Using the holidays as an excuse to take things easy I decided to take a quick and easy look at another Captivz dinosaur. This time we’re looking at the only Captivz ceratopsian left to review, the Sinoceratops.
Sinoceratops needs no introduction these days. Described in 2010, its popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. Maybe that’s because it’s the first ceratopsid described from outside North America, or maybe it’s because it landed a starring role in the Jurassic World franchise. Whatever the case, this is the 6th Sinoceratops review on the blog and my third time visiting the genus! In total, there are about 18 different models of the genus. That’s not counting repaints and yes, a lot of them represent the infamous Jurassic World Sinoceratops.
This Sinoceratops is one of many repaints of the Captivz figure, which was released prior in the original set, and Camp Cretaceous, Captivz Clash, and Dominion waves. Although this one is part of the Rebirth wave this dinosaur doesn’t appear in Jurassic World: Rebirth. The Captivz Rebirth wave as a whole is kind of a flop. It features few dinosaurs from the movie and has a lot of repackaged figures from other sets. That said, I was happy to get the Sinoceratops as I had not gotten one from the other sets.
Although an older Captivz figure, this is a decent one. It is positioned in a dynamic pose, with the head tilted down and looking rightward, the limbs firmly planted to the ground, and the tail curling to the left. It’s in a combative pose that makes it interesting to look at from multiple angles. The level of detail is also excellent, with fine scale detail throughout, nicely defined musculature, and finely sculpted horns on the head and frill.
The Jurassic World Sinoceratops design is to blame for my issues with this figure. Admittedly, I always kind of liked the JW:FK Sinoceratops head design. As I said in my review of the Mattel toy years ago, it brings to mind vintage ceratopsian designs like the Agathaumas. My issues are actually with the body, which doesn’t look like a ceratopsian body. It’s shaped like a loaf of bread. Too long in the torso, too flabby, and too stout. That’s all reflected here. It’s for that reason that I’m unlikely to get the new Hammond Collection Sinoceratops!
The figure is painted in an attractive blend of blue and gray. There’s some orange patterning on the frill and all the horns and claws are solid gray. Inside the open mouth there’s a pink tongue and the eyes are black. The paint application looks great for a small cheap figure such as this. The figure stands about 1.25” (3.2 cm) tall and measures about 4” (10.16 cm) along its curves. This gives it a scale of about 1/62.5 if we scale it down from the 20’ (6 meters) length of the film’s Sinoceratops.
The Captivz Sinoceratops is a great little figure but only if you like the JW Sinoceratops design. ToyMonster did an excellent job of recreating that design here, somewhat to its detriment. You can’t really fault them for making screen accurate dinosaur figures when they’re making Jurassic World toys though. That aside, it’s nicely detailed, attractively painted, and has a dynamic posture. It’s too bad that we didn’t get an Aquilops in the Jurassic World: Rebirth line instead of this though.
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