76949 Giganotosaurus & Therizinosaurus Attack found in store
Posted by CapnRex101,
Several new Jurassic World sets were announced last month and another, 76949 Giganotosaurus & Therizinosaurus Attack, has now appeared in Canada's Mastermind Toys.
YouTuber AshnFlash found this set and others from the upcoming Jurassic World: Dominion movie yesterday. You can take a closer look at the set, which costs $169.99 CAD, in his review.
What do you think of this Jurassic World: Dominion set? Let us know in the comments.
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Nothing beats a good dino battle
I thought these were both fake dinosaur names but it turned out neither is.
@kelano28 said:
"I thought these were both fake dinosaur names but it turned out neither is."
It's been about 10 years since I first learned it's "giganotosaurus" and not "gigantosaurus" and it still physically irritates me
I'm not a huge fan of the new Jurassic-Park-ish movies, but I did a school project back in 2002 or 2003 about the Therizinosaurus and no one seemed to know what I was talking about. I might have to get this!
Thanks I hate it.
Finally new dino, AND MY FAVORITE! THERIZINOSAURUS,
And what Lego does?
GIVE IT RAPTOR LEGS
ARGH
Stop being cheapskate Lego! Make new medium Leg mold.
@kelano28 said:
"I thought these were both fake dinosaur names but it turned out neither is."
I didn't believe Therizinosaurus was real either the first time I heard about it years ago! These 2 dinos are looooong overdue for an appearance in a Jurassic film. They're the most "action movie marketable" dinos. The Giganotosaurus was large(r) as T-Rex, and "The Slasher" had giant wolverine claws! Giganotosaurus was actually discovered the same year Jurassic Park was released in theaters!
i dont collect this line, but for those who do, do you prefer the molded parts rather than the dinosaurs being brick built? just curious about the preference.
The design of the tower is just begging to be turned into a Classic Space signal tower to go with a Galaxy Explorer ....
They gave the Giganotosaurus wimpy two-clawed T-Rex arms...
ironically i feel like the reuse of the indominus rex skull makes the lego giganotosaurus look more like giganotosaurus than the movie model. it tamps down all the weird crests into a more recognizable skull shape. the T. rex arms are a tragedy though; it should have three fingers, not two. i also want to complain about the spine hump but that's the movie design so /shrug
therizinosaurus is a nice pick, but the reuse of indoraptor parts means that it's got raptor toe claws and lacks the characteristic pot belly of therizinosaurs. the joint between the head and the body looks off; the base of the neck is thicker than where it connects to the body, as if it was designed for a different body entirely, and they changed it late in production. it's extremely awkward. but hey, at least it has printed feathers
Gigant... looks ok but the theriz... looks terrible. Not going near this set.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the way that LEGO sculpts/articulates the neck of larger dinos like giganotosaurus looks awful. It’s truncated on the body by a near right-angled cut but continues at the head end with a curve, leaving wedge-shaped gaps between the two. It just looks wrong. That’s entirely subjective of course and you may be fine with it. Not me.
Cool, new Dinosaurs! But I'm still waiting for a Brachiosaurus to show up in a set. Probably will never happen, but I still keeping hoping it will...
Found this set in my local target on Thursday. Sadly, I got caught by the "street date" police lol
@Zander said:
"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the way that LEGO sculpts/articulates the neck of larger dinos like giganotosaurus looks awful. It’s truncated on the body by a near right-angled cut but continues at the head end with a curve, leaving wedge-shaped gaps between the two. It just looks wrong. That’s entirely subjective of course and you may be fine with it. Not me."
Do you have a solution that wouldn't compromise the articulation?
Not a fan of JP's design of its giganotosaurus. Looks too much like the spinosaurus to untrained eyes. Spine is too tall. Definitely not with the trex arms. Looks like the same as the irex head mold. Seems like lego made its own hybrid (trex + spino + irex) lol
@Freddy_Hodson said:
" @kelano28 said:
"I thought these were both fake dinosaur names but it turned out neither is."
It's been about 10 years since I first learned it's "giganotosaurus" and not "gigantosaurus" and it still physically irritates me"
It's from the Greek 'gigas' (large) and 'notos' (south), not from the Greek 'gigantes' (giant) - so the 'large southern lizard' becauseit was found in South America!
Man I love therizinosaurus, so seeing it in LEGO is a delight.
That giganto on the other hand... man those are some back spikes. I don't think I've ever seen a depiction with that radical of a spine. Then again, dilophosaurus was never depicted with neck frill before JP so I guess it's par for the course.
I love the new dinosaurs but all the inaccuracies drive me crazy. The biggest Jurassic World sets usually knock it out of the park, yet this build seems super basic and too small for the price, unlike 2015's Indominus rex Breakout and 2018's Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate. I really expected more but at least we get two new dino species.
Honestly, inaccuracies to the ‘real’ dinosaurs don’t bother me. I’ve loved dinosaurs and the Jurassic films for as long as I can remember, but couldn’t give a toss if they don’t look like their counterparts or inaccuracies with toes or claws or feathers or whatever else is being complained about.
I’m more worried about the practical stuff in the set. Why is that helicopter so massive compared to the building and looks ridiculous sitting on top? Why is only 1 ladder provided to get to the top of the tower, and would it really cost that much extra to throw one more in so it at least kind of reaches minifig grabbing height?
My son will want this for one very specific reason: it comes with a helicopter.
He's 3...with very specific vehicle interests: helicopters and trains...and Lego is really disappointing him the train department.
When the JW franchise is so dead-set on being regressive that they give Therizinosaurus a turtle head like its 1954.
Also like the sail on giganotosaurus is pretty out of left field, but that's less funny because no one ever believed giganotosaurus had a sail
Nah.... Lego dinosaurs are dinosaurs made out of Lego bricks. These look fine but might just as well be Playmobil!
@TillyTheCat said:
" @Zander said:
"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the way that LEGO sculpts/articulates the neck of larger dinos like giganotosaurus looks awful. It’s truncated on the body by a near right-angled cut but continues at the head end with a curve, leaving wedge-shaped gaps between the two. It just looks wrong. That’s entirely subjective of course and you may be fine with it. Not me."
Do you have a solution that wouldn't compromise the articulation?"
Do you mean is there something that an AFOL can do to rectify the design flaw? No, not that I’m aware of.
If you mean is there something that LEGO could have done? Yes, absolutely. Ball joints that conceal they’re points of articulation that don’t compromise range of motion or robustness have existed in the toy industry for decades.
@ohrmazd said:
"i dont collect this line, but for those who do, do you prefer the molded parts rather than the dinosaurs being brick built? just curious about the preference.
"
Molded parts, easily. And I would say the same about any animal, I think they look better molded than brick-built (assuming you're doing near minifigure-scale, of course).
@sjr60 said:
"Nah.... Lego dinosaurs are dinosaurs made out of Lego bricks. These look fine but might just as well be Playmobil! "
Absolutely agree! It's one of the reasons 76956 is so exciting.
Brick-built dinosaurs (and dragons) are such a weakness of mine....
@ohrmazd said:
"i dont collect this line, but for those who do, do you prefer the molded parts rather than the dinosaurs being brick built? just curious about the preference."
Most of the Jurassic World sets that we buy go straight to my 4-year-old son, who loves nothing more than mixing and matching the molded dinosaur parts to create his own hybrids. If they were brick-built, he would take them apart once and have a hard time putting them back together again, in any configuration. We really enjoyed building 75936, but for the most part, give us the molded dinos!
@bananaworld said:
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@sjr60 said:
"Nah.... Lego dinosaurs are dinosaurs made out of Lego bricks. These look fine but might just as well be Playmobil! "
Absolutely agree! It's one of the reasons 76956 is so exciting.
Brick-built dinosaurs (and dragons) are such a weakness of mine...."
Yes, I'll definitely be picking up 76956.
I understand why they would want to minimize costs by re-using the Indominus head mold, but I am disappointed that they didn’t make a new one with accentuated brow ridges, if only because displaying this alongside an Indominus will look awkward because of their identical heads.
@Freddy_Hodson said:
" @kelano28 said:
"I thought these were both fake dinosaur names but it turned out neither is."
It's been about 10 years since I first learned it's "giganotosaurus" and not "gigantosaurus" and it still physically irritates me"
Well there used to be a sauropod named Gigantosaurus, but I believe that name is invalid now.
@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
" @PDelahanty said:
"My son will want this for one very specific reason: it comes with a helicopter.
He's 3...with very specific vehicle interests: helicopters and trains...and Lego is really disappointing him the train department."
So, a helicopter train would totally blow his little mind, then, eh?"
YES!
Helicopter $20
Tower $20
Structure $35
Minifigs $15
Dino 1 $15
Dino 2 $15
That would make it $120 and I am being veeery generous here.