDAR together with TERMITE, NOVA together with DEMON, MERCURY together with FANG together with QUARK together with FINN
• Toy Line: Dino-Riders (Wave 1)
• Year: 1988
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm

#786 Dino Riders - Commando Astra (1989)

The Dino Riders Commando serial is a curt serial of figures sold inwards blisterpacks during moving ridge two (in 1989). The blisterpack included i figure together with several accesories/weapons, together with both the figure together with the accesories are based inwards novel casts that are similar amidst them, merely that were non available or reused for whatever other reference inwards the whole toyline.

 

They were made inwards shorter runs than the classic 2-packs (see #704) together with are so much harder to detect today. In improver to this, approximately of the accesories were actually pocket-sized together with if yous are a completist, similar I am, you´ll convey problem finding all of them. Buying them MOSC is nearly of the times the entirely agency to teach them 100% complete.

 

• The Commando figures were:
• Astra, commander
• Bomba, munitions expert
• Kameelian, Infiltrator
• Glyde, paratrooper
• Faze, artillery expert
• Rok, mount warfare expert

As yous tin see, they are quite "military". Their specialties are related to nation of war together with weapons, something which is hard to tally inwards the Valorian´s background of pacifism. My guess hither is that Tyco got this figures from approximately other source together with instead of marketing them equally a carve upwards toy-line, they decided to sell them equally Dino-Riders. This has happened many times before, existence the amend known event the Meteorbs inwards the MotU toyline (see entry #580).

 

Despite existence the same size, the Commando figures are somehow casted inwards a  to a greater extent than detailed way, they convey futuristic armed forces outfits, the await to a greater extent than "human" than the original Valorians: i of them has sunglasses, approximately other i a moustache, together with a 3rd one, a beard (which inside the other figures entirely Mind-Zei has, non considering all the Ice-Age Cro-Magnons!).

 

The entirely figure from this subseries I currently ain is Astra, equally yous tin run across inwards the pictures it is MOC, It is somehow the nearly impressive figure from all six, the i alongside the nearly elaborate uniform (he is the team leader!)

 

 

The carte du jour depicts all 6 Commandos inwards activeness surrounded yesteryear a few dinosaurs. One of the commandos is seen riding a Valorian Deinonychus, piece the Pteranodon together with the T-Rex attack. The backcard is quite ordinary together with shows all dinosaurs from moving ridge 1 (including the Torosaurus) together with the 6 Commando figures.

 

Note the retail cost for this figure was 2.69 US$. Uhm, if I had know I would convey bought hundred of these... And likewise a especial pic of the "1 Point" Proof of Purchase which, equally inwards many other toylines, was used to access to special promotions.

 

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: COMMANDO ASTRA
• Toy Line: Dino-Riders (Wave 2)
• Year: 1989
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm

#593 Dino Riders - Deinonychus Alongside Heaven (1988)

This dinosaur is the American blood brother of the Velociraptor: slightly bigger, only really similar to the Asian dinosaur, together with likewise a few i one one thousand thousand of years older, together with thence less evolved. The toy withal is the close oversized inwards the whole series: the existent dinosaur was iii meter long, only alone to a greater extent than or less 1 or 1,5 meter high, together with so the humans/Valorians are (or should be) higher than the dinosaur. If the scale of the figure together with the dinosaur were the same, the dinosaur would live to a greater extent than or less iii or four meters high.

If nosotros ignore this accuracy detail, the toy is great, since the dinosaur tin live concur really comfortably from the tail, the caput sculpt is peachy amongst all those teeth, together with its activity characteristic is likewise peachy to play with. When pushing the clitoris over the tail, the dinosaur moves its legs equally if it was running. The forepart legs are likewise articulated.

In the kickoff wave, at that spot were ii deynonichus released, i for the valorians, together with some other i for the rulons. As usual, the Rulon Deinonychus was armoured heavier that the Rulon one, only the dinosuars were identical except for the coloring of the plastic/paintwork. The Valorian dinosaur is much darker than the Rulon one.

The Valorian armour comprises a saddle amongst ii side cannons/guns, together with that´s it. Although the box was middle-sized, the contents were rather meager. Dinosaur, 1 slice armour, 1 figure together with 1 weapons set. The figure is Sky, a graphic symbol amongst i of the 2 classic "wave 1" casts: amongst nighttime bluish trousers amongst braces, together with bluish shirt, i of the darkest coloring combinations inwards a Valorian figure e'er (they tend to wearable low-cal colours, piece Rulons commonly wearable darker outfits). The figure came amongst a accesory tree "grey 1", equally all the other Valorians from moving ridge 1.

The armour is fixed to the trunk of the dinosaur yesteryear agency of a apartment together with wide security band that afterward together with so many years has disappear. They tend to dry out together with break, together with so it has been replaced yesteryear a novel one.

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FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: DEYNONYCHUS amongst SKY
• Toy Line: Dino-Riders (Wave 1)
• Year: 1988
• Company: Tyco (U.S.A.)
• Scale of the dinosaur: 1:24
• Size of the figures: 2½’’ or 6,5 cm

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