Dinocollector


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Dinocollector  is a serious collector

last login: 01.25.2010
Gender: Male
Location: Lawrence, KS
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I collect: Dinosaur and prehistoric animal collectibles


about me  
I am a graduate student working on my PhD in geology/paleontology.

about my collections  
I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a child and I guess I really never outgrew it. Eventually I made the transition from playing with dinosaurs to collecting them. When I discovered antique shops and eBay I started hunting older dinosaur toys. Its really cool to look at how images of dinosaurs have changed as a result of new paleontological findings. I don't just collect dinosaur toys - I collect anything relating to dinosaurs or prehistoric life. This overlaps with many other categories of collecting: ephemera, books, movies, posters, advertising, comic books, post cards, clothing. Dinosaurs are everywhere!

my interests  
Geology, paleontology, studying images of prehistory in American popular culture, theatre, playing board games.

latest collections   view all

August 3 2007 Garage Sale Finds

August 3 2007 Garage Sale Finds 
by Dinocollector
items: 18   views: 774

Sinclair Oil Collectibles

Sinclair Oil Collectibles 
by Dinocollector
items: 20   views: 4026

Dinosaur Comic Books

Dinosaur Comic Books 
by Dinocollector
items: 29   views: 1695


featured interview: Dino-palooza   
CQ: How many dinosaur items do you have and what got you started?

Too many to count! I’d estimate I have several thousand. I got started when I was a kid. Like many kids, I loved dinosaurs and I tried to learn everything I could about them. I enjoyed playing with dinosaur toys and reading dinosaur books. One Christmas, my parents gave me a red plastic bucket that was custom painted with dinosaur figures and my name in bubble letters. I started keeping all my dinosaur toys in the bucket, adding new toys to it whenever I got some. Eventually, I had so many that they wouldn’t fit in the bucket anymore. The collection just kept growing from there!

CQ: What is your favorite dinosaur and why?

When I was a kid my favorite was Tyrannosaurus rex, but now I am fond of the long-necked sauropod dinosaurs. I am particularly fascinated with Apatosaurus because of its long and complicated history in scientific and popular culture: originally called Brontosaurus and reconstructed with the wrong head, an image of Apatosaurus is often what comes to mind when people hear the word ‘dinosaur’. I think it is interesting to see how images of Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus have changed over time as new scientific discoveries have changed the way we look at this enormous dinosaur.

CQ: We need to mention you were the first collector on CQ. What was it about your collection that you wanted to show off?

Thanks! I suppose that makes me a dinosaur in the CQ community! I think that the evolution of dinosaur toys and collectibles over time illustrates a very important idea about paleontology and science in general: science is dynamic. New discoveries are constantly being made that force us to revise our ideas about the world; I think that my collection of dinosaurs is a fun way to illustrate this. I have always wanted to make my own website to show off my prehistoric collectibles, but every time I start one I never finish it. When I came across CQ I thought it would be a great way to share my collection with others.



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