The other day, during my (self-proclaimed) inspection of Nakano Broadway, I found a large number of dinosaur figures in blister packs at a Mandarake figure shop. They were mostly JP Lost World figures, all under 500 yen. I ended up buying a lot of them, not just the ones I didn't have, but even some I did have, because they were so cheap. I ended up carrying two big bags, even though I was on my way to a live music job. Among my haul, I found the Micro Machines "National Geographic Dinosaur Series" that I had been looking for for years, and I was able to complete the entire set of 6.
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And they were only 210 yen each! Of course, I was overjoyed, but I also had mixed feelings. The reason was that just the other day, I had successfully bid on one of them, "DINOSAUR FOSSILS," at a Sekaimon auction for over 3,000 yen including shipping.

Anyway, despite all that, I'm still actively participating in auctions. It's been four years since my last report on Sekaimon's spoils in "Treasure House Vol. 55: American Antique Toys Vol. 2". To further fuel my growing spending, Sekaimon now handles not only American but also British items, and with unique British dinosaur goods becoming available, there's no way I can resist anymore.
For example, there are the figures from the 1999 BBC TV show "Walking with Dinosaurs." I've wanted them since then, but for some reason, they're hard to find even in the US, let alone Japan. I had hoped to get them when the live show came two years ago, but what was sold there was something else and of terrible quality.

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Official figures (approx. 25cm). Faithfully reproduced from the video. From upper left:
Tyrannosaurus / Allosaurus / Utahraptor / Postosuchus / Ankylosaurus / Polacanthus / Stegosaurus / Iguanodon

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Unopened items: Ophthalmosaurus / Torosaurus
*Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get the Laellynasaura from this series yet.

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In a sense, even rarer Burger King premiums. Simple in construction, but quite charming. Diplodocus / Coelophysis / Ornithocheirus / Torosaurus / Also Ophthalmosaurus. Also around 25cm.

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This also seems to be a premium from a burger chain called QUICK, but I don't know which country it's from (no English written on it!). The display stand (about 7x7cm) is a box, and when you open the lid, there's a model of a fossil inside, which is quite elaborate.

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Ophthalmosaurus plush toy. There seem to be various types of plush toys, but this one is good enough for me.

Next up is another British item. These were apparently sold as premiums with SHREDDIES cereal in the 1950s. They seem to be quite rare, with a trading price of $20-40 each according to the must-have fan book "DINOSAUR COLLECTIBLES." In my case, I managed to snag 10 of them at once through an instant purchase, for 28 pounds and 77 pence (3808 yen) each. They are thin plastic plates about 4cm long, and they're nicely molded on the back too, but they're still just toy prizes from food. As I arranged the small dinosaurs that came out of the wrapper, I couldn't help but sigh, "Is this really worth 40,000 yen...?"
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The STARLUX prehistoric series from France, which I declared in "Treasure House Vol. 6" that I would "somehow complete before I die," has also made progress. I was able to win a lot of items from an American collector and also acquired some from the UK, leaving only 21 out of 100 species left. Sekaimon is truly a lifesaver. You can see the full lineup of this series in the catalog that came with the items.
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Also, the Bandai wind-up walking dinosaur series, which I had cried about not being able to obtain in "Treasure House Vol. 30 / Vol. 59," has now been happily completed through Sekaimon. However, these are the American version, titled the BANDAI PREHISTORIC ANIMAL SERIES. Package (Photo 10) and assembled Ankylosaurus (Photo 11). The lineup for this series is a mystery; for some reason, the only carnivorous dinosaur is the T-Rex (Dimetrodon is not a dinosaur, of course), and there are two types of horned dinosaurs...

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Finally, one more thing. It's not an antique, but I got something interesting. It's a set of Triassic marine reptiles and extinct amphibians from a manufacturer called Play Visions.
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Play Visions was a manufacturer that made souvenir dinosaur models (quite childish for children) for the American Museum of Natural History starting in 1999, but this set of extinct marine reptiles and amphibians seems to be quite rare and cost $235. While Safari now sells niche and maniacal items such as "Prehistoric Marine Life Set," "Prehistoric Crocodile Set," and even "Ancient Shark Set," making one worry about their sales, this set can be said to have pioneered such products, and its quality far surpasses that of Safari.