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This is my customization of the 10 1/2" long Toyway WWD Ankylosaurus from "Walking with Dinosaurs".

I always loved the WWD rendition of the Ankylosaurus, but the Toyway figure had legs that were too small, and a tail that was too short.

I finally got around to customizing this puppy, and I am quite pleased with the result. This is my favorite Ankylosaur customization.

I did the following:

1. Lengthened the tail by about one inch, making it as long as the rest of the body. Wires and putty were used;

2. Cut off the legs and replaced them with legs from a Resaurus Triceratops figure that I had lying around; glue and putty were used;

3. FInally, side-spikes were moulded onto the body - this is pure speculation, but it makes for a cooler looking model. Because the WWD Ankylosaurus did not have any spiky edges, I made these spikes look like bony protrusions (blunt at the ends) instead of coming to a sharp point.

The painting took many coats and washes to get right, but now the figure is "worthy" of its WWD CGI counterpart.