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Charge ’N Chomp Review
Carnotaurus Charge ’N Chomp Jurassic World Survival Review
Look at those legs. These are the legs of a sprinter — no Gallimimus is safe any more. The Carnotaurus heads up Mattel’s brand-new Charge ’N Chomp sub-line with a dramatic new colour scheme and a dual-action running-and-chomping feature that genuinely moves the line forward.
Brand-new Charge ’N Chomp sub-lineRunning legs + chomping jawRed face mask paintMattel · 2026Scan code included
What Is Charge ’N Chomp?
Charge ’N Chomp is a brand-new sub-line within Jurassic World Survival, and the Carnotaurus is its headline figure. Where Strike Attack figures give you one motion from one button, Charge ’N Chomp gives you two at once: the legs run and the head lunges and bites at the same time. It reads less like a new paint job on an old body and more like an actual evolution of how Mattel builds these things.
Paint & Colour Scheme
The paint job is menacing, and it leans hard on high contrast. The main body is a dark grey, covered across the flanks with scar-like stripe patterns in a dark red. The two horns are long and picked out in black.
The head is the most striking part of the whole figure. The red runs across the face and around the eyes in a way that makes it look like the Carnotaurus is wearing a mask — it is the detail everyone notices first, and it is the reason this figure reads from across a room.
Sculpt & Detail
Horns, Scutes and Spikes
The body is very detailed. The two horns are unusually long and painted black, and multiple rows of large, sharp scutes and spikes run all the way from the back of the neck down the spine and along the tail, which gives the figure an aggressive, armoured profile.
The head sculpt is classic Carnotaurus: a heavily textured, armoured-looking skull with the species’ signature horns above the eyes.
Those Legs
The legs are powerful and carry far more joints than a Mattel theropod usually gets. That extra articulation is what makes the running motion possible when the button is pressed, and even standing still the figure reads like a sprinter rather than a plodder.
The Charge ’N Chomp Action
✓ Legs — running motion✓ Head — forward lunge✓ Jaw — chomping action✓ Multiple new leg joints✓ Belly button, pump to run
This is the main selling point of the figure. The feature is activated by a button on the belly: press and pump it and you get a dual action — the highly articulated legs move in a running motion while the head simultaneously lunges forward with a chomping jaw.
Two coordinated motions from one input is something Mattel has not done at this size before, and it is the reason Charge ’N Chomp exists as its own sub-line rather than as another Strike Attack variant.
At a Glance
Should You Buy It?
Yes — and not just because it is a good Carnotaurus. This is the figure that introduces Charge ’N Chomp, and the dual running-and-chomping action is the most interesting thing Mattel has done with a mid-size theropod in a while. The extra leg joints that make it work also make the figure more poseable when the mechanism is idle, which is a rare case of an action feature improving the toy rather than compromising it.
Add to that the long black horns, the rows of scutes down the spine and tail, and a high-contrast grey-and-red scheme built around that red face mask, and it earns its place as the flagship of a new sub-line.
✦ What Works
- Brand-new dual-action Charge ’N Chomp feature
- Legs run while the head lunges and bites
- Multiple new leg joints, genuinely poseable
- Long black horns on a textured skull
- Rows of scutes from neck to tail tip
- Red face mask is a standout paint choice
- Scar-like dark red flank striping
✦ What Doesn't
- The feature needs pumping, not one press
- No sounds or light effects
- Yet another Carnotaurus in the range
About the Carnotaurus
“We already knew the Carnotaurus was fast. But this new Survival model has a… ‘charge’ feature. We’re not sure what’s more terrifying: the fact that it’s a ‘meat-eating bull’ running at full speed, or the fact that it’s still trying to figure out what to do with those tiny little arms while it does it.”
— Dr. Wu
Carnotaurus — the name means “meat-eating bull” and is said kar-no-TOR-us — was a Late Cretaceous abelisaurid from what is now Patagonia, Argentina, known from a single remarkably complete skeleton that even preserved skin impressions. Those impressions show a hide covered in rows of large conical scutes, which is exactly the feature the Survival sculpt leans on down the neck, spine and tail.
Two things make it unmistakable. The first is the pair of thick horns above its eyes, unique among large theropods and the reason for the “bull” in its name. The second is its arms, which are absurdly reduced even by theropod standards — shorter and more vestigial than a Tyrannosaurus’. Against that, its legs were long and lightly built, and it is widely reckoned to have been one of the fastest large predators that ever lived. At roughly 7.5 to 9 metres (25 to 30 feet) long and 1,300 to 2,100 kg (2,900 to 4,600 pounds), a sprinting Carnotaurus is a genuinely alarming idea, which is presumably the whole point of this figure.
How to Unlock Carnotaurus
How do you unlock Carnotaurus in the Jurassic World Survival collection?
Open your Jurassic World Play App (previously the Jurassic World Facts App), press the Scan button and point it at the DNA code below.
Jurassic World Survival — Carnotaurus Charge ’N Chomp DNA Scan Code
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Frequently Asked Questions
Charge ’N Chomp is a dual-action mechanism triggered by a button on the figure’s belly. Pressing and pumping it makes the highly articulated legs move in a running motion while the head lunges forward with a chomping jaw at the same time. Two coordinated motions from a single input.
Yes. Charge ’N Chomp is a brand-new sub-line within Jurassic World Survival, and the Carnotaurus is its headline figure. It is distinguished from Strike Attack by the dual-motion mechanism and the extra leg joints that make the running action possible.
The main body is dark grey with scar-like stripe patterns in dark red across the flanks. The two horns are painted black, and the face carries a red marking across the eyes that reads like a mask. It is a deliberately high-contrast scheme.
Probably, yes. Carnotaurus had long, lightly built hind legs and a slim build for its size, and it is widely reckoned to have been among the fastest of the large theropods. It is also known from a single exceptionally complete skeleton that preserved skin impressions showing rows of conical scutes — the same feature the Survival figure sculpts down its neck, back and tail.
Open the Jurassic World Play App, tap the Scan button, and point it at the DNA barcode on the figure or at the code shown on this page.