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Originally Posted by trebleshot

The funny thing is, Imaginext isn't even scientifically accurate, either (and that's even allowing for the kiddie-style look). Maybe the toy makers think that if they get too accurate, they'll lose the fantasy aspect of it (pure rubbish of course, but then I'm not a toy maker).

There's a toyline called Dinosaur Train (I... think? I've seen it at target as was mildly impressed) ment for real little kids, that's more scientifically accurate than Imaginext.
Extremely kiddy, but some of their dinosaur (And even non-dinosaur) selections are very impressive.

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I will say that Jurassic Park would have been a completely different movie if they had used the real version of V. mongoliensis instead of its "cousin", Deinonychus.

They sadly weren't even representations of Deinonychus. The Velociraptors speilberg used were completely fictional. Deinonychus were 13' long, which puts them at being around 4' tall. Maybe 5' for some of the larger.
In the original book though, the Velociraptors were true to life size, and played a much smaller part.

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You might want to clarify that a raptor's body was about the size of a turkey but its total length from snout to tail was about six feet. Otherwise, people might assume that you have six-foot-long turkeys living near you.

True, true, lol!