Jurassic Park Dinosaurs: Pachycephalosaurus and Dinosaur Trainer

Year of release: 1999

Accessories:

-Heavy Strike Weapons Pack with detachable missile launcher

-Two missiles

-Gun

Description: this Pachycephalosaurus stands in a completely neutral pose. Its body is almost symmetrical, except for some small details, like the position of the hands (notice Pachy has no less than five fingers on each hand, more than most bipedal dinosaurs had) and the paint scheme. And of course there is the round button sticking out of the left upper leg. When pressed, this activates the dinosaur’s attack action: the head will move downward, as if it’s giving a head butt. The animal resembles a kangaroo with its large feet and arms: but it has a bizarre head covered with bumps and little spikes, and of course a big bald spot on its forehead. A row of bumps can be found on the neck, while several more of them run over its back and tail.

This figure sports a diverse paint job. Its underside (belly, lower part of the tail, most of the legs and all of the arms) is painted grey. This colour gradually shifts into light green on its tail, upper legs and flanks, while additional green is found on its throat and face. The neck, upper parts of the legs (including action button on the left leg) and most of its back are coloured blue with asymmetrical leaf like shapes running out of this colouration, while blue stripes run over its tail and blue spots cover its eye sections and snout. The top of the head, including the skull dome, is white, and the creature has small red eyes with black pupils. It also has black claws on its feet and a black JP logo on its right upper leg.

The Dinosaur Trainer stands in a largely neutral pose, except for his right leg which is moved slightly forwards. He sports an almost military outfit, namely a green shirt with a black vest and brown straps over it, black gloves, light brown pants with yellowish green stripes and swirls on them in a random pattern suggesting camouflage, and black boots. He also wears a red cap with the typical JP T-Rex logo on it. He has a stone cold facial expression, black hair, eyebrows and eyes . He’s got some detailing on his pants, though it’s hardly noticeable because it’s painted in the same colour as the pants themselves: on his left leg he’s got one pocket, while on his right leg he has a knife as well as some damage to his pants, indicating he’s had a near miss with some ferocious prehistoric vermin.

This man comes with some impressive looking weaponry. First, he owns a small gun (don’t ask me what type of gun it is, I'm a pacifist), coloured grey. It doesn’t do anything, it’s just an additional gadget. Second, he sports a large backpack, labelled a Heavy Strike Weapons Pack (let's abbreviate that to HSWP). It’s basically a large back pack carrying a missile launcher, enabling the user to keep his hands free to carry other stuff. The HSWP, sporting a yellowish brown (almost golden) paint job, looks pretty sophisticated and detailed, but works fairly simple. It can be pinned to the figure's back (he’s got a hole there for this sole purpose). The rocket launcher can move up and down, in about a 100 degree angle: it can also be detached to be used separately from the pack. The launcher comes with two different grey missiles (same colour as the gun), and can hold one of them at a time. The other can be stored in a hole in the pack when it’s not used: the hole also fits both missiles simultaneously. By pressing the button on top of the pack the missile is launched with a decent enough force, over a distance of about half a metre. Interesting little detail, the gun can be pinned on a pin on the right end of the launcher when not in use.

Analysis: poor old Pachycephalosaurus is the only basic dinosaur figure in the first JP Dinosaurs line that didn't get released by itself, but only paired up with a human figure instead. This does bring unnecessary repetition in this line down a little bit, but doesn't stop unimaginative repainting, since the paint scheme of this Pachy is largely identical to that of its TLWS1 predecessor. It's a bit of an old colour choice here, mixing grey with light green and blue, and the result isn't great. A stronger tone of green would have been preferable, since now the gradual change of grey into green looks more like the effect of discolouration. The blue is fine, though maybe a bit too strong a hue compared to the rest of the paint job. The real downer is the ugly white colouring on the head. It looks very artificial and fake and doesn't fit in at all with the rest of the paint job. Some details have been taken care of, like the ocular area (the red eyes look cool) and the claws on its feet, while others have been neglected (like the rest of the claws). The typical head ramming action works as fine as ever. Overall, this is still a great sculpt, but the paint job is a real mixed bag.

Pachy's human companion got lucky though, since his paint job is very good in comparison. Aside from the Jurassic Park cap, he has a rather commando feel to him. His big boots, camouflage pants, big muscles and expressionless face make him look like a real 'hard man'. Contrary to his prehistoric pet he sports a more appealing look than Ajay, his original body. This is one dinosaur drill sergeant few reptilian recruits would feel like messing with. He doesn't take crap from anyone, and if some extinct critter talked back to him he always has his HSWP to back him up and take it down. This too is still an excellent bit of weaponry, though a bit over the top maybe. It hasn't been changed since its last appearance, except for its new lighter paint job. The original black colouring looked more realistic though, light brown just doesn't do this killer equipment justice, it looks too soft. Unfortunately the missiles' impact force is not sufficient to knock the Pachycephalosaurus over, it's more suited for mowing down hatchlings. Pachy's head butt should suffice to slam the Trainer to the ground, so despite his tough guy look and heavy equipment – and the fact it got a better makeover – he would get his ass kicked and the dinosaur would win this fight.

Repaint: yes. This is a repaint of the original JPS2 Pachycephalosaurus, which was previously repainted for TLWS1. For this set he teams up with a TLWS2 Ajay repaint, which has a head sculpt that originally belonged to JPS2 Jaws Jackson. The Dino Trainer comes with all of Ajay's accessories, except for the Parasaurolophus hatchling. Neither the dinosaur nor its keeper would be repainted for later toy lines (though a repaint of Ajay's body would also be seen in the Stegosaurus with Dinosaur Hunter set of Wave 2 of this toy line).

Overall rating: 8/10. A solid set, comprised of an excellently repainted human figure and his butch accessories and an awesome dinosaur figure which unfortunately suffers from a bit of an uninspired and messy paint job. Of all the JPD1 dino/human sets, this one is probably the easiest to find, though still not overly common, especially in MOC or complete condition. It can be found at varying costs.

The Lost World Series 1: Pachycephalosaurus (large)

Year of release: 1997

Accessories:

-Four pieces of capture gear

-Dino damage wound piece

Description: this large Pachycephalosaurus model sports a different, darker, paint job than its smaller counterpart from the same toy line. Most noticeable is the dark blue colouring which is found on most of the body, running in one large spot from the neck to the base of the tail, from which it continues over the tail in a series of ten stripes. On the flanks the blue flows out in an asymmetrical pattern from the blue on the back, as is also the case on the upper legs. On its lower left leg a JP: Site B logo with the number .23 is located, in the same colour. Additionally, the creature also has blue spots around its bright orange eyes, and its small beak is dark blue as well. The lower parts of the animal, its belly, inner part of the limbs, throat and lower part of the tail are entirely white, as is the large dome on its head including some of the small spikes directly behind it. The rest of the body of this creature, most of the face and limbs, side of the neck, most of the flanks and parts of the tail, are coloured dark brown. The Pachy’s claws (notice he has five fingers on each hand) are not painted.

This robust and muscular dinosaur stands in a totally neutral position, though its tail is bent upwards at the end to keep it in balance. On its left flank there’s a dino damage skin patch: removing it reveals pink intestines and red muscle tissue. At the upper base of the tail a button is located, which activates the attack action this dinosaur is equipped with. (Note: there is a variation of this sculpt that doesn’t actually have a visible button on its back because its located under its skin. This version is unfortunately rarer.) Pressing the animal’s head inwards and then pushing the button causes the head to move forward with great force, as if giving a violent head butt.

The head ramming action also facilitates the dinosaur-breaks-free-of-restraints action. This figure comes with four pieces of capture gear, all painted in the same dark metallic colour. When the head is pressed inwards, this gear can be attached around the animal, forming a sort of harness. Pressing the button makes it appear the dinosaur forces its way out of these restraints, though the large piece strapped around its waist doesn’t come off.

Analysis: since the smaller Pachycephalosaurus of this toy line was a repaint of the JPS2 Pachy, it’s only fair Kenner provided us with a new Pachycephalosaurus as well, to celebrate this dinosaur’s small but spectacular role in the TLW movie. The designers did not disappoint, since this large Pachy is a wonderful and given its large size even surprising addition to the toy line. The paint job is adequate but nothing too special, so it’s the head ramming action which is the main attraction of this figure.

Granted, it looks a bit odd to see the neck of the animal stick out of a big hole like that, and when the head is pushed inwards it looks rather silly, but the ferocity and power of the attack option make every little point of criticism fade. To keep it short: this attack action works really well. The head is released with great force, smashing down anything in its path, which does mean it only works on a point blank range. Unlike with most attack actions this one doesn’t just affect smaller dinosaurs or human figures, but vehicles and large creatures as well. A precise hit will easily knock a Net Trapper or a Carnotaurus over. It’s really a fun action feature, which of course is also used for the compulsory dinosaur-breaks-free-of-capture-gear action most TLW dinosaur figures come with. In the Pachy’s case, this too works almost flawlessly. Pressing the button basically launches the front part of the restraints, sometimes up to about 60 centimetres. This can even be used as a weapon, not unlike missile or net launchers, except now it’s the dinosaur’s turn to fire at others.

Despite the great attack feature, the typical dino damage wound is less of a success. It looks very artificial, like someone cut an almost symmetrical piece out of the creature’s left side. But the worst part is that it’s very hard to remove, since it fits in very tightly. It’s also a bitch to put back. A shame, because it’s the only real problem this otherwise fantastic figure suffers from.

Playability: quite high. The head ramming action alone makes for loads of playability options. Besides that, this sculpt stands in a good neutral posture and has both poseable arms and legs. Also, its head can be twisted around, even in a 360 decree circle (though that may be a bit gruesome). In this case the capture gear also adds some nice options, since it’s not only usable on the dinosaur, but also by the dinosaur. Sadly, the feeble damage wound takes away something, but the overall playability doesn’t suffer to much from it. However, a note of caution: the attack action really is quite powerful, so you should be careful with it. It has the ability to damage figures when it smashes into them, and causes paint wear, even on this figure’s head itself. So have mercy on your toys.

Realism: the bizarre shape of the head with its large dome and array of small spikes make this creature stand out as a real Pachycephalosaurus. Interestingly enough, compared to the human figures of this toy line, the creature’s size is about accurate. The Pachy seen in the TLW movie was smaller though, and most likely a juvenile. Its colours somewhat match this figure’s paint job, or at least the blue/brown combination does. However, they are very different from the colours of the other Pachys from this toy line, like they’re different species.

Repaint: no. This figure would not be repainted for any later toy line either.

Overall rating: 8/10. This is a very neat dinosaur with a great attack action and a decent paint job. Even though it has some minor downsides, like the dino damage piece that’s hard to remove and the potential damage the head butting action may cause on other figures, it is most definitely worth being added to any JP toy fans’ collection. It’s not hard to find since it enjoyed a wide release, so you shouldn’t have much problems getting hold of one.

The Lost World Series 1: Pachycephalosaurus (small)

Year of release: 1997

Accessories:

-Two pieces of capture gear

Description: this Pachycephalosaurus stands in a completely neutral pose. Its body is almost symmetrical, except for some small details, like the position of the fingers (notice Pachy has no less than five of them on each hand, more than most bipedal dinosaurs had) and the paint scheme. And of course there is the round button sticking out of the left upper leg. When pressed, this activates the dinosaur’s attack action: the head will move downward, as if it’s giving a head butt. The animal resembles a kangaroo with its large feet and arms: but it has a bizarre head covered with bumps and little spikes, and of course a bald large skull bone. A row of bumps can be found on the neck, while several more of them run over its back and tail.

This figure sports a very green paint job, with various tones of green displayed all over its body. Basically these green tones are divided in three sections: the first and lightest shade of green adorns most of the underside of the animal, namely his belly, legs, arms, most of the tail, the throat and parts of the face. A second, darker green tone is found only on the chest and flanks, and in one place also on the back. The third and darkest tone of green covers most of the back and neck, as well as the snout (around the mouth and nostrils), parts of the face (especially around the very red eyes), upper legs, and running in stripes on its tail. The button on its left leg is painted in yet another version of darker green, so it’s easy to spot. On its head it sports a large dark red colouring around the beige skull bone. Its claws are painted brownish green, and on its right leg it’s got a yellow JP Site B logo with the number .37 next to it.

Analysis: though a repaint of the JPS2 Pachycephalosaurus, this is a very cool figure and could even be considered an improvement over its predecessor. It’s paint job is rather spectacular and shows how much you can do with green. The red on the head and the fiendishly dark red eyes are also well done and add some variation to the paint job. The figure’s head butting action, though a Pachy cliché, works fine, though with some figures the button gets stuck easily, making the attack action harder to perform. It’s a shame the button sticks out so much, since it looks rather odd this way, like the Pachy has a deformity of sorts or some projectile sticking out of its leg.

This dinosaur comes with two new pieces of capture gear. Like with the Velociraptor of this toy line, it’s surprising Kenner made two new pieces, since they could also have used the pieces from the previous incarnation of this figure. Fortunately they didn’t, because the JPS2 Pachy had rather lame restraints. This figure’s gear is more elaborate, easier to attach, and also looks cooler. One piece goes on the creature’s back, while the other, attached to the first piece, covers the head. Together with the head butting action they make for a fun dinosaur-breaks-free-of-restraint-gear action: moving the head back and forth long enough will cause the Pachy to throw off the gear. It works well and looks realistic enough. However, like with the Raptor figure, this gear wouldn’t stop the animal from scurrying off, since it doesn’t cover its legs.

Playability: this figure provides for some fine playability. It’s fully poseable, and stands in as neutral a position as you could hope for. The head butting action works well in most cases. The capture gear adds some fun breaking-free action, but other than that doesn’t really serve a purpose.

Realism: this figure is clearly recognizable as a Pachycephalosaurus, mostly because of its grotesque head. It looks somewhat different from the Pachy seen in the movie though: that one was a tad smaller, though it’s very possible it was a juvenile because real life Pachys weren’t small creatures at all. It also sported different colouring, more resembling that of the larger Pachy of this toy line. The capture gear this animal comes with was not seen in the TLW film.

Repaint: yes. This figure is a repaint of the JPS2 Pachycephalosaurus. It would be repainted again for JP Dinosaurs 1, in the ‘Pachycephalosaurus with Dinosaur Trainer’ set. The capture gear would not be repainted again, however.

Overall rating: 8/10. Though it’s a repaint, this is one of the better TLW dinosaur figures, mostly because of it’s cool new paint job, fine sculpt and good attack action. Fortunately it isn’t particularly hard to find, nor will it prove very expensive, so don’t hesitate to get one yourself.

The Lost World Series 1: Roland Tembo

Year of release: 1997

Accessories:

-Dino Stun Prod

-Knife

-Pachycephalosaurus hatchling

Description: Roland is looking very butch sporting green dinosaur skin (including a dinosaur head) wrapped around his brown shirt. Apart from that he’s also wearing ominously dark green pants (along with a knife strapped to his left leg), dark brown leather boots, brown belt and gloves, and a small neck collar made of bones. To top it off he’s sporting a very black hat with the InGen logo at the right side. Roland stands in a fairly neutral pose with his right leg outstretched to the right.

He carries a very large metallic looking device called a Dino Stun Prod. It’s painted metallic dark grey with silvery highlights on both ends. On the front end these consist of two large “claws” surrounding a smaller electronic looking device. On the back end there’s a button: when pressed the claws swing open and the front end sticks out, knocking anything it hits over with some force. The apparatus is almost as big as Roland himself. He can hold the device by sticking his arm in it, making it appear he’s got a bionic arm of sorts. When holding the weapon he can only stand by leaning the thing on the ground, otherwise he topples over. Roland has a second weapon, a small metallic grey knife.

The Pachycephalosaurus hatchling stands in a ferocious attack posture, ready to knock anything it comes into contact with down. Its body is fully outstretched with its head lowered and its skull ready for head butting: his legs stand in a running pose. The animal sports a light green paint job, with its back, tail and upper legs adorned with dark green stripes. Its underside is coloured yellowish beige. His thick skull is painted pinkish red with a large beige spot in the middle, and his eyes are beige with black pupils. A yellow JP Site B logo can be found on his right upper leg, hardly noticeable.

Analysis: Roland has quite a presence with his eerie outfit confirming his reputation as a great white hunter. Unfortunately, the dinosaur skin is just a bit too campy, especially the face with the oversized nostrils. It would have been better not to have Roland sport such dinosaur leather, it’s kind of ridiculous. Other than that his outfit looks pretty swell, especially his dark hat.

The weapon isn’t very special. Though it’s fun to have it spring open, it just doesn’t feel right. It’s simply oversized, making it unrealistic, and its look isn’t very appealing. Also, it only does damage to any dinosaur standing right in front of the weapon, and it only works on smaller dinosaurs, like hatchlings. It doesn’t do anything to larger figures. It’s just hard to think of Roland using such a weapon to hunt dinosaurs with; it would have been better if he had the gun we saw him carry in the movie, or at least a weapon firing stuff. The knife is a neat little bonus though: it looks good and feels like something Roland would use.

The Pachy is a fierce little devil. It looks ready for action even though it’s just a hatchling. The paint job is good enough and resembles the colours of the larger Pachycephalosaurus (the medium size Pachy that is, not the biggest of the three this toy line featured), adding some consistency to the line. Still, it doesn’t really look like a hatchling, apart from its big eyes maybe. It looks more like a smaller version of an adult Pachy. But it’s a good little figure anyhow.

Playability: it could have been better. Roland has the usual poseable limbs and a decently neutral position too. The weapon however doesn’t add much action options: the knife is a good little addition though. The Pachy’s active pose limits playability somewhat, since it’s basically usable for action only. It would look good in dioramas though.

Realism: though the dinosaur skin is really cheesy, the rest of Roland’s outfit isn’t farfetched and looks like something Roland might wear on hunting trips. It’s not the same as what he wore in the movie though; the outfit worn by the exclusive Roland figure that comes with the D.A.R.T. looks more like it. Still, the head sculpt sure looks similar to Pete Postlethwaite’s facial features, and the hat isn’t far off either. Though there was a stun prod in the TLW movie, this weapon looks nothing like it: it’s much bigger and more complex in design. The knife is more realistic.

The Pachy looks a lot like a Pachy in defensive mode might look like, though it’s doubtful hatchlings would also behave like this. But as said above, this sculpt looks more like a small version of an adult Pachycephalosaurus than it resembles a juvenile. It’s quite anatomically correct, though it may be missing some fingers.

Repaint: no. The figure, hatchling and weapons would not be repainted for later toy lines either.

Overall rating: 6/10. The figure and hatchling are decent enough, though both have some aesthetic downsides. The weapon isn’t great and doesn’t fit Roland’s character: the knife can’t help it be better. This figure isn’t hard to find, nor should it prove very expensive if you run into it.

Jurassic Park Series 2: Pachycephalosaurus

Year of release: 1993-1994

Accessories:

-Three pieces of capture gear

-Collector’s Card # 42

Description: this Pachycephalosaurus stands in a completely neutral pose. Its body is almost totally symmetrical, except for some small details, like the position of the fingers (no less than five of them on each hand, more than most other dinosaur figures). Most notably, there is the round button embedded in the left upper leg. When pressed, this activates the dinosaur’s attack action: the head will move downward, as if it’s giving a head butt. The animal resembles a kangaroo with its large feet and arms, but it has a bizarre head covered with bumps and little spikes, and of course a large bald head dome. A row of bumps can be found on the neck, while several more of them run over its back and tail.

This figure sports a very fiery paint job, mostly because of the abundance of red and the bright yellow scheme on its head. Its back and the upper part of its tail are black, with small black stripes running out of it. It also has a black circular pattern with more black stripes on both upper legs, and additional black stripes on its neck. The sides of its face, around its small orange eyes (with cat like red pupils) are also black, while the top part of the head (snout, head dome, all the bumps and spikes and a stripe under each eye) is yellow. The creature's underside (throat, belly, inner part of both legs and lower part of the tail) is beige. The remaining parts of this figure (flanks, arms, rest of the legs, head, tail and neck) is dark red (including the button on its left leg). Pachy has black claws on both fingers and toes, and a yellow JP logo is found on the upper left section of its tail, with the number .14 next to it.

Three pieces of capture gear come with this set to restrain this dinosaur. There's the tag, the small cuff with the JP logo on it, which fits around the figure's legs, arms or tail. Second, there's the limb restraint, in the shape of an X, which subdues arms and legs simultaneously. Lastly, there's the head gear, which mostly covers the face (more importantly, the eyes and the spikes and bumps on its snout), with straps going over its neck to keep it a tight fit. The head restraint is made of a softer material than the other capture gear.

Analysis: this is a very cool addition to the existing line of figures, sporting a good paint job, hinting at the aggressive personality of this dinosaur, a don't-mess-with-me attitude, underscored by the Pachy's fierce head butting action. This attack option, though a Pachycephalosaurus cliché, works fine, though with some figures the button gets stuck, making the attack action harder to perform. The button is well “hidden”, it doesn't get in the way but it's still easy to find (unlike on the repaint Pachys, which feature buttons sticking out of the leg, as if there's something wrong with them). The head butting knocks over any smaller figures it comes into contact with (it's especially well suited for human figures), though it's best to lower its arms when using it, because they tend to get in the way otherwise.

This dinosaur comes with three pieces of capture gear. Like with the other dinosaur figures of the JPS2 toy line, there's the tag (which seems an obligatory item, as if the JP logo on the dinosaurs itself isn't sufficient). The Pachy's tag is rather small, and as such a nuisance since it often gets lost and makes complete loose samples harder to find. The other accessories at least serve a function. The leg restraint secures both arms and legs, making sure the beastie doesn't run off, or uses its arms to hurt people. The head piece covers the eyes, so the creature can't see what's going on around him, as well as the sharp little spikes on its snout. However, its doesn't stop the Pachy from head butting, which is still effective enough to deal severe blows to figures at close range, despite the softer material of the head piece. At least the animal can't see what he's hitting.

Playability: this figure provides for some fine playability. It’s fully poseable (arms, legs and head can be moved, and even the tail can be twisted around though it does look stupid), and stands in as neutral a position as you could hope for. The head butting action works well in most cases. The capture gear does add something in the case of the head and limbs restraints, but the tag is basically pointless (as it is for most dinosaur figures that come with one). There is no dinosaur-breaks-free-of-restraints action involved though.

Realism: this figure is clearly recognizable as a Pachycephalosaurus, mostly because of its grotesque head. Pachycephalosaurus wasn't featured in the first movie, but would be in The Lost World film. This figure looks somewhat different from the Pachy seen in that movie though: that one was smaller by comparison and had a different colour scheme. This figure is also small for Pachy standards (adult Pachycephalosaurs were at least twice as big), but it does look quite accurate in all other regards.

Repaint: no, this dinosaur was a new addition to Kenner's existing range of figures. It would be repainted twice, once for The Lost World Series 1, and again for the JPD1 'Pachycephalosaurus with Dinosaur Trainer' set. In both cases the JPS2 Pachy's capture gear was absent: the TLWS1 Pachy came with brand new accessories, while the JPD1 version had no capture gear at all.

Overall rating: 9/10. This is a very good and pretty accurate figure with a solid but predictable attack action, a sweet paint job and a decent set of capture gear. It's one of the more common JPS2 dinosaurs, but since it's been only released in the USA (though it also seems to have had an extremely limited release in Europe) it's not easily available in most territories. You may have to search for it, but it's definitely worth tracking down.

Jurassic Park Series 2: Dennis Nedry

Year of release: 1993-1994

Accessories:

-Tranq Spray Gun

-Dino damage arms

-Gas mask

-Backpack

-Pachycephalosaurus hatchling

-Collector’s Card # 57

Description: this second Dennis Nedry figure stands in a neutral pose and is somewhat fatter than the other human figures. He sports a red sweater with a brown gun holster and straps over it and a blue tag with the JP logo on his chest. He wears light blue pants and shoes and black gloves. He has brown hair, eyes and eyebrows, and a rather goofy facial expression. Like his JPS1 counterpart (of which this figure is a retooled version) Nedry comes with an action feature of his own (instead of solely in his accessories): both his arms are removable, as if they’re torn off by some vicious dinosaur. The arms can easily be put back.

Nedry comes with a Tranq Spray Gun. This weapon consists of a yellow sack, which can be carried in the metallic silvery grey backpack Nedry is also equipped with, attached to a gun (same shiny colour as the backpack) via a small transparent tube. Holding the gun in water and pressing the sack multiple times makes the sack be loaded with water. Pressing the sack when filled makes the gun spray water. The pack can be carried on Nedry’s back by strapping it around his upper body. Additionally, Nedry comes with a small silver gas mask, which fits over his head.

A Pachycephalosaurus hatchling completes this set. It looks quite bizarre, featuring a large head covered with tiny spikes (and less of a bald head dome like the adult Pachy figure). It has big green, cat like eyes with black pupils, and his teeth are exposed like he's grinning. It stands in an aggressive posture, with its arms outstretched in a sort of 'boxing' pose. The tail points downwards, while its left leg is posed backwards and his right leg forwards. The critter has a mostly red paint job, except for its underside (lower part of the tail, belly, chest) which is coloured beige. On its back, neck and parts of the head it shows a darker shade of red, as well as a single dot of the same colour on each upper leg. It carries a white JP logo on its left leg.

Analysis: this retooled version looks a lot more similar to the Nedry character seen in the film, though it's still nowhere near as fat. His head does have an obese quality to it the JPS1 Nedry lacked and looks much more like Wayne Knight. The sunglasses have also been removed so we get to see all of the face this time. Nedry's paint job is less inspired on this retooled figure, more work could have been done on it (like colouring the shoes differently for example). The best part of this figure is still the dino damage, which make for fun times when Dennis faces the dinosaur toys of this toy line in close encounters. Since he’s supposed to be the bad guy nobody feels guilty when making some nasty predator tear off his arms (especially since repairing the damage isn’t hard either).

Nedry still comes with the Tranq Spray Gun gear. No modifications have been made to the gun, it works like the JPS1 Tranq Spray Gun does (so I'll refer to the JPS1 Nedry's review for further details). Interestingly enough, the gas mask did get a new paint job, silver this time. This does make it more consistent with the rest of the gear, but makes little difference otherwise.

The Pachycephalosaurus is quite an odd little hatchling. Its face is grotesque (which can be said for most Pachycephalosaurus figures, but is true even more so in this case), especially because it has a sort of grinning quality to it due to the big eyes and opened mouth: I wouldn't dare to call this baby cute. This hatchling tends to have balance issues because its head is rather heavy, and slightly leans to the left, often falling over. The paint job is quite similar to the adult Pachy figure of this toy line, adding consistency. It's not the most appealing hatchling, but it is sweet in its own right.

Playability: Dennis himself is quite playable, not only because of the usual range of poseable body parts (head, legs and arms) but more so due to the removable arms which make him a good target for combat with carnivorous dinosaur figures (though I don't think his arms would be capable of being knocked off by a head butting Pachycephalosaurus). The baby Pachy isn’t poseable in any way, like all hatchling figures. The gas mask is a nice extra accessory; though it hasn’t got a real function it fits well over Nedry’s head, as well as on several other figures. The spray gun is the weakest part of the set and one of the lesser weapons of the first two toy lines. The filling and spraying system is adequate enough, but the spray blast itself isn’t really powerful and won’t knock over most figures, except for bipedal hatchlings (like the Dilophosaurus). Also, the water is a danger to electronic figures and even paint jobs of some other figures, so it’s better to keep in mind what figures you are using it on.

Realism: this Dennis Nedry figure benefits a lot from being retooled, because he does look a lot more like the actor portraying him in the JP movie. It's still not a perfect match though: his attire looks a lot different, and despite the round face he's still not fat enough. The dino damage arms aren’t too graphic: though the inside parts of the arms are red, they’re not bloody or gory in any way. Still, it’s good to have a human figure with damage options for a change: after all, why must dinosaurs always be the victims with those nasty wounds?

The Tranq Spray Gun with its water blasting makes this figure feel more like a toy than the other figures. It’s not a very likely weapon to have been used in Jurassic Park. The gas mask is okay, but also doesn’t seem a first priority on a dinosaur infested island.

The Pachycephalosaurus hatchling has a paint job very similar to the larger Pachy figure of this line, though qua appearance it's a lot more spiky. Strangely enough this baby has green eyes, while its “mother” has orange eyes.

Repaint: Like stated above, this figure is a retooled version of the JPS1 Dennis Nedry figure, featuring a new paint job, head sculpt and hatchling. The accessories remain the same, though the gas mask also got a new paint job. Dennis, the little Pachy and the gas mask would not be repainted again, but the Tranq Spray Gun and backpack would be repainted and slightly retooled for the TLWS1 Nick van Owen figure.

Overall rating: 6/10. This Nedry figure looks more similar to the real deal, but has a rather dull paint job. The Tranq Spray Gun also isn't very good, and even dangerous to other figures because of water damage. The hatchling is okay, but nothing special. JPS2 Nedry is less common than his predecessor, since it was released solely in the States. It can be hard to find in other territories, and often fetches higher prices.