Jurassic Park III Paul Kirby and Stegosaurus

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Jurassic Park III Paul Kirby

Paul Kirby is an action figure from the Jurassic Park III toy line. He was part of the wave 2 release along Alan Grant with Compies and the generic Military Diver with Spinosaurus. The Jurassic Park III toy line was released under the Hasbro banner, dumping the Kenner branding along with the traditional Jurassic Park look, feel and scale. Paul Kirby resembles William H. Macy likeness, but is lacking his trademark mustache. His pose is very awkward, it took me some time to get him standing without falling over. The Stegosaurus is kinda surprising.  All the other dinosaurs that came…

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Jurassic World Velociraptor 4-Pack

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This Velociraptor pack was sold in the US as a Target exclusive. The Blue figure was not released before and features a light up skin pattern by using the included LED light. The other 3 raptors, dubbed “Titan Raptors”, were released separately all over the world. They sparked an out cry among Jurassic Park and dinosaur fans because they are lacking their famous toe claws. The new Blue figure is lacking this as well. I got this set, among a lot of other JW stuff, during my visit to Orlando earlier this year. It surprised me how big this box…

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Dakin Jurassic Park Brachiosaurus

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Jurassic Park Dakin Brachiosaurus

Back in 1992 Dakin released a set of four Jurassic Park stuffed dinosaurs. One of them was a beautiful Brachiosaurus. I remember buying the Dilophosaurus, Velociraptor and Triceratops when I was a kid, but never managed to get the Brachiosaurus, because it was so much more expensive. I always regretted this however. Quite a few years later I was very fortunate to find one in excellent condition, including its original tag, on a flea market. As you can see on the pictures, this Brachiosaurus is HUGE! When you compare it to the Kenner figures, it’s almost in the right scale.…

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Topps The Lost World eggs advertisement

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Topps The Lost World eggs

These The Lost World themed dinosaur eggs were released in 1997 by Topps, the company that brought us the Jurassic Park and The Lost World trading cards, as well as the official comic books. The plastic eggs contained some sweets and a dinosaur skeleton. This advertisement was featured on the back of the European The Lost World sticker album by Merlin, a company owned by Topps.

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Jurassic World “Mountain Dew” T-Rex

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Jurassic World Basher T-Rex variations

One of the Jurassic World wave 3 toys is the repainted T-Rex.  On the promotional artwork released by Hasbro, the Rex sported an almost fluorescent green color. It quickly gained the nickname Mountain Dew Rex. However in reality, the green isn’t as bright at all. It comes close to the paint job on the wave 1 Stegoceratops. I got my “Mountain Dew” Rex along with a whole bunch of other wave 3 Jurassic World toys during my Orlando trip in January of this year. So far none of these have been spotted in retail stores here in Europe.

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The Lost World laundry detergent

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The Lost World Dixan

Back in 1997 lots of companies wanted to have their brand associated with the Jurassic Park sequel. Even a big Belgian laundry detergent brand called Dixan jumped on the hype train. They released a limited edition barrel of their detergent with the logo of the The Lost World embedded in their layout. On the back of the box there were some facts about dinosaurs from the movie in both Dutch and French.

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The Lost World: Cyclops Raptor

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The Lost World - Cyclops Raptor

Kenner released a few Velociraptors as part of the “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” line but the Cyclops Raptor is probably the most remarkable one. Cyclops Raptor comes with capture gear. The head will move from left to right by swinging the tail. One of it’s eyes has gone blind, explaining its “Cyclops” code name. On its back there’s a large cut from a attack by a larger predator. It doesn’t resemble anything like the movie-version raptors, but yet there’s something curious about it. It feel likes it has an untold backstory and that makes me curious…

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Jurassic Park Deluxe VHS set

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Jurassic Park deluxe VHS

You know those limited edition Blu-Ray box sets like they did for Jurassic Park and Jurassic World and many other movies? That idea isn’t quite that new actually. Back in 1994 Universal Pictures released a special edition Jurassic Park VHS set. It was packed in a special DNA carry case and featured besides the Jurassic Park VHS, a booklet about dinosaurs and their DNA, a security pass, a 3D hologram watch and a Jurassic Park map. The map is quite interesting because the visuals seem like nothing that have been used before. It’s likely they were created just for this deluxe…

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