Be sure to  visit the site's YouTube channel, Jurassic Plastic ! WHAT'S NEW: 1/11/2025: Corrected stamp information on  Smilodon  and Oviraptor (2007), added two newly recognized material variants of Smilodon. 8/2/2024: Even more updates to the  Allosaurus  page with new info and variants. 7/30/2024: Updated the  Allosaurus  page with new info and variants. 7/25/2024: Updated and revised the Protoceratops page. 7/23/2024: Updated the  Allosaurus  page with new info and variants. Also added a newly recognized third mold for the  Safari Limited Edition Velociraptor  page. Updated the  2009 Spinosaurus  page with a newly recognized variant and additional photos. 7/13/2024: Added photos of a very unusual prototype(?) version of the Australopithecus Female . 7/11/2024: Added a new video review for  Apatosaurus . 7/4/2024: Updated Tanystropheus ,  Triceratops  and  Baryonyx  pages with newly reco...

Prototype pictured in the 2012 Safari Ltd. catalog. Name: Brachiosaurus Species:  Brachiosaurus altithorax First release: 2012 Retired: 2015 Model number: 4107-01 Size: 18.6" Scale: 1/50 Sculptor: Forest Rogers This model serves as an update to the original Carnegie Collection Brachiosaurus sculpt, which was in production from 1988 to 2012, though it endured numerous mold changes over that time and came to barely resemble the first generation model. Like most 20th century depictions labelled "Brachiosaurus", the original model was based on the species B. brancai, which has since been reclassified as Giraffatitan. Interestingly, despite being "remade" in 2012, this "updated" model actually represents the species B. altithorax, the original Brachiosaurus, and is therefore not really an update to this figure. As one of the only B. altithorax models in existence, along with its excellent sculpt and technical accuracy (sauropod specialist Mike Taylor acted...

Prototype photo pictured in the 2010 Safari Ltd. catalog. Name: Spinosaurus Species:  Spinosaurus aegyptiacus First release: 2009 Retired: 2015 Model number: 4216-01 Size: 42 cm long Scale: 1:35 Sculptor: Forest Rogers The Carnegie Collection Spinosaurus is a fully resculpted version of the 1992 original. Unlike the old version, which was made at a time when Spinosaurus was often portrayed as an allosauroid related to Altispinax , this version uses a corrected Baryonyx -like skull based on specimens first discovered in 1996 and described in the early 2000s, and is much larger in size. While the original description of Spinosaurus listed its size at over 40ft, comparable to Tyrannosaurus rex , this was mostly ignored in popular depictions until the early 2000s, when a giant Spinosaurus was featured in Jurassic Park 3, inspired in part by the new skull specimens which confirmed a huge size. Despite this, the model is actually too large compared to the original Spinosaurus, which...

"Gold Wash" and other Carnegie Collection Terminology Terminology examples. Note that the Apatosaurus Baby was not released in any multicolor or 2007 repaint variants. Instead, the color vinyl version remained in production unchanged until 2014. The different mold groups are listed on the bottom. When I first started hunting for more information about the elusive early Carnegie Collection dinosaur models, I found myself hampered by a lack of terminology. I knew from a variety of posts on scattered forums that the first generation of Carnegies were generally drab colored, often very similar to one another. Searching for "dull color Carnegie dinosaurs" didn't get me very far. It wasn't until I discovered the term "gold wash" applied to these figures that I started cracking open the true diversity of early variants, because now I had a keyword and the start of a common language used by collectors of this unique subset of Carnegie dino replicas. The f...

Quick Facts 1998 Carnegie Collection Quetzalcoatlus replica Size:  28cm (wingspan) Scale:  1:37 (1:40 advertised) Sculpted by:  Forest Rogers Produced by:  Safari Ltd. Click here for full replica info and variants Quetzalcoatlus is the perennial “terrible dactyl” when it comes to pterosaurs, which is why I’m starting with this classic representation. This Quetz was already out of date when it debuted in 1998, despite some heroic efforts to make it the first “modern” looking pterosaur in the Carnegie Collection. The main problem with this replica is the head, which is based on the classic John Sibbick illustration found in Wellnhofer’s pterosaur encyclopedia. Sibbick based his Quetzalcoatlus head on a partial skull (number TMM 42489-2) which  probably belonged to a different pterosaur , leading to many years of Quetz being depicted with a short, blunt beak. So while this toy may or may not be a good representation of that unnamed azhdarchid, it’...