This is it, the review you've been waiting for. Verizon Presents: The Indominus rex. AKA the "Big Bad".
This toy is low on my list because...well...it suffers from several different problems. Not that it's not fun. But let's get the negative parts out of the way.
Bit of a fun story on this Indominus rex. I went to school on an off school day for a meeting, but I got there like 3 hours early and grew bored, so I walked ten blocks away into a weird city Target, to see what they had. I had never seen the Indominus in person, but they had it at like $10 off! I just couldn't say no. So I bought this humongous dinosaur and walked into like 3 bars to have celebratory drinks over having caught the creature. This was before Jurassic World came out, too, so it was very funky. Anyways, I get to my meeting, and suddenly decide to just go home and play with it. Wow. What a disappointment. The legs were soooo loose the thing kept falling forward. This is it's default position. A quadrupedal dinosaur no doubt.
I read somewhere that there is a fix to keep it level, but it is really top heavy and it will fall forward anyways, so pray and hope your I.rex' legs are tight. Otherwise you're to hold it up high in this "save me from my misery, pray to the Lord" position. I hate the arms. They are not independent from one another in order to trigger the action feature.
I'm not saying it's not a nice mold. It's scary, looks like an evil dino skull personified and it has very nice details all over the body. But the neck is made out of a different plastic from the rest of the body, which feels like a cheap paste. The neck and head, being a rubbery mess, leaves a huge gaping seam between the neck and rest of the body. It looks awkward. At least it won't degenerate over time like the T.rex'. Or will it?
Pulling both arms down makes the neck go slightly forward and the jaws to open at an almost 90 degree angle. Very cool. This thing can swallow anything! It's a very scary monster despite its stability problems. The arms are very tight though so beware! It feels fragile too, so try not to break it!
Sorry for the crappy picture. The roaring action produces several sounds, like a sniffing sound, an angry yell, and a stalking noise, similar to the one when it leaves Owen after leaving Paddock 10. The back also lights up in yellow and red for about 10-15 seconds, to emulate its camouflaging powers...except this yellow to red scheme makes it stick out even more. Here we go again with the weird light up dinosaurs. Lighting up is not good camo.
I'm not saying it is not cool, but a light up dinosaur? It's just plain weird!
It is foolish of me to compare this from those which came before, but I recently had the opportunity to watch Jurassic World again, and...well now I feel that all these past reviews...This isn't Star Wars and their "old comes new" themes. No, this is "advancing with the ages". I just feel the Big Bad's...um...I'm one of those who believe in dino-harmony and love to picture harmonious scenes, but my Kenner Red Rex, Thrasher, Bull T.rex, Hasbro's JPIII Spinosauruses are better toys than this thing. It has been 20ish approx years since I got them more or less, and they still have not broken. This thing broke the day I bought it. Not to mention that you'll need a really thin Phillips screwdriver to open up the battery pack!!! A REALLY LONG THIN Phillips Screwdriver. And lights on a dinosaur? I already assessed how ridiculous that is. Whatever, it's cool and weird and it's...something else. It's something new, for new generations. And it's pretty cool.
Jurassic Park is like a religion, and to me the Indominus rex is the devil, the big villain. It's fun to create or re-create scenes like this, putting this monster out of commission. It is a cool toy for the monster collector, but I am warning you... "this is no dinosaur"- Owen Grady.
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