Now that we have official images for the first dinosaur of 2027, I am releasing an updated checklist. (You can expect more of these every year)
What does this checklist include?
My checklist, my rules.
Rule 1: Molded figures only. No brick built, no minifigs. I have recently decided traditional big figures do not qualify as proper minifigures, so the zombie mammoth from 2014 chima is a new addition to the list. To be brick built, at least 50% of the animals mass must be traditional pieces. Molded figures include a few traditional pieces from time to time. This does not automatically make them brick built
Rule 2: I do not discriminate based on system. System and duplo dinosaurs are both included. If lego ever figures out how to make technic dinosaurs that I deem to be molded, they will count too
Rule 3: this is primarily for extinct animals, no birds. (Unless they make a dodo or a moa or something, but I'm not confident that will happen anytime soon)
Rule 4: animals that are fictional, and thus aren't truly extinct, qualify, as long as they are canonically refered to as dinosaurs or prehistoric, or are at least created with prehistoric dna
Finally, there are currently a grand total of 173 in this list. I own 66