[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by juggernaut209

I saw them at two target stores yesterday, I’d like to get the classic characters but all I’ve found so far is Grant. I think these are a big improvement over Hasbro’s offerings for the last movie. Hasbro had no consistent scale, skipped out on human characters, and generally had poorly designed dinosaurs with intrusive action features, cheap feeling plastic, and ugly screw holes everywhere.

The one disappointment so far is that they’ve not done a definitive Rex, which is what I’d be most interested in. The colossal version that is essentially 6” scale, cool but too big for me. The “thrash and throw” version that is perfectly scaled for the human figures, but the action features are too intrusive on the sculpt and articulation. And an “extreme chomping” version that looks better and it isn’t completely dominated by action features, but is undersized for the human figures. I think that Indoraptor figure is the best toy so far, it’s superarticulated and a good size. For $20, it’s like a Marvel Legends dinosaur. I would love a Rex to be done in this style. Scaled with the figures, articulated legs, jaws, and tail.

I think the Indoraptor was their way of throwing collectors a bone, I'm sure they know we want super posable dinosaurs (just look at how well that raptor kickstarter did!) but they also know the main toy buyers will be kids, so you gotta put in those lights and sounds and action features to entertain 'em!!!