Jurassic World (Various): New for 2022

[Dilopho]

Are the arms on the Herrerasaurus better or worse?
I'm just amazed it has proper lips. Such a simple change makes it look so much better, and the raptors have always had lips since day 1 so this has been a long time coming.

I'm really liking the more natural colourations, too! This is going to be a REALLY weird year for the line, I think. Indo coming back randomly, tons of super weird species choices, camo xtreme version 2... I'm excited.

[MLMjp]

The new Herrerasaurus is an improvement for sure, but unlesss they repaint it in more red-ish colors (a la JP the game) I'll stick to the old one, it may be a bit ugly but it has it's own charm.

[Pliosaurking]

I actually quite like the herreasaurus sculpt.
I also kinda like the paint scheme

[Nyr0r0saurus]

The Herrerasaurus is a surprising and welcome update for the most part (I personally feel the original sculpt is one of the line's worst). I believe this sculpt's hands are actually a downgrade from the original's, though, as I'm sure it's supposed to have more fingers

[Gwangi]

That Herrerasaurus is a huge improvement over the original, which I never liked and never bothered to get. And since I was never able to find the Zuni I suppose I'll get this re-paint of that one.

[Thialfi]

They made a carnivor with lips?! Wow.

[MLMjp]

They made a carnivor with lips?! Wow.

The Troodon figure also had lips. And there also the film species with lips such as Velociraptors, Atrociraptors and Dilophosaurus (one of the savage strike molds has them).

[Shadowknight1]

More Captivz??  I can't even get the one I wanted!  Like, I have never seen the larger eggs that had the larger Pyroraptor, Giga, or Baryonyx.  I really wanted that Pyroraptor, too.

[Faelrin]

I saw this newest batch of figures late last night but was too tired to add the images here, sorry. I remember seeing the Herrerasaurus earlier when it was leaked and having an inkling of that it could be this, but it was hard for me to consider it actually being this then because they've never completely redesigned one of their older species out of the blue like this. Even the Dominion Dimetrodon is a retool over their original one.

Aside from tiny gripes like the fenestra is a tiny bit too long and shrink wrapped, the third digit on the hand should be the longest, and there may or may not have been a nub for the fifth toe in life (which is excluded here), I think this is the best Herrerasaurus on the market currently (although I do hope a more accurate one comes along some day, and as one of the most well known early dinosaurs it is so strange it is neglected). Proportions are good (feet, and tail aside), head shape is decent, and it has lips, which aside from the Troodon and film canon species (Pyroraptor excluded unfortunately). Just wow.

Like others I would have preferred a Telltale game coloration, but this is still decent, and almost looks like a mix of some skin options in JWE or JWE2. It looks like a nice contrast with the reduced paint budget as well.

@Halichoeres Would you consider replacing your older one with this one or would you rather wait for a more accurate alternative to come along?

[Halichoeres]

@Halichoeres Would you consider replacing your older one with this one or would you rather wait for a more accurate alternative to come along?

Mine is the Happy Meal version of Schleich's Herrerasaurus, which is much less ugly than the standard version. This one is pretty nice by Mattel standards, so I'll definitely consider it. I'd have to read up a little on Herrerasaurus itself to see which is the least worst.

[Gwangi]

@Halichoeres Would you consider replacing your older one with this one or would you rather wait for a more accurate alternative to come along?

Mine is the Happy Meal version of Schleich's Herrerasaurus, which is much less ugly than the standard version. This one is pretty nice by Mattel standards, so I'll definitely consider it. I'd have to read up a little on Herrerasaurus itself to see which is the least worst.

Might be worth watching the YDAW video on Herrerasaurus.

[suspsy]

That Genyodectes is cool despite being purely speculative.

[Thialfi]

They made a carnivor with lips?! Wow.

The Troodon figure also had lips. And there also the film species with lips such as Velociraptors, Atrociraptors and Dilophosaurus (one of the savage strike molds has them).

Ah cool, I am not following Mattel too closely, good to hear they don't shy away from lips! I'm going to check out those figures, thanks.

[Gwangi]

That Genyodectes is cool despite being purely speculative.

There's one out now that's part of the Extreme Damage line. It has a much better paint job, but also those unsightly slash marks.

[Nyr0r0saurus]

The Herrerasaurus is a surprising and welcome update for the most part (I personally feel the original sculpt is one of the line's worst). I believe this sculpt's hands are actually a downgrade from the original's, though, as I'm sure it's supposed to have more fingers

Wanted to correct my previous post. Saw this Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/KingRexy328/status/1564004955614224387) explaining that though Herrerasaurus had five fingers on each manus, only three of those would've been visible in life. So that's another point in this figure's favor. I do generally like this resculpt, though the head (especially the dentition) probably doesn't look as much like Herrerasaurus' as I would like.

[Dilopho]

https://twitter.com/collectjurassic/status/1564735502259027969?s=21&t=FkUgnAEtVJVQBD3--CrjDw

The edaphosaurus....

[suspsy]

It looks too much like a Dimetrodon.

[Pliosaurking]

Hot take I Quite like it.
I know it's not accurate, but personally I like the design and the paint job

[Dilopho]

I like the sculpt and paint job too, but without those sideways spines it's really lacking

This is yet another moment like the majunga's horn being interpreted as a crest. They must only look at side views.

[Gwangi]

If they had at least gotten the head right I could have stomached the rest, but alas. The pattern and colors are cool though.