Finding myself growing more and more interested in toy dinosaurs the past couple of years, it only seemed natural to hunt down a book that covers them and I found about as good a book as there is. Jeffrey Pfeiffer's "Dinosaur Playsets - Expanded Edition" fits the bill nicely as a beginning reference. It covers the two giants of vintage toy dino's: Marx and MPC as well as Toy Street repops and some others. A lot of companies - especially those in Hong Kong and China - have made the little beasties over the years and those aren't covered here, but for those of us into the vintage scene, this book will fit the bill nicely.
Using the book as a reference I'm going to try and follow the dinosaur production based on mold groups: those groups of dino's all made at the same time in the same steel mold. I may jump around from production year to production year as I may not have all the dino's I need at the moment, but will do what I can. Along the way there will hopefully be some nice photos taken with scenery or perhaps Photoshopped - something to break the standard photo essay routine. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
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