Dinosaur magazines.

dlofnep

Anybody collect these? First couple of issues came with T-Rex skeleton parts. I think they re-released them about 8 years ago, but I got mine about maybe 15 odd or more years ago.

mikemac

I had most of them. Cost IR£1.50 every week.
Afaik, issues 1-18 give you the pieces to the T-Rex.

After then you got collector cards and you could put them in an album.

I had most of these issues and they are probably still around the place somewhere.
But I moved onto Images of War magazine. That was pure quality as you'd get the magazine, a newspaper from that period and other stuff like ration cards.

dlofnep

Yeah, you got the dinosaur skeleton, then the skin (but nobody ever put it on cos the skeleton looked cooler). And yeah, I remember the cards you got.. They gave you a binder for the cards and a binder for the mags.

carchaeologist

Yep,the brother collected these,didnt the dinosaur glow in the dark?

justfortherecor

And the weekly centre section with 3d dinosaurs.

Think Triceratops was the 1st issue, TRex was 2nd...Stegasaurus was 4th

Man I was addicted to that magazine, think it came out around the time Jurassic Park was released, so everyone collected it

pookie82

Ya loved these got them every week. You got 3D glasses for the centre-fold pick. Don't remember the skin though, just the skeleton, which glowed in the dark.

Ruu_Old

I collected a few but never finished the entire set. Also on the subject there used to be a few about history available for collecting, I just remember the advert about the Queen Elizabeth edition ("her black teeth!"),

Kojak

carchaeologist wrote: »

Yep,the brother collected these,didnt the dinosaur glow in the dark?

I think you are right - that sounds familiar.

Those magazines were great - I used to only buy them for the different pieces of the model dinosaur each week.

The Don

dlofnep wrote: »

Anybody collect these? First couple of issues came with T-Rex skeleton parts. I think they re-released them about 8 years ago, but I got mine about maybe 15 odd or more years ago.

dlofnep wrote: »

Yeah, you got the dinosaur skeleton, then the skin (but nobody ever put it on cos the skeleton looked cooler). And yeah, I remember the cards you got.. They gave you a binder for the cards and a binder for the mags.

I haven't thought about those in years. I used to collect them aswell. I'm missing about 13 in different places iirc. The skeleton was class. I particularly loved the skull part.

Galvasean

Man I still have the first two binders complete in my room. (issues 1-26)
I also have a lose issue 43. Does anyone know how many issues it went on for?

rferguson

still have the trex in the attic!

The Don

Gaviscon wrote: »

Man I still have the first two binders complete in my room. (issues 1-26)
I also have a lose issue 43. Does anyone know how many issues it went on for?

I think that they went up to 127. Will have to check the attic the next time I'm home.

admiralofthefleet

i collected them right up until i couldnt find them anywhere. i remember the later issues covered other animals like mammoth's etc..

WindSock

Ruu wrote: »

I I just remember the advert about the Queen Elizabeth edition ("her black teeth!"),

I remember that ad too! HER BLACK TEETH! (and it shows her looking creepy with black teeth )

I collected all the Dinosaurs! mags bar a few. I had the newsagent put one aside for me each week. Towards the end they went on from Dinosaurs to weirdo prehistoric mammals.
All I remember from the magazine (and I posted this also in palaeontology forum) is that Gideon Mantle and his missus discovered the Iguanadon.

Galvasean

Sorry for bumping an old thread but if anyone has any issues floating around that they wouldn't mind selling (anything after issue 26)chuck me a PM.

WindSock

I wish I had. My mam threw them all out, along with my soul

scop

I still have all mine, but couldn't possibly sell 'em. I was obsessed with dinosaurs. I'm fairly sure I collected more or less the whole set, but I'm sure one or two have gone missing over the years.

dlofnep

Scop - Try download a doc called When Dinosaurs roamed America. It's similar to walking with dinosaurs but 2 hours long. Very interesting

Galvasean

I don't think When Dinosaurs Roamed was given a DVD release in this region. However I did pick up the spin-off series Dinosaur Planet (narrated by Christian Slater no less!) for about €20 in Golden Disks a while back.

dlofnep

yeah, I have Dinosaur Planet. The White tip one, right? There are a few of them out. Little Das I think too. I have the divx of when dinosaurs roamed the planet. I love all likeminded documentaries.

Galvasean

I got the box set with all 4 episodes (no extra features though which is a shame). The episodes are:
White Tip's Journey (Velociraptor)
Little Das' Hunt (Daspletosaurus)
Pod's Travels (Pyroraptor)
Alpha's Egg (titanosaur)

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dlofnep

Ive seen it. Forgot all about it though! Will wander over there now