The More The Merrier

For most kids, the 12 dinosaurs listed in the Quick Start Guide would be more than sufficient.  But if your child is craving for more and you're looking to expand the collection, here are 12 more figures you may want to consider:


Carnegie Amargasaurus

Amargasaurus was a strange looking dinosaur.  He was a small sauropod with a double row of spines along his back.  This figure is interesting contrast to the gigantic sauropods like Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus.


Carnegie Corythosaurus

Corythosaurus was a duck billed dinosaur, in the same family as Parasaurolophus.  My son says that he and Parasaurolophus are best friends because they both like to honk together.  Note: This toy has been discontinued but can still be found on ebay at a decent price.


Carnegie Elasmosaurus

Elasmosaurus was a marine reptile that lived during the time of the dinosaurs.  I have the Bullyland Elasmosaurus, which I regret buying.  I would recommend getting the Safari Elasmosaurus (pictured above) instead.


Carnegie Iguanadon

Iguanodon was one of the first dinosaurs ever named and has enjoyed his share of fame for almost 200 years.  This isn't the most detailed figure but for historical reasons, I thought Iguanodon was a worthwhile buy.


Carnegie Tylosaurus

Tylosaurus is a large, meat eating marine reptile.  Having a big Mosasaur is a nice way to round out your child's pre-historic world.


Collecta Kosmoceratops

This recently discovered dinosaur had the fanciest frill of any of the ceratopsians.  He has 10 horns on the top of his frill and 5 more horns on his face.  This is one of my son's favorite dinosaurs to play with.


Collecta Therizinosaurus

This strange looking dinosaur had the largest claws of any animal ... ever!  3 feet long!  Lucky for us he's a plant eater.  My son loves to use those large claws to ward off hungry carnivores.  This model represents a smaller therizinosaurus, based on 1/40th scale. However, Collecta just announced that they are releasing a deluxe version of the therizinosaurus in 2014.  The deluxe version represents a full sized, 1/40th scale adult.  As you can see below, the two versions complement each other (possibly representing an "adult & juvinile" or "male & female"):

Papo Allosaurus

Allosaurus is another beautiful sculpt by Papo.  Great pose.  Articulated jaw.  I would have put him in the Quick Start Guide but the top 12 was getting overcrowded with meat eaters.


Papo Ankylosaurus (It's really a Euoplocephalus)

Euoplocephalus was probably the 4th largest member of the Ankylosaur family.  He's quite a bit smaller than Ankylosaurus.  It's nice being able to compare them side by side.


Safari Kentrosaurus

Kentrosaurus was a small Stegosaur (much smaller than Stegosaurus).  The small size is a nice contrast to the larger dinosaurs in my son's collection.  This is a beautiful figure and sells for pretty cheap too.


Schleich Giganotosaurus

Giganotosaurus may have been even bigger than T-Rex.  And the what makes him even scarier is that he hunted in packs.  This sculpt by Schleich isn't as nicely detailed as the Papo dinosaurus.  But it's still a pretty nice figure and it has an articulated jaw as well.  Papo is planning to release a Giganotosaurus in 2014 so you might want to hold off until then.


Schleich Quetzalcoatlus

If you're looking to round out your kid's collection with a flying reptile, this is the best one I've found.  Quetzalcoatlus was the largest flying animal ever.  I think this version by Schleich is they nicest available.