Show us your plastic dinosaur

[Bobby Rico]

On 13/03/2020 at 7:19 PM, Abstraktum said:

Beautiful gift from my girlfriend

Lovely,  cool and thoughtful gift. Vintage illustrations really have a interesting look to them.

[siteseer]

On 3/8/2020 at 7:29 PM, Ruger9a said:

Don't want to feel left out.

 

 

 

Those are "Chocolasaurs" or "Dinotales" models by Kaiyodo, a company in Japan.  I've lost track of how many series were made but these are highly-detailed snap-together models of not just dinosaurs but a wide variety of prehistoric animals.  They were originally available in triangular boxes about the size of a candy bar.  Each one contained a piece of chocolate with a separately-packaged kit of 3 pieces that were easy to snap together to complete the model.  Some animals stood or sat on their own; some had their own stand.  Each one also came with a little ID tag and mini-brochure that shows the whole set.

 

They came out in the early 2000's.  At Tucson, 2001 I think, one of the Japanese visitors, a well-known regular and friend every year, brought several cases (each one held 28 boxes).  Black Hills was selling them and they were doing well.  I was helping a friend at his booth that week after the first weekend when foot traffic lets up.  He went to go make a deal at another show and I was watching the booth.  It was back when when the Ramada (now called the Vagabond) had a show and Black Hills had a booth in the same ballroom there.  With few customers around I was talking to a nearby dealer and we drifted over to Black Hills and bought a few boxes.  The thing with the boxes is that you don't know which animal you're going to get.  Every hour or two that day, the other dealer and I would go back and buy a few more to break up the day.  I ended up with a number of the Series 1 models but might still be a few short of the set. 

 

Since then, I picked some of Series 2 and maybe a few of Series 3.  There have been rare color variations and several exclusives sold at certain stores in Japan so toy collectors and dinosaur memorabilia collectors have gone nuts trying to obtain one of everything.  Kaiyodo has made several lines of models including larger versions and a set of modern ocean animals with exclusives sold at aquariums.  I have a few of the deepwater animal models too - gifts from my friend. 

 

I should take some photos of the ones I have and maybe there are some other Chocolasaur collectors in our midst who can share some photos.  I found some at a local flea market a few years ago.  Unfortunately, the guy glued them together (you're not supposed to glue them) and then glued them to a plastic stand.  Some of them came off with some careful scalpel work but some were just too tight together.  Acetone could be used but it would also dissolve the paint.  Anyway, these models could take up a long thread of their own.

 

Jess

 

 

[Nimravis]

4 hours ago, Ruger9a said:

Can I ask where I can get one?

PM sent

[caldigger]

19 hours ago, Nimravis said:

I find it ironic that cell phones started out as big bulky "bricks" then kept getting smaller and smaller.  Not we're going back the other direction and making them so you can't keep them in a pocket or purse anymore. 

[Nimravis]

@caldigger I like how it posted your reply 3 times- lol. 

[Nimravis]

Here are some cool boots-

 

[Nimravis]

[Darktooth]

On 1/30/2020 at 9:54 PM, siteseer said:

 

 

I want to hear "Hong Kong Phooey."

 

 

 

Hong Kong Phooey number one super guy.

Hong Kong Phooey quicker then the human eye.

He's got style that groovy style

The style that just wont stop.

When the going gets rough he's super tough.

With that Hong Kong Phooey chop.

[Darktooth]

On 2/9/2020 at 3:14 PM, caldigger said:

Saw these slippers at the store last night.

Did you get yourself a pair?

[Darktooth]

On 5/7/2018 at 5:29 PM, Troodon said:

• Have a few of these not from my younger childhood but from my older childhood.

 

Very cool but have to step in..since we are here for accuracy.

Not a Dinosaur 

 

Alienosaurus bobbi

Aren't you just the Buzzkill Frank?

[siteseer]

5 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Hong Kong Phooey number one super guy.

Hong Kong Phooey quicker then the human eye.

He's got style that groovy style

The style that just wont stop.

When the going gets rough he's super tough.

With that Hong Kong Phooey chop.

 

NICE!

 

 

[Nimravis]

Cool lighted kids water bottle.

 

[Nimravis]

[Nimravis]

[Nimravis]

Here is a cool T-Rex coin ($19.99) that I saw for sale, the mouth also opens.

 

@Troodon

 

[Peat Burns]

44 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Here is a cool T-Rex coin ($19.99) that I saw for sale, the mouth also opens.

 

@Troodon

 

Me likey.  Might have to get that. "Seek and ye shall find"

[Troodon]

54 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Here is a cool T-Rex coin ($19.99) that I saw for sale, the mouth also opens.

 

Very creative thanks for posting

[Bobby Rico]

1 hour ago, Nimravis said:

l T-Rex coin ($19.99) that

That’s cool .

[caldigger]

Bobby, I think these are the perfect accessory to bring out the color of your eyes. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 4/4/2020 at 2:57 PM, Nimravis said:

Here is a cool T-Rex coin ($19.99) that I saw for sale, the mouth also opens.

 

 

1 hour ago, caldigger said:

Bobby, I think these are the perfect accessory to bring out the color of your eyes. 

I think both of these are brilliant. 

[GeschWhat]

On 4/4/2020 at 8:57 AM, Nimravis said:

Here is a cool T-Rex coin ($19.99) that I saw for sale, the mouth also opens.

 

@Troodon

 

Super cool! Where did you find it?

[fifbrindacier]

On 16/03/2020 at 4:45 AM, Nimravis said:

 

On 22/03/2020 at 12:21 AM, Nimravis said:

Here are some cool boots-

 

Where dis you get that ?

[Nimravis]

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, Nimravis said:

 

I like that they're in separate pieces so you can scatter the parts about. 

Reassembly might be a tad hard though. 

[Joe_17]

On 4/12/2020 at 6:16 PM, Nimravis said:

These are actually pretty cool. Where'd you find them?