You can support the Dinosaur Toy Forum by making dino-purchases through these links to Ebay and Amazon. Disclaimer: these and other links to Ebay.com and Amazon.com on the Dinosaur Toy Forum are often affiliate links, so when you make purchases through them we may make a commission.

Is the Amazon exclusive Grant returning raptor eggs set worth getting?

Started by andrewsaurus rex, May 16, 2023, 01:50:28 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

andrewsaurus rex

i'm sure this set has been reviewed on here somewhere but I can't find it. 

The set looks to be decent, except for the giant hands and feet on the raptor.  The raptor even seems to be a reasonable size compared to the Grant figure.   $30US though.....


Faelrin

There was discussion in the New for 2023 Mattel thread regarding this set. You should take a look there. It's up to you really. Both of the HC humans and small dinosaurs go for like $14.99 so the set's price at $29.99 is where it is expected to be (when sold for retail). It's Amazon exclusive (at least currently), and doesn't come in the standard packaging of the other figures in the line (if an in-box collector). It's like the packaging of their other exclusive Mattel sets. The raptor is mostly film accurate, aside from some wierd porportions (huge feet), the odd hybrid head sculpt between the JPIII and JW raptors (and squinting eyes), and the maroon coloration on the belly (haven't seen that anywhere on the various animatronic images, or even the ILM render, except a tiny area). The markings should probably be more of a grey color too.

Edit: Can't forget the missing stripes at the end of the tail, because of Mattel cost cutting there, like on most figures these days.




Pic below of the figure from an Amazon review:

Film Accurate Mattel JW and JP toys list (incl. extended canon species, etc):
http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=6702

Every Single Mainline Mattel Jurassic World Species A-Z; 2024 toys added!:
https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=9974.0

Most produced Paleozoic genera (visual encyclopedia):
https://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=9144.0

EmperorDinobot

Quote from: andrewsaurus rex on May 16, 2023, 01:50:28 PMi'm sure this set has been reviewed on here somewhere but I can't find it. 

The set looks to be decent, except for the giant hands and feet on the raptor.  The raptor even seems to be a reasonable size compared to the Grant figure.  $30US though.....


It hasn't. I plan to take care of it. For $30, it's a glorified deluxe in my opinion. Get it only if you're into JP3 and are a completist like me.

andrewsaurus rex


You can support the Dinosaur Toy Forum by making dino-purchases through these links to Ebay and Amazon. Disclaimer: these and other links to Ebay.com and Amazon.com on the Dinosaur Toy Forum are often affiliate links, so when you make purchases through them we may make a commission.