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  • LEGO Reveals More Jurassic World Sets

    LEGO Reveals More Jurassic World Sets

    Yep. Pretty sure this is almost all of the building sets for Jurassic World not including any BrickHeadz or retailer exclusives. Prices and piece counts are included with the official copy for each set. These sets will hit store shelves in April.

    75926 Pteranodon Chase

    $19.99 | 126 pieces | Ages 6+

    Time to evacuate! This Pteranodon needs rescuing from the erupting volcano but is a fast flyer, so help Owen and the tracker jump into the high-speed offroader and race across Isla Nublar to save it from danger. Retrieve its egg and fire the net shooter to bring the creature down. Then sedate it with the tranquilizer gun and prepare for your next mission!

    75927 Stygimoloch Breakout

    $29.99 | 222 pieces | Ages 6+

    Sound the alert! The Stygimoloch has broken free. Help it smash through the lab door and cause mayhem by flipping the workbench over and smashing the window, then make a speedy escape. The guard won’t believe his eyes when he sees the Stygimoloch charging towards him, so call for back-up!

    75928 Blue’s Helicopter Pursuit

    $39.99 | 397 pieces | Ages 7+

    Watch out for the trap! Too late-Blue has been tricked into entering the cage after spotting food left by Wheatley and the pilot. Jump onto the quadbike and speed after Owen’s dinosaur ally before the evil hunters fly off with it in the helicopter. Fire the crossbow to stop them, set the dinosaur free and take back the stolen eggs-but watch out for the helicopter’s powerful 6-stud shooter.

    75929 Carnotaurus Gyrosphere Escape

    $79.99 | 577 pieces | Ages 7+

    Run for cover! Things are getting hot on Isla Nublar as the island’s volcanoes start erupting and a deadly Carnotaurus appears. Hit full speed in the truck and help Owen, Franklin and Claire escape the falling lava rocks and rampaging predator. Hide in the mobile control center or launch the Gyrosphere, but don’t forget to rescue the baby dinosaur and its eggs before you go!

    75930 Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate

    $129.99 | 1,019 pieces | Ages 8+

    o The 3-level Lockwood Estate features an office, bedroom with bed, laboratory area with museum display cases and a collapsible roof.
    o Indoraptor and Velociraptor feature posable limbs, head and snapping jaws.
    o Also includes a buildable triceratops skull.
    o Customize the estate using the configurable walls.
    o Push the dinosaur heads through the windows to cause a smashing effect.
    o Place the baby Velociraptor in the laboratory and run some DNA tests.
    o Pull the lever to activate the collapsing roof!
    o Weapons include a tranquilizer gun and an axe.
    o Accessory elements include an auction hammer, umbrella and a dinosaur egg.

     

    10756 Pteranadon Escape

     

    $19.99 | 84 pieces | Ages 4+

    Watch out, the volcano’s going to blow! Keep an eye on the lava flow as you wait for the helicopter to come in and rescue you. There it is! Grab the rope swinging from the door and start climbing in. Better hurry, that lava ball is getting close. Hey, what’s that? That Pteranadon is flying in fast; can you get away before it catches up?

    10757 Raptor Rescue Truck

    $24.99 | 85 pieces | Ages 4+

    Grab the chicken leg and head to the truck! The volcano on the island is about to blow, and it’s up to you to save the lost Raptor. Drop the cage on the ground and open the gate, and then attach the chicken to the stick and use it as bait to tempt the Raptor to the cage. Can you and Owen rescue the Raptor and get away in time?

    10758 T. rex Breakout

    $49.99 | 150 pieces | Ages 4+

    Watch the gates, there’s a T. rex on the loose! Help Claire and the scientist watch over the baby dinosaur and the eggs while the guard climbs the ladder to look out for the giant dinosaur. Load the hot dog onto the robotic arm and distract the T. rex away from the gate. Then load up the eggs in the back of the truck, open the gates and speed to safety!

    10879 Gentle Giants Petting Zoo

    $19.99 | 24 pieces | Ages 2+

    Little dinosaur fans will love to create endless role-play adventures as they visit the Gentle Giants Petting Zoo with this Jurassic World toddler toy. Help young children develop fine motor skills as they build and rebuild the baby dinosaur enclosure and help Gray Mitchell use his camera to snap pictures of the baby Triceratops as he stands on the swinging bridge, or the Diplodocus as he eats the vegetation. But don’t get too close—baby dinosaurs can still bite! Includes a LEGO® DUPLO® Gray Mitchell figure plus 2 baby dinosaur figures.

    10880 T. rex Tower

    $29.99 | 22 pieces | Ages 2+

    Enter Jurassic World with your child and recreate all the drama and tension from the movie, with this exciting set! There’s a T. rex on the loose and it’s snapping its jaws! Preschool children will love to help Owen Grady speed in with the car, face off with the huge dinosaur and make it safely into the turning control tower to call for backup. This easy-to-build dinosaur toy with large building bricks is great for creating endless role-play stories with a dinosaur theme. Includes an Owen Grady LEGO® DUPLO® figure, plus a T. rex figure.

  • I Really Don’t Understand LEGO’s Social Media Sometimes

    I Really Don’t Understand LEGO’s Social Media Sometimes

    Pretty sure this was tweeted around the same time the Jurassic World commercial went out during the Super Bowl. “Touchdown In Stores April 2018”? I can see what they were trying to do, but the execution is just so awkwardly bad.

  • LEGO Reveals Some Jurassic World Sets

    LEGO Reveals Some Jurassic World Sets

    Update: Forgot to include the official press release. It’s posted at the bottom. Two things I gleaned from the press release are that there will be a Walmart-exclusive BrickHeadz set, and both TRU and Walmart will get retailer-exclusive sets.

    Bring on the DUPLO dinosaurs!

    Three product reveals across three different age groups were shared by LEGO today for the upcoming Jurassic World release: 75928 Blue’s Helicopter Pursuit for System, 10758 T. rex Breakout for Juniors, and 10880 T. rex Tower for DUPLO.  I would consider this a spoiler-free post, but based on the DUPLO set, if Owen isn’t riding the back of a T-rex in the movie, I’m going to be disappointed.

    Pictures and pricing below. All Jurassic World LEGO sets have a street date of April 16th, 2018.

    75928 Blue’s Helicopter Pursuit

    $39.99 | 397 pieces | Ages 7+
    Builders can unite Owen with his lead Velociraptor in this set designed for fans, ages seven and up. The set includes a quadbike, helicopter, featuring rotating blades and dual searchlights. The set also includes three minifigures: Owen, Wheatley and a pilot, plus Blue, the Velociraptor.

    10758 T. rex Breakout

    $49.99 | 150 pieces | Ages 4+
    Children as young as four can play along and build a posable T. rex, opening gate and a truck with Quick Start chassis. This LEGO Juniors set includes easier building instructions and quick start elements as well as three minifigures and a baby dinosaur figure.

    10880 T. rex Tower

    $29.99 | 22 pieces | Ages 2+
    This new LEGO DUPLO set is suitable for builders, ages two and older. This easy-to-build dinosaur features large building bricks and is great for creating endless role-play stories! Toddlers and their parents can build this set together, which features a T. rex with opening jaw, revolving lookout tower, car and an Owen LEGO® DUPLO® figure.

    Official Press Release

    UNIVERSAL BRAND DEVELOPMENT AND THE LEGO GROUP EXPAND JURASSIC WORLD PARTNERSHIP WITH EXTENSIVE LINE OF CONSTRUCTION SETS, LIFESTYLE COLLECTIONS AND ALL-NEW ANIMATED CONTENT

    Three all-new construction sets revealed for the first time at Nuremberg Toy Fair Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom debuts in theaters worldwide June 2018

    NUREMBERG, GERMANY. – January 30, 2018 – Universal Brand Development (Universal) and the LEGO Group announced today the launch of their largest Jurassic World partnership to date, offering an expanded line of construction sets, all-new animated content, and, for the first time ever, a lifestyle collection. In anticipation of the upcoming global theatrical release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in June, Universal is building upon the success of LEGO Jurassic World, with the debut of construction sets that span every LEGO age category, as well as two all-new, animated videos, and a collection of soft lines and publishing to reach audiences beyond the toy aisle.

    “Fans embraced LEGO Jurassic World with our initial product launch, and we couldn’t wait to come back and give them more of what they love with new ways to play and new opportunities to interact with the brand,” said Vince Klaseus, President of Universal Brand Development. “The expansion of our partnership reflects Universal’s objective to create lifestyle programs and engaging fan experiences that reach every age category, 365 days-a-year.”

    In support of the theatrical launch of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Universal and the LEGO Group will globally launch 13 constructions sets that span across the various LEGO® play categories: LEGO Systems (ages 6+), LEGO Juniors (ages 4-7) and LEGO DUPLO (ages 2-4), plus a collectability offering with LEGO BrickHeadz, available this spring only at Walmart. The sets will hit shelves in April, with retailer exclusives at both Toys “R” Us and Walmart. Additionally, fans will find new soft line and publishing offerings available later this year. .

    “We are thrilled to be expanding on our long-standing partnership with Universal in 2018. This year will bring a wide assortment of LEGO construction sets, collectables, licensed apparel and animated content, all based on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” said Jill Wilfert, Vice President of Inbound Licensing and Entertainment for the LEGO Group. “Jurassic World is an iconic property that appeals to both adults who grew up with the property and to their kids who have embraced this world with the new films. The team at Universal has a strong long-term plan in place that will continue to build the property globally, and we are excited to give LEGO builders of all ages even more options when it comes to playing with Owen, Claire and the iconic dinosaurs like Blue in LEGO form.”

    Revealed for the first time today, a selection of the LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sets fans can look forward to seeing at retail include the below. More sets and information will be unveiled at New York Toy Fair in mid-February.

    LEGO Blue’s Helicopter Pursuit- Builders can unite Owen with his lead Velociraptor in this set designed for fans, ages seven and up. The set includes a quadbike, helicopter, featuring rotating blades and dual searchlights. The set also includes three minifigures: Owen, Wheatley and a pilot, plus Blue, the Velociraptor.

    LEGO Juniors T. rex Breakout- Children as young as four can play along and build a posable T. rex, opening gate and a truck with Quick Start chassis. This LEGO Juniors set includes easier building instructions and quick start elements as well as three minifigures and a baby dinosaur figure.

    LEGO DUPLO T. rex Tower- This new LEGO DUPLO set is suitable for builders, ages two and older. This easy-to-build dinosaur features large building bricks and is great for creating endless role-play stories! Toddlers and their parents can build this set together, which features a T. rex with opening jaw, revolving lookout tower, car and an Owen LEGO® DUPLO® figure.

    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom arrives in U.S. theaters on June 22, 2018. For more information, visit www.jurassicworld.com.

    About Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
    It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles.

    When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. Owen is driven to find Blue, his lead raptor who’s still missing in the wild, and Claire has grown a respect for these creatures she now makes her mission. Arriving on the unstable island as lava begins raining down, their expedition uncovers a conspiracy that could return our entire planet to a perilous order not seen since prehistoric times.

    With all of the wonder, adventure and thrills synonymous with one of the most popular and successful series in cinema history, this all-new motion-picture event sees the return of favorite characters and dinosaurs—along with new breeds more awe-inspiring and terrifying than ever before. Welcome to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

    Stars Pratt and Howard return alongside executive producers Steven Spielberg and Colin Trevorrow for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. They are joined by co-stars James Cromwell, Ted Levine, Justice Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Daniella Pineda, Toby Jones, Rafe Spall and Isabella Sermon, while BD Wong and Jeff Goldblum reprise their roles.

    Directed by J.A. Bayona (The Impossible), the epic action-adventure is written by Jurassic World’s director, Trevorrow, and its co-writer, Derek Connolly. Producers Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley once again partner with Spielberg and Trevorrow in leading the filmmakers for this stunning installment. Belén Atienza joins the team as a producer. www.jurassicworld.com

    About Universal Brand Development
    Universal Brand Development globally drives expansion of the company’s intellectual properties, franchises, characters and stories through innovative physical and digital products, content, and consumer experiences. Along with franchise brand management, Universal Brand Development’s core businesses include Consumer Products, Games and Digital Platforms, and Live Entertainment based on the company’s extensive portfolio of intellectual properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, DreamWorks Animation, and NBCUniversal cable and television. Universal Brand Development is a business segment of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, and part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA). For more information, visit universalbranddevelopment.com.

    About The LEGO Group
    The LEGO Group is a privately held, family-owned company with headquarters in Billund, Denmark, and main offices in Enfield, USA, London, UK., Shanghai, China, and Singapore. Founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, and based on the iconic LEGO® brick, it is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of play materials.

    Guided by the company spirit: “Only the best is good enough”, the company is committed to the development of children and aims to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through creative play and learning. LEGO products are sold worldwide and can be virtually explored at www.LEGO.com.

    For more news from the LEGO Group, information about our financial performance and responsibility engagement, please visit http://www.LEGO.com/aboutus.

    LEGO and the LEGO logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2018 The LEGO Group

  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Trailer

    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Trailer

    Looking back, the first Jurassic World movie, plot holes aside, was entertaining whenever the dinosaurs were on the screen, much like Transformers movies. This one looks pretty good. I’ll make the effort to watch it in a movie, cause I think that’s really the only way to experience it.

  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Is Happening

    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Is Happening

    So I guess this is going to be a thing. I’m only posting this in hopes that LEGO will pick up the license. The Jurassic World sets were kinda hit and miss but I still love me some LEGO dinosaurs.

  • Review: 75919 Indominus rex Breakout

    Review: 75919 Indominus rex Breakout

    This was a hard review to write. Not for any external reasons. Though, I have been busy, I was never busy enough to sit down and gaze with dead eyes at this set all built-up. I just couldn’t bring myself around to care to write it. We’ve had a pretty good streak going on with the Jurassic World sets. I personally have enjoyed all of the middle tier sets and had a mostly positive outlook on this theme in general. But try as I might, I just couldn’t write this review. I’ve started writing it more times than I care to remember. And my apathy towards reviewing 75919 Indominus rex Breakout stems from how disappointing it was.

    Look, I’ve/we’ve harped on the issue about movie accuracy before but when it came around to the Jurassic World sets I can’t speak for Nick but I myself threw out any pre-conceived notions that LEGO would “get it right this time” because frankly they just don’t. Outside of Star Wars, most other licensed themes fail at capturing any on-screen accuracy. And it’s not really their fault. Themes typically take a couple of years to develop and produce before any of it hits showroom floors and eventually store shelves. Lots can happen between the time TLG gets a script or storyboards to the time you have the set in your hands and once the balls in motion it’s difficult to go back and redesign or re-engineer a set. Lucky for us Star Wars fans that the original trilogy was already in the can for years before LEGO got the license, so they have no scapegoat for any accuracy failings in that theme. When it comes to new IPs however, I’ve consciously made a decision to be more open minded and a little more forgiving. I’ve said it in my other reviews, but I now try to look for the basic components that the set draws from its source material, and what kind of play value the set offers overall.

    For the most part, the designers have been successful in this regard. I liked 75917 Raptor Rampage and it’s sister set 75920 Raptor Escape (which, as of this writing, is now sold out at both LEGO Shop@Home and Walmart.com) and had I been the one reviewing 75918 T. Rex Tracker I probably would have given it a 2 since whatever scene the set was based on never even happened in the movie. I’m forgiving but not THAT forgiving so I’ll just chalk that one up to an early draft of the script. 75919 Indominus rex Breakout is the flagship set and I was really looking forward to it. And perhaps the anticipation was my utter downfall as the set did not meet my expectations and instead just left a bad taste in my mouth.

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  • Review: 75917 Raptor Rampage

    Review: 75917 Raptor Rampage

    Four reviews in and so far all of the Jurassic World sets are average to less than average on the review scale. Will 75917 Raptor Rampage be the one that stands out from the crowd of mediocrity?

    Yes.

    I’m going to do this set a favor and not criticize it too harshly for its lack of screen accuracy. Sadly, that is the trend with the majority of LEGO’s licensed sets across just about every theme. 75917 Raptor Rampage certainly includes a lot of key elements of the scene it’s based on, and the parts that don’t belong are put there for playability sake. And unlike 75915 Pteranodon Capture, the included non-canon features don’t detract from the final build too badly.

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  • Review: 75918 T. Rex Tracker

    Review: 75918 T. Rex Tracker

    Before we started this madness of doing a Jurassic World review every day following the release of the movie, I’d only intended to do the two reviews for 75916 Dilophosaurus Ambush and 75920 Raptor Chase. Those two sets had some specific things I was wanting, like headlights and some diverse minfigs. The rest of the line sat pretty firmly in my “maybe when it’s on sale” list. While I really like dinosaurs (I mean, how can you not), it’s pretty rare that I’d use them in anything I typically build. That means that these parts are cool, but they would mostly gather dust in my collection (a tradition on raptors dating all the way back to Dino Attack).

    More than that, trying to review 75918 T. Rex Tracker wasn’t really in my sights at all since the set wasn’t one to grab you when you glanced at it. Sure, the T. rex is cool, but otherwise, what did it have other than another truck in a line with a whole bunch of trucks. I’ll admit, I didn’t look too closely at the set until Ace asked me to pick up this review, otherwise I may have noticed that the worlds most dangerous Animal Control team was basically driving the illegitimate offspring of the Troop Carrier from Aliens and a NASA crawler. Or that one of the ACU minifigs was a nameless female character. Or that the pattern of bad decisions for the Jurassic World planners also included putting the most dangerous predator of all time into what looks like a fragile wooden cage.

    While the raptors are probably the most iconic in the scope of Jurassic Park / Jurassic World… the T. rex is without a doubt the most iconic dinosaur, so it was going to be in a set even if it wasn’t in the film (though it certainly was in the film). We’ve had a few different T. rex models in the last few years, with two in Dino and now this one in the Jurassic World sets.

    So, lots to think of when it comes to this set. This set has a pretty bad sticker shot compared to the rest that we’ve reviewed so far, at 520 pieces for a pretty-big $69.99 price tag. Course, that’s the same price as 480 piece 2012 5886 T-Rex Hunter set, which is the same model in very similar colors, so maybe we got an upgrade in parts despite the lack of a helicopter. Given the pretty ridiculous prices for the previous T. rex models, there may be a financial reason to consider this set…

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  • Reminder: Jurassic World Build-and-Take Event Today at TRU Stores

    Reminder: Jurassic World Build-and-Take Event Today at TRU Stores

    Just a reminder that today is the free build event at Toys’R’Us stores. You can build a mini version of the Jurassic World entry gate pictured above. The event runs from 12noon to 2pm or while supplies last. This event is for kids so don’t show up unless you bring your brood with you. Don’t be THAT guy now. 

  • Review: 75920 Raptor Escape

    Review: 75920 Raptor Escape

    Now that Jurassic World has hit theaters, likely been in the talk for Oscars and made eleventy billion dollars on it’s opening night (I started writing this on Thursday, so I don’t really know, but if there was ever a sure-fire bet for “making back it’s budget” in a movie, it’s something like this)… it’s time to get reviewing those sets. I picked up a few of the JW sets back in early May when they showed up with the other new summer stuff, but hadn’t gotten around to writing these reviews.

    I’d like to give you some really good excuse like “waiting for the movie” or “couldn’t contain my excitement” but honestly, I’m smack-dab in the middle of the “eh…” category when it comes to Jurassic World and the related sets. Make no mistake, I love dinosaurs, enjoyed the first movie well enough, and like seeing LEGO sets with nice pieces. But It’s because I love reading about and studying dinosaurs that I’ve never been overly enamored with the Jurassic Park movies. They are certainly entertaining films, but the science in them is just so awful it breaks me out of my suspension of disbelief a lot, which makes them hard to watch. It’s also not helped by the fact that every scene in every one of the movies brings the thought “wait, how did you possibly think this was a good idea” screaming to the front of your brain.

    Reviewing 75920 Raptor Escape was one of my first choices when I was signing up for these, because it was the set that seemed to have a few nice things to offer. Some interesting parts, a person of color character, not-really Velociraptors Velociraptors, and the potential to make railing jokes all add up to a fun day for me.

    At $39.99 USD and 394 parts, it’s also probably the best “sticker” value of the Jurassic World sets at first glance. I believe that it’s a Walmart exclusive in the US (I picked mine up at a LEGO Store), since I’m not seeing it listed anywhere else. Even though it is distinctly lacking in Chris Pratt (something that increases the value of everything in the universe),maybe it’ll end up being a gem of the line…

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