The DinoToyBlog has developed over time, very similar to the prehistoric creatures we assessment. Articles listed here are extra substantial now than ever earlier than. The common phrase rely has elevated, the variety of images has gone up, and the scientific vigour has shot via the roof. It’s implausible! However not each assessment must be an essay. Certainly, not each determine deserves an essay. Generally just a few snaps and a short overview is greater than passable, and that’s definitely true for the cartoon-like toys within the ‘Dinosaurs and Associates’ line by De Agostini. So, let’s preserve this Kronosaurus assessment transient!
This Kronosaurus has the nickname ‘Kronos’ and is described as a daddy (there’s additionally a child within the line). This 15 cm lengthy mannequin has a cute aesthetic with a generic four-flippered pliosaur physique, stubby spherical flippers, and only a few simplified tooth. The tail is inexplicably giant and chunky, however not offensively so.
A bit extra irksome is the generic theropod-like head, with the nostrils positioned wrongly on the tip of the snout, and the eyes positioned was too far to again on the cranium. Plesiosaurs, together with pliosaurs, are sometimes depicted with dinosaur heads by artists who don’t know any higher. I’m positive the toddlers enjoying with it received’t thoughts, however it could have been simple to get this appropriate. Kronos may properly be critically disfigured, however not less than he seems to be comfortable!
The chocolate brown base color is paying homage to some Marx toys, however it’s countershaded with a cream stomach. The tongue has been painted on so it seems to be a bit just like the Chinasaur ‘screamers’ of the 70s and 80s. The outsides of the tooth have crude blobs of white, whereas the neatly painted eyes are ‘Disneyfied’.
The De Agostini figures are hole, in order that they’re very mild, however they’re additionally stable and sturdy so the plastic should be thick and good high quality – it doesn’t bend. It has no markings on the underside apart from the CE image, and a bit circle opening from the manufacturing course of.
This line was launched in affiliation with a kids’s story e book collection, ‘Dinosaurs and Associates’, so the toys had been by no means initially bought individually. The Kronosaurus got here with situation 61. There are a great deal of species on this collection, together with some uncommon or attention-grabbing selections, and they’re simple to search out on Ebay for affordable (hyperlink under this assessment). Nonetheless, we’ve solely featured a handful to date, so I’d prefer to see extra of those toys featured on the DinoToyBlog sooner or later. They might not be fully (and even remotely) correct, however they’re enjoyable!
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