This is one of the most awaited sets from the Jurassic World line along with the Big Bad Indominus, and the Stomp and Strike T.rex, oh and the growler raptors, of course. But is it everything you want it to be? Maybe, maybe not. It's up to you.
I'm not saying it's a bad toy. It's really fun to play with, but I don't know if y'all are seeing a theme here. Ugly dinosaurs, cool but cheap toys. Mosasaurus is related to Komodo dragons and monitor lizards. This looks like a weird...uh...I don't know. You had to buy it if you saw one when it came out. They became easier to find for the holidays.
And there it is. It's nothing special. The pose is kind of cool, and yeah I love how the tail curves sideways like that. If anything it looks like a mosasaur is crawling up land to lay eggs...or something. So it's got some cool little value there. As we all know, mosasaurs don't have those iguana spikes on the back of their tails...or maybe they did. Monitor lizards and their kin (squamata) regularly do not, but the JW Mosasaur does.
This is my biggest problem! Pull the right front flipper back and it opens and snaps the jaw, much like Indominus rex from the vs set. However, the feature is extremely clunky, it screeches of broken internal mechanics, and it's hard to do! I have had 2 others pass by my hands, and one was seamless, and another one was just as hard. I think they feel cheap, and I am afraid of breaking it. As you can see, it can open the jaws at a pretty wide angle, but not through use of the action feature. It feels kind of like a clip. It's sure enough wide enough to chomp through anything! Too bad it looks hideous. The tail goes up and down while you do this, but it does not work as well as it should...
Like the other "hurt me but I'll be fine" line of abused dinosaurs, this one has the same JW innovative Dino Damage method the others do. Why anyone would go underwater to bite a huge chunk out of Moasaurus is unclear, but you have the option, should you feel brave enough to cross her.
Correction. Both front flippers control the opening jaw bit. The two back flippers are independent and you can pose it as if she were running through the dunes!
Can we talk about the Submarine and how awesome it is?! It's got tons of moving parts! The little soldier sucks, like all the other figures, but oh well.
The sub's claws open up and close. It raises the arms up. The cabin collapses if Mosasaurus attacks it! The cannon rotates all across and shoots an extremely powerful long range net missile. Boy is this launcher strong! Holy smokes! It's pretty cool! I love it! It's my favorite JW vs vehicle! Too bad it's for tiny figures...
And there you go. That's the Jurassic World Mosasaurus for ya. Take it or leave it. I've seen a re-release with darker paint. So this means there are two variants. Instead of a white belly it has a bluer, greyer belly, but I'm not sure...I might go to the store again to see if it's the lighting or my eyes that were fooled. Naturally, there is the alternative..."Mexican Mosasaurus": A bootleg reproduction that is as long as The Big Bad Indominus rex, with every aspect of the movie's Mosasaurus, with electronics. This animal disappointed so many because Mosasaurus is one of the "Three Big Carnivores" on Jurassic World, and many feel it deserved a better toy. But this is a fun toy, fun for the tub, and it'll bring hours of imaginative play to your kid's life. I highly recommend it, I just think the Mosasaurus is ugly. It's the paleo-jerk in me, obviously, but I give the set AS A TOY an A.
Indominus takedown!
this is so fake
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