Is the Spinosaurus based on the JP3 one or the JWR one?

@Bycougars said:
" @Iguanaboy said:
"Is the Spinosaurus based on the JP3 one or the JWR one?"

JP3"

Thank you!

Okay, that baby Pteranodon is adorable.

Aside from a few polybags, is the Jeep the first Jurassic set to not include a dinosaur, moulded, brick-built, or otherwise?

The Baby Pteranodon could be the first in a series to complete the Dinosaur Train!

@Zander said:
"I’m so out of touch with the Jurassic World franchise that I didn’t even know there was a *robot* spinosaurus! :~O"

There is. It’s from Jurassic World: Robots.

@stevbrix said:
"Aside from a few polybags, is the Jeep the first Jurassic set to not include a dinosaur, moulded, brick-built, or otherwise?"

Even most of the magazine sets include a baby raptor (which explains the crazy variety of prints). There are two Make & Take sets that don’t include dinos, and anything larger has a dino, a dino skeleton, or a dino skull.

What in god's name are those baby dinosaur molds? I really like the two JP sets though, the Jeep looks great and I actually don't mind the Triceratops skeleton isn't to scale with the T-Rex, it makes it cheaper, plus the exclusive Gerry Harding minifig is a nice touch.

Why does the Pteranodon have huge clown feet? As a big fan of pterosaurs I was looking forward to this, but unfortunately it’s a disappointment.

@PurpleDave said:
" @stevbrix said:
"Aside from a few polybags, is the Jeep the first Jurassic set to not include a dinosaur, moulded, brick-built, or otherwise?"

Even most of the magazine sets include a baby raptor (which explains the crazy variety of prints). There are two Make & Take sets that don’t include dinos, and anything larger has a dino, a dino skeleton, or a dino skull."

There is, however, a frog. Or is that a triceratops tongue?

Takes a deep breath
Its a shame they make new dinos not fit the creature building system. Not a fan of this movement.
Yes I like fow Mossa look, but once again its tail should used Galidor Joints.

@Roborider said:
" @woosterlegos said:
"The Dino molds in the 4+ sets look awful. The 4+ sets used to have the actual grownup Dino molds, with a more juniorized build. Why switch to these cartoonish Dino’s?"

Some are reused molds from 2025's Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Stego is from 11200, while the pteranodon is from 11199.

I would not be surprised, as Maxbricks14 suggested, that the young Tyrannosaurus was initially planned to be used for Rex from Toy Story.

It's cool that we finally get another JP3 Spino, been wanting one since the first one was such a let down in 2001. Shame it looks like... that."

They had new Small T rex mold from SPidey and friends. Weird to not used it here.

We’re gonna need a more biglier boat.

@stevbrix said:
"Aside from a few polybags, is the Jeep the first Jurassic set to not include a dinosaur, moulded, brick-built, or otherwise?"

Depends on whether you consider a skull or skeleton to be "a dinosaur."

@8BrickMario said:
"Surely the bun would not be necessary for a hot dog dino lure?"

No, but it's necessary if the person gets tired of waiting for the dino to bite and decides to eat the hot dog instead.

Jurassic Park/World is one of the franchises I quite like the sets of. Kid nr.2 likes dinosaurs and so do I, but this going to be a cheap(ish) wave for me. I'll probably get get 77983 Mosasaurus Dinosaur Boat Attack and that's it. I'm a bit confused about the scene (it doesn't seem to be in the movie) and the moulded mosasaurus (why do a brickbuilt first and then a moulded one?), but it looks fun enough.

The spinosaurus is my favourite dinosaur, but it is a bit of a weird set, so I'll probably skip that one.

That Spinosaurus looks horrendous.

Does anyone know if the Spino is scaled the same size as the T-Rex from set 75936

Don't know why they keep making these brickbuilt dinos, especially if they already made a special mold. They look horrible. Glad I didn't buy last years Mosasaurus because this molded one looks awesome. 4+ sets should be cheaper, not more expensive if they are aimed at children. 77981 contains only one bigger part for the helicopter, the rest are standard bricks and the molds for the dinos already amortized by Spidey.

Never thought we'd see a The Lost World: Jurassic Park set. First ever Julianne Moore fig?

I like the spinosaurus JP3 set. I am a bigger fan of that movie than most.

Interesting that they ran back the mosasaurus boat scene from Jurassic World: Rebirth literally one year after the original set.

@Rodrix said:
"Does anyone know if the Spino is scaled the same size as the T-Rex from set 75936"

The new Spinosaurus is at minifig size, ca. 1:42, while 75936 is about 1:16.

@Ambrosino said:
" @Rodrix said:
"Does anyone know if the Spino is scaled the same size as the T-Rex from set 75936"

The new Spinosaurus is at minifig size, ca. 1:42, while 75936 is about 1:16."

When the first images leaked, I thought it’d be the same scale and level of detail as the T-Rex, kinda disappointing. The JP3 Spino has always been my favorite dinosaur from JP.

Other than the Triceratops skeleton none of the sets appeals to me.
The Jeep isn't bad, but doesn't look like 200 Euro worth to me.
As for the others, the less said about them the better.

@Rodrix said:
" @Ambrosino said:
" @Rodrix said:
"Does anyone know if the Spino is scaled the same size as the T-Rex from set 75936"

The new Spinosaurus is at minifig size, ca. 1:42, while 75936 is about 1:16."

When the first images leaked, I thought it’d be the same scale and level of detail as the T-Rex, kinda disappointing. The JP3 Spino has always been my favorite dinosaur from JP."
I should add I based my estimates on stud count on the new set and real Spinosaurus and real Tyrannosaurus, and JP and LEGO versions may differ from these. E.g. real Spinosaurus head would be 5 stud long in 1:42 scale, not 9 stud like in the new 77982.
The 1:16 scale is based on my rework of 75936, which has some proportions problems too.

That triceratops skeleton is tempting me...

@TheOtherMike said:
" @560heliport said:
"I want a dimetrodon."

Not a dinosaur, but then, neither was the Pteranodon or (I believe) the Mosasaurus."

I know. That's the joke.
(I don't claim that it's a GOOD joke.)

@Klontjes said:
"I'm a bit confused about the scene (it doesn't seem to be in the movie) and the moulded mosasaurus (why do a brickbuilt first and then a moulded one?), but it looks fun enough."

It's a really strange set that seems to be a mix of several mostly unrelated things. The mosa itself with its bluish colour is based on the first Jurassic World movie, the one from Rebirth has green/brown colours. The minifigs aren't based on their appearance in that scene either; Kincaid's outfit looks similar to what he was wearing when they first meet him at the bar (except the patterns on his shirt are different) and Zora was only dressed like that in the Mayan temple scene. Finally the vehicles are completely made up and don't even look like anything we've seen in the franchise.

@Maxbricks14 said:
"The moulded Mosasuar looks good but I'm a big defender of 76974, which does a way better job and actually is Lego, and not just a couple of huge moulded pieces."

Totally agree! I think the brick-built Mosasaurus is the most superior. This current 77983 outing still seems too close to 6721. But i supposed they offered a molded one here to balance out the pieces amount..

The mosasaurus reminds me of 6721-1 from its coloration. Feels like the way they modernized the old crocodile with less angles and more printing.

@Maxbricks14 said:
"The moulded Mosasuar looks good but I'm a big defender of 76974, which does a way better job and actually is Lego, and not just a couple of huge moulded pieces."

7+ vs 9+ (and the line has some 4+ too). Different age targets with different requirements/limitations.

The Spinosaurus looks alright but it looks a bit flat down the sides of the torso/abdomen for me, I feel like it could have been shaped better. I also don't understand why there's a random LEGO JP logo on what isn't a display set.

The Mosasaurus set is okay but it's £30 more for fewer pieces than the Spinosaurus, and there is no way on this planet that moulding the Mosasaurus accounts for that £30 difference.

The Triceratops skeleton, however, is amazing.

Yes to the brick built JP3 Spinosaurus and thte set with the Mosasaurus and the boat. Why were these the only (so far) sets based on TLW?

The pteranodon is exactly what I was looking for… a dark azure parts pack and some joints! I’ve been needing a lot of those. It’s interesting to see more Rebirth sets only a year later. Nice Mosasaurus, though. And many of the minifigures look pretty cool, and many of them are new characters or variants. The Dino’s all look nice and the Spinosaurus is surprisingly well done.

Surprising to me that so many people are turned off by the head on that brick built spino, I think the head looks great. IMO it's weak link is the super blocky lower legs

@Euroseb11 said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"The moulded Mosasuar looks good but I'm a big defender of 76974, which does a way better job and actually is Lego, and not just a couple of huge moulded pieces."

Totally agree! I think the brick-built Mosasaurus is the most superior. This current 77983 outing still seems too close to 6721. But i supposed they offered a molded one here to balance out the pieces amount.."

I’m guessing the prior Mosasaurus was brick built because the Rebirth one’s technically bigger than the one from JW1. I think the one odd part with the molded one is why they gave it a neck. The head should just go straight to the body.

Who ordered the poo poo platter?

European friends,

Help me with the numbers on the triceratops plaque. I understand you use the comma and period in numbers opposite of what we do in the US (and UK?). Instead of writing 12,456.78; you write 12.456,78. But the plaque seems to mix and match the convention they are using. For example, they write "3.6 m (11,81 ft)". Is that correct? Shouldn't both punctuation marks be a comma (for Europe) or a period (for the US)? Why mix and match those?

Thank you,
Americans

That brickbuilt Spinosarus makes me wonder why they even made the dinos moulded in the first place. They cost the same if they were brick-built and the sets would be... you know, LEGO sets. Instead they make insanely expensive plastic dinos that I can buy for a fraction of a price and fully detailed from elsewhere.
Now, that Spinosaurus looks very simple, like it was made 20 years ago. If only they started with that 20 years ago, they would look so much better now...

Something about that Jeep just doesn't sit quite right with me. The headlights are too square and dark, the indicators sit too low, the fenders as well. The top half of the grill should be angled backwards a bit. And then the hood, which should have a small bit very distinct overhang, as well as those typical rounded sides. Now it looks like it has an almost flat hood, with the sides not part of it. And as a whole, the proportions seem off, it looks to low and wide.

Now obviously this is Lego, so some comrpomises will unavoidable. But this is a very iconic design, and too much of it just feels off. And especially at this scale (and price), I would expect better from Lego.

I’m just throwing this out there but if they ever re-release Dino attack with nice Dino molds like this I’d be all over it

I'm disappointed that the JP III spinosaurus set does not seem to include a play feature where you pull a yellow satellite walkie-talkie out of "one big pile of..." excrement.

The very first Sarah Harding minifigure!

@Bycougars said:
"I’m guessing the prior Mosasaurus was brick built because the Rebirth one’s technically bigger than the one from JW1. I think the one odd part with the molded one is why they gave it a neck. The head should just go straight to the body."

Yes, that's bothers me the most. The whole creature feels unnatural and ugly.

I love the Jeep, but what's with different numbers on the side? and seriously, NO Newman minifigure? I mean, come on. I've clearly been watching too much Seinfeld.

@ilovewheezer said:
"I love the Jeep, but what's with different numbers on the side?"

There are multiple different Jeeps in the series, so they probably give you stickers for every version that’s seen on-screen, so you can pick which one you display. They did something similar for 10274, where a straight build gives you the version from the original film, but adding the rust stickers gives it the Afterlife deco.

"and seriously, NO Newman minifigure? I mean, come on. I've clearly been watching too much Seinfeld."

Nedry’s there. Yellow raincoat, next to the plaque. And finally a yellow hood! I’ve been waiting…eight years for that to happen.

Definitely picking up the Jeep Wrangler, even if it is a little more expensive than I was expecting. Being able to build the various versions seen in the films is a nice touch and I like the Nedry figure with his wet/nervous and terrified/gooped faces. Might wait for a discount. The rest? Nah.

EDIT: Just spotted what's in Jeep 10's wing mirror! :)

@jkb said:
"I want to equip the Mosasaurus wit a "LASER". The studs make it possible!"

I believe @AustinPowers would agree with you. I know, it's not a shark, but the spirit is still there.

@WolfpackBricks63 said:
"I can't describe it, but the Mosasaurus just looks very... un-LEGO. Like just another random dinosaur toy rather than a LEGO piece.

Also, why the heck would they brick-build the JP3 Spino when they literally invented a new mold for it last year?!"

The spinosaurus design from Jurassic World: Rebirth is drastically different than the design from Jurassic Park III. It's much more scientifically accurate. The neck is thicker, the sail is different, and the tail is more like a fin. Using the Rebirth mold to recreate the JP3 spino would be inaccurate. But I wish they did make a new mold for the JP3 mold.

@yellowcastle said:
"I’m going to fix, start, and bust through fences to avoid most of these “sets.”"

Don’t forget you need to magically rejuvenate the gas in the tank, without making a show of it. If you’ve never seen old gasoline, it turns to jelly after a few years. One of my late college friends was clearing off some land at his mom’s cottage in the late 1900’s, and we found a gas can that had been sitting in a shed for probably the better part of a decade, and the gas was gloopy, and only good for one purpose anymore: Boy Scout juice. Fortunately, we also had a lot of cleared underbrush that needed to be disposed of. Also fortunately, we didn’t live in California, because their near-desert climate and poor fire management policies probably would have turned that bonfire into a wildfire that ravaged three counties. So, it’ll clog up your fuel injectors and probably do a number on the pump as well, but it definitely still burns.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @jkb said:
"I want to equip the Mosasaurus wit a "LASER". The studs make it possible!"

I believe @AustinPowers would agree with you. I know, it's not a shark, but the spirit is still there."
I wouldn't, but my evil academic brother definitely would. :-)

The main thing these releases remind me is 'Really should get 76968 before it retires'.

For $200 the canopy on the jeep looks a bit tricky to put on without tearing or creasing the cardboard. I'm not the target audience, apart from 77985 Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops which would make a great display.

@Roborider said:
" @woosterlegos said:
"The Dino molds in the 4+ sets look awful. The 4+ sets used to have the actual grownup Dino molds, with a more juniorized build. Why switch to these cartoonish Dino’s?"

Some are reused molds from 2025's Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Stego is from 11200, while the pteranodon is from 11199.

I would not be surprised, as Maxbricks14 suggested, that the young Tyrannosaurus was initially planned to be used for Rex from Toy Story.

It's cool that we finally get another JP3 Spino, been wanting one since the first one was such a let down in 2001. Shame it looks like... that."

They should have used this little t-rex mould for a spider rex.

@PurpleDave said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"I’m going to fix, start, and bust through fences to avoid most of these “sets.”"

Don’t forget you need to magically rejuvenate the gas in the tank, without making a show of it. If you’ve never seen old gasoline, it turns to jelly after a few years. One of my late college friends was clearing off some land at his mom’s cottage in the late 1900’s, and we found a gas can that had been sitting in a shed for probably the better part of a decade, and the gas was gloopy, and only good for one purpose anymore: Boy Scout juice. Fortunately, we also had a lot of cleared underbrush that needed to be disposed of. Also fortunately, we didn’t live in California, because their near-desert climate and poor fire management policies probably would have turned that bonfire into a wildfire that ravaged three counties. So, it’ll clog up your fuel injectors and probably do a number on the pump as well, but it definitely still burns."

All-natural napalm.

@ambr said:
"For $200 the canopy on the jeep looks a bit tricky to put on without tearing or creasing the cardboard."

What cardboard? The cloth cover is made of cloth.

@Brickodillo said:
"They should have used this little t-rex mould for a spider rex. "

Different mold, & different dinosaur (which probably explains the different molds), but 11200.

Glad I didn't pick up the mosasaurs set from last year because then I would have not got this one. Good thing I wanted and honestly a decent price for what you get. My only complaint is that the head looks a little strange since they unnecessarily added a neck. I don't why people are criticizing the spinos head so much when it looks great compared to its rear body and tail which are a mess. That gate also looks so unnecessary when it could have been parts going to a larger and more detailed spino.

@Zordboy said:
"I don't care much for a lot of the junior dinosaurs because they look really strange and cartoony, compared to the pre-existing dinosaur molds that Lego already has.

It's also this weird moment of, last year, Lego released a molded Spinosaurus and a brick-built Mosasaurus. This year, they're releasing the molded Mosasaurus and a brick-built Spino. Make up your minds, TLG."

They are testing the waters

@yamaki said:
" @woosterlegos said:
"European friends,

Help me with the numbers on the triceratops plaque. I understand you use the comma and period in numbers opposite of what we do in the US (and UK?). Instead of writing 12,456.78; you write 12.456,78. But the plaque seems to mix and match the convention they are using. For example, they write "3.6 m (11,81 ft)". Is that correct? Shouldn't both punctuation marks be a comma (for Europe) or a period (for the US)? Why mix and match those?

Thank you,
Americans"

You still have European friends! And you are correct, meters should come with a comma: 3,6 m would have been correct. But what's a UCS plaque without a mistake?"
No, that’s wrong. The plaque is in English which uses a decimal point, not a comma, regardless of the units. The fact that the metric system tends to be used in countries where English isn’t an official language doesn’t change that. Even in countries where the metric system is the only official one and English is an official language, such as Australia and New Zealand, meters are still decimalised with a point.

@Roborider said:
" @woosterlegos said:
"The Dino molds in the 4+ sets look awful. The 4+ sets used to have the actual grownup Dino molds, with a more juniorized build. Why switch to these cartoonish Dino’s?"

Some are reused molds from 2025's Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Stego is from 11200, while the pteranodon is from 11199.

I would not be surprised, as Maxbricks14 suggested, that the young Tyrannosaurus was initially planned to be used for Rex from Toy Story.

It's cool that we finally get another JP3 Spino, been wanting one since the first one was such a let down in 2001. Shame it looks like... that."

Except, no Rex, yet..

More expensive JW sets... Damn. I need that Mosasaurus. So badly.

@FuddRuckus said:
"77977 legs look awful.

Compare to https://www.britannica.com/animal/Pteranodon"

I can't agree more.

@BrickAnomie said:
" @FuddRuckus said:
"77977 legs look awful.

Compare to https://www.britannica.com/animal/Pteranodon"
I can't agree more."
Looks like a Creator 3-in-1 set that had to stick the extra pieces somewhere.

@KyloBen1012 said:
"The spino better have a mobile phone piece inside him lol
"

Or a soundbrick with the mobile ringtone :)

How is that spinosaurus set, which is brick-built and therefore not even using specialized molds... STILL 70 euro? I just don't see it.

Man, this wave feels like a weird monkey's paw fulfillment of my wishes for the theme. I liked brick-built dinosaurs, and I like molded dinosaurs. On one hand, it's nice to have different options for different tastes, but I also kind of wish they'd stay consistent with one or the other within the theme. Seeing the mosasaur and spinosaur sets side-by-side with the versions from the Rebirth wave looks so odd to me. This brick-built spino looks nice, but I would have loved a JPIII recolor of the Rebirth spino mold. It's looking like we're not getting one any time soon now. Plus, there's just so much untapped potential for great Lost World sets; kind of disappointing that there's only one, and it's a 4+ set.

@Binnekamp said:
"How is that spinosaurus set, which is brick-built and therefore not even using specialized molds... STILL 70 euro? I just don't see it."

820pcs. Look at the sail to understand how quickly the piece count goes up when they brickbuild the dinos. I couldn’t believe how many pieces the Mosasaurus used last year, but a bunch of that was the mottled skintone needing just a boatload of tiny pieces.

@EtudeTheBadger said:
"The fun fact listed on the Jeep plaque is grammatically incorrect. The story of Jeep 19 is interesting, but "where the boys fixed, started, and busted through the park fence" makes no sense.

Basically, the boys (Zach and Gray; they do have names!) started and fixed the fence before busting through it? Come on.

Didn't anybody proofread that?"

No, they did not. It’s been painfully clear for the past couple years that nobody at Lego Group cares about grammar, punctuation, or sentence logic whether it’s for press releases or actual printed pieces/stickers. It’s deeply disrespectful to customers and to common sense.

@yamaki said:
" @woosterlegos said:
"European friends,

Help me with the numbers on the triceratops plaque. I understand you use the comma and period in numbers opposite of what we do in the US (and UK?). Instead of writing 12,456.78; you write 12.456,78. But the plaque seems to mix and match the convention they are using. For example, they write "3.6 m (11,81 ft)". Is that correct? Shouldn't both punctuation marks be a comma (for Europe) or a period (for the US)? Why mix and match those?

Thank you,
Americans"

You still have European friends! And you are correct, meters should come with a comma: 3,6 m would have been correct. But what's a UCS plaque without a mistake?"

And it should be 11' 9-3/4" not 11,81. Decimalization has no place in imperial measurements!

Love that Spino, glad they're starting to do more dinos actually made out of bricks!

...is it just me or do these new mid-sized dino molds (t-rex, stegosaurus and pteranodon) give anyone else a strong Duplo-vibe as well?