After 32 years of Jurassic Park toys, one company has finally cracked the code on cracking eggs — bringing an iconic movie scene to life with a robotic baby dinosaur that emerges from a gooey egg.
Spin Master’s Primal Hatch, going on sale this fall for $59.99, is a T. rex toy programmed to use its snout to break out of a shell with a slimy red membrane. It resembles the moment from the 1993 Jurassic Park movie when the character John Hammond encourages a baby velociraptor to push its way out of its egg in the incubator room.
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The sticky slime membrane on the inside of the shell delays the eerie reveal.
After discarding the slimy shell pieces, the next stage determines if the T. rex will be friendly or fierce. Personality is shaped in how you interact with the touch and sound sensors. There is a clicker accessory to get reactions from the T. rex — but don’t expect a well-behaved dino. After all, you’re not quite on the level of Jurassic World’s velociraptor trainer Owen Grady (played by Chris Pratt) when it comes to training dinosaurs.
Ricottone said his team learned from working in partnership with Universal that “they are dinos, not pets — you can’t train them what to do.”
The T. rex has glowing eyes that change color to indicate its mood. Red means angry, yellow means it’s neutral and green is a good boy. Feed it enough steak and you might get a happy dino. If you agitate it enough, the creature could go totally berserk.
They imprint on the first creature they come in contact with.
Primal Hatch includes game modes and over 100 sounds and interactions; Jurassic fans should recognize the sound effects from the movies. The more you play with it, the more it matures — and eventually may grow enough to let out that iconic Jurassic Park T. rex roar.
The toy is expected to ride a wave of dinosaur fervor as Jurassic World: Rebirth debuts July 2 in theaters. The plot involves a character capturing DNA from dino eggs.
With Spin Master’s egg, the batteries are included — actual dino DNA is not.
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