The Dino Screams Velociraptor was one of the many dinosaurs released in the first wave for Kenner’s original Jurassic Park line of toys, based on the hit movie. The velociraptors are technically some of the main antagonists in the latter half of the movie after escaping their enclosure.
Name: Velociraptor
Line: Jurassic Park (Dino Screams)
Manufacturer: Kenner
Released: 1993
Price: First released – $12.99. Now – varies $200-$250MOC
Scale: About 4 Inches in height
Accessories: JP Collector card #12.
My brother and I, like most kids our age, watched the original Jurassic Park in the cinema when it was first released. We had a choice of that or The Lion King, and obviously, hands down, Jurassic Park was winning that battle.
I vividly remember other kids at school talking about the movie as they had seen it before us, but that didn’t matter because we didn’t have to wait too long to see it and loved it upon first watching it. Truly one of Steven Spielberg’s greatest movies and excellent dinosaur creations from Stan Winston Studios that helped bring the creatures to life.
And what felt like a common practice, it was a trip to the toy store to buy some toys after watching said movie. This particular version of the Velociraptor I didn’t have as a kid, my brother had this one. I had the brown slightly smaller one instead.
However, I always liked the look of this one as it seemed to imply it was the leader of the escaped Raptors, being it had a different paint job and was slightly bigger overall compared to the other version.
So, later in life, I managed to pick one up from eBay MOC while reclaiming my childhood toys and figures.
SCULPTING
As like the majority of Kenner’s Jurassic Park line the sculpting on this toy is absolutely excellent and a highlight of the toy. Whoever worked on the sculpting for all the Dinosaurs really did an amazing effort and I thank them for not only making the Dinosaurs look realistic, but matching how they looked in the movie very closely too. This Velociraptor is an excellent representation of the ones seen in the movie.
PAINT
The paint is probably the only questionable aspect of the toy, not because it’s bad, it’s done very well. But, because like some of the other dinosaurs from this line it doesn’t match the source material as well as it could. But, I understand that it’s more “toyetic” this way and I definitely agree that it is and these are aimed at kids, not collectors.
It’s still a pretty iconic colour scheme for this toy and the combination of colours really makes the toy stand out but still look somewhat realistic when with other toys from the same line. The red/brown stripes and white underbelly work well with the orange/tan base colour, and the green eyes really stand out. The black claws and talons and off-white teeth round out the colour scheme nicely.
ARTICULATION
The Velociraptor has a small amount of articulation; you can move the arms and legs. They swivel pretty well and aren’t too loose. The head and tail are stuck in place. For this particular figure, the articulation works fine. It’s just enough to add play value and still a lot more than the average dinosaur toy would have.
It’s also worth mentioning that this particular toy’s gimmick was that when you pushed down the torso from the tail end while supporting the legs, the arms would stretch outwards in a grabbing motion and the Dinosaur would make noise, hence “Dino Screams” This is a pretty neat feature and made playing with this toy very fun.
The batteries needed changing in mine, and it was very tricky to get them out, so I couldn’t be bothered putting new ones in to check if the electronics still worked or not, as I didn’t want to damage the toy trying to get the new batteries out later. But seeing the old original batteries hadn’t leaked, I’m pretty confident the electronics would still work if tested.
ACCESSORIES
None. Unless you are counting that collector card, and I wouldn’t count that.
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
There isn’t too much to watch out for here, besides paint rub and it’s somewhat tricky to get the batteries out of their compartment if you want to replace them.
PRICE
I paid what I felt was a good price for one, new mint on card, because I wanted my copy to be in the best condition possible. It’s still fairly readily available on the secondary market, and the price is not too outrageous.
OVERALL
This is one of the classic and iconic toys from Kenner’s original Jurassic Park line of toys. It’s an excellent sculpt. Great paint scheme and fun play feature make it a really great toy. If you are looking to start a vintage Jurassic Park toy collection, you need to make sure you have this toy in your collection, it’s great!
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