A few years ago I came to posess some small plastic dinosaurs that were obviously old, but had no identifying marks on them. I could tell they weren't some of the more famous old dinosaur toymakers due to the different poses the pieces were in and materials, but it took a tiny picture in the latest Prehistoric Times to provide the first clue as to what these toys really are. One of the dinosaurs in the picture seemed to match one of the ones I have, and as it was labeled "Nabisco dinosaurs", I figured I'd search Google images to confirm my suspicions. Sure enough, all my plastic dinosaurs match the ones in the pictures (except for one, but I already knew what company made it-Marx). I have Nabisco dinosaurs.

Nabisco would run promotions giving away these dinosaurs in cereal boxes, often in multiple sets and in a variety of colors. Not all sets were dinosaurs; if I remember correctly there was at least one or two sets of prehistoric mammals. These promotions ran in the 60s, so my little dinos are amazing survivors! Not that they're rare-I'm sure I have some of the more common figures-but I'm sure plenty of the little plastic creatures met cruel fates at the hands of the small children they were marketed to. The fact that they've made it into without getting badly broken or lost 2009 is astounding. ^^

There's your history lesson for today. ^^

As for art, I'm still working on too many projects with too little time, so there's no telling when I'll actually get anything posted... -_-;