While the blog is currently full of Jurassic World toys, the pool of unreviewed, original Jurassic Park toys is far from exhausted yet! In another entry in the series of figures-I’m-surprised-haven’t-been-reviewed, we’ve reached the dinosaur hatchlings that came with the human action figures released by Kenner in tandem with Jurassic Park in 1993. Every human had a companion hatchling, so...
To my surprise, there are still figures that were released as tie-ins with the original Jurassic Park film in 1993 that lack reviews here, including the die-cast metal dinosaurs line by Kenner, who of course made the main action-figure line for the film as well. The metal figures were released in two-packs that contained a collector’s card for each dinosaur,...
Review and photos by EmperorDinobot, edited by Suspsy Hello, everybody and welcome to another review by yours truly. Today we’re going to be talking about the legendary (and ugly) Series 2 Jurassic Park Baryonyx, nicknamed “Snapper” by InGen staff. We’re going to be looking over its colors, playability, and whether it warrants the high price it often goes for, so...
Review and photographs by Sketchy, edited by Suspsy As many of you know, Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect was a short-lived toy line famous for its hybrids. While most fans remember the Velocirapteryx, there was one other raptor hybrid created: the Paradeinonychus, a cross between a Parasaurolophus and a Deinonychus. The Paradeinonychus has the body of a Deinonychus, including sickle claws...
Review and photographs by Sketchy, edited by Suspsy Over the course of Kenner’s Jurassic Park line, three figures used the same Lycaenops sculpt. The first one was made for Series 2 in 1994. The second one was for the 2000 Jurassic Park: Dinosaurs line under the bizarre name of “Lynx.” And finally, Kenner made the third one for their Chaos...
So before we get to the review I would first like to offer an apology, the specimen I have of this toy has really been through the ringer, it’s in dreadful shape. It’s covered in paint rub-offs and is cracking along most of the limbs and tail. This toy is so bad that despite having had it for nearly a...
Review and photographs by Sketchy, edited by Suspsy Although the Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect was far from successful upon its release, it has since generated a cult following from some hardcore collectors. One of the most well known and easiest to find of the hybrids is the Compstegnathus. A creature that is half Compsognathus and half Stegosaurus with a hint...
Review and Photographs By Sketchy, edited by Suspsy While Jurassic World popularized the idea of genetically modified dinosaur hybrids, Kenner beat them to the idea over 17 years prior with the Jurassic Park: Chaos Effect line, a mix of crazy hybrids and similarly crazy repaints of old figures. Although at the time they were an underselling line, some figures have...
Review and photos by Emperor Dinobot, edited by Suspsy It can be hard being a Jurassic Park dinosaur collector. Sometimes it is because certain figures are rare and expensive. Or sometimes, it is because certain figures are rare, expensive, AND ugly. Some of the most infamous dinosaurs made by Kenner share these three things, and yet somehow, they are legendary...
Review and photos by Emperor Dinobot, edited by Suspsy Once again, it is I, Emperor Dinobot, owner of Mesozoic Emporium and collector extraordinaire. Today, I am going to open up a $300 The Lost World: Jurassic Park toy for your pleasure! Let us discover the magnificence that is the Carnotaurus, code name Bonebreaker! Naturally, I had to showcase the box,...
Review and photographs by Paleona, edited by Suspsy With Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom just around the corner, I’m sure a lot of us are feeling the JP hype and nostalgia again pretty strongly. Today I’d like to take a look back at one of the finest toys from the Lost World line of toys: the electronic Velociraptor! This is one...
Shrieking out of the sky and swooping in from 1993 comes the “Jurassic Park” series 1 Pteranodon. Although Cearadactylus was featured in the book “Jurassic Park” the original movie didn’t feature pterosaurs at all. Four years after “Jurassic Park” the genus Pteranodon would only have a brief cameo in “The Lost World” but would land big roles in the following...
