Dinosaur Lego

LEGO Dino Series; Capture the Escaped Dinosaurs

The Lego Dino series was officially new for 2012 (in fact they began to appear in shops in 2011), with 7 sets in the first batch. The sets are based upon the premise that dinosaurs have been released on earth in modern times and that a team of heroes must recapture the dangerous beasts with the aid of tranquilizer guns, helicopters, nets, jeeps and other vehicles.

These sets contain by far the best Lego dinosaurs that have ever been created. 

You can watch a short advertisement created by LEGO for the release of the Dino series below.

Lego Dino sets look really great to me. The heroes are fun minifigures with nice body printing and expressions on their faces and the premise that they must capture the dinosaurs without killing them is cool. The vehicles and gadgets that they have in order to capture the dinosaurs are imaginative and look very good and of course the dinosaurs are excellent with their fierce teeth and wonderful colors.

Defend against rampaging dinosaurs from the HQ perimeter or venture out by helicopter, car or on foot to capture T-Rex, Raptor and Coelophysis to prevent them from devouring innocent victims. The base does not have room to house all three dinosaurs at once so it will be a constant battle against them in the wild. The highlights of this set are the three dinosaurs that kids will just love!

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If you are serious about catching Lego dinosaurs then this HQ set is essential. The HQ building with its crane an net, helicopter and car are all essential for capturing the three dinosaurs with the hero minifigures; Sue Montana, pilot, driver and Josh Thunder.

Tyrannosaurus Rex is the meat-eating giant that puts terror into everything that crosses its path. This cool T-Rex Lego figure has moving jaws, legs and arms which make it possible to pose it in a number of predating stances. The intricate body coloring of this model provides the finishing touch.

He may be small but Coelophysis is a predatory dinosaur that requires capturing and confining. This is a really smart Lego dinosaur figure which has movable arms and legs and great colors to bring it to life. This is one dinosaur that will not be caught without a fight.

They usually hunt in packs but even a single raptor is a test and very dangerous for your Lego hero minifigures to deal with. This Lego raptor has moving arms and legs as well as a snapping mouth. The rubber tail allows it to use this as a weapon too! This dinosaur figure looks really good and has an expression on its face that means business.

Studios, Jurassic Park III Series

Only two sets were ever made, in 2001, for this subtheme of the Studios series of Lego sets. One can only assume that there was either some problem over licensing of the products or that the dinosaurs were just considered to be substandard. I think that most Lego fans would consider the latter to be true.

Adventurers, Dino Island Series; Trap The Dinosaurs

The Dino Island subtheme of the Adventurers series released in 2000. In these Lego sets good and bad adventurers travel to a dinosaur infested island where they attempt to catch the creatures for their own vested interests. A variety of boats, planes and cars are used in order to capture the Lego dinosaurs.

Use the research station as a base to venture out and trap the dinosaurs for scientific study using a variety of devices including a plane with its net and a car with noose. Your good adventurers need this base to monitor the dinosaurs and protect them from the evil adventurers that wish to do something much more sinister with them.

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This Lego dinosaur set provides plenty of playability with six minifigures, four dinosaurs, a dinosaur research station plus a boat, plane and car for catching dinosaurs. Stegosaurus, Pteranadon, T-Rex and Baby T-Rex are the dinosaurs included and the fun adventurer minifigures are Mike, Mr. Cunningham, Sam Sinister, Johnny Thunder, Pippin Reed & Dr. Kilroy.

Most of the Lego sets in the Dino Island series are hard-to-find and expensive. A number of these dinosaur Lego sets come up for auction on eBay; bid for them there for a bargain.

A full list of the Adventurers Dino Island Lego sets can be found over on Brickpedia where photographs of all the sets can be found and the details of the sets are displayed - Brickpedia; Dino Island.

Whilst Lego have released a number of dinosaur Lego series over the years it is quite obvious that it is only recently that they have had the skill to produce really cool dinosaurs. 

The dinosaur models contained within the new LEGO Dino series represent a further improvement on those produced in the Dino Attack series and are more realistic too. 

Lego dinosaur fans are after great and exciting dinosaurs so the Lego Dino range is the best option for building up a dinosaur Lego collection. Buy them by either heading back to the top of the page - Dinosaur Lego - or select them from the Amazon carousel below.

Lego Dinosaur
The LEGO Dino Ambush Attack set is the smallest and cheapest set in this theme but contains some really good pieces to play with including a really great Lego dinosaur Coelophysis! This lens introduces this Lego set and takes a look at the good and bad points via a video review.

Lego Dino Raptor Chase
The LEGO Dino Raptor Chase set is the one of the cheaper sets in this theme and is great value for money with its fantastic moving and snapping Raptor figure and the great vehicle designed for catching it along with two Lego minifigures and their weapons.

Lego T Rex
This is a wonderful Lego dinosaur set with the largest dinosaur so far available; T Rex! Two hero minifigures, an off-road buggy, a helicopter and Tyrannosaurus Rex make this a great set.

Lego Dinosaur - Ocean Interceptor
A ferocious flying LEGO Pteranodon is striking terror into people everywhere. Two hero minifigures will trap it using their seaplane, gas rockets, tranquilizer gun, jet ski and net.