Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary Funko Reviews: Dr. Ian Malcolm & Dilophosaurus

 

Hey, everyone!  We’re back with another look at some of the Jurassic Park 25^th Anniversary Funko Pop figures.  Today, we’re going to look at the Dr. Ian Malcolm and Dilophosaurus figures.  I’ve already looked at the Dr. Alan Grant, John Hammond and Velociraptor Funkos, which you can read here.  There was a couple of quality issues with those ones so I’m eager to see how these ones turn out.

                First, Dr. Malcolm.  Right off the get-go, it’s kind of a shame that Dr. Malcolm’s glasses aren’t tinted the same way they are on the box.  They do have a high gloss sheen to look more plastic so that evens things out.  Looking along the hairline, there isn’t as much color bleeding onto the skin as there was with the Hammond Funko.  I also really like the glossy sheen applied to his coat and shoes, given them that nice leathery look.

                There are a couple of goofs.  If you look on the back of his coat by his right arm, you can see a bit of a snarl in the plastic.  What’s more noticeable (for me, anyway) are the unpainted bits under some of his licks of hair.  How hard would it be to just tilt the figure a bit and spray some black paint under those locks?  The only really other nitpicky spots I can find on mine are some of the paint from his left hand bleeds onto the cuff of his sleeve and some of the silver for his zippers don’t line up.  Overall, I’d put this one in second place in terms of favorite human Funko, behind Grant but above Hammond.

                Next up, the Dilophosaurus!  I actually bought two of these so that I could keep one but repaint the other for the Etsy shop so why don’t we compare both of them?

                Well, spit in my face and call me Nedry, they actually stand without any help!  These creatures aren’t nearly as top heavy as the Velociraptor and the colorations are much more vibrant, even if not film accurate (the other side of the frill should be the same color as the body).  There’s a little bit of excess glue on the throat to keep the frill on since there is a frill-less variant but it’s hardly noticeable unless you look really closely.

                As for any chips or smudges, there’s a little bit of smudging in some of the teeth but not enough to stick out like a sore thumb.  There’s also a couple of spots on the skull where the plastic seems to have been chipped or something as there are white snarls in the sculpt that stick out a bit.  Again, not super noticeable but they are there.  Do the display bases work better than the Velociraptor’s?

                Holy Hell!  No drills, no effort, just *WHOOP* and it fits!  Well, on the first one.  Second?

 

                Yep, both of them fit perfectly on the pegs.  Awesome!  It’s so nice to not have to take a drill to the damn things just to get them to work properly.  Good on you, Funko!  This is my favorite dinosaur figure from the line thus far for this reason alone.  It also helps that the Spitter looks adorable.

                Alright, so this batch of Funko figures fared a lot better than the first.  I just need to get the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Nedry, injured Malcolm and Ellie with the Jeep ones and then that’s the whole set (I’m not looking for the variants of the Dilophosaurus or Nedry, I’m fine with what I have).  Let me know down below what you folks think of this figures and if you have them or are thinking of picking them up.  As always folks, thank you so much for reading and if you like what you see on this blog, you be sure to nudge that "Follow" button and stay cynical!

     -The Cynic