Dino Riders

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What happens when you mix Dinosaurs with futuristic people? You get Dino Riders! What kid couldn't love a heavily armored Tyrannosaurus-Rex with more guns than an Iranian family! Who needs robots when you can put armor on a dinosaur and eat people with the dinosaur when the armor is damaged. These things were also a TV show and a movie which gave you even more ideas as to how to destroy things with the Dinosaurs. I was too lazy to put the armor on most of the dinosaurs since most of it is slightly broken or the rubber bands have died. The pictures there include all the dinosaurs I have found. I know I had a few more including the Deinonychus, but I'm pretty sure he was crushed at some point. My cousin also had several, but I don't know if they still have any of them.

Story Overview

The adventure's beginning is summarized in the opening credits of each cartoon. The Valorian home planet is conquered by the evil Rulon armada and a small band of Valorians led by Questar attempts to escape. The Rulon Flagship Dreadlock commanded by Krulos, the Rulon leader, chases after the renegade Valorian ship. The Valorians attempt to escape by using the STEP (Space Time Energy Projector). It works, except they're launched to 65,000,000 B.C. and crashland on the planet Earth. The Dreadlock was following closely and was caught in the STEP and follows them to earth. After investigating their surroundings, they manage to find one another, and begin assembling armies of Dinosaurs, since their ships have been ruined by the time warp. The Valorians befriend the Dinosaurs with their telepathy and medallions they wear around the neck, while the Rulons enslave them with Brain Boxes. Mostly the Valorians befriend the herbivore Dinos while the Rulons take the Carnivores.

Dino Riders Photos

An assorted bunch of Rulons. Krulos, Rasp, Hammerhead, Croc are some names that come to mind.
Ankylosaurus from the side.
Forward overhead view.
Dimetrodon, side view, tail of the Triceratops can bee seen.
Demonstration of the Chomping Jaw feature.

A view of the Diplodocus giving him a wise appearance.
Full length view.
Edmontonia, Top view of this odd dinosaur which looks like it could be run over by a bus and not be damaged.
From the other side.
Kentrosaurus, My favorite dinosaur. I wonder why....
The other side of the spiked Kentrosaurus.
Monoclonius, This little guy was my first Dino Rider.
Head view.
Pachycephalosaurus, the hard-headed dinosaur.
I think they used to make this guy bash down walls in the cartoon.
Placerias, the smallest Dino Rider I have.
I always thought he was pretty ugly for a dinosaur.

Pteranodon, this guy came with my favorite Rulon, Rasp.
Pterodactyl, the smallest flying Dinosaur I have, wing-on view.
Quetzalcoatlus, the rival flying dino for the Valorians, the Pteranodon is flying in the background.
The wing-on view, the large flying dinos would flap their wings from the button on their back.
Saurolophus, I couldn't get this one to stand up on the carpet so I had to balance him on my knees.
The motorized Stegosarus.
Other side of the stego.
Torosaurus, without armor, he could also walk with his leg motors.
Other side without armor.
Armor closed view.
Armor opened, Lights on.
Armor opened, Lights off.
The Tyrannosaurus-Rex armored with everything I could find.
Front view, you can see the leader of the Rulons, Krulos, at the top.
Rear view.
Another Front view.
Triceratops, frontal view.
Side view, his motor switch is visible on the underside.

Dino Riders Cartoons

Here are the videos of the first cartoons from the first and second seasons.

Dino Riders Links