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Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« on: September 03, 2018, 11:59:18 AM »
Produced by Happy Kin Toys/Lontic/Tedco and sold under various brand names (most often seen under the "Kid Galaxy" banner) by various manufacturers, these articulated dinosaurs/animals/sea life are great, inexpensive toys.


I first noticed them while doing site coverage of Toy Fair a few years back but only started seeing them pop up in brick and mortar stores 2 years ago, most often showing up at close out/discount stores like TJMaxx and Marshalls. These toys are often found at gift shops in museums, aquariums and zoos. They are also available from several online retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Pure Fun Supply as well as direct from Tedco.

The most often encountered sets are various 3pks, but they can also be found single boxed or in larger sets ranging anywhere from 4 to 12 animals/dinosaurs/sea life in a box.

The plastic quality is decent, thinner than Chap Mei, but better than the cheap Chap Mei knock-offs that pop up every holiday season. The paint apps are often crisp and clean aside from some occasional sloppy apps on the teeth and eyes.

Many of their early dinosaurs are bootlegs of old Hasbro "Jurassic World III" figures (easily identified by their painted over but still part of the sculpt wounds), but later figures were original sculpts. All of their animals and sea life figures are original sculpts.

They also produce static vinyl dinosaur figurines in 2 sizes representing the species from the articulated line (in matching or complimentary color schemes) as well as species that have not yet been released in the articulated line, possinly hinting at future releases.

Some examples of the articulated sets available via Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Kid-Galaxy-Posable-Hammerhead-Figures/dp/B07DCSCHYT/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1536000567&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=kid+galaxy+posable&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Kid-Galaxy-Posable-Humpback-Figurines/dp/B07BZ1MQ59/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1536000982&sr=8-3&keywords=kid+galaxy+posable
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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2018, 12:14:26 PM »
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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2018, 02:12:07 AM »
I saw this on our FB Page and shared it. I always appreciate you keeping us aware of the other lines Dan.

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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2018, 05:58:06 PM »
Another new Lontic/Tedco dinosaur set is available on Amazon!

This one is a 6pk that has 5 previously released dinosaurs and one I have not seen before: a species of Anklyosaur!

https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Pose-able-Action-6-Pack/dp/B07H9GW2SD/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=
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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2018, 07:36:35 AM »
I saw that and got it to the front page.

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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2018, 05:07:53 PM »
Just a head's-up:

The Kid Galaxy branded Lontic/Tedco Safari Action 3pks currently showing up at TJMaxx/Marshalls have a previously undiscovered refresh/variant. In the set with the elephant and cheetah, the African Ox previously packed with them has been replaced with a hippo.
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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2018, 02:14:43 AM »
I saw this news on Facebook and shared it. Thanks for sharing it here.

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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2018, 08:30:10 PM »
There are 2 new Lontic/Tedco Dinosaur Action 10Packs available at BJs Wholesale Club for $17 each.

These sets are a mixture of articulated plastic action figures (2 per 10pk) and static vinyl figurines (8 per pack). The plastic action figures are common Lontic/Tedco releases while the majority of the vinyl figurines have not been readily available in any other packs.
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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2018, 09:58:38 AM »
2 new Lontic/Tedco dinosaur 6 packs at Costco for $13.99 each!
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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2018, 08:42:12 AM »
Saw you great postings on Facebook and got em listed Dan. Thanks for posting.

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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2019, 08:05:31 PM »
I was killing some time in Paramus tonight waiting for my wife to get out of class and hit TJ Maxx on Rt17.

They had 3 "new" sets of Kid Galaxy branded Lontic/Tedco articulated dinosaur 3pks for $12.99 but I passed on them as all of the sets were full of dinosaurs that have been previously released multiple times just in new set combinations.
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Re: Happy Kin/Lontic/Tedco Various Branded Animals/Dinosaurs/Sea Life.
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2019, 06:49:17 PM »
Marshalls has a new Kid Galaxy branded Lontic/Tedco dinosaur 3pk!
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