Discovered in the Woburn Sands Formation in England and formally described in 1874, Craterosaurus was a relatively small stegosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous some 113-112 million years ago.
Mattel released the first and so far only Craterosaurus toy in 2024 as part of their Danger Pack series.
A new Jurassic World movie is on the horizon and regardless of how you feel about the Jurassic franchise it means we’ll be getting a new lineup of toys to accompany it. And what a lineup it is! The Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, and Mosasaurus have all been given a fresh makeover.
Only two years after it showed up in Jurassic World Dominion, the fan favorite Therizinosaurus finally joined Mattel’s Hammond Collection line of highly articulated action figures last year. I’ll be straight to the point in saying that this is easily one of my top favorites in the line, and I think one of the best in terms of articulation, and screen likeness.
I initially wasn’t planning on acquiring either the Mattel Iguanodon or Skorpiovenator for my children’s dinosaur collection, but back in February 2024, Amazon Canada put the Roarin’ Battle Pack on sale for $26.94, which in this country is three dollars less than the retail price of a single toy in the Roarivores/Roar Strikers/Wild Roar size category.
Well, with yet another Jurassic World movie coming out this summer, I figured I had better review this toy now rather than later. Yes, it’s another of the many Tyrannosaurus rex variants that Mattel has churned out since 2018.
And still the Jurassic World reveals keep coming. Here are four additions to the electronic Wild Roar series.
Abelisaurus. That’s quite the dewlap there.
Ankylosaurus. Early reports said this was Euoplocephalus, but perhaps that one will turn up next year?
Although a brand new version of Spinosaurus will be appearing in Jurassic World: Rebirth, the old one from JP3 will be getting a Super Colossal toy this year.
And like other Super Colossal theropods, this one will be able to swallow miniature toys.
Here are three new additions to the Hammond Collection.
Stygimoloch.
Troodon.
Striped Velociraptor.
A trio of Tyrannosaurus rexes will be ruling the shelves soon, starting with the relatively small and simple, but satisfying Lab Lockdown version.
Big, big slew of reveals this time around! Some of these Frenzy Pack toys are currently hitting stores right now.
Archaeornithomimus. Those are quite the fangs.
Beipiaosaurus. Mattel’s second therizinosaur.
Ceoptera. A Scottish darwinopteran, first toy of its kind.
Four new Jurassic World Wild Roar toys are presently showing up in Central America, so it shouldn’t be long before they appear elsewhere as well.
Baryonyx has been done many times now, but it’s clearly a popular predator.
Maiasaura, however, is a welcome first for Mattel.
Imagine yourself for a moment in a swamp. Not just any particular swamp. There’s mangrove trees with many vines hanging off their branches, tall reeds and cattails, and a strange assortment of prehistoric fauna. There’s a herd of ginormous Paraceratherium feeding on the trees, Phiomia fleeing from ravenous Titanoboa, Baryonyx fishing, and Beelzebufo hopping around.
It has gotten to the point where I wince a little whenever Mattel announces a new giant sauropod toy. It wasn’t that long ago that the Legacy Brachiosaurus was released, and I naively thought that such an enormous toy was a one-off release.
