Assessment and images by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog.
Lastly, to spherical up the 7 inch ‘Cartoon Collection’ by Wing Crown, right here is the Tyrannosaurus, with out which no set of dinosaur toys can be full. And in addition, to conclude my overview of the 7 inch collection, on the finish I’ll take a quick take a look at a few of the many different sizes, variants, and kinds of figures within the Wing Crown ‘household’. However first, the 7 inch T. rex!
The final theropod form of T. rex is captured effectively, however the tail appears to be like unnaturally wavy and the chest is decreased. Nonetheless, it makes up for this in its stability; for a totally bipedal determine it’s completely weighted and has no difficulty standing. So, there is no such thing as a frustration concerned in putting it round, which is one thing price praising in any theropod determine, particularly if it’s made with play in thoughts. The brief arms are additionally current they usually have two fingers every, so there may be some clear take care of the supply materials.
The knobbly pores and skin texture is much like the Wing Crown Parasaurolophus and Brachiosaurus, however the person scales are smaller right here, and there’s additionally a transparent row extending down the backbone. The legs and arms are coated in scales too, and even the toes have bird-like scales. Just a little dew claw is current, which is the type of element lacking from the opposite toys on this line – I think there may be some favouritism happening within the sculptor’s workforce!
The form of the pinnacle jogs my memory extra of Dimetrodon than Tyrannosaurus. The googly eyes are positioned on high of the cranium once more. The smile this time is extra delicate, reserved to the again of its gums. The tooth are sculpted individually however a pair are most likely lacking from the entrance of the higher jaw. None of those inaccuracies actually bothered me as a child, however I recall I did really feel conflicted when reenacting predatory eventualities starring a T. rex that appears so goofy and innocent.
It has a traditional reptilian colour palette of vibrant inexperienced and reddish brown again, countered by a lightweight, off white underside. You’ll be able to most likely inform it was my favorite toy to play with by how a lot of the paint is rubbed off. You’ll be able to nonetheless make out some purple on the jaw joint tissue, and a few orange paint sprayed within its mouth for a little bit of element. The eyes are additionally yellow this time, with big black pupils.
And that wraps up my evaluation collection of the six species within the 7 inch line, however this line is simply the tip of the Wing Crown iceberg. So, as an additional bonus, I’d prefer to share all the opposite Wing Crown dinosaurs in my assortment. Some variants are extra ‘rubber ducky’ in essence, and there are a pair which have a distinct fashion.
The most important Stegosaurus pictured right here is the one one I personal from the massive all-rubber vary, which is full of spongy materials. The subsequent measurement down is from the 7 inch line I reviewed in its entirety, and the following step down (let’s name it measurement 3) is rubbery and squishy, too, however with out the foamy guts. Lastly, the smallest Stegosaurus is among the miniatures.
The miniatures are actually plentiful on the second hand market and I obtained so many coincidentally from shopping for determine heaps with different dinos I really desired. I don’t recall having any of the miniatures method again after I was a toddler, but when I had, then the T. rex I simply reviewed would have had a horrifying previous crammed with little dinosaur’s blood!
There’s additionally a distinct, much more stylized set, which features a Spinosaurus and Plateosaurus, it will appear.
Thanks for studying! This was my first set of evaluations for the Dinosaur Toy Weblog so I hope it was an alright expertise and also you discovered the dino toys attention-grabbing. Bye!
Listed here are hyperlinks to all of Hubert’s 7 Inch Wing Crown determine evaluations, which incorporates an introduction and overview in Half 1, and explores variants in Half 6:
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