Dinosauriana--The Essential Guide to Collecting Figural Toy and Model Dinosaurs

A complete reference guide to dinosaur toys, models and collectibles and ephemera.. Over 9000 photographs with an editorial review to over 515 dinosaur sets produced from 1860 to present.  Now including the Jurassic Park franchise and many rare European, Japan and Asian based sets.  Also including many classic single pieces of note through the past century. Included is the defintive article on Marx as well as all the vintage classics like  Charles Knight, Alva, Timpo, Chialu, Messmore and Damon, Sinclair,  Century of Progress, etc. Many more modern sets included as well and the book has been recently updated to include special featurettes, set specific articles and just about anything related to dinosaurs toys and models ever produced.  This is a must if you collect dinosaur models.

Also now available in package form with Robert Telleria's table top masterpiece "The Visual Guide to Scale Model Dinosaurs." The companion to Dinosauriana. The first comprehensive guide to non-toys - the collectible, high end resin, bronze, vinyl model dinosaurs. As it is the only book of its kind, it is sure to be a collectible itself when the print run is done.

Featuring -

300 pages
History of commercial dinosaur models
Full catalog of works by 200 artists and producers (showing scale, size, edition and year produced)
Over 1000 color photos
Over 200 genera represented
Special feature on sculpting dinosaurs (by Sean Cooper) and making dioramas (by Martin Garratt)
Artist roundtable Q & A
Index by genus
Collector commentary
Contact directory
Kaiyodo, Favorite Co. Ltd., Ants, Paleocraft, Saurian Studios, Sideshow, Wiccart, Trcic Studio, David Krentz, Cretaceous Creations, Dinosaur Studio, Dinosaur Foundry, Menagerie Productions, Griffon, various Japanese artists and many more.

"Wow; you have certainly put together an excellent, informative and invaluable book for dinosaur model collectors. I must say I've thoroughly enjoyed reading it, I couldn't put it down all day - Christmas Day, and yes, I keep going back time and time again to look at it. Really well done." - Martin Garratt

Collector/sculptor/model painter

"Absolutely fantastic...You found a lot of models I was not aware of and pretty much covered all the models I could think of." - Mike Fredericks, Prehistoric Times

"This book is amazing, I can't believe how much information you summarized here. I thought I knew nearly every fine sculpture but here I found a lot of artwork I've never seen before. I think this is the most exciting book for someone like me, and every other dinosaur enthusiast. Thank you for this work." - Horst Bruckmann, super collector.

If interested in the combo package please contact me personally at jdemarco13@comcast.net for full details on how to check out and reserve your copy of the long out of print "Visual Guide" combined with Dinosauriana.