As long time Joe enthusiasts know, back in 2009 Toys R Us was going to release another year's worth of exclusive "Jurassic Park" toys utilizing 4 brand new dinosaur molds and with figures using repurposed "G.I. Joe" tooling. For one reason or another, this line never saw the light of day and Joe collectors scrambled to pick up any leaked samples from Asia via ebay, often paying HUNDREDS of dollars per figure, complete or not. Skip forward to 2012 and 2 of these elusive sets have finally been released to mass retail!

I picked these 2 samples up this morning at the Totowa Toys R Us.









As you can see from the last pic, the bottom of the boxes show some of the other sets available in the exclusive line but 2 are blocked off by solid yellow stickers. I peeled the stickers off of 1 of the boxes to reveal a recolor of one of the old JPIII "Re-Ak-Attack" Trriceratops toys, but the other was yet another "unproduced" set with 1 of the newly sculpted dinos (stegasaurus) and another "Jurassic Joe" (this one with Zanzibar's head and Resolute Duke's body).





Here is what you get in each set:






The dinosaurs are most impressive with lots of points of articulation never before used in a Kenner/Hasbro "Jurassic Park" dino. The Allosaurus has ball jointed ankles, head and shoulders, swivel hips, a double hinged jaw and an action feature neck that thrashes back and forth when the right shoulder is moved forward and back. The Pachyrhinosaurus has more standard JP articulation with 4 swivel hips but makes up for it with a ball jointed head, hinged jaw and an action feature neck that thrashes the head up and down when the right rear leg is pulled back. The paint jobs are very nice, not quite as sharp as the ones on the back of the box, but much nicer than past JP offerings. the "Dino Damage" features are far superior to past JP offerings as the removable skin pieces are far thinner than the thick ugly "plugs" in the past resulting in shallower, more realistic looking damage.

The figures are what most of you are interested in, so here they are:









The figure on the left is "Gunner Gordon" and the one on the right is "Ash Skullstriker" and they are made entirely from recycled Joe parts and accessories. "Gordon" is made from Burn Out's head and a Resolute Cobra Trooper body/vest and his accessories are from Rock N Roll. "Skullstriker" is made from a Gung Ho body/vest and a head I cannot identify yet (people are saying it's Mercer's, but the Mercer has earrings), his accessories are mostly from an old Comic Pack Stormshadow (sound enhancing bow), Resolute Stormshadow (backpack and swords) and Spy Troops Shipwreck (pistol)- the packaging (both the photo on the back of the box and the paintings on the sides) show him with a neckwrap recycled from a "Star Wars" Sandstorm Han Solo but this accessory is not included in the package.

These figures look identical to the leaked ebay samples with 1 exception that I can see- "Skullstriker"'s tattoo on the mass retail release is different- the leaked ones had crossed arrows behind the dino skull while the mass retail version has both arrows running diagonally next to the left side of the dino skull.

Both of these sets shuld be available at your local Toys R us now for $29.99 each.

If anyone wants the accessories to complete their incomplete ebay samples, let me know as I do not want them and will be putting them in my Swap Shop.

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The figures are different from the original canceled JP line. I like the one on the left. The headsculpt looks new. The other is a repaint head of Dreadnok Burnout. I would like them to release more figures, especially with new head sculpts.

The guy with the bow and swords is just screwed. The Machine gun will fare a little better, but I think that they'll both be digestive track lining at the end of it.

I have pics of these guys on my phone. Interesting to note that the Canadian versions don't have the yellow stickers blocking the pictures, though I wouldn't hold out hope that it means that they are coming to Canada.

- R

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I think Ash Skullstriker is taking a page out of Turok's book with the bow me thinks.


And my word I want these sets so bad, I'd buy multiples just for the dinosaurs too. Take or the Resolute trooper bodies and turn them into Jungle Cobras or something.

But those Dinosaurs, I'm having dreams about them man.

At $34 a piece, you might want to wait for clearance on those.

- R

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Ash's head is from Red Dog.

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If we even had Toys R'Us in New Zealand. I'm having to toss up waiting for my crack dealer whom I get nearly all my Joes from to see if any of his over seas contacts/suppliers can get a bead on them, or chancing international shipping via Ebay or whatever online shop gets some in.

Picked these up today. The dinos are both awesome, and I'm super-pissed that they seemed to have scrapped the Stego (hope we get it released with the new flick) - and I never had the Trike, so I'm bummed about missing out on that one, too.

The figs are kinda lame, imo. I'll use the heads for customs and toss the rest. Not a fan of the parts combos they used for the bodies.


EDIT: Actually, the whatsits-dude's head (Red Dog) is a passable match for wave 1 RockBlock's skin tone (barely noticeable without the flash.)

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Chief's mash-up looks like Luis Guzman has been working out.

If your really tossing the bodies, You might want to try and trade that resolute body, just like another poster in this thread i think they would make great jungle troopers, we can't be the only ones. I'm sure you meant trade or something else besides actually throw away for the bodies, just wanted to point out their is probably an actual demand for em.

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