Update Archive

UPDATE ARCHIVE

11/20/09

Updated the Knock-Offs page of the Toys section with additional Torosaurus and Brontosaurus knock-offs.
Added a new page to Museums section featuring a Dino-Riders showcase that was set up in FAO Schwartz in New York City in conjunction with the launch of the toyline.
Updated the Fan Art page of the Fanfare section with two additional pictures.
Updated the Collections page of the Fanfare section with pictures of Denny Kasche's Dino-Rider collection.
Updated the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section with an additional picture of a Dino-Riders VHS tape.
dated the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section with an additional picture of a Dino-Riders VHS tape.
Updated the Miscellaneous page of the Merchandise section with pictures of a notebook and a very rare Dino-Riders lunch box.

07/28/09

Updated the Fan Art page of the Fanfare section with new pictures made by Adan, Brandon DeMoss, Matthew Skiff, Hellraptor and WorldSerpent.
Updated the Collections page of the Fanfare section with pictures of Roberto Carlos' Dino-Rider collection and updated pictures of Obi Wan Kenobi's Dino-Rider collection.
Updated the Customs page of the Fanfare section with a custom pre-production version of the T-Rex made by Adan. He did a fantastic job!
Updated the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section with additional pictures of Dino-Riders VHS tapes.
Updated the Prototypes page of the Museum section with a picture of two "test-shot" Rulon action figures.

06/29/09

The website has been redesigned. After a brief hiatus and almost one year without any updates, Dino-Riders.Com is back with a brand new look. Right now all of the pages are still being tested and the bugs are being worked out. Many more updates will roll out over the course of the next several months.

09/22/08

Added a new page to the Miscellaneous section - "Pop Culture References." The page covers references and appearances of Dino-Riders in popular culture, including movies, television shows and books. It's pretty cool - check it out!
Updated the Rarest Toys page of the Toys section with pictures of more rare toys - the Japanese versions of Questar, Aries, Gunner, Magnus and Yungstar.
Updated the Knock-Offs page of the Toys section with a bunch of new high resolution pictures. The "Dino-Topia" Torosaurus and the Simba and CVCR Stegosaurus pages have been updated. Check out fully equipped versions of the Stegosaurus knock-offs and comparisons against the real versions.
Updated the Strange Figures page of the Miscellaneous section with higher quality pictures of the Antman figure with the strange paint scheme.
Updated the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section with a picture of an additional VHS tape.

09/03/08

Updated the Miscellaneous Items page of the Merchandise section with a picture of a German merchandise display.

08/23/08

I know I've been teasing many of you with talk of new Dino-Riders . . . well it's finally time to reveal them!

08/11/08

Updated the Sticker Albums page of the Merchandise section with pictures of the U.S sticker album and 4 additional stickers.
Updated the Customs page of the Fan Corner section with a custom Carnotaurus made by our good buddy Kronos. His customs and collections pages keep growing all the time!
Updated the Strange Figures page of the Miscellaneous section with pictures of some Antmen with strange paint schemes. Thanks once again to Kronos for his contributions.

07/19/08

Updated the Publications page of the Miscellaneous section with a PDF of a Dino-Riders article that appeared in a recent issue of ToyFare magazine.
Updated the Customs page of the Fan Corner section with a custom Styracosaurus made by JesterMon and some additional customs made by Kronos. Thanks for the contributions, fellas!
TEASER ALERT: Dino-Riders toys are coming back!!!

07/04/08 Here is a special Fourth of July update!

Added a new page to the Toys section, called The Rarest Toys. This page has Dino-Rider toys that I'm willing to bet not a lot of people know about!
Updated the Prototypes page of the Museum section with pictures of some of the molds used to make the actual toys.
Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with new pictures contributed by Anthony Wu and Matt Moylan.
Updated the Collections page of the Fan Corner section with pictures of Antonio Gini's Italian Dino-Rider collection.
Updated the Smithsonian Institution page of the Toys section with a picture of the Apatosaurus.
Updated the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section with a picture of an additional VHS tape.

06/12/08 Dino-Riders.Com was acting a little strange these past few weeks due to technical problems - requiring visitors to enter a password to view the site. My apologies for the inconvenience. It's been a while since I updated the site - I have some cool updates to release very soon.

01/01/08 Happy New Year, everyone! Let's kick off the new year with a huge update:

Updated the Japanese Boxes page of the Toys section with pictures of the Japanese T. Rex and the Japanese Torosaurus. Special thanks to Soupy for contributing these pictures.
Updated the Dinosaurs page of the Toys section with a short write-up on the Kentrosaurus and also included a picture of the instruction sheet that is unique to the French version of the toy. Special thanks to Soupy for contributing the picture.
Updated the Customs page of the Fan Corner section with an Ikon custom that I did a while back. For some reason the link to it from the Customs page was removed.
Updated the Customs page of the Fan Corner section with an Ichthyosaurus custom made by Tobi.
Updated the Collections pages of the Fan Corner section with additional pictures of Tobi's huge Dino-Riders collection. Tobi claims to have the largest Dino-Riders collection in all of Europe and from what I've seen, I'm inclined to agree with him!
Updated the Synopsis page of the Cartoons section with a picture of an advertisement for the Dino-Riders cartoon, which aired as part of the Marvel Action Universe.
Updated the Every Single Figure page of the Toys section with pictures of the Japanese Llahd and Japanese Turret figures.
Added a new page to the Merchandise section - Dino-Riders sticker albums. I basically took the German sticker album out of the Books page and made it part of the new sticker album page. I also added a much less known U.S. sticker album.

12/2/07

Added a new page to the Museum section called "Tyco Archives." Thanks to material contributed by Warren Bosch, this new page contains never before seen production materials, including rare concept sketches, product line notes and early storyline drafts. This is definitely something that all Dino-Riders fans will want to check out.
Updated the Customs and Collections pages of the Fan Corner section with additional pictures from Kronos.
Updated the Miscellaneous Items page of the Merchandise section with a picture of an ultra rare Dino-Riders belt buckle (courtesy of Warren Bosch).

09/23/07

Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with Fan Art made by Aaron.
Updated the Miscellaneous Items page of the Merchandise section with a Dino-Riders VHS tape promotion that appeared on a box of Cheer laundry detergent.
Updated the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section with a picture of an additional VHS tape.

08/19/07

Updated the Japanese Boxes page of the Toys section with additional pictures of the Japanese Triceratops and the Dino-Rider Deinonychus.

07/28/07

The Museum section is now up and running! This section features an inside look at the pre-production toys and the history of Tyco. Also, Dino-Riders is proud to present for the first time ever, courtesy of Warren Bosch, the former director of R & D at Tyco, a picture of the VERY FIRST DINO-RIDER TOY EVER CREATED is available for viewing.
Updated the Japanese Boxes page of the Toys section with additional pictures of the Japanese Triceratops and the Dino-Rider Deinonychus.
Updated the Smithsonian Institution page of the Toys section with a picture of the Wooly Mammoth.
Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with Fan Art made by Aaron Diaz.
Updated the 3-D Models page of the Fan Corner section with a 3-D Deinonychus model made by Juan Manuel.
Updated the Publications page of the Miscellaneous section with an article that I wrote on the Dino-Rider knock-offs for Prehistoric Times magazine.
Updated the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section with pictures of additional VHS tapes.
Updated the Knock-Offs page of the Toys section with pictures of more dinosaurs from the Epoch toyline.
Added a new page to the Downloads section where you can download a complete toy checklist in Word format.
Added a picture of a T. Rex poster in the Miscellaneous Items page of the Merchandise section.

05/29/07

Updated the Knock-Offs page of the Toys section with pictures of another version of the Epoch Triceratops submitted by Patrick Wichert.

05/25/07

All of the stickers in the German sticker album are now available for viewing.
Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with 4 more very cool pictures submitted by Cipangolino and another cool picture from Jonathan Serey Araya.
Updated the Apparel page of the Merchandise section with a picture of a box variation of the Ben Cooper Questar costume. Also updated the Miscellaneous Items page.
Updated the Japanese Boxes page of the Toys section with additional pictures of the Japanese Pteranodon box.

02/12/07

Updated the Knock-Offs page of the Toys section with a lot of new knock-offs.
Updated the Customs page of the Fan Corner section with a custom Utahraptor piece made by Kronos.

01/17/07 HUGE UPDATE!

Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with 4 awesome pictures submitted by Cipangolino.
Added a new Apparel page to the Products section, which has been renamed and is now the Merchandise section.
Updated the Knock-Offs page of the Toys section with more pictures of and information about the Torosaurus knock-off (Version 3). Also added a page for a new Diplodocus knock-off.
Updated the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section with pictures of additional VHS tapes.
Updated the Fan Club page of the Toys section with a picture of a variant of the iron-on patch.
Updated the Publications page of the Miscellaneous section with pictures of Dino-Rider toys found in a Swedish children's book.
Updated the Theme Music page of the Downloads section with a sound file of the Swedish version of the cartoon intro. Special thanks to Eva for this contribution.
And finally, many people have requested a larger version of the middle picture in the site's bottom border. Your requests have been answered - check out the the Downloads section and decorate your computer with a new desktop background!

12/05/06

Seasons greetings everyone! I have a few special updates in the works. In the meantime, enjoy this awesome Christmas picture submitted by Cipangolino.

12/05/06

Updated the Japanese Boxes page of the Toys section with pictures of the Japanese Styracosaurus.
Added 2 new VHS tapes to the Videos page of the Cartoons section.

12/03/06

Redesigned the Smithsonian Institution page of the Toys section with more information, box pictures, and a section on the 3 different Stegosaurus variations.
Updated the Customs page of the Fan Corner section with a ton of customs pictures submitted by Kronos. He has quite an impressive collection.

11/24/06

Updated the Knock-Offs page of the Toys section with a 2 new Stegosaurus knock-offs and another Torosaurus knock-off.
Updated the Japanese Boxes page of the Toys section with more pictures of the Diplodocus and Rulon Deinonychus.
Updated the Publications page of the Miscellaneous section with a Dino-Riders toy advertisement.
Added new desktop backgrounds to the Downloads section.

11/22/06

Dino-Riders.Com has been overhauled! New look, same great site! Lots of updates planned over the new few weeks - including new customs, new collections, new knock-offs, and a very very special surprise!
Added a new Colorforms page to the Products section complete with an interactive version of the Dino-Riders Colorforms set!
Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with cool pictures created by CyberMonkeyTron and David Nadeau.

09/13/06

Updated the Books page of the Products section with scans of almost all of the 240 stickers from the German sticker album. I only need 2 more stickers - someone please help!
Updated the Collections page of the Fan Corner section with pictures of Dennis' collection.
The Dino-Rider Store will be under construction for the next several weeks.

09/06/06

Redesigned the VHS Tapes page of the Cartoons section. Most of the tape inserts have been scanned.
Updated the Collections page of the Fan Corner section with pictures of a diorama depicting a Saurolophus trapping submitted by Tobi.

08/28/06

Added a new page to the Miscellaneous section called Publications. It has PDF versions of magazine articles that have featured Dino-Riders.
Added a PDF of a German Dino-Riders catalog in the Miscellaneous Items page of the Products section.
Added a sample PDF of the first Marvel Comic.
Updated the Episode Guide page of the Cartoons section with a slideshow of the 2nd episode - "Revenge of the Rulons."
Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with a picture of a Rulon Triceratops by Eric Trumble.
Credited Chris Kastner as the artist of the Baryonyx vs. Carnotaurus battle.

08/02/06

Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with an awesome sketch of Llahd & his Pterodactyl by Alexandria Neonakis.

07/31/06

I haven't updated the site much over the past 2 months so here's a huge update for you loyal Dino-Riders fans:
Redesigned the Knock-Off page of the Toys section.
A newly discovered Brontosaurus knock-off has been added to the Knock-Off page thanks to JC Chew.
Updated the Fan Art page of the Fan Corner section with 2 incredible pictures by Eric Trumble. You definitely have to check them out - you will be amazed!
Updated the Collections page of the Fan Corner section with pictures of Marcus's collection.
New link added to Links section.

05/12/06

Updated the Knock-Off page of the Toys section with a new Stegosaurus (Version 3).
Updated the Fan Corner section:
Updated the Customs sub-section with a new custom Styracosaurus contributed by Alex W. from Germany.
Updated the Fan Art sub-section with a new picture.
Added two new pages to the Collections subsection. Special thanks to Tobi and Arafat209 for their contributions.
Revamped the Art Work subsection. There are now over 35 pictures and more coming very soon!
New item added to the Dino Rider Store.

05/09/06

Added a new page that shows the many different design schemes that Tyco contemplated using for the Brontosaurus.
The "Not Quite Dino-Riders" subsection in the Miscellaneous section has been updated with a preview of ParaWorld, an upcoming real time strategy game for the PC.
The Collections subsection in the Fan Corner section has been updated with new pictures from Antonio0808's collection.
Updated the Books and Miscellaneous subsections of the Products section with pictures of a box of stickers for the German sticker album, French comic, and foreign posters.
Added new pictures to the Prototype subsection of the Toys section.
Added a new VHS tape to the Cartoons section.

03/23/06

The Fan Corner section received a major update:
Added a brand new subsection called "3-D Models".
Updated the Customs subsection with a new custom Styracosaurus contributed by Alex W. from Germany.
Updated the Fan Art subsection with a new picture.

03/14/06

Added new subsection in Miscellaneous Section - "Not Quite Dino-Riders". First up is Dino Warriors - a new toyline similar to Dino Riders. Para World to follow in a few days.
Revamped the Collections pages. Added pictures of my new display case.

03/10/06

Updated the Fan Art page with 2 more pictures - Utahraptor and Brachiosaurus.
Updated the Customs page with a custom Ikon action figure.

02/16/06

Updated the Customs page with several new custom dinosaurs.
Updated the Miscellaneous Products section with a new Questar costume. Also made adjustments to the page.

02/05/06

Updated the Knock-Offs section with new information. Added a page for the ultra rare Brontosaurus knock-off!

11/18/05

I know I promised that a new look was going to be revealed and it has taken awhile but it's finally here. The navigational structure of the site has changed.
The Art Work section is still being revamped and has moved from its own page into a subsection of the Fan Corner page.
Let me know what you think of the changes and let me know if there are any problems. Many updates are planned for the next several weeks.

09/09/05

Dino-Riders.Com is in the process of being revamped. A new look will be revealed in a few weeks!
More updates coming very soon.

08/13/05

Dino-Riders.Com will be on vacation for 1 week. All Dino-Rider Store orders will be shipped out on Monday August 22.
A lot of updates planned for the next few weeks.

08/02/05

Merged Customs and Collections pages into new Fan Corner section.

08/01/05

New design for Products page!
New design for Cartoons page!

07/12/05

Updated the fake Dino-Riders page! Added pictures of the Stegosaurus knock-offs. Big Thanks to Teis for contributing pictures.
Updated the Collections page with St3gOs4uR's And Obi-Wan Kenobi's collections.
Oh and one more thing - JUST BRING IT!

06/08/05

Added more box pictures to Japanese Toys section. Big thanks to Jaco for contributing pictures.

07/07/05

Redesigned the Toys section.

06/02/05

New Forum created. More professional and easier to use. Start posting!!! The old forum will still be up for awhile for those of you who prefer the original (although I can't imagine why).

05/31/05

New Design for Products section.
Added item to Books in Products section.

05/24/05

New Design for Home Page.

03/17/05

The Dino-Rider Store is now open!
Dino-Riders: The Video Game has launched!

03/08/05

Added Episode 1 Slideshow in Cartoons section.

03/04/05

Home Page has been redesigned.

3/02/05

Added pictures of "strange figures" in the Miscellaneous section.
Added a new page for the Torosaurus Knock-Off complete with new pictures and details.

02/28/05