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Anchiceratops (Dinotales Series 7 by Kaiyodo)
Anchiceratops was a large ceratopsian that lived during the late Cretaceous in what is now Canada. Like its relative, Chasmosaurus, Anchicratops is characterized by possessing a large frill complete...
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Triceratops (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)
Triceratops is the largest known ceratopsian and lived at the very end of the reign of dinosaurs in what is now North America. Kaiyodo came out with two different renditions of this dinosaur, one in...
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Styracosaurus (Dinotales Series 3 by Kaiyodo)
Styracosaurus was a centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America. It is well known and popular amongst dinosaur fans because of its unique and menacing horn style....
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Kitadaniryu (Kaiyodo Animatales Series 6)
After the release of a certain film having to do with dinosaurs in 1993, dromaeosaurs have captured the public imagination. While some are famous, such as the notorious Velociraptor and Utahraptor,...
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Male Velociraptor (Jurassic Park III by Kaiyodo)
The Jurassic Park movies are what led Velociraptor to its great fame and popularity in popular culture. This dinosaur has been represented many times in Jurassic Park memorabilia, collectibles, and...
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Brachiosaurus (Dinotales Series 2 by Kaiyodo)
Ah, Dinotales. You either love them, or you’re wrong. Although tiny, their finely-sculpted, pointy and brittle nature ensures that they are inherently unsuitable for use as toys; it also means that...
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Sinosauropteryx (Dinotales Series 1 by Kaiyodo)
Over two decades after paleontologist John Ostrom described Deinonychus and subsequently launched the “Dinosaur Renaissance” yet a new genus would be found that would change the public perception of...
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Shantungosaurus (Dinotales Series 4 by Kaiyodo)
Trust Kaiyodo to turn such a monstrously huge dinosaur into a miniature masterpiece of a figure. It might have had nothing on the largest sauropods, but this animal was named Shantungosaurus giganteus...
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Tyrannosaurus Collection (Kaiyodo Capsule Q Museum)
A few years back the Japanese manufacturer of kits and figurines known as Kaiyodo announced the release of their “Capsule Q Museum” series. The various collections that have been released cover...
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Siamotyrannus (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 1)
Obscure dinosaur species only known from fragmentary remains are generally not made into toy form, but there are exceptions to every rule. Today we will look at Kaiyodo’s representation of...
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Cretaceous Collection (Kaiyodo Capsule Q Museum)
Review and photos by Patryx Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Mosasaurus, and Pteranodon. What a familiar lineup! This is a set decidedly influenced by the hype surrounding the latest...
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Australopithecus (Paranthropus) boisei (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 2)
Toys and figurines representing early hominins and human evolution in general are rare in this hobby. The few that do exist by the likes of Safari, Bullyland, and CollectA are usually poorly sculpted...
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Copepteryx (Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 3)
The Japanese toy company Kaiyodo isn’t afraid to tackle the obscure and one of the best examples of this would have to be the Kaiyodo Copepteryx. While other companies make and re-make the same tired...
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Plateosaurus (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)
Review and photographs by Dennis AKA Lanthanotus When I first discovered the Dinosaur Toy Blog, I began with browsing the several dinosaur toy producing companies listed. The Kaiyodo site woke my...
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Ceratopsian Collection (Capsule Q Museum by Kaiyodo)
The last several years have laid witness to the discovery of an ever more bizarre catalog of those charismatic and intriguing dinosaurs known as the ceratopsians. With outlandish head gear and...
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Coelophysis (Dinotales Series 5 by Kaiyodo)
Review and photographs by Federreptil, edited by Suspsy This dinosaur is one of my absolute favorites in the collection. The Coelophysis by Kaiyodo is special in several ways. First, there are only a...
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Leaps in Evolution (Kaiyodo)
Review and photographs by Tim Sosa From July-October 2015, the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo hosted an exhibit called “Leaps in Evolution: Tracing the Path of Vertebrate Evolution.” To...
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Bothriolepis (Kaiyodo)
Review and photographs by Tim Sosa Some of the commonest vertebrates on earth during the Devonian period were the antiarchs, a group of armored fishes that lived all over the world while the ancestors...
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Tyrannosaurus (Dinotales Series 1 by Kaiyodo)
While Kaiyodo is probably most beloved for their production of more obscure prehistoric critters they made sure not to neglect the classic fan favorites too. In their 7 series run the Dinotales line...
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The Dinosaur Expo 2016 set (Kaiyodo)
In the first half of 2016, the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan, held an event simply named ‘The Dinosaur Expo’ (still ongoing at the time of writing). Though I haven’t been...
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