After weeks of speculation, we finally have Haolonggood’s second take on Tyrannosaurus rex.
Both of these colour schemes are superb.
And in terms of anatomy, these two have proper postures, big and beefy bodies, thick necks, and the correct skull profiles.
Imagine yourself for a moment in a swamp. Not just any particular swamp. There’s mangrove trees with many vines hanging off their branches, tall reeds and cattails, and a strange assortment of prehistoric fauna. There’s a herd of ginormous Paraceratherium feeding on the trees, Phiomia fleeing from ravenous Titanoboa, Baryonyx fishing, and Beelzebufo hopping around.
It has gotten to the point where I wince a little whenever Mattel announces a new giant sauropod toy. It wasn’t that long ago that the Legacy Brachiosaurus was released, and I naively thought that such an enormous toy was a one-off release.
A few days ago, the first Columbian mammoth figure was reviewed at the blog, which reminded me how much I love mammoths, so I was inspired to review my oldest mammoth toy; the Dor Mei woolly mammoth. I can’t find much info about it online, other than that it’s supposedly from 1983 and part of a line called “Galaxy Fighters Warriors”, but I have no idea what that means or if it’s even correct.
Two new Hammond Collections toys have been revealed. There’s the JP3 Spinosaurus (or does the totally new design in Rebirth now officially mean it’s a mutant?).
And here’s the Stegosaurus from The Lost World.
About 1.5 million years ago, a population of steppe mammoths (Mammuthus trogontherii) entered North America from Siberia via the Bering Strait. As they migrated south into the warmer regions of the United States and Mexico, they soon gave rise to a new mammoth species, M.
The Haolonggood Huayangosaurus was a figure originally teased on the 2024 Haolonggood announcement poster and since it’s a genus for which figures are few and far between a lot of collectors were eager to acquire one, me included. But then came the bad news, the Huayangosaurus was a bonus figure included with the Argentinosaurus pre-order.
Toys that change colour when immersed in water have long been popular with youngsters, so it makes sense for Jurassic World to get in on the game. These skeletal individuals become fleshed out.
Dilophosaurus.
Miragaaia.
Shringasaurus.
And there are also two packs that go from one colour scheme to another, with what appear to be wounds painted on.
Nearly 30 years after Jurassic Park released and had helped reform the general public’s perception of dinosaurs, Jurassic World Dominion released in 2022. It is the first film in the franchise to feature fully feathered dinosaurs (and a pterosaur), another major step moving in line with the science that had been going on for decades.
Stella the Stellasaurus is the very first toy of her species!
She’ll go well alongside Anthony. PNSO sure does love ceratopsids.
The Tyrannosaurus Off-road Tracker Pack represents the last set released in the short-lived Jurassic Park 93’ Classic line, which was replaced last year by the (so far) inferior Jurassic World Reimagined line. I suppose it makes sense that the line wouldn’t last too far past the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park but I think the entire range of toys released under it are some of Mattel’s best and most fun.
Following up on the success of last year’s 1:35 scale Stegosaurus, Haolonggood is releasing a 1:20 scale resin version with a unique paint scheme and a detailed base.
The figure measures 46 cm/18″ long, 23.4 cm/9.2″ high, and 9 cm/3.5″ wide.
