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#1 tennunb

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Posted 22 November 2021 - 02:27 PM

Call it a curiosity but to this day I have never seen a SEALED Dino Brite with either the name Panosh printed on the box or a picture clearly indicating the Panosh stamp on a figure inside the pack.

 

Can anyone supply pictures of either?

 

Here in the UK what I believe are Dino Brites are easily available loose and what I tend to see are marked CHINA (number of dino).

 

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Dino Mites - Produced by Panosh in 1987 clearly marked Panosh, Each sculpt has a GITD patch

Dino Brites - Produced by Happiness Express in 1991

Assumed Knock Off - Pack is Marked Happiness Express with the year 1991 but figures are a vastly different material, Severe lack of detail, White rubber with a thick Neon Paint overcoat.

Could there be a fourth line, Presumably a Knock Off?

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Posted 22 November 2021 - 03:06 PM

I thought it was clearly established that Dino Brites were knockoffs of the Dino Mites line, which would of course mean no such Panosh version would exist.


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Posted 22 November 2021 - 03:13 PM

Thats my problem. I have high numbers of Neon colours that are marked only CHINA (number of dino) and since i wrote the post have found at least another 6 Neon colours that are marked 87 Panosh (number of Dino). None of these are the known knock offs that were white and repainted Neon colours.

 

And i thought all Dino Mites were more dull colours and marked 87 Panosh.


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Posted 22 November 2021 - 03:48 PM

All that might mean is that when Happiness Express first used the molds, they were unaltered from the original Panosh ones, not necessarily that Panosh made Dino Brites first and then Happiness Express took over. At some point later, they could have modified the molds as well as make the switch to that weird white plastic.


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