Year of release: 2009
Description: the
Velociraptor stands in a stalking posture, its right arm and leg
stretched outward and its head raised upwards with its mouth open, as
if it means to jump on something. The tail is raised upwards and bent
at the tip. All of this creature's body is coloured orange, except
for its underside (lower jaw, throat, belly, most of the lower part
of the tail, underside of the arms and fingers and inner parts of the
legs and feet) which is beige instead. A large part of the face
around the eyes on either side of the Raptor's head is also beige. On
its back, the Raptor features six yellowish beige (a different shade
of beige than mentioned before) stripes, with smaller yellow stripes
of the same shape in the centre of each of these stripes. The figure
has yellow eye sockets, housing cat like orange eyes with black
pupils. It has white teeth and a red inside of the mouth, as well as
black claws on the feet (but not on the fingers). A white JP logo is
found on each upper leg.
The Spinosaurus is
positioned in a crouching move, its right arm resting on the ground,
possibly stalking potential prey. Its left arm is raised upwards and
its mouth is opened wide. It's a very green figure, this colour
being found on all of the body, except for its underside (lower jaw,
throat, belly, most of the lower part of the tail, inner parts of the
arms and legs) which is coloured dark beige. The upper jaw and face,
the feet and the sail are coloured dark green with the tip of the
tail and three stripes running around the tail full circle sporting
the same colour. On both flanks it carries a few beige spots. The
figure has small yellow eyes with black pupils. It also has white
teeth and a red inside of the mouth and tongue. The claws on both
hands and feet are not painted. A white JP logo is found on each
upper leg.
Analysis: Hasbro yet
again went for a very colourful set of new paint jobs in this
two-pack, but again failed to deliver on making these paint jobs look
actually good, except maybe for kids who like their dinosaurs overly
brightly coloured. Both paint schemes are otherwise not very
inspired. In fact, the Spinosaurus' paint job is very similar to the
green paint job of its Camo-Xtreme Swamp predecessor, making it a
poor copy of that particular release. Both figures lack a sense of
detailing, as illustrated by the lack of painted claws (except for
those on the Raptor's feet, but in this case the small claws on the
back of the feet have been neglected). It is good to see the
alternative Spinosaurus sculpt used for a change (though of course a
new sculpt would have made us much happier!), since we haven't seen
it since JPD2. The same can't be said for this Raptor sculpt, which
has overstayed its welcome for far too long.
The Raptor, which in
normal circumstances would be more or less in perfect scale with
Hasbro's human figures (though not in the standard JP situation where
Velociraptors are hugely oversized), is lucky he's about equal size
as the Spinosaurus. In reality any Spinosaurus would just bite the
Raptor in half, being considerably taller. In a fight between these
particular two dinosaurs, the Raptor with its lethal sickle shaped
claws would probably win the day. The Spinosaurus already seems to
have fallen to its knees accordingly.
Repaint: yes. The
Spinosaurus originally came with the Military Diver for the JP III
line (Wave 2) and has been repainted before a few times for
Camo-Xtreme and JPD2 and would be used twice for this toy line. The
Velociraptor sculpt was paired with Alan Grant for the JP III line
(Wave 1 instead) and has been repainted many times for Camo-Xtreme,
JPD2 and JPD3 and would also be featured in various JP 2009 sets.
Overall rating: 3/10.
Funky use of colours here, but these new paint schemes aren't
particularly imaginative or appealing. Besides, there's just nothing
of particular interest in this set, unless you don't own either one
of these sculpts yet. This set is not rare and can still be found
with little effort. Since this two-pack was a Toys'R'Us exclusive
that could change some day, but probably not for the next few years.
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