Box artwork: Bush Devil Tracker
If there was something that Kenner REALLY owned back in the 80’s and early 90’s, it must have been their amazing box artwork. I vividly remember staring at these boxes in the toy store and see those scenes come to live in my mind. Copyright Kenner / Hasbro…
Chaos Effect: Compstegnathus
Compstegnathus is part of the Chaos Effect line which was released in 1998 after the succes of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It featured hybrid dinosaurs that were created by mixing the DNA of different species (Jurassic World anyone?). The design of most new sculpts look…
Dino Showdown Pachyrhinosaurus Clash
Look what recently came in the mail! Finally got my first set from the 2013 “Dino Showdown” line. First thing I noticed was how big it actually is, I expected it would be much smaller. It’s definately bigger than the Biters & Bashers dinosaurs from…
Jurassic World wave 2 toys are showing up in Europe
Good news for the European Jurassic World toy collector! The wave 2 sets are making their way to European toy stores. I was able to get my hands on these 3 sets so far: Pachycephalosaurus Pachycephalosaurus Allosaurus Allosaurus Mosasaurus Mosasaurus Mosasaurus Can’t wait to get my…
Vintage Jurassic Park toy ad from 1993
This Jurassic Park toy ad appeared in a brochure for a supermarket chain called GB (now part of the Carrefour group). It was released right before the holiday shopping in 1993. Anyway, I still remember flipping through that brochure and just being stunned by that…
Jurassic Park Dinosaurs: Pteranodon
This Pteranodon is part of the Jurassic Park: Dinosaurs toy line from 1999. In fact it’s one of the few I own from that line and it’s not even in its package (I’m a vivid “mint in box” collector). It came with a big lot…
LEGO Jurassic Park III sets
LEGO’s all into using IP’s these days for its toy releases. Can you imagine walking into a toy store and not seeing a LEGO set based on Disney, Marvel, DC or Star Wars? And now there are even (very popular) Jurassic World sets. But back in 2001,…
Command Compound hatching egg
After posting my blog post about the Jurassic Park Command Compound, someone asked on Facebook for a close-up of the hatching egg that’s part of the incubator. I mistakingly said it was a Raptor, but obviously it’s a Triceratops (or some other kind of Ceratops)….
Dino Tracker Adventure Set
The Dino Tracker Adventure Set was released in 1997 as a Walmart exclusive in the United States. It’s part of the The Lost World – Jurassic Park line and it features the relatively unknown creatures Estemmenosuchus (yes, that is a spelling error on the package)…
