The Basic line of Mattel Jurassic World figures is a line of upkeep friendly toys that are trimmed lanugo in virtually every aspect. They dont have any whoopee features, the voice is uncommonly limited, and the paintjobs are typically simplified. So far, they dont have a presence on the Dinosaur Toy Blog, but today were looking at one of the lines standout figures, the Edmontosaurus, new for 2022.
Like all the Basic figures the Edmontosaurus measures 12 in total length. Scaled lanugo from a 40 Edmontosaurus regalis (for that is what it is) the icon comes out at 1/40 in scale. It comes packaged with the tail uninfluenced and once tying the tail cannot be removed.
For voice were dealing with the yellowish minimum. The forelimbs can swing forward at the shoulders and the hindlimbs swing backwards at the hip. They cannot rotate completely virtually as the zillion of the torso limits movement; they moreover cannot pivot outwards like standard Mattel dinosaurs. The tail can moreover move about, albeit not much. And thats it. Nothing else can move. Even the head, with its obvious seam, is not articulated.
So why scarecrow with these toys at all? Well in this specimen its considering I liked the sculpt, detail work, and paintjob. Oddly enough, all this together makes for what I find to be an aesthetically largest toy than the Edmontosaurus that Mattel produced for the Sound Strike line. Granted, it doesnt have the shit and bobs of its counterpart but since it will spend most of its life with me on a shelf, and I moreover collect static figures, its a fine toy for its price point.
Proportionally, and in terms of accuracy, it isnt bad either. This is thanks largely to stuff modeled off the Edmontosaurus from the Jurassic World: Evolution video game which has a pretty fetching diamond for the genus. It has the fleshy rummage atop the throne that we know E. regalis had. The muzzle, instead of a flattened duck bill, slopes downward with a nicely sculpted keratinous peck at the end. The forelimbs are slimmer and shorter than the muscular hindlimbs, and the tail is longer than what we would often expect from Mattel.
Five digits are sculpted on the forelimbs and four on the hindlimbs when in reality Edmontosaurus had four digits on the forelimbs and 3 fingers would have been encased together in flesh, leaving only the pinky finger self-ruling from the others. The hindlimbs should only have three digits on each. Digit inaccuracies are par the undertow for Mattel though. The throne is a bit shrink wrapped and the soul is less unwieldy and increasingly laterally compressed than the Sound Strike version. For Mattel however, this is one of their largest ornithopods.
The level of detail on this icon might rival the increasingly elaborate Sound Strike version. I dont have that icon to compare it to directly, but it looks as though that one is mostly devoid of fine detail and instead covered in wrinkles. This Basic icon has a tent of fine, pebbly scales, wideness its entirety which gives it a pleasing texture and adds a feeling of quality to an otherwise unseemly toy. Skin folds are sculpted in towardly places, like compact up withal the neck and where the torso meets the belly. A bumpy ridge runs lanugo the when and tail.
The wiring verisimilitude of the toy is a dark, olive green. The throne and a portion of the neck are yellow, and yellow stripes run withal the back. The vision are brown with woebegone circular pupils and an aqua-green slash runs over the eyes. Overall, this paintjob is somewhat peculiar with the additions of the yellow and aqua-green, but it somehow works, and I like it considerably largest than what we get on the Sound Strike Edmontosaurus. Indeed, its one of the features that drew me to this toy in the first place.
The paintjob isnt perfect. The peck and rummage are the same verisimilitude as the rest of the head, and there is no paint on the tail or legs, but while I might gripe well-nigh lazy paint apps in other Mattel reviews, we are dealing with a low upkeep icon here. Its no worse than what you see on the standard Mattel toys, and compared to a lot of Mattels recent efforts, its better.
The Mattel Basic Edmontosaurus is a surprisingly decent quality toy despite its low price point and lack of gimmicks. In terms of detail and paint, its largest than its mainline counterpart, and if all youre going to do with it is stand it on a shelf it serves that function well. The Mattel Basic toys are somewhat difficult to find in the wild and I had all but given up on overly finding this one. I ended up coming wideness it at a Big Lots store but it is moreover misogynist on Big Bad Toy Store for $11.99.
