Five sets to be launched to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park

The Triceratops one and Dilophosaurus one are almost the same size yet a $30 price difference? I don't get it.

Jurassic Park prices are always insane, so this doesn’t really surprise me. I’ll get the brachiosaurus set, albeit on a severe discount.

I thought these were fan mock-ups at first with that box art…

That is one big pile of ****.

Finally, JP sets I actually want other than the Fancy ones.

Interesting that the Jeeps are apparently licensed. Also, that we're getting versions with the top and with just the rollcage.

Shocking prices other than the $20 set that has a fair value

The prices aren’t too shocking or out of whack compared to what we saw with the last JW wave. We all know the dinos are pricey, and I highly doubt this Brachiosaurus will be re-released anytime soon, if ever.

My main issue is the builds seem pretty insubtantial. The Trike set is basically just a car. The Visitor’s Center looks to be mostly a facade. While I appreciate that we got kid-friendly sets and not some $400 massive set that I’d moon over but never buy, I would like there to be a *little* more substance here, you know?

I’ll buy the Nedry one, no question. $20 US is a fair value. Hard pass on the others. At least the character minifigs will be cheaper secondhand going forward.

Nope. Not paying that.

Visitors Center is the most insanely priced set I've ever seen.

$40 for Muldoon!?

So glad we finally have a decent number of sets from the first film. And a brachiosaurus!

They say ‘first ever brachiosaurus’ in the set description - so I guess they’re not counting 6719?

It’s too bad really, these are the types of sets we’ve wanted for a while from Jurassic Park, but even taking into account the big dinosaur molds, that’s way too much money.

Sweet. Now I can replicate the scene of a migrant worker getting brutally murdered by a velociraptor. With my 4-year old.

Product management just had their weekly ration of paint and decided to roll the dice for the prices this time. Means Dennis & the Wrangler look not just best, but like a sure buy this time.

@Bricklestick said:
"Sweet. Now I can replicate the scene of a migrant worker getting brutally murdered by a velociraptor. With my 4-year old."

Fun for the whole family!
Though I did hear he survived in the books.

Therenis no sense in the prices comparing euros and dollars. Some have big differences and one is the same. Where is the catch? 1USD = 1,05 € ... -D in maths for Lego.

@Bricklestick said:
"Sweet. Now I can replicate the scene of a migrant worker getting brutally murdered by a velociraptor. With my 4-year old."

Likewise I was going to comment on:
"76958 Dilophosaurus Ambush lets children play out a memorable Jurassic Park ambush scene..." where a man gets blinded, and then eviscerated in his own car.

I will get a couple of these... after a discount, of course.

"children can let their imagination run wild and decide whether he can escape"

I'm all in for this new Dark Lego, will be looking forward to the next lines regarding any Star Wars sets.

Are we sure the prices for the first two aren't switched? Those look kinda backwards for the piece counts.

So so so disappointed with this lot. The visitor centre could have been awesome. Really epic. But sadly no. This is pants!
This is the first time I have wanted a thumbs down option on Brickset.

Although I'm a fan of Jurassic Park, i just dont see these celebrating a 30th anniversary. On top of that, i don't see the appeal of the building ratio to price match. Hard pass, possibly another fail from LEGO for not putting enough thought into a good theme.

Nice to see a Jeep Wrangler in Lego form. Something is off about the front fenders, but they could be easily modified.
Since Lego has the Jurassic Park lincence now, I would love this car to get a Speed Champions treament!

A solid wave, with some good designs. The brachiosaurus is a bit disappointing, as the gap round the base of the neck is huge and unsightly. I'd have rather sacrificed the ability to have the neck bend down and just gone for a side-to-side rotation like the velociraptor neck. Lego should have taken note of how Playmobil did their brachiosaurus.

Prices seem a little excessive, but I suppose it's not unreasonable these days, and it's a safe bet they'll all get discounted eventually. I'll definitely be picking up a few of them!

Those dinosaurs must be expensive to produce. Because there's hardly any Lego in these sets apart from them...

@lost_scotsman said:
" @Bricklestick said:
"Sweet. Now I can replicate the scene of a migrant worker getting brutally murdered by a velociraptor. With my 4-year old."

Likewise I was going to comment on:
"76958 Dilophosaurus Ambush lets children play out a memorable Jurassic Park ambush scene..." where a man gets blinded, and then eviscerated in his own car."

Haha yes, nicely put. Given how terrifying a scene that is, making it a 6+ set is hardly much of an improvement!

Maybe I’m still bitter about my parents not letting me watch the film until I was 10. Does make me feel a bit nostalgic for the early 90s though, when utterly inappropriate toys based on 18-rated films, such as RoboCop and Aliens were the norm!

I just want the vehicles. I may see about splitting 76959 and 76960 with a member of my LUG. 76958, I’ll keep intact. I’m not giving away the hero of the movie.

@Eaglefan344:
70pcs, a second minifig, and a much larger, more complicated dinosaur.

@ResIpsaLoquitur:
It was a lot bigger in the movie.

@lost_scotsman:
If this Jeep is a rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. Matter of fact, run like hell.

@Lamarider:
I’m pretty sure we know how that one’s going to play out. Every. Single. Time.

As these celebrate the original film I was planning to buy the whole series, but the tiny builds and awful box art are very off-putting.

Obviously the prices are high, so is all LEGO these days, and Jurassic World sets more than most due to the expensive dinosaur moulds. Several people have mentioned the discrepancies on prices quoted but I just assumed that was an error in the article. How could it possibly be $19.99 and £20.99? It never works like that, and doesn't on any of the other sets listed.

A major disappointment but another whole wave off sets I can ignore and allocate the funds to the next D2C I like the look of.

Those prices are ludicrous!!!!!

I’m sorry, I don’t care what they cost, we finally have the jeeps!!!

I love the fact we are getting a brachiosaurus but not keen that it looks like it is one body piece with solid moulded legs - why not the articulated clip in technic peg legs a la the T-rex and triceratops?

And still no goat.

If they're not brick built they're not Lego. These are just Lego sets plus some unrelated dinosaur toys!

Interesting that the big banner for the "When dinosaurs ruled the Earth" sign is a flag-type piece so it's more accurate, instead of a sticker on several tiles or bricks.

Wow, the retail prices are nonsense at all, at least here in Spain.

The brachiosaurus one is 90€ with 512 pieces, when you've got sets of 1.200 pieces for only 10 or 20€ more... not to say the items are quite simple :(

I'd probably grab some if I manage to get a good deal on those (-30/40%) otherwise I think I'll pass.

The T-Rex Breakout at 99€ beats any of these sets by far (detail, pieces, JP license, etc.)

Frog easter eggs? It was a pretty big plot point in the film...

I can't see one in the visitor centre set, maybe it's in the lab, behind the windows.

Edit - I think I see it now, a possible grey one behind the window on the left.

Morbid choice by Lego, making a set from a scene where Dennis Nedry gets devoured by the Dilophosaurus. Then again, I was only five when my parents took me to see Jurassic Park in cinema, and I don't recall being traumatized by the scene, just disturbing. But that's just me. I salute Lego for having the guts to do this.

I've got the large gate set and the T-Rex breakout display.
I'm good.
If some of these drop to reasonable levels via huge discounts I might buy one or two, but none actually stand out to me so far.

For the Triceratops Research set, you are literally overpaying for a piece of sh** !

Are these alpha designs? Looks unfinished, unsubstantial, uninspired, overpriced.

Nice!

I like the Dennis "Nerdy" Nedry's jeep, and the Triceratops' mountain of poop.

Although discounted, of course.

Nedry's head is two-sided, and the alt face is covered in dino venom spit. Clearly the superior set of this wave.

The Brachiosaurus set probably should have included the kids too cos it looks like you're supposed to recreate the scene when they're in the tree

It does kind of look like the prices have been mixed up, but it'd also be great attention to detail for Nedry's set to be cheaper in a theme that otherwise asks you to spare no expense.

Obviously the prices are pretty inflated due to the high cost of the dinosaur molds.

But overall, I really like this wave of sets! I like how kid-friendly they look, and of course it's great to see the original film (the best one IMO) get some love and attention. Well done, LEGO!

Weird. I thought the prices seemed about where I would expect them to be. Surprised the Brachiosaurus is not more tbh.
Probably a day one purchase on that Brachiosaurus set too.

We getting a Brachiosaurus!? FINALLY, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!!!!!!

I'm surprised by the shocked reactions to the prices. They've been this way since long before the post-2020 financial/supply issues. Big, specialized chunks of plastic will likely always equal higher prices for a given set size.

...Same time next JP/W wave, then?

@Eaglefan344 said:
"The Triceratops one and Dilophosaurus one are almost the same size yet a $30 price difference? I don't get it."

These sets are perfect examples of how "part count" and "size" are not the same thing. Price per part is a useful metric for reference, but it's not a universal calculation guide for cost.

I'll just stick with 76956

@BOBJACK_JACKBOB said:
"Frog easter eggs? It was a pretty big plot point in the film...

I can't see one in the visitor centre set, maybe it's in the lab, behind the windows.

Edit - I think I see it now, a possible grey one behind the window on the left.
"
There's a bright pink one inside. So yes, a different colored frog in each of the 5 sets!

Weak efforts, all. Besides the JP Explorer and Jeep, I have little interest. And I LOVE Jurassic Park.

Well, I'm glad lego at least made this a full lineup instead of yet another gigantic one off set. And they can be bought directly! Woah! And there's even sets below the 60 euro range! That are also not GWPs! Shocking! Wild! Unexpected!

That's the level of enthusiasm I have for these though. It's a shame 'getting a lineup' and 'being available through direct purchase' are apparently positives now, but that's where we are at the moment.
I'm glad these will be out and I'm glad Jurassic Park itself gets some love. But right now I'm not going to be able to buy any at those prices. I'll just stick with my 75932 (which I got on a deep discount back in the day).

Holy freaking cow, they did it! They actually made a Brachiosaurus!! I'm totally shocked and pleased at the same time.

I’ve been eagerly awaiting more sets from the original JP film, and overall (setting aside pricing and the weirdly off-putting packaging) I have to say these look pretty great.

Inflated pricing on Jurassic sets is also nothing new, so I’m not seeing the rationale for sudden outrage there.

Lots of negative comments about the visitor center set, but let’s be real. Unless this was a $300+ D2C set, there’s no way it was going to live up to the high expectations and features most of us had for it. For the price point, I’d say Lego has done an admirable job here.

That said…I’d still love a D2C visitor center :-)

The Velociraptor Escape price is simply offensive.

So cool there’s an actual can of Barbasol in the set with Ned, definitely buying.

Gotta plan ahead for next year’s profit report.

Though I am dismayed and some of these prices, I can't say that I'm completely surprised. As others have pointed out, the ol' "price per piece" ratio is way off, but they've done that before with other "Dino"-themed sets. I remember the last (non-licensed) Dino wave had 5887 which was $99.99 for 793 pieces.

Now, adding the "Jurassic Park" license and (presumably the license to use Jeep, Ford Explorers, Barbasol, etc.), it makes sense the prices are a little overboard.

What bugs me, though, is that the much more impressive 76956, "T. Rex Breakout," is $99.99 for 1212 pieces, portraying an iconic scene from the original "Jurassic Park" movie. It's cheaper, yet more impressive than 76961 "Visitor Centre." In fact, I think 76956 is far more worthy of the "30th-anniversary" moniker than these half-juniorised versions (yes, even the non 4+ junior ones look half-juniorised, I think).

Still, there are some sets nicely based on other iconic moments in the movie, so I'll keep an eye on them and snag some at the right price / deal.

Wish the box art didn't look like 1980s kitsch.

I think what you have to consider is that the price of those Brachiosaurus moulds are going to be pushing the price of the whole wave up... almost everything else is "recycled" from previous years.
I don't see the RRPs as being that far out of whack at all.
YMMV, but I think these are pretty nice even at full price.

Jurassic Park is 30?

Momma, get my cane!

* Starts shaking it at the sky *

@Eaglefan344 said:
"The Triceratops one and Dilophosaurus one are almost the same size yet a $30 price difference? I don't get it."

One comes with a big pile of shit.

I'm just wondering why they've gone so backwards with the brick built T-Rex skeleton and its brick skull in 76961, when we already had a really good T-rex skeleton in 76940 with a proper printed skeletal skull... Its a massive downgrade that seems to have been only done for cheapness.

Didn't consider the "shoot her" scene a likely candidate for a 4+ set, but if you insist.

Glossing over the unholy price points that I've come to expect, these sets actually look great. I recognize all of these scenes, something that I rarely get to claim with a developed IP.

@Bricklestick said:
"Sweet. Now I can replicate the scene of a migrant worker getting brutally murdered by a velociraptor. With my 4-year old."
In Germany Jurassic Park was rated 12 and up. So is the DVD/BluRay.

I saw the movie in the summer of 1993 at the Bromborough Odeon cinema. I think it was rated PG, but it didn't concern me anyway since I was 16 at the time.

@The_Chosen_1 said:
"Inflated pricing on Jurassic sets is also nothing new, so I’m not seeing the rationale for sudden outrage there."
Has there been a post on Brickset in the last two years that didn't include comments complaining about prices?

@AcademyofDrX said:
" @The_Chosen_1 said:
"Inflated pricing on Jurassic sets is also nothing new, so I’m not seeing the rationale for sudden outrage there."
Has there been a post on Brickset in the last two years that didn't include comments complaining about prices?"

Nope.

@Lamarider said:
""children can let their imagination run wild and decide whether he can escape"

I'm all in for this new Dark Lego, will be looking forward to the next lines regarding any Star Wars sets."

Nedry minifig: “Please! Let me live, I BEG OF YOU!”
Children: “Uh uh uh, you didn’t say the magic word ;) !”

Agree that while the prices are high, they’re also completely in line with the previous dino lines. And I applaud the fact that the much sought-after visitor’s centre is an affordable play set for kids rather than an exorbitant D2C monstrosity.

@AcademyofDrX said:
" @The_Chosen_1 said:
"Inflated pricing on Jurassic sets is also nothing new, so I’m not seeing the rationale for sudden outrage there."
Has there been a post on Brickset in the last two years that didn't include comments complaining about prices?"

I thought the Galaxy Explorer 10497 announcement might have been an example, but that just prompted people to complain about the price of 10305.

@AcademyofDrX said:
" @The_Chosen_1 said:
"Inflated pricing on Jurassic sets is also nothing new, so I’m not seeing the rationale for sudden outrage there."
Has there been a post on Brickset in the last two years that didn't include comments complaining about prices?"

Well, given pricing is one of the key factors when evaluating a new set, it's not surprising.

@Bricklestick said:
"Sweet. Now I can replicate the scene of a migrant worker getting brutally murdered by a velociraptor. With my 4-year old."

Well, Isla Nubar was off the coast of Costa Rica. Possibly, he was a local and not a migrant.

@NathanR2015 said:
"A solid wave, with some good designs. The brachiosaurus is a bit disappointing, as the gap round the base of the neck is huge and unsightly. I'd have rather sacrificed the ability to have the neck bend down and just gone for a side-to-side rotation like the velociraptor neck. Lego should have taken note of how Playmobil did their brachiosaurus."
I’m surprised there haven’t been more negative comments about the hideous gap at the base of the brachiosaurus’ neck. Looks like it’s been attacked with a bladed weapon. As you say, there are better solutions to the articulation problem. Action figure makers worked it out decades ago.

@CHARIZORDO said:
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT MOLDED LEGS!!! I thought Lego would have learned their lesson by now."

...sadly that would probably have been prohibitively expensive. It would require a minimum of four extra moulds. I think we are lucky to be seeing this Brachiosaurus at all.

@mkrey said:
"and still no stegosaurus

However, I will pick up the triceratops and brachiosaurus sets if they are discounted.
"

There appeared no Stegosaurus in Jurassic Park from 1993 - so it wouldn't make sense to include a Stegosaurus in Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary sets.

You know, I kinda feel really dirty about these sets.

The original Jurassic Park has a key place in my heart, it was one of the stories that sparked my love for science fiction and has greatly influenced my interests in engineering. In many ways Critchton was ahead of the curve with the book, warning against humanity's potential to exploit the beauty and power of the natural world for petty, surface-level gains. Respect and avarice can't go hand-in-hand, and even the original movie hit these themes in a respectful and meaningful way.

And now here we are in the worst possible timeline for this story, where we have endless sequels, spin-offs, merchandising, on and on and on and on ... and yes, this is the "fun dinosaur movie don't think about it" franchise to a lot of people, but the blatant and ignorant disrespect to the original story and author is everything short of criminal. Jurassic Park has been mutated into the very thing it warned against from day one and it's disheartening.

I never bought any of the Jurassic World sets (only ever had one that I "won" at a building event) out of a reverence for Crichton's work and out of a disdain for the dumb raptor whisperer plots, but now here we are with an abundance - an entire frickin' wave - of Jurassic Park sets "celebrating" thirty years of InGen-esque harvesting of something unique and valuable to generate something artificial, manufactured, a cheap copy of an original. And as much as I would love to build some of my favorite moments in LEGO, this ain't the way to do it. It feels like a brazen betrayal of the whole point of the story, as if I'd be telling the author "hey, I like your work, and it's neat and all, but screw the point of it, I wanna buy more toys and merch until this franchise is old and gray!"

I have no doubt someone's writing a reply right now and if you wanna buy the sets, hey, whatever. This is the internet, you can do what you want. Just had to get this all outta my system.

At this rate, I think a better use of my money would be buying some tickets to my local paleontology museum and appreciating what Jurassic Park was meant to be - a reminder that everything has its time and nothing is gained from demanding something go on longer for our own amusements.

@PurpleDave said:
"Is that two minifigs for Samuel L. Jackson, or did he have others?"

Mace Windu and Nick Fury.

HOW MUCH for that brachio? Are they nuts? It even dont have legs articulation. For this price I can buy a fully articulated 3 times bigger one from mattel.

@GBP_Chris said:
"You know, I kinda feel really dirty about these sets.

The original Jurassic Park has a key place in my heart, it was one of the stories that sparked my love for science fiction and has greatly influenced my interests in engineering. In many ways Critchton was ahead of the curve with the book, warning against humanity's potential to exploit the beauty and power of the natural world for petty, surface-level gains. Respect and avarice can't go hand-in-hand, and even the original movie hit these themes in a respectful and meaningful way.

And now here we are in the worst possible timeline for this story, where we have endless sequels, spin-offs, merchandising, on and on and on and on ... and yes, this is the "fun dinosaur movie don't think about it" franchise to a lot of people, but the blatant and ignorant disrespect to the original story and author is everything short of criminal. Jurassic Park has been mutated into the very thing it warned against from day one and it's disheartening.

I never bought any of the Jurassic World sets (only ever had one that I "won" at a building event) out of a reverence for Crichton's work and out of a disdain for the dumb raptor whisperer plots, but now here we are with an abundance - an entire frickin' wave - of Jurassic Park sets "celebrating" thirty years of InGen-esque harvesting of something unique and valuable to generate something artificial, manufactured, a cheap copy of an original. And as much as I would love to build some of my favorite moments in LEGO, this ain't the way to do it. It feels like a brazen betrayal of the whole point of the story, as if I'd be telling the author "hey, I like your work, and it's neat and all, but screw the point of it, I wanna buy more toys and merch until this franchise is old and gray!"

I have no doubt someone's writing a reply right now and if you wanna buy the sets, hey, whatever. This is the internet, you can do what you want. Just had to get this all outta my system.

At this rate, I think a better use of my money would be buying some tickets to my local paleontology museum and appreciating what Jurassic Park was meant to be - a reminder that everything has its time and nothing is gained from demanding something go on longer for our own amusements."

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop and think about if they should."

@GBP_Chris said:
"You know, I kinda feel really dirty about these sets.

The original Jurassic Park has a key place in my heart, it was one of the stories that sparked my love for science fiction and has greatly influenced my interests in engineering. In many ways Critchton was ahead of the curve with the book, warning against humanity's potential to exploit the beauty and power of the natural world for petty, surface-level gains. Respect and avarice can't go hand-in-hand, and even the original movie hit these themes in a respectful and meaningful way.

And now here we are in the worst possible timeline for this story, where we have endless sequels, spin-offs, merchandising, on and on and on and on ... and yes, this is the "fun dinosaur movie don't think about it" franchise to a lot of people, but the blatant and ignorant disrespect to the original story and author is everything short of criminal. Jurassic Park has been mutated into the very thing it warned against from day one and it's disheartening.

I never bought any of the Jurassic World sets (only ever had one that I "won" at a building event) out of a reverence for Crichton's work and out of a disdain for the dumb raptor whisperer plots, but now here we are with an abundance - an entire frickin' wave - of Jurassic Park sets "celebrating" thirty years of InGen-esque harvesting of something unique and valuable to generate something artificial, manufactured, a cheap copy of an original. And as much as I would love to build some of my favorite moments in LEGO, this ain't the way to do it. It feels like a brazen betrayal of the whole point of the story, as if I'd be telling the author "hey, I like your work, and it's neat and all, but screw the point of it, I wanna buy more toys and merch until this franchise is old and gray!"

I have no doubt someone's writing a reply right now and if you wanna buy the sets, hey, whatever. This is the internet, you can do what you want. Just had to get this all outta my system.

At this rate, I think a better use of my money would be buying some tickets to my local paleontology museum and appreciating what Jurassic Park was meant to be - a reminder that everything has its time and nothing is gained from demanding something go on longer for our own amusements."

Well said. Amen.

For $80, that Brachiosaurus should have movable legs

Maybe they'll have a coupon day ... Or something

Looking over these again, someone must really like Dr. Sattler. She's in almost every set.

Mr. Hammond, after careful consideration I have decided... not to endorse your park.

So have I.

While I love that we're getting more sets based on the original Jurassic Park film, sweet lemony jesus those are overpriced. $40 for 137 pieces is insane, especially when there's no new pieces. The only reason I would even consider getting the 4+ set is for the exclusive Muldoon minifig, and that price tag has killed any chance of me getting it. I'll just buy it separately I suppose.

@GBP_Chris said:
"You know, I kinda feel really dirty about these sets.

The original Jurassic Park has a key place in my heart, it was one of the stories that sparked my love for science fiction and has greatly influenced my interests in engineering. In many ways Critchton was ahead of the curve with the book, warning against humanity's potential to exploit the beauty and power of the natural world for petty, surface-level gains. Respect and avarice can't go hand-in-hand, and even the original movie hit these themes in a respectful and meaningful way.

And now here we are in the worst possible timeline for this story, where we have endless sequels, spin-offs, merchandising, on and on and on and on ... and yes, this is the "fun dinosaur movie don't think about it" franchise to a lot of people, but the blatant and ignorant disrespect to the original story and author is everything short of criminal. Jurassic Park has been mutated into the very thing it warned against from day one and it's disheartening.

I never bought any of the Jurassic World sets (only ever had one that I "won" at a building event) out of a reverence for Crichton's work and out of a disdain for the dumb raptor whisperer plots, but now here we are with an abundance - an entire frickin' wave - of Jurassic Park sets "celebrating" thirty years of InGen-esque harvesting of something unique and valuable to generate something artificial, manufactured, a cheap copy of an original. And as much as I would love to build some of my favorite moments in LEGO, this ain't the way to do it. It feels like a brazen betrayal of the whole point of the story, as if I'd be telling the author "hey, I like your work, and it's neat and all, but screw the point of it, I wanna buy more toys and merch until this franchise is old and gray!"

I have no doubt someone's writing a reply right now and if you wanna buy the sets, hey, whatever. This is the internet, you can do what you want. Just had to get this all outta my system.

At this rate, I think a better use of my money would be buying some tickets to my local paleontology museum and appreciating what Jurassic Park was meant to be - a reminder that everything has its time and nothing is gained from demanding something go on longer for our own amusements."

Well said, but… This is an all-out celebration of the amazing original movie and the memorable moments from it, with no sight nor sign of the sub-par sequels. Let’s be happy yeah! :)

@Santini said:
"Shouldn't there be more than one Brachiosaurus? They do move in herds after all."

Buy several copies, now that we know Sattlers also move in herds.

These sets don't come out for three months but are available for pre-order on LEGO's official site meanwhile the Indiana Jones sets showed up in some store but haven't even been officially announced yet. What is going on?

Now we need a wave like this for Ghostbusters' 40th next year!

Hold on to your butts....
*before scrolling to see set prices*