#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

#629 Unknown Manufacturer - Dinosaucers Pvc Figures (Around 1990)

 

This PVC dinosaur is a bootleg figure from the Dinosaucers series. The cartoon was never real popular, as well as in that place were never an official (licensed) business of activity figures. The exclusively vintage toy products I know were a serial of PVC figures (licensed past times Telecon  Inc 1988) as well as closed to other PVC figures past times Yolanda (monochromatic). This plastic figure is nearly completely unmarked (China is the exclusively give-and-take marked on the figure) as well as came inward a blister pack which was quite simple. Each packet included 1 torso as well as several heads (5, I think). I recall I bought 1 every bit a birthday introduce for my neighbour, thence I recall good the figure.

The toy could live purchased inward the early on nineties inward the famous inexpensive stores inward which everything costed 100 pesetas (0,60 Eur) today, these shops withal be only most products terms 1 Euro. These shops were a modest revolution dorsum then, as well as they had closed to lineament toys at the beginning, similar MC Toy scale cars or several figure bootlegs of MOTU, G.I.Joe as well as other pop lines. Later, the lineament would decrease.

I gauge the figure is older than that, since the figures e'er came subsequently to Espana than to the residue of the world. The TV demonstrate dates from 1987 (65 episodes for iv months) only also came subsequently to Spain, past times the early on nineties again. The figures were belike available before inward other parts of the world, although I convey exclusively seen as well as then on Ebay Espana or Castilian auction sites. Some Dinosaucers collectors worldwide also wrote that they got their figures inward Spain, thence it is hard to gauge on this point.

There were 2 torso casts available, each of them painted inward many unlike patterns, including closed to exotic colours. Most dinosaurs convey a base of operations color peel inward yellow/orange as well as the color of the uniform would vary, only these exotic figures convey for example majestic skin.



Second cast available. Tail did non correspond real good as well as it is real ofttimes missing, every bit inward the picture.

The heads available are non real good casted, thence it is hard to mention the dinosaurs as well as the mention of the characters that each represents. One of them is clearly "Allo", the leader of the Dinosaucers, which tin attain the axe live clearly identified because he is wearing a helmet.

Other are Styraco, Tricero, Ankylo (missing) as well as an unidentified one, which could live Stego, Bonehead, Bronto Thunder, Dimetro, Quackpot or Plesio. All these dinosaurs had similar heads.

FACTS as well as FIGURES:

• Name: DINOSAUCERS PVC FIGURE
• Alternate Names: ASTRO-DINOS (German)
• Year: Around 1990
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer (China)
• Size of the figures: Around x cm

#675 Jurassic Commons – Velociraptor (Jp03) (1993)

The velocirraptor was likely the "star" of the outset Jurassic Park movie, the almost remarkable dinosaur, as well as the 1 amongst the almost impressive scenes, similar the ending scene at the visitor's center.

The toy is real nicely casted as well as it fifty-fifty has an activeness feature. When pressing the legs to each other, the dinosaur opens the oral cavity as well as extends the caput forward. This is called, according to Kenner “Dino-Strike Slashing Jaws”.

There were 2 versions of this dinosaur released yesteryear Kenner, a "sonic" 1 as well as the "ordinary" version. This dinosaur hither is the ordinary version. I produce non convey the sonic version yet. Note that the tail tip is a chip fragile, sometimes it is broken or chewed.

The same dinosaur was equally good released inwards the "The Lost World" serial entirely amongst a dissimilar optic coloring textile (green instead of yellow) as well as about accesories (a dino-trap).

FACTS as well as FIGURES:

• Name: VELOCIRAPTOR (JP03)
• Toy Line: Jurassic Park
• Year: 1993
• Company: Kenner (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: Around xv cm long

#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

#763 Unknown Manufacturer - Unidentified Plastic Dinosaur Robots (Around 1985)

MONTH OF THE UNKNOWN

I convey a few interesting toys that I convey been collecting over the years from which I know cipher at all. They cannot live identified since they convey no industry marking. Despite searching the internet, I couldn´t honor anything well-nigh them, as well as hence I changed my mind, as well as idea it may live ameliorate if I issue them now, as well as people reading this could assistance me identifying them.

There volition live eleven toys (all eleven entries from Jan 2017), but I warn you: it is non an slowly describe of piece of job to position them. Are y'all cook for this challenge?

If I perish hints as well as information, I´ll live updating the posts to add together data well-nigh them. Thanks!

 

If y'all similar the challenge, at that spot are other toys inwards this weblog waiting to live identified, click here to run across all unidentified toys.

 

 

These are 2 modest (maybe three centimeters long) pvc figures representing 2 dinosaur-robots. They could live merely about variety of premium to a snack or something similar that. The blueish 1 comes amongst a outcry on come about as well as hence it was likely attached to a keyring or was intended to live hang inwards a wristband or necklace. The light-green 1 equally good had this ring, but it is instantly broken.

 

 

The pattern is amazing, I beloved these modest robo-dinosaurs.

 

Additional information: Bought inwards a flea marketplace inwards Austria.

 

 

FACTS as well as FIGURES:

• Name: UNIDENTIFIED PLASTIC DINOSAUR ROBOTS
• Year: Around 1985
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer
• Size of the figures: Around four cm long

#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