Jurassic WorldDESTROY 'N DEVOUR INDOMINUS REX

My son is in love with the toy

Where do I even start? Mattel's been killing it with the Jurassic World license for a full year now (minus a few..."mehh" figures here and there, I personally don't care for the excessive repacks and repaints)..BUT..their Indominus Rex is on a whole other level of their Jurassic dinosaur craftsmanship. Jurassic World is creeping up on its 4 year anniversary and I couldn't have asked for a better way to honor it by getting this in hand as of yesterday. Kinda feels back a payback for old memories. I remember buying the Hasbro one the week before the movie's release, and how I'll always remember how underwhelming it was. It was so wonky and disproportionate and couldn't stand on it's own. I threw it in my closet and forgot about it shortly after. Every time I tried to like it, I just couldn't get past how out of place it looked next to the old Kenner line and new Mattel offerings. I got rid of it last summer because I had faith Mattel would eventually make one, and make it right. It took almost a year, but it was definitely worth the wait. So here's my review:Packaging: Standard Dino Rivals packaging, only this one has a render of the Indominus Rex in place of the usual triceratops. The unique thing about this packaging is it came with a plastic tab that I had to remove from the dinosaur before it made sounds. Otherwise, nothing much new here.Sculpt: This is without a doubt the most accurate representation of the Indominus Rex we've received in toy form. It looks like it came right out of the film, every scale, bump and spike you could want is there - this thing has detail for days. The head sculpt is ON POINT - not to mention, she has nice hard plastic individually sculpted TEETH!! No rounded off rubber chunks or lazily painted nubs! It's the real deal. Her feet are a tad large, but it supports the action feature, and the tail could be an inch or two longer. I would have also preferred the arm quills to be a bit more pronounced like her neck quills are. But these are minor nitpicks, nothing that distracts from her greatness.Paint: Mattel nailed the simplicity of the Indominus Rex's iconic white skin without making it boring to look at. And that's hard to do. There's subtle shades of grey along the back and darker tones on the face and around the skull sockets to make the eyes pop. The eyes aren't too bad but leave some contrast to be desired. The feet claws are painted with a nice gloss but the hand claws aren't for some reason. Nothing that can't be fixed with some acrylics. Oh and let's give an applause for individually painted teeth!Action feature: I'm having a blast with this. There's two buttons; the first one on her back triggers a slashing action with her claws similar to the grab n' growl Indoraptor. The other one on the base of the tail opens her mouth and activates the iconic roar. She has three roars and one of them triggers the light inside the throat. Similar to the Thrash n' Throw T rex, you can maneuver her around with the tail and grab smaller dinosaurs or people and swallow them whole. But I think this accomplishes that better than the TnT Rex. She's not too horribly articulated other than the basic articulation points the other therapods in the line have. She does have poseable elbow joints, though I would have liked articulated wrists like the Indoraptor has too, but it's not a big deal. As a bonus, her mouth can open wide enough to bite the gyrosphere from the Claire story pack, just how the movie scene looks. But don't count on trying pick it up with the action feature. It can't go that far, unfortunately.Overall: This toy may be 4 years overdue, but all things considered this is the Indominus Rex toy us Jurassic fans deserve and more. Beautiful sculpt, great action features, and she absolutely dwarfs the other figures in the line. I have a scale photo with the Thrash n Throw, the new savage strike Blue and Owen and Claire for reference. Everything about it is so classic for a JP/ JW dinosaur toy that it even outshines Kenner in some areas. I think this just about nearly cleans up the mess Hasbro made with their disastrous Jurassic World toyline. I can't stress how much this toy does the Indominus Rex the justice it desperately deserved. I hope Mattel is proud and can release more dinosaurs like this in their future waves.

My 5 yr old loves this thing. I have had fun playing dinosaurs with him. I love the detail and movement with this one. The neck lighting up is awesome. Great addition to the rest of my sons dinosaurs family. By far the best one produced.. well worth the money and came pre ordered a few days before his birthday so this was the favorite gift.Update- the tail push piece that makes it roar has since broken. Return window closed July 9th cause of the early preorder even though the item showed up July 3rd. Needless to say I’m a very angry mom with a 5yr old that is pissed his toy broke already! What is the seller going to do about this problem lots of people are having???

Bought this as a collector's piece and I was not disappointed! Figure is pretty light weight, as is the plastic it's made from, but other than that it has held up well. Sculpt is gorgeous and very accurate, besides a shortened tail but it still looks great. An amazing figure that makes me wish I had it when I was a kid discovering Jurassic Park for the first time!The figure offers 3 main features, it can swallow figures which then trigger a light in the neck to illuminate and allow you to see the silhouette of what she had just "eaten." The mouth opens pretty wide and has a decent "bite force," and the button that causes the mouth to open also causes the dino to roar her signature sound from Jurassic World. Last, there's another button that makes the arms move back and forth as if she is picking something up or slashing at something. Overall, great playability as well as a beautiful piece for collectors/fans of Jurassic Park.

The detailing on this figure is tremendous. It's big and imposing, as the Indominus Rex ought to be. The action feature is really cool. It can be tough to successfully pick up the Jurassic World humans this toy is meant to eat, but it's really satisfying to pull off, almost like winning a crane game. The sound is high quality - if you were expecting it to sound like the kinda fuzzy and muffled noises the Roarivores make with their cheaper speakers, think again. The light-up throat is cool, though in practice it doesn't often actually pull off the desired effect of showing the shadow of the figure that has been eaten, because the figure lies on the bottom of the throat and the lights are focused on the top and middle. Not a big deal.I would have preferred more posability, but the way the action feature is designed kind of prevents that. Perhaps down the line we'll get an Extreme Chompin' Indominus Rex or something along those lines that lacks the play features in favor of being highly posable.Another more serious problem was that within five minutes of taking this figure out of the packaging I accidentally snapped off an arm at the elbow while trying out the articulation. I contacted Mattel and they were quick to send me a replacement for free, so now I have two Indominus Rexes, one minus an arm. Great customer service, but a warning to be gentle when posing the arms. The rest of the figure seems sturdy.Overall, a fun toy sure to delight dinosaur-loving children, and it's easily the nicest-looking Indominus Rex ever made so collectors will also love it as a display piece.

The Destroy N Devour Indominus Rex is the best Indominus Rex toy you can find! I-Rex has two action features: she is able to eat human figures and smaller dinos, and she can “slash” her claws. Her throat lights up red after opening her mouth 3 times, or when the button on the inside of her throat is triggered. The button inside her throat will also make 2 variations of a swallowing sound effect when pressed. Aside from action features, she is in scale with the 3 3/4 Mattel Jurassic World line, and she has a movie accurate sculpt and paint application. In terms of playability, she is both very entertaining and probably the most durable dinosaur out of the larger models.