VINTAGE ACTION FIGURES Jurassic Park Is One of the Most Successful Movie Franchises of All Time Based on a 1990 Novel by Michael Crichton

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VINTAGE ACTION FIGURES Jurassic Park is one of the most successful movie franchises of all time based on a 1990 novel by Michael Crichton. But did you know that although the movie wasn’t released until 1993 FOUR movie companies bid on the movie rights BEFORE the novel was even published! The movie went on to gross over $900 million worldwide in its original theatrical run and later, in 2013, with the release of Jurassic Park 3D to celebrate its 20th Aniversary it became the 17th movie in history to surpass $1 billion in ticket sales! And with a with a fifth installment scheduled for a 2018 release it looks to continue its success for a few more years yet.

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HUMANS DINOSAURS VEHICLES PLAYSETS EXCLUSIVES HUMANS & DINOSAURS TWIN-PACK DINOSAURS TWIN-PACK DINOSAURS Kenner Jurrasic Park 1 1993 The first series of action figures was launched at the same jungle background was used. However it seems that no one time as the movie and, like the movie, also became an of these is rarer than the other. instant hit. The first series feature five human figures and eight The human figures in the first series bore little resemblance to dinosaurs, some of which weren't even featured in the their movie counterparts as the sculpts were based on artists movie. There were also three playsets, including the famous renditions, each also came with an elaborate snare weapons Command Compound. designed to trap the dinosaurs and a movie trading card. Jurassic Park was released in the summer of 1993 and was There are also two different backing cards for theses figures. an instant hit. At about this time Kenner were at their peak The first card featured a black background behind the and they were awarded the lisence to produce Jurassic Park bubble, but later the more popular and recognizable sunset/ action figures by Amblin Entertainment.

HUMANS

ALAN GRANT TIM MURPHY ROBERT MULDOON ELLIE SANDLER DENNIS NEDRY Most of the Humans from series 1 can be found on eBay for between $10-$15, as they were vastly over-produced.

DINOSAURS

TRICERATOPS TYRANNOSAURUS REX STEGOSAURUS

YOUNG TYRANNOSAURUS REX VELOCIRAPTOR PTERANODON

DIMETRODON DILOPHOSAURUS COELOPHYSIS As with the Humans the basic Dinosaurs sell for approx. $15-$20, whereas the Dino Damage and Electronic Dinosaurs sell for around $40-$50 each. VEHICLES

CAPTURE COPTER JUNGLE EXPLORER CAPTURE COPTER

CAPTURE COPTER

Kenner Jurassic Park 2 1994 The series 1 figures were re-released in 1994 as part of Like the series 1 figures these also came with a movie the series 2 line along with some new sculpts. These trading card but a lot of the cards, numbered between 35- figures also featured new, more accurate head sculpts 51, seemed to be missing so it seems likely that Kenner as well as re-coloured clothing and the addition of an had planned a lot more figures in this series than were Ian Malcolm human figure. eventually released, probably due to poor sales. The older figures from series I also came with the new Kenner also introduced two themes, the “Evil Raiders” series II trading cards, which is useful in distinguishing and “Dino Tracker” to represent the goodies and them from the originals. baddies in order to try and increase the appeal and playability of the line. These new figures, including These figure were available in large quantities and those from series 1, were also labelled “New Series II” heavily discounted from Toy Works and Kay Bee Toys in to distinguish them from the original series. mid-1996, but they seem to have become the harder of the two series to find recently.

HUMANS

ELLIE SADDLER GRANT WITH NET GRANT WITH BOLA TURNER TIM MURPHY HUMANS

DR SNARE SKINNER NEDRY MULDOON MALCOLM

NEDRY MULDOON Unlike the series 1 figures the series 2 figures have proved to have been a much better investment with values of $50-$80 and the Nick Van Owen selling for as much as $200!

DINOSAURS

ELECTRONIC BARYONYX GALLIMIMUS YOUNG TYRANNOSAURUS REX

CARNOTAURUS UTAHRAPTOR TANYSTROPHEUS

PACHY LYCAENOPS QUETZALCOATLUS

VELOCIRAPTOR DILOPHOSAURUS The Dinosaurs, however tended to go for between $30-$40 and occasionally as much as $70-$80. VEHICLES

JUNGLE RUNNER STRIKE CYCLE CAPTURE CRUISER There were four vehicles released with the second series of Jurassic Park figures. The Jungle Runner and Strike Vehicle generally go for around $40-$50, whereas the Capture Cruiser goes for $200-$250 but you’d probably find yourself feeling a little cheated if you paid that for it as it is far from one of the better vehicles, with poor a poor design and paint job.

The Lost World 1 1997 By the time the next movie, Jurassic Park: The Lost dinosaurs!); dino damage attack action and capture World, was released in 1997 Kenner had been bought gear; two sets of weapons, a Bola Launcher and a net out by Hasbro. However, the chunky, colorful, play launcher (the Aerial Net Trap); and lastly, a dino tracker focused style of the original Kenner figures was kept. figure making a total of 18 pieces in the complete set, This line consisted of seven human figures, including this means that to find a complete set loose is virtually the only action figure ever of Richard Schiff, and sixteen impossible and therefore pushing up the value of MIB dinosaurs. This series again proved to be extremely sets to about to around the $100 mark. popular and was named one of the bestselling toys of There was also an exclusive YOUNG 1997. TYRANNOSAURUS REX SET that came with a Dino Also the series 2 figures were released in much lower Tracker figure and three pieces of capture gear and a quantities and as a result fetch higher prices on the big muzzle which can go around the figure’s jaws. This secondary market than the series 1 figures. set generally sells for approx. $150. There were also 3 exclusive sets in this series, which Lastly there was the Target Utahraptor Set. The were Walmart Exclusives. The most valuable, and dinosaur comes with: three pieces of capture gear probably the rarest of all the Kenner Jurassic Park toys, including a big muzzle which can go around the figure’s was the DINO TRACKER SET which wasn’t released jaws; a Dino Tracker, which stands in a fairly neutral until 1997, despite originally being planned for release pose with weapons. This set was the largest of the in 1994 along with the rest of the Lost World line. The three and sells for around $150 although a MIB set has set came with: two different prehistoric creatures (not been known to go for upwards of $300!

HUMANS

SARAH ROLAND IAN NICK EDDIE HUMANS

EDDIE PETER Most of the Human figures in the first series usually sell for approx. $10-$15, except for the Peter Ludlow and Sarah Harding figures sell for approx. $50-$60 and can go as high as $100.

DINOSAURS

VELOCIRAPTOR CYCLOPS DILOPHOSAURUS SPITTER PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS RAM HEAD

VELOCIRAPTOR RAPTOR TRICERATOPS TRIKE BULL T-REX

PARASAUROLOPHUS HORN HEAD SPINOSAURUS SLICE CARNOTAURUS

THRASHER T-REX STEGOSAURUS SPIKE TAIL ELECTRONIC VELOCIRAPTOR SNAP JAW

RC-TYRANNOSAURUS REX RC-PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS RC-STEGOSAURUS

Like the Human figures the basic dinosaurs generally sell for $10-$20 on average and the electronic figures for between $40-$70. The few exceptions to this are: The Tyrannosaurus Rex Thrasher which sells for $200-$275 but has been know to go as high as $500! The Bull Tyrannosaurus Rex which sells for $250-$350 with a high of $450. The Carnotaurus which sells for between $200-$300. VEHICLES

DART DIRTBIKE GLIDER

HIGH HIDE NET TRAPPPER TRACKER

HUMVEE

The largest vehicle in this series was the Humvee and sells for approx. $80-$100 whereas the others sell for around $20. The prices for the two play sets on the other hand range from $100-$120.

PLAYSETS

MOBILE COMMAND CENTER DINO DAMAGE MEDICAL CENTER

EXCLUSIVES

DINO-TRACKER-SET UTAHRAPTOR SET YOUNG TYRANNOSAURUS REX SET The Lost World 2 1998 In 1998 Hasbro released Jurassic Park: The Lost World This has also resulted in them fetching slightly higher series 2 figures, and as with the second series of prices on the secondary market than the first series. Jurassic Park line these sold in much lower quantities Due to the limited run of these figures the humans as the first series and only consisted of three humans generally sell for between $60-$80 on the secondary and two dinosaurs. market and the dinosaurs for approx. $30-$40

HUMANS

AJAY NICK VAN OWEN EDDIE CARR

DINOSAURS

BARYONYX ORNITHOSUCHUS

Chaos Effect 1998 About the same time as the Lost World series 2 figures Despite poor sales at the time this line has become were released the Chaos Effect line was also released. popular with collectors and as a result some of the These figures represented the merged DNA of various figures have become difficult to find. A follow-up series, dinosaurs by mad scientists. The line featured mainly featuring glow-in-the-dark figures, called Night Hunters repaints of previous dinosaurs, humans and vehicles was due to be released but it was scrapped in favor of along with a few new sculpts. the Jurassic Park Dinosaurs line, which had a closer tie- in with the movies. HUMANS

ROLAND TEMBO IAN MALCOLM With only 2 humans in this series, which weren’t very popular they can be picked up for around $20 on eBay.

DINOSAURS

TRASHER T-REX OMEGA T-REX VELOCYRAPTERYX

PARADEINONYCHUS TYRANNONOPS TANACONDA

RAPTOR ALPHA COMPSTEGNATHUS ANKYLORANODON

AMARGOSPINUS The re-painted dinosaurs go for about the same but the new sculpts are about twice the price, selling for between $40-$50 axcelpt for the OMEGA T-REX and THRASHER T-REX which sell for between $150-$200.

VEHICLES

TRIKE DOZER LAND S.A.B.R.E. AIR S.A.B.R.E. PLAYSETS

MOBILE COMMAND CENTER

Jurassic Park III 2001 In 2001 the Jurassic Park 3 action figures were released to T-Rex was later switched back in when, despite massive tie-in with the final, or what was supposed to have been marketing, the Spinosaurus failed to catch on and the final, movie of the series. This line, unlike the previous, become as popular as many had hoped. followed a more typical Hasbro feel with smaller 3.75 Many of the original Kenner dinosaurs where featured inch human figures and harder plastic. The ‘star’ of this in this line featuring the new “Dino Damage” which was movie was supposed to have been the new Spinosaurus, supposed to represent the savage wounds that were which even replaced the T-Rex on the logo, however the inflicted on them in the movie.

HUMANS

DR. ALAN GRANT ERIC KIRBY AMANDA KIRBY MILITARY DRIVER PAUL KIRBY

BILLY BRENNAN MILITARY GENERAL DR. ALAN GRANT DINOSAURS

ALPHA RAPTOR ANIMSPINO BRACHIOSAURUS PTERANODON PACKRAPTOR

DILOPHOSAURUS SPINOSAURUS TAPEJARA T-REX TRICERATOPS

STALKING RAPTOR POSEABLE RAPTOR POSEABLE SPINO

REMOTE CONTROL SPINOSAURUS ANIMATRONIC SPINOSAURUS ULTRA TYRANNOSAURUS REX

ULTRA PTERANODON

The line consisted of: seven human figures, which sell for $5-$10; thirteen dinosaurs, which sell for $15-$20; three vehicles, $25-$30 and one play set, $40-$50. VEHICLES

ALL TERRAIN DINO TRACKER AIR HELI-SABRE MARINE COPTER RAPTOR MOTORCYCLE PURSUIT

PLAYSETS

RAPTOR ATTACK PLAYSET DINO TRACKING SET

Jurassic Park Dinosaurs 1 1999 The Jurassic Park Dinosaurs line was released in 1999 followed by a second wave of 9 figures in 2000. after the Night Hunters line was cancelled. This line, however was completely made of of re-paints Series 1, released in 1999, consisted of two waves from the Jurassic Park and The Lost World lines, except of figures, the first 10 figures, released in 1999, was for the Triceratops Hatchling in the third series.

HUMANS & DINOSAURS

BARONYX & DINO TRACKER PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS & DINO TRAINER YOUNG T-REX & DINO ADVENTURER

STEGOSAURUS & DINO HUNTER TYRANNOSAURUS RES & DINO HUNTER DINOSAURS

BARYONYX DIMETRODON LYNX

PTERANODON VELOCIRAPTOR TANYSTROPHEUS

TRICERATOPS VELOCIRAPTOR GREEN YOUNG TYRANNOSAURUS REX

ORNITHOSUCHUS There were 14 dinosaurs released, including 4 electronic dinosaurs, the basic figures sell for approx. $20-$30 whereas the electronic dinosaurs are worth about $40.

Jurassic Park Dinosaurs 2 2004 Series one was followed by a surprise second series in The line consisted of: four double packs, four dinosaur 2004 which was a KB Toys exclusive, which obviously and human packs, and five dinosaurs. makes them that little bit more difficult to get hold of.

HUMANS & DINOSAURS

DIMETRODON & MILITARY DRIVER TRICERATOPS & DINO WRANGLER VELOCIRAPTOR WITH DINO TROOPER HUMANS & DINOSAURS

TYRANNOSAURUS REX & DINO TRACKER

TWIN-PACK DINOSAURS

SPINOSAURUS AND TYRANNOSAURUS REX TYRANNOSAURUS REX VELOCIRAPTOR AND STEGOSAURUS AND SPINOSAURUS AND VELOCIRAPTOR SPINOSAURUS

DINOSAURS

BRACHIOSAURUS VELOCIRAPTOR TYRANNOSAURUS REX

PTERANODON TYRANNOSAUR

The line consisted of: four double packs which sell for $5-$10; four dinosaur and human packs, approx. $20; and five dinosaurs which sell for about the same price except for the TYRANNOSAUR and PTERANODON which generally go for $40-$50. Jurassic Park Dinosaurs 3 2005

The third series, released in 2005, was most noticeable This line consisted of: 4 two-packs, and 3 dinosaurs with for the inclusion of a Triceratops Hatchling, the ONLY micro dinosaur, and 2 deluxe dinosaurs. new sculpt throughout the whole JP Dinosaurs line, with all the rest being re-paints.

TWIN-PACK DINOSAURS

PTERANODON AND TYRANNOSAURUS REX TYRANNOSAURUS REX VELOCIRAPTOR AND COMPSOGNATHUS AND SPINOSAURUS AND TRICERATOPS STEGOSAURUS

DINOSAURS

VELOCIRAPTOR TRICERATOPS TYRANNOSAURUS REX

EXCLUSIVES

PTERANODON TYRANNOSAURUS REX This line consisted of: 4 two-packs, $5-$10; and 3 dinosaurs with micro dinosaur, $20; and 2 deluxe dinosaurs, $20. Jurassic Park III Hybrids 1999

During this period Hasbro Mexico released a line called Jurassic Park Dinosaurs Series I figures which were re- Jurassic Park Hybrids. This line was made up of ten packaged with Jurassic III packaging.

DINOSAURS

DIMETRODON BARYONYX LYNX ORNITHOSUCHUS

PTERANODON T-REX TANYSTROPHEUS VELOCIRRAPTOR

VELOCIRRAPTOR GREEN

Because of this they aren’t very collectible, the generally sell for between $5-$10, and weren’t very popular although due to the packaging and their very limited release they very fairly unique. Jurassic Park Camo Extreme The Camo Xtreme series, which was a series of However, some cases did get sent out to local stores and extremely cool re-paints, was supposed to tie-in with the specialist on-line stores but these sold out very quickly. Jurassic Park 3 line but it was discontinued before mass This line/series has therefore become very scarce and distribution. has some of the most sought after Jurassic Park figures.

TWIN-PACK DINOSAURS

DESERT SPINOSAURUS ARTIC SPINOSAURUS LAVA TYRANNOSAURUS SWAMP TYRANNOSAURUS AND VELOCIRAPTOR AND STEGOSAURUS REX AND VELOCIRAPTOR REX AND SPINOSAURUS

DINOSAURS

NIGHT VELOCIRAPTOR ARTIC T-REX JUNGLE SPINOSAURUS CANYON T-REX The line consisted of: four 2 packs, $15; and three dinosuars, $25-$30; as well as a short packed, one per case, NIGHT VELOCIRAPTOR which sells for about $40. Jurasic Park 2009 It was another four years before Hasbro released This line was received very fairly poorly at retail another Jurassic Park line, a Toys R Us exclusive, though, probably due to the lack of a movie or TV which featured mainly re-paints of the Jurassic Park 3 tie-in and the fact there hadn’t been a new movie for figures and a re-tooled version of the Bull T-Rex from about eight years. the Jurassic Park: The Lost World line.

TWIN-PACK DINOSAURS

SPINOSAURUS AND SPINOSAURUS AND TRICERATOPS AND VELOCIRAPTOR AND TRYNNASAURUS REX VELOCIRAPTOR TYRANNASAURUS REX TYRANNASAURUS

HUMANS & DINOSAURS

ALAN GRANT WITH VELOCIRAPTOR DIVER AND SPINOSAURUS BILLY BRENNAN AND PTERANODON

FOREST HUNTER GENERAL AND T-REX

DINOSAURS

DILOPHOSAURUS TRICERATOPS TYRANNOSAURUS REX VELOCIRAPTOR DINOSAURS

TYRANNOSAURUS REX & GENERAL PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS ASSAULT ALLOAURUS ASSAULT The JP 9 line was made up of: 4 two-packs, $5-$10; 4 human vs dinosaur packs, $10-$15; and 7 dinosaurs $15-$20.

Jurasic Park 2011 Rumours began to circulate that a new line was due However the line was re-scheduled for 2011 and finally to be released in 2010, and pictures showing re-tooled terminated altogether, probably due to the lack of new figures, originally from the GI Joe line, with Jurassic material, poor sales for the 2009 line and the fact that Park markings began to show up, as well as some the license lapsed in 2011. images of new dinosaur sculpts.

Jurasic World 2015 In 2013 several figures from the 2009 line were re- line which was reminiscent of the early Kenner figures, released along with 2 new sculpts, possibly to tie-in as well as a Hero Masher figures which allowed you to with the release of the 3D version of the original movie create your own hybrids, similar to the Chaos Effect and to try and keep the franchise alive in participation figures. Despite the anticipation and huge success of the of the fourth movie in the series, Jurassic World, which movie the figures recieved a poor reception from fans was slated for a 2014 release but in fact wasn’t released due to the poor quality and design faults with the figures, until 2015. With this movie Hasbro created a Classic such as screw holes on the side of most figures.

VEHICLES & DINOSAURS

TYRANNOSAURUS REX LOCKDOWN PTERANODON & HELICOPTER MOSASAURUS & SUBMARINE VEHICLES & DINOSAURS

INDOMINUS-REX & GYROSPHERE

DINOSAURS

CHOMPING T-REX SPINOSAURUS ANKYLOSAURUS

STEGOCERATOPS ALLOAURUS PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS

T-REX GREEN STEGOCERATOPS TAN VELOCIRAPTOR BLUE

VELOCIRAPTOR DELTA VELOCIRAPTOR ECHO VELOCIRAPTOR CHARLIE

INDOMINUS REX RC VELOCIRAPTOR BLUE RC VELOCIRAPTOR CHARLIE DINOSAURS

RC VELOCIRAPTOR DELTA RC CERATOSAURUS RC DILOPHOSAURUS

RC DIMETRODON RC INDOMINUS REX RC TYRANNOSAURUS REX

EXCLUSIVES

RAPTOR SQUAD 15 ASSORTED DINOSAURS 3 PACK

15 ASSORTED DINOSAURS The Classic Line consisted of: 13 dinosaurs, $10-$15 and 9 electronic dinosaurs, $15-$20 each. Blind Bags - These were mini dinosaur figures available as Walmart exclusives and were sold in 3 and 15 assorted figure packs with 12 different to collect. INDOMINUS REX VERSUS ANKYLOSAURUS Target exclusive. RAPTOR SQUAD Target Exclusive. DINOSAURS

DIMORPHODON VELOCIRAPTOR PARASAUROLOPHUS VELOCIRAPTOR GREY

TRICERATOPS SPINOSAURUS CARNOTAURUS TYRANNOSAURUS REX

EXCLUSIVES

TYRANNOSAURUS REX TYRANNOSAURUS REX TARGET EXCLUSIVE TARGET EXCLUSIVE

These figures allowed you to take all the limbs apart and create your own hybrids, reminiscent to the Chaos Effect line. There were 13 dinosaurs in this line, including 2 Target Exclusives.

DINOSAURS

PTERANODON SPINOSAURUS DILOPHOSAURUS VELOCIRAPTOR DINOSAURS

ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC TYRANNOSAURUS REX DILOPHOSAURUS VELOCIRAPTOR

VEHICLES

DINO TRACKER COPTER DINO TRACKER

These were smaller stylized figures, targeted at the younger market and a successor to the JP Junior line. This line included 6 dinosaurs, 2 Electronic dinosaurs and 2 vehicles.

TWIN-PACK DINOSAURS

ANKYLOSAURUS VS. CARNOTAURUS VELOCIRAPTOR INDOMINUS REX VS. OSTAFRIKASAURUS VS. ALLOSUARUS

TYRANNOSAURUS REX TYRANNOSAURUS REX VS. TRICERATOPS VS. INDOMINUS EX-BATTLE SET DINOSAURS

ANKYLODOCUS CARNORAPTOR CORYTHOSAURUS SPINORAPTOR

STEGOSAURUS VELOCIRAPTOR TYRANNOSAURUS REX

EXCLUSIVES

TOYS R US 5 PACK These figures allowed you to take all the limbs apart and create your own hybrids, reminiscent to the Chaos Effect line. There were 13 dinosaurs in this line, including 2 Target Exclusives. ACTION FIGURE RESOURCE