Review on 🦕 Roar into Action with the Jurassic World Sound Strike Sinoceratops! by Billy Reeves

Mattel Jurassic World Camp 2020 Cretaceous Primal Attack "Sound Strike" Sinoceratops Perhaps the biggest flaw in the Fallen Kingdom 2018 toy line was "Sinoceratops". Row eating figure. Due to a species change during production, Pachyrhinosaurus was changed to Sinoceratops. This put Mattel in a difficult position as they had already created a beautiful Pachyrhinosaurus. Universal wanted to feature the main dinosaurs in the film, but Mattel didn't have time to make a new sculpture. So Pachyrhino was repainted to match the Sinoceratops from the film and released under a false name. Fast forward to 2020 and the new Primal Attack line. Sinoceratops makes a triumphant return in Netflix's Jurassic World: Cretaceous Camp, and Mattel finally has a chance to redeem himself. How did you do that? With one word; phenomenal! The sculpt is beautifully detailed and matches its on-screen counterpart very closely. The head has much larger and more expressive eyes than the 2018 Pachyrhino/Sino figure and is covered in great detail. The face itself is more like a rhino's wrinkled skin, sometimes with scales. This transitions seamlessly into full scale with different sized scales. All of them are individually sculpted and look incredibly realistic. The horns and beak have a decent amount of weathering detail. They seem a little big, but that's only in comparison to the Fallen Kingdom rendering. Maybe Cretaceous Camp will have big horns. The ruffle incorporates the open hole design seen in the movies as well as the curved ruffle tips. It also has additional Pahirino-style horns in the center of the ruffle, a holdover from Fallen Kingdom, late production, redesign. The ruff has very large scales, almost identical to the large scales of a triceratops from Jurassic Park; These strokes help emphasize the ceratopsians' familial ties. The body is quite large. It easily surpasses Nasutoceratops in size. The figure is very detailed, with folds, creases and lots of good scaling. Some scales are quite large, while others are more like osteoderms. The outline of the rib cage shows through the skin a bit and there are some nice tufts of sagging skin around the belly. The legs and tail are just as detailed as the rest of the body. I particularly like the large gnarled scales at the base of the tail and the skin folds on the ankles of the legs. The coloring is similar to the 2018 version. The pattern and color of the markings on the face are almost identical. The only real differences come from the drastic change in skull shape between the two. However, the main body color differs slightly from the original. I think that's reflected in the animated series as well. The markings on the case are quite small compared to the original version. The pattern on the back only goes from shoulder to hip. The release of Fallen Kingdom lasted until the end. The original also had nice shading along the stomach and legs. This figure has no counterhatching at all. The fingers also remained unpainted, but were also unpainted in the original. The beak and eyes are beautifully drawn, as are the horns. The horns are very dark grey. This sets the figure apart from most other ceratopsians of this lineage, as most of them have ivory horns. However, the cheekbone horns remain undyed. I'm not sure why that is. It's pretty weird leaving them unpainted when all the other horns are beautifully painted. Articulations are the standard for larger ceratopsians. The legs can move forwards and backwards, and the hind legs can rotate outwards slightly. The rest is related to the Primal Attack action, which is identical to Triceratops' Sound Strike. They simply wiggle its tail up and down to initiate a ramming action, or twist it to turn its head in the appropriate direction. The action appears to be smoother in Sinoceratops than in Triceratops. The sounds are amazing! They are deservedly one of the best sounds of any Jurassic World character to date! Aside from the pounding sounds, there aren't any remastered sounds in my opinion. The bellows sound like they were pulled straight from the source. Mattel really improves the sound. Each of these new Sound Strike figures had great sound samples, unlike the first few Sound Strike figures released earlier this year. Overall, I'm more than satisfied with this figure. Yes, the paintwork could be better. However, the amazing sculpting, wonderful sound design, and smooth ride outweigh any flaws. This is what many have been waiting for since 2018 and I'm happy to report that it was worth the wait.