Team members at Everything Dinosaur spotted some Jurassic fossils whilst on a recent trip to London.  It might be surprising to learn that you can see fossils in our capital city, but you can if you know where to look.  You do not have to visit a museum to see fossilised remains of prehistoric animals.  Many of the buildings in London are made from Portland stone.  This limestone, famed for its quality is quarried in Dorset. Dorset is famous of having much of the “Jurassic Coast” within it.  Other famous buildings are also constructed from limestone. These rocks too, a ..read more

Last month (April 2024), Everything Dinosaur reported upon some difficulties in the European Customs network.  Problems with a software upgrade had caused some parcels to be delayed.  Team members regularly monitor the progress of customer deliveries. We do this as we can quickly identify any issues or delays in the delivery network. We became aware of parcel delays due to difficulties in Ireland and sent out a media release on the 13th April. It was stressed that we would like to be kept informed and we requested further information from the Irish Tax and Customs authority and our p ..read more

Everything Dinosaur team members came across a post on Facebook enquiring about the Beasts of the Mesozoic Gorgosaurus model.  A request had been made for views and opinions on this articulated dinosaur figure.  The UK-based mail order company had received several customer reviews regarding this tyrannosaur.  We were happy to share these reviews and to post them up onto the Facebook thread. The Beasts of the Mesozoic Gorgosaurus is an exceptionally popular articulated tyrannosaur figure. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur The Popular Beast ..read more

Our thanks to William for sending into Everything Dinosaur a review of a Haolonggood dinosaur model.  William chose to review one of his recent acquisitions.  The review concerns the Haolonggood Baryonyx dinosaur model (Shan Ting).  This is the blue coloured Haolonggood Baryonyx. The Haolonggood Baryonyx dinosaur model in the blue colour scheme (Shan Ting). The Haolonggood Baryonyx model is shown in lateral view in the image above.  This was one of a pair of Baryonyx figures introduced recently by this Chinese manufacturer.  The second figure is known as Wei Ding Guo ..read more

At Everything Dinosaur, we try and help people.  We have been contacted in the past by parents, guardians and grandparents trying to trace lost dinosaur toys.  Over the weekend we were contacted via our Facebook page and asked for assistance in trying to find a lost dinosaur soft toy.  We appreciate how traumatic this can be for a child, to lose their favourite dinosaur teddy.  Whilst we ourselves may not be able to identify this particular piece of dinosaur plush, sometimes our many followers on social media can help out. A Lost Dinosaur Soft Toy We received the following ..read more

Dinosaur models are extremely popular today.  However, how accurate are dinosaur models? Or do they reflect the scientific inaccuracies of yesteryear? In 1824 the first dinosaur was scientifically described (Megalosaurus bucklandii).  This dinosaur and others such as Iguanodon and the armoured dinosaur Hylaeosaurus were described before the term Dinosauria came into being.  With the Great Exhibition of 1851 being moved to South London under the direction of the Crystal Palace Company, the sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins was employed to create life-size prehistoric animal st ..read more

Our thanks to model collector and dinosaur fan Carl who sent into Everything Dinosaur some photographs of his Rebor dinosaur models on display.  The cabinet is packed with excellent prehistoric animal models.  The Rebor Stegosaurus figures and the retrospective Tyrannosaurus rex figure are in 1:35 scale.  It certainly is a stunning dinosaur model display. Some splendid Rebor dinosaur models on display. Superb Rebor Stegosaurus models are threatened by the Rebor 1:35 scale 80s T. rex Toy HD Remastered “Californiacation” VHS figure. The use of mirrors and reflective glass creates ..read more

Everything Dinosaur team members like to reminisce about dinosaur books from their childhood.  For example, the other day a team member came across the Brooke Bond Polacanthus card.  This dinosaur illustration was part of a series of fifty given away by Brooke Bond in their packets of tea (PG Tips).  The card came from a collection introduced in 1972 under the title “Prehistoric Animals”.  A book could be purchased that enabled the collector to stick each card into place. The aim was to complete the set before the promotional campaign changed. Card number 20 from the Brook ..read more

Everything Dinosaur has received its latest shipment of Beasts of the Mesozoic models. Team members have been busy contacting customers who wanted to be kept informed about the delivery.  The shipment contains tyrannosaur figures, more raptors and several different ceratopsians.  Once the pallets had been unloaded and placed in the company’s delivery area, the process of checking the inventory commenced.  After all the cartons had been checked against the manifest, model inspections began.  When the figures had been looked over, they were then grouped by stock keeping units ..read more

The new for 2024 Haolonggood Mamenchisaurus model will be available from Everything Dinosaur.  All three versions should be coming into stock.  Collectors can choose from the green, brown or the limited-edition blue heterochromatic version.  Each figure measures 66 cm long and stands 28 cm tall.  They have been beautifully painted.  Haolonggood has declared a scale of 1:35 for their Mamenchisaurus figures.  At this scale, these dinosaur models represent a sauropod more than twenty-three metres in length. Although no species has been stated, these figures could rep ..read more