Zuru has just released a fun little subseries for their popular "5 Surprise" blind box series of toys called "Dino Strike".

"Dino Strike" is a series of small dinosaur (and a few dinosaur skeletons) action figures with armor and weapons that come disassembled in a segmented round container. When assembled, the dinosaurs are about 3/4 the size of a Mattel "Jurassic World" "Attack Pack" figure. Several of the figures have action features which are almost unheard of on such small figures. The weapons are all spring loaded and can be swapped between all of the different dinosaurs due to a common connection system in the armor. The armor pieces have additional connection ports to add additional weapons so you can make heavily armed dinosaurs.

Zuru mostly plays it safe on the species selection focusing almost exclusively on widely known species (that have also been the focus of Mattel's "Jurassic World" offerings) with the exception of a Therizinosaurus (sadly not feathered). If these sell well, hopefully they will branch out to lesser known, more exotic looking species in the future.

It looks like they have an MSRP of $9.99, which to be honest, is a bit high for what they are. Add in the blind boxed nature of not knowing what dinosaur you are getting (no identifying codes have been found as of this writing), and it makes them a bit less desirable in my eyes (I detest blind boxes, I like to know what I am spending my money on).

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those are nice looking little critters. we got our 6yr old grand a 5 surprise ball from 5below and I thought it was going to be a waste of $$

turns out I was surprised how nice the stuff was. best thing in it was a colorful hamster? that is battery powered.

it "floats" on bristles scampering in a very funny and natural way. since then I bought a lot with 2 more and have another on the way. our 6yr old liked them, but our 18mo grand loves them! I let the 3 run on the lid of a tote bin and she couldn't get enough. finally I had to tell her that they were tired and needed to go to sleep

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Nice Dinorider-ish stuff!

The "5 Surprise" "Dino Strike" figures have been rereleased with glow in the dark armor and weapons!

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I am willing to trade/sell/purchase.

My dupes:
Stygimoloch x3
Therizinosaurus x2
Plesiasaur x2
Velociraptor (Green) x3
T-Rex Skelton x2
Triceratops x2
Velociraptor-X (Orange) x1

I need:
Stegosaurus
Pterosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Spinosaurus Skeleton

If I see these I’ll buy them. I love blind boxes and these look super cool.


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^ same.

Despite being aware of them for a while i've never actually seen them in person. The weaponry and scale of the Dinos is perfect for me which makes not coming across them an ever so slight shame.

They are widely available at Target and Wal-Mart and series 1 even showed up at 5 Below last year.

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