I’ve started collecting the Hammond collection recently and I made a post with the first three of my collection, the Rex giga and stego, but now I have an update with two new species, one of them being a very BIG update. 

First I’ll start with the stygimoloch, one of my favorite dinosaurs (even if it’s not a real dinosaur technically) and from the franchise and my first small figure. My local target is awful and horribly managed and run as I live in a small town, so I never expect to find anything there. But when I heard that they are putting the new small figures on clearance I started checking recently, and one day stuffed in an odd spot I found one stygimoloch and bought it. I love this thing as the detailing in the paint and the bumps is amazing, even the dome. I at first wasn’t sure if I liked the brown marking on its skull and horns, but after comparing it with my deer antlers I actually love them as it adds a touch of realism. In addition it’s mouth open which is great. I have a few issues with it. First is that the paint job in the top of the tail doesn’t go as far as it should as if you angle it down to provide balance there is just a cut off dividing the tail and it’s back patter. Also it’s arms are just odd, not having and painting on its claws and the way they’re posed just being weird, and it’s eye would be perfect if it was like the Rex where it’s pupil was behind the glass eye and so it seemed to follow you wherever you go but instead it’s just painted on the front of the eye, and that’s a point against it. It’s neck also doesn’t really move side to side, which makes it hard to have it look over it’s a shoulder a little or provide a bending pose and it’s head can’t go low enough for a proper headbutt like it should have. Finally, it’s a lot more red than orange like it should be if it’s supposed to be the movie one, but I don’t mind too much because the red still looks awesome. Also it’s bigger than the Stygi should be from the movies, but even though it’s been a few years since I’ve seen fallen kingdom I believe that one was stated to be a juvenile so I guess that this is the size of the Stygi once it’s grown up I guess. Over all, I’d give it a 9/10 and it’s well worth its cheap 13 dollar price tag and a great one if you have spare change. It has issues, but also has a lot about it that make it stand out and make it a great quality addition.

When I saw the brachiosaurus, I knew it wouldn’t be the most expensive and rarest one, so I bought a NIB one since I knew it would never get cheaper and because I love the brachiosaurus as although it’s not my favorite dinosaur or sauropod, it’s up there. 
The body is a bit off, and I wish it was made of the rubber the 2018 Mosasaurus was, or something similar because the giant hollow plastic body makes it feel cheap. The legs are great though, very solid and sturdy with a surprising amount of articulation. But the neck is the main part of it. I never owned the legacy collection brachiosaurus,  it’s beck has a similar piece to that one with its neck being able to go up or down, with it going down making it look real funky but I’ll take that over no ability to lower its neck. However it also has an additional rotational joint that lets the neck rotate side to side at where it’s connected to the body. The neck is made of that nice rubber material, but what’s inside is not what I expected. Inside the next I thought it was going to be a wire like the tails for the other creatures, but it’s actually a series of plastic joints that snap into place inside it. I don’t know how many there are or how they pose yet, but I know there’s at least three. I honestly think I would have preferred the wire neck simply because there is no indication or instruction as to how the joints move or where they are or how many there are, but it’s pretty decent for what it is. However the head is where it really shine. It looks just like the animatronic head from the first movie when Grant and the kids are sitting in the tree, it is perfect, an exact replica as far as I can tell. Its jaw opens pretty wide with three loints where it snaps into place including closed, and its teeth are amazing and even though its tongue is stuck in place it is still great. There are three minor issues I have with the head though, those being that its head can’t look any higher than straightforward, its nostrils in the nose being obvious what they  are but jsut being less than shallow, and finally it’s eye which is really dark. I love the eye that the brachio has as it’s the same as the T. rex, a glass or clear plastic eye with a rounded pupil that gives the illusion of it moving and following you and I love that detail on them, it’s much better than the stego or Stygi with a glass eye and the pupil painted on top so it just looks ahead. However the brachio eye is so dark that it’s hard to see the pupil inside.
As for its tail, it’s all plastic but has three segments that are possible. It’s fine not having a wire tail as the brachiosaurus tail doesn’t really matter. 
Also mine feels like the body is covered in a weird film on it that I can feel, but that could just be mine or that mine has been sitting in the same Amazon box since it was purchased and it could just be caked on dust so I won’t count that.
All in all, I’d give it an eight out of ten. It’s an impressive display piece and a real cool large scale model. There’s lots of attention to detail even if what it’s made of could be improved. Not my favorite as that still belongs to the HC giga, but it’s one of my favorites.
For those of you who want to buy it, don’t buy it NIB. It’s not worth the minimum five hundred dollars, I only did so because I collect a lot of things and for me if I don’t buy something new in box than I didn’t truly collect it. But I don’t regret the purchase. Just if you want the brachiosaurus buy it second hand or out of box or something, much more worth it.

So far my ratings are 
Stego 6/10: the tail isn’t able to bend enough and its mouth can’t open in addition to its eye being the and variety, however its head has some great articulation and its plates are amazingly detailed and lovely. It’s not a bad model or design, but for forty bucks it’s not really worth it but it’s good that it’s a cheaper one.

Rex 7/10: it for a .5 point boot for me because of the detailing on its body and head and the painting, plus I don’t hate the extra moving part at its shoulders as much as I did, and I don’t mind the weird knee piece as much either. But what really pushed it up is when I realized it has no snap points for its legs. Although I’m sure that makes it so that the joint will wear out quicker, the movement between poses feels so much better and clean and not like I’m about to break it like ones with the snap points do. That being said, the Rex still has too many issues to put it higher, but I still really like it.

Brachio 8/10: jsut gave my review but as a short summary, body is the most lack luster part because it’s hollow plastic which makes it feel cheap, and its neck having joints inside the rubber instead of being wire frame is disappointing, but the legs have surprisingly good articulation and its head is an exact replica of the animatronic from the movie. That being said, buy it second hand or used, not NIB.

Stygi 9/10: Great tiny model with phenomenal detailing and paint. Although it also has its issues especially in regards to the articulation of the head, it it still such a high quality tiny little guy and is well worth its cheap price. 

Giga 10/10: best model with lots of detailing on its armor scales and ridges with a phenomenal paint job. Despite being large like the Rex it has an appropriately long tail and appropriately sized feet unlike the Rex, not to mention that it all just looks so clean and poses so well, I was even able to put it into the pose of the Indominus on all fours pose and it worked great. I only have one issue with that it’s that because it’s pupil is a slit it is hard to see but because it is the same as the Rex and brachio where it follows you depending on how you look at it, so I’m. It going to be too hard on it since they were following the movies and its pupil is a slit. 

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