With only 1,631 backers in the end (5,000 were required just to unlock the gates and the vehicle), there’s no two ways about it: Mattel’s crowdfund for Jurassic Park: The Gates has been a decisive and disappointing failure. Many collectors are dearly hoping that the Bull T.
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News: Upcoming release from PNSO (New for 2023)(Pt. 8)
4.1 (58 votes)
Can’t have a cavalcade of tyrannosaurs without good ol’ Gorgosaurus! Tristan is the latest reveal from PNSO. Very nice walking pose on this chap, all you need is a reflective body of water for him to gaze into.
News: Upcoming release from Mattel (New for 2023)(Pt. 6)
2.8 (71 votes)
Mattel’s upcoming Target exclusive Legacy Collection Mamenchisaurus is now listed on the Target website. Looks more like Diplodocus to be honest, but it’ll probably be a popular seller regardless. Who’d have believed five years ago that we’d have so many giant sauropod toys?
News: Upcoming release from Haolonggood (New for 2023)(Pt. 4)
3.9 (125 votes)
The newest reveal from Haolonggood is the famous and popular North American theropod, Allosaurus. It will come in both teal and brown colour schemes, and looks to be one of the best renditions yet of the “Lion of the Jurassic.”
News: Upcoming SDCC exclusive from Mattel (New for 2023)
3.1 (49 votes)
Mattel has revealed their Jurassic Park exclusive for San Diego Comic Con (which begins on July 20) and it’s none other than acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg himself along with a Hammond Collection Dilophosaurus.
The set also includes a movie camera mounted on a tripod, a director’s chair, and an animatronic stand.
News: Upcoming release from PNSO (New for 2023)(Pt. 7)
4.1 (49 votes)
The tyrannosaurids continue! Here we have Wally the PNSO Albertosaurus, sculpted in a dynamic running pose. Looks pretty impressive, although I have to wonder how well he can stand without the aid of a support rod.
News: Upcoming release from Haolonggood (New for 2023)(Pt. 3)
4.5 (45 votes)
The newest reveal from Haolonggood is the famous Canadian nodosaurid, Edmontonia. The sculpting on the plate armour and shoulder spikes looks positively stellar! As with previous releases, it will be available in two distinct colour schemes.
News: Upcoming release (potentially) from Mattel (New for 2023?)
3.1 (79 votes)
Mattel Creations has revealed “The Gates,” a very large, very elaborate Hammond Collection set combining elements of both Jurassic Park and The Lost World. We have the bull/buck Tyrannosaurus rex, retooled and repainted from the HC T. rex, we have Lex and Tim Murphy, we have an ill-fated goat, six dinosaur sign posts, a Ford Explorer XLT with a detailed interior, sections of electric fencing, and the iconic gates with electronic lights and sound.
News: Upcoming release from Mattel (New for 2023)(Pt. 5)
3.2 (70 votes)
June’s been quite the month for reveals thus far and this latest one is literally the biggest yet: Mattel’s Hammond Collection Brachiosaurus. It looks to be the most poseable sauropod toy ever made, complete with a bendable neck and the (inaccurate) ability to rear up on its hind legs.
News: Upcoming releases from Haolonggood (New for 2023)(Pt. 2)
4.7 (60 votes)
Move over, PNSO, because two new dinosaurs from Haolonggood have been revealed! First up is the Early Cretaceous stegosaur, Wuerhosaurus, in two distinct colour schemes. Both look attractive and realistic, and the sculpting is impressive, particularly the ragged edges on the plates.
And second is Pachyrhinosaurus, also in two colour schemes.
News: Upcoming release from PNSO (New for 2023)(Pt. 6)
4 (52 votes)
Wow, that sure came along fast! PNSO’s theropod rush continues with Keynes the Lythronax, another tyrannosaurid and a species with few toys to its name.
News: Upcoming release from PNSO (New for 2023)(Pt. 5)
4 (51 votes)
The capacious carnivores continue to come! Feast your eyes on Cole, PNSO’s dangerous Daspletosaurus, complete with chomping jaws and relatively large forelimbs!
News: Upcoming release from Mattel (New for 2023)(Pt. 4)
3.1 (37 votes)
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park, but Mattel is also making sure to give The Lost World some love by way of the newly revealed Tyrannosaurus rex Ambush Pack, part of the Legacy Collection.
Included is Ian Malcolm, a Mercedes-Benz ML320, and the beloved bull T.
News: Upcoming release from Hasbro (New for 2023)
3.2 (44 votes)
Following up on last year’s Tyrannocon Rex vs JP93 set, Hasbro has revealed a second Jurassic Park-inspired Transformers Collaborative two-pack. Behold the vicious Decepticon Dilophocon vs the mighty (or perhaps not so much) Autobot JP12!
As you can see, Dilophocon transforms from a venom-spitting, frilled Dilophosaurus to a robot warrior armed with a heavy laser blaster.
News: Upcoming releases from Haolonggood (New for 2023)
4.9 (35 votes)
Relative newcomer Haolonggood has been on something of a role these last two months, unveiling a series of highly impressive prehistoric figures, each one available in two different colour schemes, that easily rival anything from the other companies. Here’s hoping that this happy trend continues, and that Haolonggood gets wider distribution!