Mr. Kazunari Araki's new book, "I Am a Dinosaur Modeler," has been released. It's an autobiography of his life with dinosaurs, told by Mr. Araki himself. Although it's a children's book, it's packed with interesting stories, including the circumstances surrounding his participation in the Kaiyodo Dinosaur Series, which was also touched upon in this plastic model history. Please give it a read.
As I mentioned before, Mr. Araki's serialization "Hari-shi Kazu-yan's Dinosaurs!" (later renamed "Extinct Dinosaurs!") in "Model Graphix" magazine, which ran for a remarkable 17 years from 1984, became a cornerstone for dinosaur enthusiasts of the time. Emerging dinosaur modelers gathered for several special features on submitted works. Some of them are now active professionals at the forefront of their fields. Also, at the garage kit festival "Wonder Festival (WonderFes)", modelers selling their self-made dinosaur kits appeared, and it became impossible for me not to go on a buying spree...
This time, I've gathered garage kits that I primarily purchased at WonderFes in the 90s.

Aomurasaki Product (circa 1995~)

All are 1/20 scale. This lineup, disregarding profitability, is unique to garage kits made as a personal hobby. Other items include the extinct Xenarthrans Glyptodon and Doedicurus, and the only dinosaur, Tenontosaurus. It's a shame that he seems to have stopped making ancient creatures for the past decade or so.

Alcard (Makino Mokei) (circa 1993~)

A manufacturer that steadily produced small dinosaurs in 1/20 scale to fill the gaps in the Kaiyodo Dinosaur Series. Their characteristic is the surface expression with tiny scales.

Endorphin
A manufacturer founded in the early 90s by three young sculptors from Kansai. It seems they are no longer active as a group.

SINZEN Zokei Kenkyusho (1995~)

Goblin Factory (1996)

Aa Honoo no Ishin Gumi (1999)
Photo 13 Right: Mononykus

Kobo Kinryu (2000)
Photo 13 Left: Confuciusornis

Unagi Kobo (90s)

While dinosaur plastic models (injection kits) from general model manufacturers became extinct at the end of the last century, giving way to finished models (such as Favorite and candy toys), dinosaur garage kits are still being created and sold at events like WonderFes, albeit somewhat hidden in the shadow of beautiful girl figures and robot models. Mr. Tokugawa and SINZEN, now professionals, still exhibit their works, and there are always manufacturers releasing one-off dinosaur items. (Photo 15 shows items purchased at last summer's WonderFes.) This is a joyous thing... or so I write, but realizing that I haven't touched a garage kit in years (with a large backlog of unbuilt kits!) due to collecting finished products, I feel a bit guilty. Next time will be the final installment of the plastic model history, featuring the last dinosaur plastic models released in the mid-90s: Jurassic Park related kits and Tamiya's "Dinosaur World Series."