Brick Separator moment

@MCLegoboy said:
"No damage necessary, that cage is so short, it could probably just climb the fence."

With what, those stubby little arms?

I first looked at the helo and I thought this was a 4+ set. Nope, I looked it up, it is a 7-12 set. The compound and especially the gate are good - although the dino must not have much room to move about - but the chopper is a serious let down. This looks the part; for play value that must have been a very good set.

@HOBBES said:
"I first looked at the helo and I thought this was a 4+ set. Nope, I looked it up, it is a 7-12 set. The compound and especially the gate are good - although the dino must not have much room to move about - but the chopper is a serious let down. This looks the part; for play value that must have been a very good set."

It had plenty of room once it got out through the conveniently large door…

I can spot a desing flaw in that gate...

I remember the hype for this set, and especially the time when it felt like dr Wu might be the only time the character would appear.

Regardless of what came after, the set's nice. That moonstone with mosquito in amber print is fun, and although the set's shape is making the pen cramped. I much prefer the Dino 2012 base which has a similar general layout except it's a square and the crane is on a tower and the doors are not as heavy duty.

I like this white Indominous Rex more than the grey version released later because it amplifies the 'evil albino' aspect of the creature.

When I look at his set I see a must have dinosaur and a heap of parts which will stay in parts bin for years to come.

This is one of the best play sets LEGO has ever produced. The enclosure may be kind of tight, but the breakout function is fun and there's plenty of detail with the viewing area and lab to recreate half of the Jurassic World storyline with just this set. I still think it's the best flagship Jurassic play set and really need to rebuild it soon! Brings back lots of happy memories :)

This set looks to me like they designed a Nexo Knights set without all the color. It feels so bland compared to the in-house theme.

The human kinder surprise egg could be useful in a spaceshift moc.

@Lego_lord said:
"When I look at his set I see a must have dinosaur and a heap of parts which will stay in parts bin for years to come."

I was only interested in sets with real-world dinosaurs, although there's no evidence that Dilophosaurus had those frills; that was something Michael Crichton made up.

@ambr said:"The human kinder surprise egg could be useful in a spaceshift moc."

As I said earlier, it's a shame Lego never used those pieces anywhere else.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Lego_lord said:
"When I look at his set I see a must have dinosaur and a heap of parts which will stay in parts bin for years to come."

I was only interested in sets with real-world dinosaurs, although there's no evidence that Dilophosaurus had those frills; that was something Michael Crichton made up.
"

Not even really Michael Crichton; the dilophosaurs of his book have venomous bites (implied to be a result of the chimerical DNA they’ve got) but don’t spit venom and don’t have the frills. Pretty sure those were choices by the movie to further visually distinguish their beastie from the raptors

@Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Lego_lord said:
"When I look at his set I see a must have dinosaur and a heap of parts which will stay in parts bin for years to come."

I was only interested in sets with real-world dinosaurs, although there's no evidence that Dilophosaurus had those frills; that was something Michael Crichton made up.
"

Not even really Michael Crichton; the dilophosaurs of his book have venomous bites (implied to be a result of the chimerical DNA they’ve got) but don’t spit venom and don’t have the frills. Pretty sure those were choices by the movie to further visually distinguish their beastie from the raptors"

Oh, it's been ages since I read the book. But he was a writer on the movie, so he may well have had involvement in those changes.

Is this stuff so old already?
It's time for a "Millennial set of the day", for sets 1970-1997 (you know you don't want 1998).

i want to replicate that door and use it in stop motions for a thing that crushes other things

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Lego_lord said:
"When I look at his set I see a must have dinosaur and a heap of parts which will stay in parts bin for years to come."

I was only interested in sets with real-world dinosaurs, although there's no evidence that Dilophosaurus had those frills; that was something Michael Crichton made up.
"

Not even really Michael Crichton; the dilophosaurs of his book have venomous bites (implied to be a result of the chimerical DNA they’ve got) but don’t spit venom and don’t have the frills. Pretty sure those were choices by the movie to further visually distinguish their beastie from the raptors"

Oh, it's been ages since I read the book. But he was a writer on the movie, so he may well have had involvement in those changes."

Possibly, but that strikes me more as an art department decision than the sort of storyboarding I imagine they had Crichton doing. Their onboard palaeontologist, Jack Horner, probably had more input in the dilophosaurus design than Crichton

Apparently this was pretty popular way back when, but really just because of Infominus Rex and some of the minifigures. Actually, I think it was the gate with Barry and the raptors that became impossible to find in stores, well, I can’t remember, as I wasn’t engaged in the LEGO community back then, but anyway, inaccurate Indominus. Honestly, I think the most recent Rebirth wave, even if the movie disappointed to some extent, had much more memorable sets and minifigures. I can barely remember any of the OG Jurassic World sets, just the dinosaurs and the original Owen Grady minifigure, which doesn’t begin to compare with the 2018 version. Come to think of it, why isn’t he here? These sets came with so few minifigures, probably because of the Dinos. The Fallen Kingdom big set was much better minifig and honestly build wise, I mean, this is kind of just… a wall, really.

It sucks that we don’t get more sets for the movies. This is the only Indominus paddock we’ve gotten. Like, sure, I wouldn’t call Jurassic World a great film or anything but better this than more tie-in sets for the weird-looking Netflix cartoons that have no cultural impact.

@Formendacil said:
" @biffuz said:
"Is this stuff so old already?
It's time for a "Millennial set of the day", for sets 1970-1997 (you know you don't want 1998)."

I will never NOT want original Egyptian-set Adventurers.

(And Hydronauts, Aquasharks, Res-Q, Xtreme Team, Insectoids, the first year of Ninja: these also are good in my books.)"

Are you accepting the risk of seeing Town sets from that year?

@Formendacil said:
" @biffuz said:
"Is this stuff so old already?
It's time for a "Millennial set of the day", for sets 1970-1997 (you know you don't want 1998)."

I will never NOT want original Egyptian-set Adventurers.

(And Hydronauts, Aquasharks, Res-Q, Xtreme Team, Insectoids, the first year of Ninja: these also are good in my books.)"

I totally agree! The introduction of Johnny Thunder and Baron von Barron/ Sam Sinister! (Though 1996 brought us the Aquasharks and 1998 gave us the Stingrays for Aquazone villains ;-)

@biffuz said:
" @Formendacil said:
" @biffuz said:
"Is this stuff so old already?
It's time for a "Millennial set of the day", for sets 1970-1997 (you know you don't want 1998)."

I will never NOT want original Egyptian-set Adventurers.

(And Hydronauts, Aquasharks, Res-Q, Xtreme Team, Insectoids, the first year of Ninja: these also are good in my books.)"

Are you accepting the risk of seeing Town sets from that year?"

Yes, in this case I do!

@whaleyland said:
"Well crap, I bought all of the first generation of Jurassic World sets but sent them to my mother-in-law's house for safekeeping since I was living abroad at the time. Flash-forward 11 years and I'm still living abroad and the sets are still in her basement. What an unintentional investment! I may have to sell these at some point. I have 75915, 75916, 75917, 75918, 75919, 75920, 75931, 75932, and 75933 all new-in-box stored safely away. Who knew they had increased in value so much? According to my calculations, they're worth an average (for new) of $2,197.56. The original list price (I'm sure I got some on discount) is $489.91 (about $675.46 adjusted for inflation). That's a 325% increase in total value, much of it from the set above. Woot! I know what I'm doing the next time I visit."

Hmmm, I also happen to have many of the JW and JP playsets in my backlog, still MISB, but I'm still debating with myself if I ever gonna build them or sell them (or build them and then sell them...?) A first world 'problem'...! Think I'm going to sleep on it for another while... (decisions, decisions...)