Mattel - New for 2023

[Pliosaurking]

The sculpt is definitely superior to the old one, although that all white tail is quite jarring. I'd like to see the HC version to decide which I prefer.

[Eatmycar]

Oh it's such, such a good sculpt. But I'm sure as hell not going to get this since Hammond Collection is a thing. Patience will pay off here.

[Gwangi]

Oh it's such, such a good sculpt. But I'm sure as hell not going to get this since Hammond Collection is a thing. Patience will pay off here.

I agree. I don't have any Indominus toys and never really planned on getting one, but if an HC one comes along that might be what breaks me.

[Faelrin]

@Flaffy Thanks for those pics. I do agree the facts app stuff does take from the presentation some, but the rest is still a really nice homage.

[Cretaceous Crab]

Why on earth do they keep mucking with the placement of the DNA scan codes?! They were fine on the feet back in 2018!

[Nyr0r0saurus]

Why on earth do they keep mucking with the placement of the DNA scan codes?! They were fine on the feet back in 2018!

I will always be mystified by their decision to move the scan codes from the feet. It's such a downgrade

[suspsy]

Indeed. If anything, it's helped drive up the cost of these toys. Totally unnecessary feature.

[Faelrin]

Innovation for the sake of innovation I guess.

[Flaffy]

Why on earth do they keep mucking with the placement of the DNA scan codes?! They were fine on the feet back in 2018!

I will always be mystified by their decision to move the scan codes from the feet. It's such a downgrade

Indeed. If anything, it's helped drive up the cost of these toys. Totally unnecessary feature.

Agreed on all counts. It...
- unecessarily breaks up the sculpt
- highly intrusive
- increases cost
- easy breakage
- permanent (again, I highly doubt the app will be here years down the line)

One of the many reasons why I've switched my focus towards the Hammond Collection.

[Flaffy]

Innovation for the sake of innovation I guess.

Kinda like the annual revamp of how gimmicks and action features are construction with each mainline wave.

Completely unecessary, why fix something that isn't broken? What was wrong with a simple push-down button that's easy to play with? (I'm still salty about the current trend of slider buttons)

[andrewsaurus rex]

Many companies just do change for the sake of making a change.  It's almost epidemic these days.  And in many, many instances, the change makes things worse than they were before.  Ebay is notorious for this change for the sake of change fixation.  It seems Mattel has the bug too.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Agreed on all accounts-- its intrusive and unnecessary. The pull tabs aren't any better in my opinion. I assumed it was to prevent people from scanning the codes without buying the toys, but the '93 rex and new indominus will both have an open box anyway.

[GojiraGuy1954]

Getting the Theri, Megaraptor and Red Rex single-handedly reignited my interest in this line

[DinoFan2010]

Another new sub line, another new gimmick. Not sure how many folks here will find these appealing, but worth sharing just in case:

I scanned the qr code on the packaging, could lead to something else when released, but for now, they just lead to the Jurassic World section of Mattel's website.

[Prehistory Resurrection]

[Galaxy]

[Gwangi]

Looking good. I imagine that by the time I see them on shelves the 30th anniversary logo will be obsolete.

[Lynx]

I don't really get why the Metricanthosaurus has the logo, but oh well

[GojiraGuy1954]

I don't really get why the Metricanthosaurus has the logo, but oh well

I believe Metria was present in the original park

[Gwangi]

I don't really get why the Metricanthosaurus has the logo, but oh well

I believe Metria was present in the original park

It was, in name only. On one of the embryos.