The Toy Scavenger's Toy History of JURASSIC PARK by KENNER - 30Th Anniversary Special

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of this toy line, and join The Toy Scavenger as he delves into the fascinating history of Jurassic Park toys made by Kenner in the 90's.
From the original line released in 1993 to the latest offerings, we'll explore the evolution of these iconic toys and the impact they've had on the toy industry. Whether you're a die-hard Jurassic Park fan or simply interested in the history of toys, this video is sure to entertain and inform. Which ones did you have?
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[@TheMCImpi]

Sorry but the Coelophysis are not Compys.

[@badblood1644]

I loved the Green car and was always waning the explorer Jeep and never got it but let’s be honest that T-Rax was top class because of the skin feel

[@toyscavenger]

It's iconic! So much they have brought it out again for the 30th anniversary in the new style! Love it. Thanks for watching!

[@outerspaceman7534]

I had some of the 1993 toys. Loved the dilophosaurus.

[@dgambo1985]

Thank you for this video. Youve cleared up so many questions ive had for this line ive sat on for years! And showed me items i didnt know existed till now. Thank you.

[@JPOG7TV]

One correction: Hasbro didn't cancel the line. They held the Jurassic Park license until 2016 when Universal took it back and gave it to Mattel. Hasbro took over the line for JP3 and they continued to make toys for years. Only releasing dinosaurs and as toys r us exclusives. Most of the were re-paints of older toys and they kept releasing them until 2008. 2009 was supposed to have new toys with new sculpts but that was cancelled with only two of the new sculpts eventually being made and released for the 20th anniversary for Jurassic Park in 2014 as a Toys R Us exclusive. We would only see Hasbro make toys for the last time for Jurassic World in 2015 and early 2016. They lost the license after failing to come to terms with Universal. Many fans believe that the public outcry for the poor quality and distribution of the toys was vocal enough that Universal pulled it from them.

[@josejimenaz]

So much nosyalgia those things😊

[@chinchilla57]

Thanks for this video!

[@toyscavenger]

My pleasure!

[@dreamsreselling7215]

Really nice put together video Paul. Enjoyed that . :)

[@toyscavenger]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. More to come!

[@LondonToyShop]

Cool stuff

[@toyscavenger]

Thanks dude

[@kieronball8962]

Fun and entertaining video, Paul. Love the Jurassic Park movies and appreciate the action figure toyline, but I simply don't have the room, for all of the Dinosaurs! :)

[@toyscavenger]

Glad you enjoyed it! Same here, run out of room! Would love to just have JP as a collection but I want so much more stuff! 😫

[@dazbry7612]

Kenner was an amazing toy company

[@toyscavenger]

Yeah it was! Once hasbro bought them out it kind of went down hill. Thanks for watching

[@RJPalat]

i so wish i had taken better care of mine. With all the moving around i did, and due to reckless, mine were lost. I did get the new '93 classic grant and malcom though recently.

[@toyscavenger]

Good buys! I haven't had the chance yet.

[@josesalto45]

I remember I had the car and a few other things when I was young and my aunt gave them away. Crazy..

[@toyscavenger]

So much was just given away or sold! So many lost memories

[@Geek-Stalgia]

Great video! Loved these toys as a kid

[@toyscavenger]

Same here! They just cant be beaten and still to this day rock!

[@Christopher-pe6gv]

I saw this at a drive inn and it was raining a little bit and we had a similar vehicle

[@Markdade305]

I had that damaged T-Rex and that velociraptor. I miss those figures so much...

[@toyscavenger]

They are great! You can always buy then again in store! www.thetoyscavenger.com 😅

[@Dezimondo]

I've just subscribed. I used to have a few of toys including the velociraptor and dilophosaurus. Simple times tbh. Btw awesome video 👍🔥😀

[@toyscavenger]

Thanks for the sub!

[@bryanguerra2897]

I have the rare Jurassic Park chaos effect lycaenops

[@rex-rant4322]

It's a shame we didn't get a big rubber brachiosaurus

[@AzraelThanatos]

I still wish that Kenner had managed their Series 3 plans which were more spread out and filling in characters from the movies. Genaro, Lex, Arnold, Wu, and John Hammond were supposed to be in it along with a more general release of the worker figure. Most of the new characters were supposed to be packins for playsets and vehicles. Genaro with a set of larger fences (and, probably, a toilet building) and from the bits that I saw would be Kenner also modifying an Aliens Bishop figure to work for him. Wu would have a lab playset, Arnold with the control room. Hammond with the visitors center lobby. Lex would be the main one for a new one for general figures if you didn't count the park worker. Potentially a Mr DNA figure as a giveaway one. Grant and Ellie in the flannel dig site gear, along with an injured Malcom to finish the set. And hints of a Harding/JP Vet figure paired with a repaint of the Trike as a holiday special one. And a holiday kitchen/dining room set with a tim and lex. A chunk of the things would have more parts intercompatibility with the figures from the Alien/AvP line's human stuff. From the leaked sheet of work for it, the Ellie was going to use parts from the Aliens Ripley. There were things about less armed vehicles as well...so I'd assumed a more film accurate set of Jeep, Explorer, and Helicopter. Only unique dinosaur that I remember from descriptions was a pack that was a bunch of compies that were all the size of the hatchling toys. All that existed of it were several pages of sketches and notes on filling slots for things...and then they had the Lost World stuff, I could have seen both going since they were intercompatible lines anyway

[@toyscavenger]

Awesome info. Thanks for watching

[@AzraelThanatos]

@@toyscavenger A big reason the Series 2 came out as it did was due to the development of the line starting prior to casting being completed at the time of the initial release since they wanted everything to be ready and coming out prior to the movies release as part of the promo for it. It's also the reason for the young Rex and coeleophysis being in the line (though the second was also due to the Compy being a bit to small for an initial release and needing a swarm to make sense. I used to really like Kenner because most of my family still lives around Cincinnati, for a while, when I was a kid, I lived across the street from someone who designed things for them early on but that was prior to JP or Aliens there when my family moved

[@DMSL2007]

Compies and Coelophysis are not the same animal.

[@FamTVOffical]

I didn’t know most of this information but that aside I’m gutted I never really got into the toy line back in the day even though the movies are some of my favourites ever

[@toyscavenger]

The figures are so cool, I was more of a figure guy than Dino guy with the toys but the dinos definitely what got me into collecting them more back in the day. Thanks for watching!

[@manperson4038]

Are they still in stock?

[@toyscavenger]

There is some JP bits, it's ever changing so always have a look

[@RetailRipper]

the manufacturing cheapness of the Jurassic World dinosaurs on shelves today are disappointing.

[@toyscavenger]

yeah i think so too