Mattel’s electronic dinosaur line – dubbed Roar Strikers – for the Jurassic World Dominion film are starting to show up in stores. Check out the Jurassic Toys review of these two re-issues and two brand new sculpts! https://youtu.be/g5OcrfUB8Do
The eighties were a much different time, especially for the toy industry. The companies back then were much less subtle about cross selling their products. The He-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, My Little Pony and many other toy lines were all tied to a cartoon show with the purpose to push toy sales. In the early nineties things were changing to make it less obvious, because of complaints by parents and child advocacy groups. But that didn’t stop the major toy companies from influencing children to buy more of their licensed toys. Miniature toy catalogs were often included in larger play…
Check out this cute little lunchbox. It was a free giveaway when you purchased biscuits from the Belgian company LU in 1997. The bright green plastic box features an image of the young T-Rex and the very time-period The Lost World styling and typography. I remember seeing this lunch box all over the place during lunch at school. But unfortunately, many had the print faded or nearly gone as it turned out it was not dishwasher save. I never used mine for food, and kept it nice and tidy in my collection room… Hope you liked his post! Did you…
Belgian company Cartamundi released a couple of card games inspired by Jurassic World. They’re part of their Shuffle brand that has a number of licensed card games. (more…)
Jurassic Park fans know that Barbasol has a strong association with the brand. It was one of their cans after all that was used to smuggle the dinosaur embryos of the island in the first Jurassic Park film. Now 25 years later, they’re once again attached to the franchise. For the release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Barbasol is releasing cans with images from the 2018 blockbuster. They surprised me with (empty) cans of their Sensitive Skin shaving foam with the Indoraptor image and the Soothing Aloe with Blue’s image. In 2015, similar cans were produced for the first Jurassic…
Check out these two awesome items by Joy Toy, a European company that produces all kinds of licensed products. The LED nightlight features the stressed T-Rex skeleton from the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom logo. When plugged in, the colors will cross fade through the plexiglass, providing a really nice effect. The LED light comes with a USB cable, and can be plugged right into most chargers like your iPhone’s or any other brand you use. The ceramic mug also comes with a neat effect. When a hot liquid like coffee or tea is poured in, lava appears behind the Jurassic…
Mattel’s Jurassic World: Legacy Collection line features all kinds of action figures, dinosaurs and vehicles from the first three Jurassic Park films. The Extreme Chompin’ Spinosaurus is the latest toy in this line, and probably even the best so far. This is a pretty large dinosaur, and very much in scale with Mattel’s Legacy Tyrannosaurus Rex. Mattel loves to add articulation to its Jurassic World dinosaurs and Spinosaurus is no exception. The head can be placed in several positions. The mouth has a chomping effect that can be triggered by pushing the button behind its head. While we now know…
Jurassic-themed board games are hot. Ravensburger released one in the United States a few months ago. Mondo Games is releasing one later this year. But these are all Jurassic Park themed. Up until now there was no Jurassic World board game that catered to both kids and adults. But thanks to Just Games, the first ever Jurassic World board game exists. Just Games is a Dutch company that produces family games, children’s games, expert games, memory games and puzzles, often based on popular local television shows and other licenses. Their awesome looking Jurassic World: The Boardgame is the first ever…
Mattel isn’t shying away from bringing some off-screen dinosaurs back to life. Suchomimus was not featured in any of the films or the books, but was briefly mentioned in Jurassic Park III by Billy Brennan when he was trying to identify the Spinosaurus. An image of Mattel’s version appeared online along with the photos of the other Action Attack dinosaurs, Stegosaurus and Carnotaurus. While many praised the sculpt based on that single photo, there was some concern about the color scheme which appeared to be too bright blue and yellow. But when the first sets started to hit the shelves…
When Hasbro didn’t release no movie inspired action figures in their 2015 Jurassic World line, fans were disappointed. They tried to set things right when they released their Owen “Alpha” and Velociraptor “Blue” set, but that figure lacked character. Mattel Jurassic World action figures When Mattel took over the Jurassic World toy kingdom, it quickly came clear they were pulling out all stops. Not only did they lift the quality of the dinosaur toys, they also brought back movie inspired action figures. The first wave consists out of three figures. Owen and Baby Blue, Dinosaur Trainer Owen and Mercenary &…
