Review : 75929 Carnotaurus Gyrosphere Escape

We finish this cycle of rapid tests of LEGO novelties Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom with the set 75929 Carnotaurus Gyrosphere Escape (577 pieces - 89.99 €) which features, as its name suggests, an emblematic machine from the film: The gyrosphere.

This is not the first set to offer a LEGO version of this ball that allows you to go around Isla Nublar park, LEGO already provided a copy in the sets 75919 Indominus Rex Breakout  et 75916 Dilophosaurus Ambush marketed in 2015.

This box is not the most expensive of the range and at first glance it offers a well-balanced content with a new dino, three leading characters, a plush vehicle and a little (fake) vegetation.

Regarding the truck, those who had acquired a few boxes in 2015 will find here a Mercedes Unimog type vehicle similar to the one in the set 75917 Raptor Rampage. So much the better for the overall aesthetic consistency of the range. The overly raised chassis doesn't bother me, it guarantees rock-solid playability, even outdoors.

The machine is quite functional with a spacious cabin, a coin launcher on the roof, an opening above the cabin to plug in a minifigure and enough space at the rear to store the mini-command center and some accessories. Nothing flamboyant, but it's playable.

The truck pulls a trailer on which the gyrosphere lands to transport it to the launch area. Why not. The trailer has a futuristic look that's not off-putting, and the gyrosphere, which can be ejected from the trailer, stays in place.

The launching area of ​​the gyrosphere allows (finally) to obtain a little vegetation, even if it is in fact here a decoration based on artificial trees which come to dress the starting station.
This is what is missing from most sets in the LEGO range. Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom : vegetation, however very present on the skins of the sets but very little represented in the content.

If you want to have fun replicating the lava flow that results from the eruption of the Isla Nublar volcano, a few pieces can be dropped from the top of the building via a hatch. It's far from really believable even for the youngest, but it does add functionality to the product description.

To install a character in the gyrosphere, you have to remove the two side discs and half of the shell. The mechanism that allows the minifig to remain seated with its head up works quite well. I spent a few long minutes playing around with it and it's really fun.

The gyrosphere does not break up during its use, even the youngest will be able to subject it to a few violent movements without risking destroying the machine. Be careful with scratches ...

The gyrosphere provided here is identical to those of 2015, with a slightly different pad printing on the side discs to reproduce the cracks in the structure. It is well executed.

The service dino is a unique Carnotaurus, whose head is very successful. This is not a hybrid creature invented for the movie and here again LEGO manages to avoid rendering too much cartoon. Slight shift in the continuity of the pad printing between the body of the dino and the tail on my copy. It's a bit annoying, but we'll make do with it.

This Carnotaurus is in fact an assembly of parts already used on other dinos in the range, some in other colors or with a different pad printing: the legs of the T-Rex, the arms of the Stygimoloch and the body and tail of the Indominus Rex of the set 75919 Indominus Rex Breakout (2015). Only the head is 100% unique.

We will forget the scale problems between the Carnotaurus and the T-Rex, which are of identical size in the LEGO version, which is not the case in the film ...

The figurine is obviously exclusive to this set, collectors will not be able to ignore it. The baby dino is identical to the one delivered in the set 75930 Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate.

On the minifig side, no guard or other generic tracker here but a few prominent characters: Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) in an "exclusive" outfit, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) also delivered in the sets 75930 Indoraptor Rampage at Lockwood Estate  et 10758 T-Rex Breakout and Franklin Webb (Justice Smith), exclusive to this set.

It will be necessary to wait for the release of the film to judge the importance of the character of Franklin Webb beyond the few scenes present in the trailer.

It's not very original, but the conclusion is once again linked to the public price of this box: The content is very correct, the playability is there and I am tempted to say yes to this box but 89.99 €, again it's a bit too expensive.

Fortunately, this set is already available at reduced price at amazon and you will have many opportunities to be able to acquire it at a reasonable price in the months to come.

We are now done with this series of tests of sets from the LEGO Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom range (excluding Juniors references). I hope at least to have helped you in your choices, or failing that to have entertained you a little.

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