Review and photos by Faelrin, edited by Suspsy
The Walmart exclusive (in the United States) Battle Damage series has produced a number of my favorite figures from Mattel’s Jurassic World line. The Battle Damage Pteranodon, which is the subject of this review, is one such figure. It also proved to be quite a challenge for me to finally track down after weeks of searching stores again and again in hopes it would be in stock. So what is so desirable about this figure that I spent weeks hunting for it? The following will reveal.
At first glance, one notices that this figure sports the same color scheme as the much larger Roarivores figure, which is ultimately based upon the Pteranodons that appeared in Jurassic World, with turquoise and crimson for the main colors and yellow eyes. Unlike its larger counterpart, however, this figure does not have any electronics, and offers much more articulation. The wings in particular are capable of moving up and down, as well as rotating all around, offering some interesting mid-flight poses.
The legs can rotate (together, not separately) up and down, which allows one to get the Pteranodon in a sort of walking pose. The head can rotate around, and has a tiny bit of up and down movement. The beak is articulated as well.
Since this is the Battle Damage version, I can’t go without on mentioning the action feature it has. It is just like many of the other BD figures, with a button on its back then can be pressed to expose a bit of red flesh, which in turn can be covered back up by a tab on the skin part of it.
The sculpt is very similar to the other Pteranodon figures in the line,
including teeth in the beak, clearly reminiscent of the Jurassic Park
III version (which one of the Legacy Collection figures was based upon). There are no pycnofibers here like on the Attack Pack Dimorphodon figure. There is still a lot of texture detail on this small figure, though. The one unique thing (aside from its single action feature) about this particular figure’s sculpt is that its right wing features a tiny hole in it, with the bottom part of the membrane looking a little torn and jagged.
This figure sizes up pretty well with the Legacy Collection figure, or any of the other smaller Pteranodon figures in the line. I feel like these smaller figures scale up better alongside the human figures and some of the other creatures than the massive Roarivores and Destruct-A-Saurs figures (but let me know in the comments if I am incorrect about this). Its wingspan is nearly 9 inches/23 cm long and it is about 5 inches/13 cm long from the tip of the beak to the feet.
This Pteranodon should be currently available at Walmart stores (at least in the US). It was stocked on Walmart’s website a while back, but has not been in stock there since. If you really are interested in this figure and do not have it yet, do not wait too long to go hunting for it (unless you would prefer to pay the inflated eBay prices for it). If you would prefer the sculpt, but in a different color scheme, there is one coming out later this year as part of the Dino Rivals assortment, in a black, yellow, and red color scheme.
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The black, yellow and red version managed to fly all of the way over here to Australia and I bought one about a week ago. I like it, and it displays well with most of the other Pterosaur figures that I have. It is nowhere near as vibrant as the promo image linked to in your review, which is fine by me. Great review and images.