Jurassic World (Various): New for 2022

[Prehistory Resurrection]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Got mine yesterday, interesting  color scheme..looks nothing like a spinosaur though.

[suspsy]

To quote both Mark Hamill and Tig Notaro, "What a piece of junk!"

[Carnoking]

I simply don't understand what possesses these designers to stick some random teeth so far back in the maxilla. They did it on their Skorpiovenator and it just makes it look so cartoony and derpy in my eyes.

[Gwangi]

I simply don't understand what possesses these designers to stick some random teeth so far back in the maxilla. They did it on their Skorpiovenator and it just makes it look so cartoony and derpy in my eyes.

They took the "need more teeth" line from Jurassic World too seriously.

[Lynx]

I like the wide range of species from Mattel, but considering just how bad most of them look, wellllll..

[Dilopho]

Even though it's a pretty awful design, it still holds some charm. I know I'd like to have it. It being crouched on all fours is a bonus and helps it stand out.

[Flaffy]

I can excuse the Icthyovenator and Irritator's goofy designs since they're at least original (to my knowledge).
But the "Siamosaurus" is literally just ARK's Spinosaurus. I'd like to complete my Mattel spinosaurid collection, but man it's really hard to justify adding this ugly thing into the collection knowing it's nothing but a cheap lazy ripoff.

[SpartanSquat]

Siamosaurus is not just ark spinosaurus, mattel ampelosaurus is the ark titanosaurus

[Gwangi]

Wow, I had no idea about the Ampelosaurus.

[CityRaptor]

Eh, not completely, but I would say they took some inspiration from the Ark Titano, yes. Osteoderms are however different.

[Flaffy]

Siamosaurus is not just ark spinosaurus, mattel ampelosaurus is the ark titanosaurus

At least the osteoderms are noticeably different. The Siamosaurus having Ark's 4 digited manus however is a dead giveaway to Mattel's "inspiration".

[Nyr0r0saurus]

Their Ampelosaurus also seems to be based heavily on this (public domain) paleoart:

[Faelrin]

@Flaffy That's the only reason I want this abomination lol. Now if only I had a Moschops, and Yutyrannus, I'd have most of my go-to tames in Mattel figure form (excluding the Cenozoic stuff like Argentavis, Basilosaurus, etc), especially once I get my hands on the Lystrosaurus set. Actually years later and I'm still bummed Target had Moschops in their system but no figure has been made. 

I also may just pick up next year's Eocarcharia to substitute as a Yutyrannus, as aside from the head, it mostly works as one anyhow. Granted I do have BotM's shipping later in the year, for what it's worth, but I still would like to see one in Mattel's style to display alongside their other figures.

Also PNSO did a post today with art of this spinosaurid, also on all fours, and it reminded me of this figure. Similar hand posture more or less.

[GiganotosaurusFan]

@Faelrin you play ark?
Me too! IMO the spinosaurus is one of Ark's better designs, what with that LORGE giga and even larger Titanosaur. Just a fun fact, Moschops is USELESS on mobile, and there isn't Yuty in mobile either.
Siamosaurus looks really, really goofy. It was better in the promo pic, but this is just wrong. Why are there so many teeth so far back?

[SpartanSquat]

Other Ark creature is the Tapejara, mattel ones looks similar to dossier ones

[GiganotosaurusFan]

Ark is the inspiration for a LOT of dinosaur designs, Mattel not exempted.

[Faelrin]

@GiganotosaurusFan Yep I play on PC, and before I got my new laptop, I played it on my father's XBOX with gamepass.

[Prehistory Resurrection]

[Halichoeres]

@Halichoeres Bruh that's the same vibe I'm getting with some of those leaks. The fact most were unrecognizable is not a good thing to me imo. Then when we get names like Dryptosaurus (a fragmentary, but historically important dinosaur which David handled with grace in the BotM line), and Xuanhanosaurus, which is a fragmentary genus of metraicanthosaurid (and after checking theropod database only has some of the spine and arms), and I'm just thinking what and why? Granted the Xuanhanosaurus figure is nicely feathered, but I think that would fit better as a coelurosaur. It also just goes to show what a shame that the Moros didn't end up like that.

It's so weird how they're deciding which to feather. It makes no sense on Eocarcharia or Xuanhanosaurus. Meanwhile their Ornitholestes should have had some plumage.