Dinosaurs: Schleich Dinosaurs and Playmobil Dinos

Schleich Dinosaurs

According to Schleich, the three brothers Maxx, Luis and Flynn Colby discover the last living dinosaurs deep in the Amazon jungle. They take over their father’s secret research station.

The range has single figures such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Velociraptor and Pteranodon, and play sets such as the large dino research station with a command centre, a viewing platform and a crane with winch.

Playmobil Dinos

Playmobil has a Dinos theme of its own. Its sets include T-Rex Hunt, an observatory for a Dimorphodon, a research camp with dinos and a Brachiosaurus with hovercraft.

According to Playmobil, the research camp with dinos (71523) holds a Stegosaurus and a Deinonychus, two researchers with an off-road vehicle, dino eggs and two dino knowledge cards.

The difference

With Schleich, the dinosaurs themselves are central as detailed figures; the play sets give them a place and a story. With Playmobil, figures and vehicles play a bigger part: researchers, camps and vehicles around the dinos.

The two brands are separate systems. Dinosaurs of one brand can differ in size from the figures of the other.

Playing and learning

Playmobil includes dino knowledge cards with the research camp. Such a set can be a start for looking up dinosaur names and features together.

How to choose

If your child likes to collect and line up, single figures are the obvious choice. If they like to play stories with people and vehicles, a play set with researchers fits better.

Check the age on the box of each set. On ToySetFox both dinosaur worlds are in the Animals and dinosaurs category.