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Collectibles by Topic
"The collector is an artist in his own way, by the way he puts things together. You can read a person's soul from their collection."
Ayers Tarantino, Art and Antiques, Dec 2008

 
This section of The Dinosaur Fan presents sets by topic (a.k.a., subject) into which they fit. The term 'topic' means the general subject or title of the sets (e.g., Extinct Life, Jurassic Park, Dinotopia, Walking with Dinosaurs). I created these topic groupings for summary and reporting purposes and have done my best to associate sets as logically as possible. However, many sets contain items with varying topics and therefore are included in the counts of multiple topic listings.

Current Collectibles Record Totals
 
Total Sets
4,274
Total Items
156,316
Total Images*
130,309
 
* Total Items include every item in this website (e.g., cards, stickers, albums, retail boxes/packs, advertising, etc.)
** Total Item Images include the fronts, backs, and third images of collectibles as applicable (e.g., album pages, inside of foldouts, figurines)

 
Top 25 Set Counts by Topic*
TopicQty. of Sets
Extinct Life2,794
Out of Scope675
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Comic Art418
Jurassic Park210
History, Culture & Education118
Jurassic World95
Living Plants & Animals75
Dinosaur (Disney Movie)72
The Flintstones63
Monsters, Myths & Cryptozoology61
King Kong49
Godzilla38
tbd37
Toy Story29
Devil Dinosaur23
Barney & Friends21
Sports21
Garbage Pail Kids20
The Good Dinosaur18
Nonliving Objects15
Ice Age14
Dinosaurs (TV Show)12
Power Rangers12
Beanie Babies11
Dinosaur King11
 
Top 25 Item Counts by Topic
TopicQty. of Items
Extinct Life64,595
Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Comic Art18,977
History, Culture & Education14,980
Garbage Pail Kids6,762
Out of Scope4,957
Jurassic Park4,429
Living Plants & Animals4,021
Jurassic World3,803
Sports3,048
tbd2,605
The Flintstones1,672
Monsters, Myths & Cryptozoology1,367
Godzilla1,342
Beanie Babies1,238
Dinosaur (Disney Movie)1,037
King Kong1,033
Power Rangers890
Toy Story800
Dungeons & Dragons771
Transformers739
Dinosaurs (TV Show)607
Dinosaur King567
Ice Age514
The Good Dinosaur452
Barney & Friends385
 
*Set counts are based on the topics of the individual items that make up the sets. Therefore, sets classified as ‘Out of Scope’ or ‘tbd’ simply indicate that there are items in those sets that are out of scope or currently unknown.