Jurassic Park Series 2: Velociraptor

Year of release: 1993-1994

Accessories:

-Three pieces of capture gear

-Collector’s Card # 50

Description: Since this Raptor figure is identical to the JPS1 Raptor figure, I’ll refer to the JPS1 Velociraptor review for details on its paint job and action features, playability and realism.

The most notable difference between the JPS1 and JPS2 Velociraptor is the inclusion of Capture Gear with the latter. It comes with three parts in total, a small cuff like JP tag, a muzzle, and limb restraints (which can be attached to both arms and legs). All three parts are painted in a shiny metallic paint job. When the Capture Gear is applied to the figure, it’s nearly totally subdued, being unable to walk, use its jaws or claws and of course, kill. The only part a Raptor as restrained as this one might cause damage with is the tail, but since this particular Raptor figure doesn’t have a tail strike feature, it’s screwed. It does not come with any dinosaur-breaks-free-of-restraints action feature, like most of the JPS2 dinosaurs, since such action features were unusual until the TLW lines came along. The small tag is just an extra gadget with no real function except to tell this figure is a JP dinosaur (hence the JP logo), and to annoy completist collectors who keep losing them.

Repaint: no actually. This figure is not a repaint, it’s a reuse. It features the exact same paint job as its Series 1 predecessor. It also carries the same number as the JPS1 Velociraptor.

Overall rating: 7/10. It’s a shame the designers couldn’t have been more imaginative, but it’s still a fine figure. The Capture Gear doesn’t add much, though it’s funky to apply. The Series 2 Raptor is rarer than the JPS1 Raptor, but still one of the more common JPS2 dinosaur figures and not that difficult to get. For those that live in territories where this figure wasn’t released, Ebay usually provides a solution.