Vintage Dino Profiles: Marx Revised Brontosaurus and Allosaurus

In 1958 Marx revised a number of their dinosaur figures:

-Allosaurus

-Ankylosaurus

-Brontosaurus

-Dimetrodon

-Stegosaurus

-Trachodon

-Triceratops

-T-Rex 

all got a bit of a makeover. Most of the revisions were quite minor but the Trachodon and T-Rex changes were very noticeable. Unfortunately my collection of revised figures is quite incomplete but I cane attempt to show a couple of the changes. Because I have to take and edit more photos, this portion of the Marx dino series will be a tad slow in posting. I'll do what I can in the meantime. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Brontosaurus

I don't have a revised Brontosaurus but the changes are easy to explain. Here is the underside of the original mold Brontosaurus. You see those circles under the feet? On the revised version, those circles are much smaller, perhaps one-third the size seen here.

Allosaurus

From the side there doesn't appear to be much difference between the Original (R) and Revised (R) Marx Allosaurus

However, from the front, the revised versuion has a slight lean to its left and is a bit more slender.

Vintage Dino Profiles: Marx Allosaurus

The Allosaurus (meaning: different lizard) was a large bipedal predator which lived 155-145 mil years ago during the Late Jurassic period. One could say this guy was a dress rehearsal for the T-Rex which came  much later. Most fossil remains come from western North America but some have been found in Portugal as well. There has been evidence of Stegosaurus tail spike wounds in Allosaurus vertebrae so that means Steggie's were contemporaries (as well as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, and Ceratosaurus). Marx's version - which measures 3" (7.62cm) L x 2 3/4" (6.98cm) H - stands in an upright position but we now know that they more than likely had a more horizontal gait, with a longer tail than Marx's toy that acted as a counterbalance to the rest of its frame. You'll notice that this guy, like Marx's first attempt at a T-Rex, has a pot belly - Marx's dino's were well fed!!! Enjoy! Opa Fritz