April 24, 2024
10 Vintage D&D Gygax plastic dinosaurs patchisaurs chinasaurs rust bulette umber
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This is a nearly complete reassembled set typical of the packages sold in drugstores and dime-stores back in the '70s. There are two reasons why this particular dinosaur set is so highly sought by collectors now:1) They're just weird. Although billed on the packaging as dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, few of them resemble anything that ever walked on this Earth save in the imagination of fantasy writers and sci-fi filmmakers. They are more reminiscent of the strange Japanese kaiju and yokai of the era.2) This led to their becoming relevant in a way that no one could have ever guessed: some of them inspired a game designer by the name of Gary Gygax to create monsters based on them...monsters that appeared in his first Monster Manual for the game Dungeons & Dragons . The bulette, the rust monster, and the umber hulk are now iconic monsters known by millions the world over -- though only a handful of collectors know that they originated here , in this bag of plastic dinosaur toys.What's special about this set is that it includes the main ones that influenced Gygax. If you're looking at this listing, you likely don't need me to point them out, but here are the three key players:1) Rust Monster. The chitinous orange guy with the feelers and the forked tail. Gygax gave him a simple but devastating ability that is the bane of any dungeon
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