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Dromaeosaurus Strike Attack Jurassic World Survival Review
The Dromaeosaurus is all party and deadly teeth. I am not sure whether it is the Survival line or just a creative decision, but the colours on this figure are simply crazy: a neon green body, orange feathering, and darker green feet that transition beautifully into the neon green.
⭐ First Mattel Dromaeosaurus🥾 Neon green body🦵 Killer claw kickMattel · 2026Scan code included
🎮 About the Survival Line
The Jurassic World Survival line depicts mutated versions of dinosaurs, tied to the Survival PS5 game concept. Every dinosaur in the toy line carries exaggerated features, unusual colouration, fins, ridges or armour compared to its historical counterpart. The Dromaeosaurus is another perfect example of how crazy — and at the same time good-looking — a bright-coloured dinosaur can be.
⚖️ How Big Is It, Really?
The Strike Attack Dromaeosaurus is slightly smaller than the standard Mattel Velociraptor, which is surprising given both sit in the Strike Attack size range — it is closer in size to the Mattel Dilophosaurus. The real Dromaeosaurus albertensis was similar in length to Velociraptor, so the relative sizing here is a toy-line choice rather than a scientific one. It does not make the figure any less enjoyable to hold and play with.
Paint & Colour Scheme
The Dromaeosaurus is all about the colour combination — that is this figure’s strongest feature, alongside the fact that it is the species’ first ever appearance in a Jurassic World toy line. The neon green is extremely toxic-looking. My son’s first reaction was “Is this chicken poisonous?”
The red-orange feathering running over the top of the head, down through the neck and returning again in the tail creates a warm contrast that plays off the green body extremely well. The dark green feet breaking in at the bottom and transitioning upward into the lighter body green adds a third tone that completes the palette without overcomplicating it.
The overall impression is of a vivid, almost bird-like colour scheme, which is entirely appropriate for a feathered theropod.
Sculpt & Detail
Head
The head sculpt has a recognisable resemblance to the standard Mattel Jurassic World raptor design, which is both a strength and a limitation. The familiarity of that raptor head in the JW style works in the figure’s favour, because it gives the Dromaeosaurus an immediately readable identity. This is a raptor, and you know it at a glance.
Arms and Hands
The arms look decent, with feathers leading down through the upper arm and additional feathering hanging off the back of the arm near the elbow. The transition from feathered upper arm to skin-textured lower arm works well. The hands have scoots running down the fingers, and the claws look acceptable — though, as noted above, they are neither especially sharp nor painted.
Feet and Tail
The dark green feet are a highlight of the paint application. Scoots run down the toes here too, and the fine-scale detail across the feet is impressive when it catches the right light — easily the crispest sculpting on the figure.
Action Feature & Articulation
✓ Jaw — articulated✓ Both legs — killer claw kick✓ Arms — forward and back✓ Tail — left and right✗ Wrists pronated✗ Legs loose from the mechanism
The action feature on the Dromaeosaurus is a killer claw kick that drives both legs in a kicking motion, mimicking the deadly sickle-claw strike dromaeosaurids are known for. The movement also creates the impression of the figure running in mid-stride. Despite the legs being somewhat loose because of the mechanism, the figure stands stably in a natural resting pose.
The tail moves left and right on a loose articulated joint but has no button of its own. The arms are stiff initially and move forward and back, and the wrists are pronated rather than correctly positioned.
Size & Specs
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Verdict — Should You Buy It?
Yes. The Dromaeosaurus is one of the more enjoyable Strike Attack figures in the Survival line. The crazy colour scheme is genuinely one of the best in the range, the feather detail is crisp and vibrant throughout, the killer claw kick is thematically appropriate, and the combination of a Jurassic World-style raptor head with a fully feathered body creates a design with its own distinctive identity. The figure is slightly smaller than a standard Mattel Velociraptor, but that does not affect how enjoyable it is to hold and play with.
✦ What Works
- First ever Mattel Dromaeosaurus
- One of the boldest palettes in the range
- Crisp, vibrant feather detail throughout
- Killer claw kick suits the species
- Superb fine scale detail on the feet
- Immediately readable JW raptor head
- Stands stably despite the mechanism
✦ What Doesn't
- Claws unpainted on hands and feet
- Claws not especially sharp
- Wrists pronated rather than posed correctly
- Legs loose because of the mechanism
- Head reuses the familiar Mattel raptor look
- Smaller than a standard Mattel Velociraptor
- No button-activated tail feature
About the Dromaeosaurus
Dromaeosaurus albertensis is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod that lived during the Late Cretaceous, roughly 80 to 69 million years ago, in what is now Alberta, Canada and the western United States. Its name means “running lizard”, from the Greek dromeus (runner) and sauros (lizard). It was described by the paleontologists William Diller Matthew and Barnum Brown in 1922, from fossils recovered during Brown’s 1914 expedition to the Red Deer River — an area that is now part of Dinosaur Provincial Park. Dromaeosaurus is notable as the type genus of the entire Dromaeosauridae family: it gave the group its name and is its defining member.
She has a coat of feathers, for she is able to generate heat in her body, and needs to retain all she can — a challenge for all dinosaurs in these cold latitudes.
Despite being similar in length to Velociraptor at around 2 metres (6.5 feet), Dromaeosaurus was significantly more heavily built, with a deeper snout, more robust teeth and a notably more powerful bite. Studies estimate its bite force at nearly three times that of Velociraptor, suggesting it relied more on its jaws than on its sickle claw to subdue prey — unusual among its relatives. The teeth show heavy wear consistent with crushing and tearing bone rather than simply slicing flesh.
Although no feather fossils have been directly attributed to Dromaeosaurus, its close relationship to feathered dromaeosaurids makes a full or partial feather covering scientifically plausible, and Mattel’s feathered Survival design is consistent with current scientific understanding of the group.
How to Unlock
How to unlock Dromaeosaurus Strike Attack in the Jurassic World Survival Collection?
Open up your Jurassic World Play App (previously known as the Jurassic World Facts App), press the Scan button and point it towards the DNA code here:
