I love the dino in the second picture - who's the manufacturer? Where can I buy one?
Only saw your post right now, sorry for that. The T-Rex is an old toy (some 15+ years), which I bought as a souvenir from Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt (
am Main, not
in Kentucky or
an der Oder, that is).
Unfortunately, I don´t exactly remember the manufacturer - I THINK it was "Natural History Collection" or something, but I sanded the bottom imprint off when I re-painted him in 2006. Those dinosaurs were molded in a rather hard plastic, in single colour. Unfortunately, the plastic is similar to that used on some plastic soldiers, and doesn´t take too well to paint - I recently tried to re-paint a Brontosaurus from the same range, only to have the basecoat flaking off in droves. I think I used some outdoors primer for the Rex, but I still suspect it mainly stays up because the skin is so rough (excellent sculpting, BTW, although the feet and hands are rather simply done. But overall, it´s a nice, classic pre-Bakker interpretation of the Rex.
Since voting has ended, here are some pics of the Rex and the Tank:
Maybe someone recognizes the manufacturer. I saw them sometime ago cheaply on the web (regular sales shop), but cannot find them anymore.