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Mattel - New for 2024

Started by Faelrin, July 21, 2023, 08:27:53 PM

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Carnoking

Quote from: Shane on November 09, 2023, 05:35:03 PM
Quote from: Carnoking on November 09, 2023, 05:21:40 PMGot mine! Might look a little weird but not gonna miss the first Wu!

My thoughts as well.

Pros:
- It's Wu!
- It's got Mr. DNA!

Cons:
- Hate the "packaging as playset" Mattel is so fond of.
- Likeness looks like an older BD Wong, and hair isn't quite right.

Still, the pros are enough to outweigh the cons for me.

Looking at the still of BD, I can see what they were going for with the hair but I'm not sure it translated in the end. Plus his younger appearance seems to have a less angular head.


Shane

Quote from: Carnoking on November 09, 2023, 07:18:42 PMLooking at the still of BD, I can see what they were going for with the hair but I'm not sure it translated in the end. Plus his younger appearance seems to have a less angular head.

Right, it looks like they wanted a "spiky" appearance for the hair, but getting it to actually look like the hair of Dr. Wu in the first film seems like something they struggled with.

Younger BD Wong doesn't quite have the squared jaw that he grew into. The overall head shape is much more present day Wong than 30 years ago Wong.

Carnoking

On the plus side, might make repurposing this figure as a JW Wu a little more likely🤔
Heck throw in a change of jacket and a long haired head replacement, you could have the whole trilogy look in one set essentially!

MLMjp

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Well, I ordered the set. Let´s just say something unexpected happened that made the decision easier.




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Blade-of-the-Moon

You know what happened, someone said : " white dino? It looks unpainted. you need more color."

CityRaptor

The Trike has been found in the wild:
https://twitter.com/collectjurassic/status/1725338473656119496
She is grey. Also much bigger than most previous Trikes.
Jurassic Park is frightning in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone let T. Rex out of his pen
I'm afraid those things'll harm me
'Cause they sure don't act like Barney
And they think that I'm their dinner, not their friend
Oh no

Blade-of-the-Moon

I saw an entire endcap of the new Allo in person Monday, it's nicer than I thought but still not one I need unless it's deeply discounted.

I did get my Wu set today, it actually made me excited listening to the audio, sounds like Wu and Mr DNA are giving lectures. lol

Prehistory Resurrection

Quote from: CityRaptor on November 17, 2023, 05:54:45 AMThe Trike has been found in the wild:
https://twitter.com/collectjurassic/status/1725338473656119496
She is grey. Also much bigger than most previous Trikes.
Hasn't the color scheme been changed to green?

Blade-of-the-Moon

Quote from: Prehistory Resurrection on November 17, 2023, 07:53:01 AM
Quote from: CityRaptor on November 17, 2023, 05:54:45 AMThe Trike has been found in the wild:
https://twitter.com/collectjurassic/status/1725338473656119496
She is grey. Also much bigger than most previous Trikes.
Hasn't the color scheme been changed to green?

I guess not? Maybe they are releasing a 2nd color variant?

crazy8wizard

You can see on the second image that the contrast and saturation has been cranked







Blade-of-the-Moon

Saw him at walmart today, not a bad Triceratops figure, just not much of a JP/JW Trike to me.

Halichoeres

It was the only new figure at Target today, easy skip. C'mon, Poposaurus...
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