Collecting the Styracosaurus
Practically every loose Dino-Riders collection contains at least a few Styracosaurs. Collecting the dinosaur itself is a piece of cake. Getting Turret and a full set of armour might be more of a challenge. You shouldn't resort to buying the Styracosaurus MIB unless you're dead set on it.

The Styracosaurus shares the same body as the Monoclonius and Chasmosaurus, but with a unique head sculpt. Its six-horned crest and brown colouring make it easy to spot in a crowd. The horns on this dinosaur are extremely prone to paint wear. I pulled mine straight out of an unopened box, and it already had wear on one of its horns! The head/tail swivelling action is often broken, but the Styracosaur can be opened up and easily repaired.

Turret is a fairly common Dino-Rider to come across, and has a fairly unique sculpt (only Quark shares the same mould). He is prone to wear and tear in the usual places.

The Styracosaur's armour is fairly sturdy, and clips on to the dinosaur instead of using rubber bands : ). The laser barrels, though, can snap off if mishandled.

Set Contains

* Styracosaurus	* Turret	* Harness	* Drivers Seat
* Laser Cannon	* Side Laser	* Gun Tip (4)	* Series 1 Dino-Rider Gear
* Series 1 Comic	* Instruction Booklet	(translated)

Styracosaurus Notes
The painting of the Styracosaurus on the box front (and also on the back group painting) has a slightly different head than the actual toy. The horns around the crest point backwards instead of out to the sides. I wonder if there was originally a different head sculpt? Could this be a prototype?

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* Styracosaurus Bio [59kb]
* Styracosaurus German Box Art [274kb]
* Box Img 1 [29kb]
* Box Img 2 [28kb]
* Box Img 3 [29kb]
* Flap Img 1 [43kb]
* Flap Img 2 [44kb]
* Flap Img 3 [40kb]
* Flap Img 4 [49kb]
* Flap Img 5 [98kb]
* Styracosaurus MIB [266kb]
* Styracosaurus Side Art [75kb]
* Styracosaurus English Box [41kb]

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The Real Styracosaurus
("Spiked lizard"). With a single long horn sticking up from its nose (and twisting horns above its eyes), this 18-foot (5.5 meter) ceratopsian more than made up for its lack of weapons with an amazing neck frill. While most horned dinosaurs had relatively unadorned frills, Styracosaurus' featured six long spines aimed over its back. These spines might have helped convince local predators that Styracosaurus was a meal not worth trying for.
(from The Complete Book of the Dinosaur by Joseph Wallace, (c)1989 Mallard Press)