Evaluate and photographs by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog
Whats up! Loads of people who find themselves captivated with dinosaurs at the moment seemingly began being so early of their lives. The toy producers at Wing Crown are absolutely conscious of that phenomenon. Their makes an attempt to attraction to the younger has resulted within the creation of dinosaur depictions so anthropomorphised, goofy and pleasant wanting, {that a} baby who understands the idea of meals chains would possibly expertise cognitive dissonance making an attempt to play with these toys. I definitely did once I was a child – I wasn’t certain whether or not these foolish wanting fellas would ever get right into a battle exterior the realm of dollhouse drama eventualities.
At some point, after some unspecified variety of makes an attempt taking part in with these dinosaurs in a extra naturalistic trend, I lastly put them apart, and subsequently performed solely with the extra lifelike figures. I’ve since grown up and misplaced my naivety and innocence, however in some way I didn’t lose these odd wanting dinos. I at all times thought these have been too charming to eliminate, even when I didn’t make use of them anymore. Not too long ago, I used to be shocked to rediscover them in my grandma’s attic, the place my unwillingness to let go should have introduced them. My first thought was to promote them, giving into the extra constructive mindset of a dinosaur collector who avoids storing figures that aren’t actually in his style or curiosity anymore, even when some archivist in me needs to maintain a largely full distinctive set of those uniquely styled dinosaurs that basically belong collectively and nowhere else. Earlier than promoting them although, after a fast try and ID them, I noticed that none of those toys have been reviewed on the Dionsaur Toy Weblog but. So, I made a decision so as to add my entries, since I nonetheless assume these are distinctive figures which might be worthy of recognition as an fascinating line of cartoony however enjoyable variations of well-known species. Higher than Funko pops, proper?
Wing Crown makes it simple for anyone interested in their vary of toys as a result of they’ve obtained their collection itemised on their web site: https://www.wingcrown.com/ . Those I had collected are discovered within the tab appropriately named “Cartoon serial” (presumably they imply “collection”), alongside different units of equally cartoonized animals, with attribute frog-like googly eyes, and all-important large smiles. In addition they mass produce loads of extra lifelike dinosaur figures, a few of which I’m certain had been part of your Chinasaur assortment at one level. I’m not certain in regards to the state of present manufacturing of those I’m reviewing right here, however the line doesn’t appear to be retired. When you Google search you continue to can see their totally different variants bought model new all over the world, and their newer variations commonly pop up on second hand dino listings too, so that they most likely are nonetheless round being bought someplace.
I initially compiled this evaluate to cowl a complete set of those cartoony dinosaurs – the [7 inch dinosaurs’ – and to provide a general overview of some of the other sets. However, in the end, the article grew so long it made more sense to split it up into separate reviews. So, this article will provide the background and context for the company as a whole, and focus in detail on one of the figures. But expect more reviews, and overviews, of the other Wing Crown models in the future…
The set I’m focussing on contains six dinosaurs that also appear in a couple other sets, where their sculpt differ insignificantly and the material will be a softer type of rubber, while this bunch is made from one comparatively hard and dense material. On the website they are described simply as “7 inch dinosaurs”, and are probably the main set with the most detail and paint application, even if it is prone to scratching (as you’ll be able to see). My models got a little worn over the years, while the softer ones I have don’t really suffer from it. They are indeed each around length of 7 inches/17 centimeters, and the tallest ones are about 5,5 inches/13 centimeters high. All are marked with the year 2007, so I believe that’s when the production began.
So, getting to the first of the actual figure reviews, the first one is going to be the Brachiosaurus.
It has an uplifting color scheme of bright yellow, with lime spots and stripes going along its spine, and a darker tone of bluish green under the belly. Very fresh and citrusy overall, this toy could easily go missing in your fruit bowl. As you can see it is a very stylized interpretation, and it looks like a generic sauropod. So, I can’t really call it a good depiction of the literal “arm-lizard”, since its back limbs are taller and way more muscular than the front limbs, and it is way taller and thicker at its hips. The neck is nicely curved and held up high as you would expect for this species, ending with a peanut shaped head and a cute face of innocent expression.
The upper body’s surface is covered in relatively large scales, so even on the head where they’re smaller they still look like armor plates laid on the skin. For the person playing around with the toy, the texture is really nice in touch, just to slide your fingers around and feel all the different scales. This will also be the case for some of the other species coming up.
All of these figures are hollow inside. Theoretically they are squishable with enough force due to the air holes on their bottom sides, but the material is hard so it takes a lot of strength to do that kind of action, especially for a little kid. I am reminded of that hollowness each time I put them out of the box and on the table, and they will still squirt out water from back when I cleaned them a couple months ago. On their undersides is a Wing Crown logo, 2007 Copyright, and the name of the dinosaur, which certainly did help in this case!
Thank you for reading. This was my first review, so I hope it was an alright experience, and I hope you found the dino toys I wanted to share interesting. In my next review we’ll take a detailed look at another model in the “7 inch dinosaurs” line, and briefly explore some of the other size ranges in the Wing Crown/Gosnell line. Bye for now!
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