Hiatus

Sorry guys, but due to some recent personal circumstances, I will not be posting here for awhile. I can't get much more into it than that, but hopefully I can return with a vengeance next year!

Playstation 3: Looking Back

Hello everyone! Nice to see you again! No dinosaurs this week, instead we take a moment to reflect on the current generation of video games. As the Playstation 4 draws closer to release, I think it is time I take a look back at some of my most recommended PS3 titles. Now, when this generation began, a few of the heads at Sony were a little cocky due to the success of the Playstation 2, which included an argument with Dualshock that lost us rumble for awhile (to be fair, they were nowhere near as bad as some others have been lately). Pricing the PS3 at $600 was a steep price to pay and the console originally suffered for it. The PS3’s Cell Processor was also more difficult to develop for than the more PC style competition, but it did have it’s advantages when taken the extra time to master, but still multiplatform games generally didn't fare as well. It was quite a rocky start for the system. The third console curse was in full effect. But since then, things have drastically changed. Prices have dropped; mistakes were admitted too, egos acknowledged and apologized for, developers have warmed up to the Cell Processor. All this combined with their addition of the Playstation Plus service, has managed to actually push the system into the top seller of the generation, a far cry from its slow start, and large gap in sales that plagued it for the first few years.

Launch Box

The Most Secret of Saturdays: Part 3 - Finale

Greetings and bien venue one finale time for this topic! Today we view the last sets in the line of The Scret Saturdays Minis. Lets have a look!

Shame there isn't anymore..

The Most Secret of Saturdays: Part 2

Welcome back to Weird World everyone! I hope you enjoy our next segment!

Miniature Bliss

The Most Secret of Saturdays: Part 1

Greetings and Bien Venue everyone, and welcome to Weird World. Actually, its "Mostly Mini Dinos". I am your host, Phillip Campana. Today's episode we take a look at some of the strange, and wondrous things our world has to offer. Science refuses to recognize their existence, but the proof we have here, shows otherwise. Sit tight and enjoy our first look into the world of Secret Saturdays minis!

In the time of Mammoths..

Greetings fellow Homo Sapiens! Yet another tube, because I'm just pulling them out of my closet every week for a quick and easy topic to post about! I'm running low on them, so I won't be able to do that for much longer lol.

We've come a long way baby.

Of Myths and Legends...

Greetings fellow mortals! This week, it is once again Tube Time. Lets take a look at another Safari Tube!

 Once upon a time...

Thats just Prime!

Hello again everyone, good to see you! This week's topic is much like the title says... Prime. But well get to that.

Abominus

Combat Revolved

Hello again everybody who reads this humble blog. I didn't really have a topic picked out for today. Buuuuuut, I was shopping at Big Lots today and I found something worth posting about!

Mini Spartan

Fries with that?

Welcome back everyone! Feeling better, but work still kicks my ass lol. Time to update, now I don't have my normal camera this week, as it was borrowed by my brother and he has yet to return it. So I am using an older, lower quality camera but it still works pretty well.

Tasty.

Under the Weather

Sorry guys, feeling a bit sick this weekend so no post today. Will have to catch you next week, at least I have a topic picked out for then lol. See you later!

Dinos on Safari or vice versa

Good to see everyone this week(end)! Labor day! Hooray for holidays! Whats up? How about some Safari-saurs?

South Bronx

Shadow Pages

Hey again guys, it has been a rough week (and who knows how many more ahead) thanks to my new job, so I'm lucky to be posting this at all due to lack of energy lol. But here we are! As with every Magazine post, please click to make the image bigger, then right click and open the image in a new tab for full size!

How many times are you going to see this happen?

Dawww

Look where we are, actually back in the box. Today's topic is some miniatures by Safari LTD. Though I received most (probably all) of my Safari minis in one tube, they are available in their own separate collections however. I just happened upon a Mega Tube at a Micheal's once.

Dawww

Here there be dragons!

Second time in the past couple weeks I've used that phrase... Anyhow, if you haven't guessed by now this week's late topic is...

Dragons!

Groovy Tube Books: Gone Extinct

Hello again! It is time we return to something that is actually miniature and prehistoric isn't it? Groovy Tube books is a small line of books that include miniature figures in tubes (much like Safari LTD figures) for added play value. More so, they also include rules for different games to play with your figures (and gameboard within the book) On my Deviant Art page I did small dioramas for two previous books, being "Monsters: The Hunt and the Capture" and "Mythical Beasts". This is the last book I own, as they haven't released anymore that interest me. The dioramas I did for the prior two books is what inspired me to begin this blog in fact! Without further ado, here is: Gone Extinct

Take a look, its in a book

Kaiju Week: Addendum

Welcome back! I wasn't able to post anything last week, I was rather busy and tired, so here is what I intended to do then... Now.

 Top of the line man eater

Gone Fishin'

As the title should let on, its been a long week for me. So uh... Hey look! A cartoon!

See you all next week!

Kaiju Week Finale: Canceling the Apocalypse!

Greetings for the final day of Kaiju Week! Today we see the launch of Pacific Rim in theaters. Guillermo Del Toro's love letter to mecha and kaiju movies alike! Lets see what what we have for this finisher!

Dun dun dun!

Kaiju Week: Day 7 Size Matters

This may be day 7, but we still have one more post tomorrow! Not a large post today, but it is still something. Sit back and enjoy some Trendmaster toys I saved for today.

Father(?) and son(?)

Kaiju Week: Day 6 Shaky Cam

Welcome back to Kaiju Week here on the blog! Today we have striking, awesome, horrifying, powerful, disturbing images to show you. All caught on camera by an amateur photographer. Those with small children should probably leave the room. The following images may shock you...

Simply humbling...

Kaiju Week: Day 5 Creation of Filler

Day five, getting very close! Just two more days until Pacific Rim! Whats today's topic?

Return of the burn!

Kaiju Week: Day 4 Masters of Trends

Welcome to another riveting post of kaiju week! Today we take a look at a seriously diminished collection of figures from my youth (and hopefully yours too). Without further ado I present to you... Trendmasters!

Fly little bird, fly!

Kaiju Week: Day 3 Millenium Minis

Day three, as we inch closer to the release date of Pacific Rim in theaters. Today isn't heavy on kaiju pictures, but its all related. I'm padding the hell out of this aren't I?

Millennial Monster

Kaiju Week Day 2 Heisei Minis

Ahh the Heisei Era. The set of Godzilla films from the 90's. Consisting of several films with a shared continuity (one thing I appreciate about it, over the Millennium films). If this image doesn't sum it up I don't know what does.

Hunk of burning love

Kaiju Week: Day 1 Showa

In honor of the upcoming premiere of the new kaiju movie, Pacific Rim, the next seven days will each see a posting featuring pieces of my kaiju collection! What better way to celebrate?

King of the Monsters, class of '54

Some of the Life Aquatic

As it may appear by now, the box contains more than just dinosaurs. Indeed, I wish I had a bigger one as its hard to close! Its like a suitcase, only filled with dinosaurs and other random creatures. Lets look at some of these:

Hey! I found Nemo!

More Misc!

Little late this week, but in my defense you got two last week. As a semi sequel to a previous post. lets look at some more unrelated figures! Quite a small opening text wouldn't you say?

Have you seen us?

Bonus Points!

To celebrate E3 2013 (the first good one in several years it feels like) this week, here is a bonus post looking back at some video game history. Put your nostalgia goggles back on! (Note, please click on an image to make it larger and then right click to open the image in a new tab to see it full size for much easier reading)

Oh sweet memories

Jurassic Part 2

Actually posting early this week, wow! Continuing where we left off, here are more some more Jurassic Park figures!

Flock like a bird!

Jurassic Part 1

Good to see ya again this week! Today in long overdue celebration of the news that Jurassic Park 4 has been put on hold (hopefully forever), lets look at some great minis from a great franchise!

Welcome to Jurassic Park!

How about you pick a title this time?

Hello again, this week I figured I would pull out some misc dinosaurs that don't have their own true category, but they have enough "cartoony-ness" to be featured together. First and foremost...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Dinosaurs!

Gotta Post Something!

This week I take a break from the norm and do something completely different! Yes, no miniature dinosaurs this week (I can feel the non-existent page views dropping already). Instead we look into the past in a different way. Much like miniature dinosaurs made from plastic or rubber, I have the habit of trying to hang onto things. Which is why I also have a large Rubbermaid container filled with old magazines. Hooray! I might be a hoarder! We dive into that box for the first time this week, with an old issue of: Beckett Pokemon Collector.

And you're outta here!

A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.

This week we take a look at the series that spawned the very first dinosaur posted about on this blog. Upon further inspection of similar figures, I realize they all came from a window box package from the 90's. Ahhh the 90's, truly was there no greater time. Awww here it goes!

File Photo

Its Glow Time!

And thus the puns begin. This week's topic is glowing dinosaurs. To start things off, for one reason or another I love glow in the dark toys for one reason or another. Absolutely no idea why they captivate me sometimes. Mold that stuff into a dinosaur, and you usually have yourself a solid purchase. I'm actually quite surprised I don't have more of these. Anyhow, enough babbling.

Greetings and Bienvenue

Greetings friends, and anyone else who happens to stumble across this nondescript Blogspot. First and foremost, my name is Phillip. My alias for just about everywhere across this world wide web is Dragonsmana. But enough about all that, I know what you are here for. Let me introduce..... THE BOX!