Tuesday, 10 March 2020

Extinct Monsters! Part II

In my last post I introduced the Marx dinosaurs from the 1950s and 60s. The set I own is the earliest - Series 500 from 1957. It has the following Extinct Monsters: 


Allosaurus dinosaur gray - toe out
Ankylosaurus dinosaur gray - fat legs + circle
Brontosaurus dinosaur brown - large circle
Hadrosaurus dinosaur gray
Plateosaurus dinosaur green - description  closer
Stegosaurus dinosaur gray - large circle
T. Rex dinosaur brown - fat
Trachodon dinosaur gray - hand down
Triceratops dinosaur green - thick horns
Kronosaurus reptile silver gray
Pterandon reptile gray
Dimetrodon synapsid green - mold circle
Sphenacoden synapsid green
Cynognathus therapsid green


So nine dinosaurs, two reptiles, two synapsids and one therapsid for a total of fourteen. The descriptions identify these as from the earliest molds. Later molds have subtle differences.

Here are two more comparisons with the Papo versions. 


Dimterodon

Stegosaurus



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