All Sorted Ep 28: LEGO Dinosaurs

On an Unearthed episode of All Sorted, Jeff and James:

Join Johnny Thunder on an adventure:

• DINO ISLAND (2000)
  • 1280: Dr. Kilroy’s Microcopter
    • 1 of 4 sets released with Kabaya sweets in Japan.
    • No dinosaur included.
  • 5903: Johnny Thunder and Baby T
    • Included Baby T-Rex
  • 5912: Mike’s Swamp Boat
    • Includes Pteranodon (available in 5 Dino Island sets in 3 colours – Orange, Red, Tan).
  • 5955: All Terrain Trapper
    • Includes a Stegosaurus and a Triceratops.
  • 5987: Dino Research Compound
    • Largest Dino Island set at 617pcs.
    • Includes the Stegosaurus, Pteranodon, T-Rex (plus a “baby” T-Rex).

Make a movie:

• LEGO Studios (2001)
  • Thanks to listener Garrett for pointing out this line when I missed it in the LEGO Super Heroes episode.
  • 2 Jurassic Park III LEGO Studios sets released in 2001:
    • 1370: Raptor Rumble
      • 2 brick-built Raptors and a brick-built Pterodactyl.
    • 1371: Spinosaurus Attack
      • Includes a (not so accurate) Spinosaurus.

Assemble some dinosaurs from some pieces we find:

• LEGO Dinosaurs (2001)
  • 8 sets released

Compare the differences in the US and European markets as LEGO saw them in 2005:

• Dino Attack (North America)
• Dino 2010 (Europe)
  • Both lines had the same sets released with slight changes:
    • 7475: Fire Hammer vs. Mutant Lizards
      • Has a large missile launcher on the back.
    • 7296: Dino 4WD Trapper
      • Missile launcher replaced by a large cage you can drop off the back. Otherwise identical.

Realize LEGO has run out of names for dinosaur themes:

• LEGO Dino (2012)
  • 7 sets.
  • 5885: Triceratops Trapper
  • 5886: T-Rex Hunter
    • Just don’t take the job as “bait car” driver…
  • 5887: Dino Defense HQ
    • Is it too late to ask for this for Christmas?
    • COELOPHYSIS – nope, Jeff has no chance of pronouncing this correctly.

Return to Jurassic Park:

• Jurassic World (2015)
  • 6 sets.
  • 75916: Dilophosaurus Ambush
    • Now please make an official set for the Jeep from the first Juassic Park movie.
    • Includes Dilophosaurus.
  • 75919: Indominus Rex Breakout
    • Indominus Rex may be a fake dinosaur, but it sure looks awesome.
    • Our third Chris Pratt minifig in two years.

Look back over 15 years of moulded plastic LEGO dinosaurs:

• 1 Indominus Rex (1 Set)
• 1 Spinosaurus – sort of – (1 Set)
• 1 Dilophosaurus (1 Set)
• 1 Baby T-Rex (13 Sets)
• 2 Stegosaurus (2 Sets)
• 2 Mutant Lizards (4 Sets)
• 3 Coelophysis (3 Sets)
• 3 Triceratops (3 Sets)
• 5 Pteranodons (10 Sets)
• 5 T-Rex (8 Sets)
• 7 Raptors (6 sets)

Finally, is there a LEGO dinosaur we failed to dig up? Would you like to see another wave of Jurassic Park sets? Would you like Johnny Thunder to return to Dino Island? Let us know in the comments, or hit me up on twitter, @StillSorting.