invicta
Line of prehistoric animals made by the British Museum of Natural History
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Beginning in 1974 Invicta Plastics of Leicestershire, England produced this line of twenty-three Dinosaur toys in conjunction with The British Museum of Natural History. First produced in hard, monochromatic rubber (the Blue Whale, Plesiosaurus and Icthyosaurus and Liopleurodon in hard monochrome plastic) the Invicta Dinosaurs series remained in production for twenty years, new releases coming out on a regular basis.
In 1988 Safari Ltd. began producing the colorful Carnegie Museum Collection in direct competition with the Invicta line. For some reason the distribution of the Invicta Dinosaurs was quite limited (perhaps an elitist desire to be available only in museum shoppes).
In response Invicta Dinosaurs suddenly appeared in new, colorful, painted versions. The hard plastic figures (Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Pliosaur) now in rubber. They continued this for a while but the figures became harder and harder to find.
Today they can still be found on eBay and other web venues as well as your garage sales, flea markets and the like.
In 1988 Safari Ltd. began producing the colorful Carnegie Museum Collection in direct competition with the Invicta line. For some reason the distribution of the Invicta Dinosaurs was quite limited (perhaps an elitist desire to be available only in museum shoppes).
In response Invicta Dinosaurs suddenly appeared in new, colorful, painted versions. The hard plastic figures (Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Pliosaur) now in rubber. They continued this for a while but the figures became harder and harder to find.
Today they can still be found on eBay and other web venues as well as your garage sales, flea markets and the like.
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prehistoric figures
Dinosaurs:
Apatosaurus Brachiosaurus Cetiosaurus Diplodocus Iguanodon Lambeosaurus Mamenchisaurus Megalosaurus Muttaburrasaurus Scelidosaurus Troodon Triceratops Tyrannosaurus |
Mammals:
Blue Whale Glyptodon Mammuthus |
Other Non-Dinosaurs:
Dimetrodon Ichthyosaurus Liopleurodon Pteranodon Plesiosaurus |