Review and photos by Hubert, edited by DinoToyBlog.
Finally, to round up the 7 inch ‘Cartoon Series’ by Wing Crown, here is the Tyrannosaurus, without which no set of dinosaur toys would be complete. And also, to conclude my overview of the 7 inch series, at the end I will take a brief look at some of the many other sizes, variants, and styles of figures in the Wing Crown ‘family’. But first, the 7 inch T. rex!
The general theropod shape of T. rex is captured well, but the tail looks unnaturally wavy and the chest is reduced. However, it makes up for this in its stability; for a fully bipedal figure it is perfectly weighted and has no issue standing. So, there is no frustration involved in placing it around, which is something worth praising in any theropod figure, especially if it’s made with play in mind. The short arms are also present and they have two fingers each, so there is some clear care for the source material.
The knobbly skin texture is similar to the Wing Crown Parasaurolophus and Brachiosaurus, but the individual scales are smaller here, and there’s also a clear row extending down the spine. The arms and legs are covered in scales too, and even the toes have bird-like scales. A little dew claw is present, which is the kind of detail missing from the other toys in this line – I suspect there is some favouritism going on in the sculptor’s team!
The shape of the head reminds me more of Dimetrodon than Tyrannosaurus. The googly eyes are placed on top of the skull again. The smile this time is more subtle, reserved to the back of its gums. The teeth are sculpted individually but a couple are probably missing from the front of the upper jaw. None of these inaccuracies really bothered me as a kid, but I recall I did feel conflicted when reenacting predatory scenarios starring a T. rex that looks so goofy and harmless.
It has a classic reptilian color palette of vibrant green and reddish brown back, countered by a light, off white underside. You can probably tell it was my favourite toy to play with by how much of the paint is rubbed off. You can still make out some purple on the jaw joint tissue, and some orange paint sprayed inside of its mouth for a bit of detail. The eyes are also yellow this time, with huge black pupils.
And that wraps up my review series of the six species in the 7 inch line, but this line is just the tip of the Wing Crown iceberg. So, as an extra bonus, I’d like to share all the other Wing Crown dinosaurs in my collection. Some variants are more ‘rubber ducky’ in essence, and there are a couple that have a different style.
The biggest Stegosaurus pictured here is the only one I own from the large all-rubber range, which is stuffed with spongy material. The next size down is from the 7 inch line I reviewed in its entirety, and the next step down (let’s call it size 3) is rubbery and squishy, too, but without the foamy guts. Finally, the smallest Stegosaurus is one of the miniatures.
The miniatures are now plentiful on the second hand market and I got so many coincidentally from buying figure lots with other dinos I actually desired. I don’t recall having any of the miniatures way back when I was a child, but if I had, then the T. rex I just reviewed would have had a horrifying past filled with little dinosaur’s blood!
There is also a different, even more stylized set, which includes a Spinosaurus and Plateosaurus, it would seem.
Thank you for reading! This was my first set of reviews for the Dinosaur Toy Blog so I hope it was an alright experience and you found the dino toys interesting. Bye!
Here are links to all of Hubert’s 7 Inch Wing Crown figure reviews, which includes an introduction and overview in Part 1, and explores variants in Part 6:
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