Every part Dinosaur group members wish to reminisce about dinosaur books from their childhood.  For instance, the opposite day a group member got here throughout the Brooke Bond Polacanthus card.  This dinosaur illustration was a part of a collection of fifty given away by Brooke Bond of their packets of tea (PG Ideas).  The cardboard got here from a set launched in 1972 below the title “Prehistoric Animals”.  A ebook may very well be bought that enabled the collector to stay every card into place. The purpose was to finish the set earlier than the promotional marketing campaign modified.

Brooke Bond Polacanthus illustration.

Card quantity 20 from the Brooke Bond image card collection “Prehistoric Animals”. The dinosaur is Polacanthus, and the illustration was by Maurice Wilson.  Image credit score: Every part Dinosaur.

Image credit score: Every part Dinosaur

Every part Dinosaur has been not too long ago reviewing Polacanthus foxii illustrations as a part of their preparations for a YouTube evaluation of the brand new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Polacanthus determine.  This complete video evaluation has been posted up onto the corporate’s YouTube channel.  The video outlines the story of the analysis into this outstanding armoured dinosaur.  The narrator highlights the main points on the mannequin and describes the armour on the determine.

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The Brooke Bond Polacanthus Card

Early reconstructions gave Polacanthus the slim cranium of a Stegosaurus.  The spikes had been organized in pairs alongside its again and tail.  The location of the dermal armour was most likely influenced by Stegosaurus.  The Brooke Bond Polacanthus card is quantity twenty within the collection.  It displays perceptions of Polacanthus that prevailed on the time.

All of the illustrations had been produced by Maurice Wilson, the ebook for the image playing cards was considered one of a collection of promotional affords offered by Brooke Bond. Consumers bought tea and the tea packets contained the image playing cards.  Single packets of tea had one card, while bigger packs contained a number of.  The Brooke Bond advertising and marketing division needed consumers to stay loyal to the model.  When the “Prehistoric Animals” amassing ebook was printed it value 5 new pence.

Illustrated by Maurice Wilson

The illustrator Maurice Wilson (1914-1987) was a British artist famed for his work depicting nature and pure historical past. He had an extended affiliation with the London Pure Historical past Museum and produced many illustrations for displays in addition to scientific literature and books. He painted all fifty of the image playing cards within the Brooke Bond Prehistoric Animals collection.

The invention of extra armoured dinosaur fossils has led to a greater understanding of polacanthids.   Trendy reconstructions of this dinosaur look very totally different from the illustration commissioned by Brooke Bond.

CollectA Deluxe Polacanthus.

A brand new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe 1:20 scale Polacanthus foxii determine. The dermal armour of this member of the Ankylosauria clade has been rigorously reconstructed on the determine. The association of the spikes and executives is basically speculative. Nonetheless, the mannequin has been rigorously designed to replicate present scientific pondering.

Maybe one other firm will take up the mantle and produce amassing playing cards that includes prehistoric animals.  If this collection had been ever to be devised the Polacanthus illustration would most likely carefully resemble the CollectA Deluxe Polacanthus foxii determine.  The CollectA Polacanthus mannequin is due into Every part Dinosaur shortly.

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