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Liopleurodon Gigantic Thrashers Jurassic World Survival Review
Mattel releases so few marine toys that every new one becomes a big deal among fans. The Survival Liopleurodon is an impressive figure — larger than the previous Dominion release, with a colour that is simply mind-blowing (thanks, Survival): neon blue with a full wet-look finish across the entire body, and a swimming flipper action feature that genuinely makes it look like the figure is swimming.
🌊 Rare Mattel marine figure💧 Full wet-look gloss finish🏊 Swimming flipper feature🪥 Rows of soft rubber teethMattel · 2026Scan code included
🎮 About the Survival Line
The Jurassic World Survival line depicts mutated versions of prehistoric animals, tied to the Survival PS5 game concept. Every creature in the toy line carries exaggerated features, unusual colouration, fins, ridges or armour compared to its historical counterpart. The Liopleurodon is a good example of the Survival aesthetic working well — the neon treatment gives a marine reptile a presence it would never have had in a realistic paint scheme.
⚖️ How Big Is It, Really?
On the shelf, the comparison most collectors will make is against the original Dominion Liopleurodon — and the Survival version is significantly the larger figure of the two. As for the real animal: forget the 25-metre monster from Walking with Dinosaurs. Current estimates put Liopleurodon ferox at around 5 to 7 metres, with some researchers allowing individuals approaching 10 metres. Still an apex predator, just not a submarine.
Paint & Colour Scheme
The neon blue details are one of the best features of this figure. If you remember, the Dominion Liopleurodon was fairly dull — a couple of very close tones of dark yellow and little else.
This time the primary blue body has an almost metallic, wet sheen depending on the angle of the light. Even the black areas on the flippers and the underside carry a gloss coat, maintaining the wet-look effect throughout. It is one of the more distinctive finish choices Mattel has made on a marine figure.
Sculpt & Detail
Mouth and Teeth
Inside the mouth, the Liopleurodon is loaded with multiple rows of rubber teeth in the same soft material Mattel now uses across its newer figures, and the effect is genuinely sharp-looking. They are painted in an off-white to yellowish white. The tongue is nicely textured and given a light pinkish hue.
Body and Scales
Moving away from the face, the detailing improves dramatically. Large fish scales cover the upper body, varying considerably in size as you move through the figure — smaller toward the sides, building to larger scales toward the top. The neon blue finish makes these scales catch the light beautifully.
Flippers
All four flippers are sculpted with good detail and given the full black and gloss treatment, matching the wet-look finish used across the rest of the figure.
Action Feature & Articulation
✓ Swimming flippers — button activated✓ Jaw snap — second button✓ Both jaws articulate✓ Flippers repositionable by hand✓ Back ridges extend with the swim button✓ Tail swivel
There are two separate action features. The swimming flippers are activated by a button on the back of the figure: press it and the flippers start moving in a swimming motion. Because the flippers can be repositioned first, the movement starts from different positions each time, which adds variety. The ridges on the back also extend slightly when this button is pressed. The swimming effect is genuinely convincing, and satisfying to trigger.
The second feature is the jaw snap. A button on the opposite side activates it, and it works exactly as expected — great fun for my kid, who used it to devour the poor Mosasaurus. Both the upper and lower jaw articulate as part of the feature. The chomp is clean, and the rubber teeth stay visible when the mouth is open.
Size & Specs
Verdict — Should You Buy It?
Yes — and especially if you have a soft spot for marine reptile figures. The Liopleurodon is one of the more complete and polished figures in the Survival Gigantic Thrashers line. The neon wet-look finish is genuinely distinctive, the multiple rows of rubber teeth are intimidating, and the swimming flipper feature is exactly the kind of playful mechanic that makes a figure memorable.
✦ What Works
- A rare marine figure from Mattel
- Neon blue wet-look finish is distinctive
- Bigger than the Dominion Liopleurodon
- Multiple rows of soft rubber teeth
- Convincing swimming flipper feature
- Second button gives a clean jaw snap
- Flippers pose before you fire the feature
- Gloss coat even on the black underside
✦ What Doesn't
- The face is the dullest part of the sculpt
- Smooth head texture lacks scale definition
- Little articulation beyond the two features
- Tail swivel is the only other manual joint
About the Liopleurodon
It is the diversity of life we are discovering that I find to be most interesting. Take this animal, the Liopleurodon, for instance. This is a carnivorous marine reptile that is optimized for efficiency, both for swimming effortlessly through the water and for relentlessly hunting its prey.— Jurassic World
Liopleurodon (meaning “smooth-sided teeth” in Greek) is a genus of large carnivorous pliosaurid that lived roughly 160 to 150 million years ago, during the Middle to Late Jurassic, in the seas that covered Europe. Three species are recognised: Liopleurodon ferox and L. pachydeirus from England and France, and L. rossicus from Russia. As a pliosaurid rather than a plesiosaur, Liopleurodon had a large head, a short neck, a massive trunk and four powerful paddle-like flippers — built for speed and ambush rather than the long-necked style of its distant relatives.
Liopleurodon became widely known through the 1999 BBC documentary Walking with Dinosaurs, which depicted it as an enormous animal reaching 25 metres and 150 tonnes. That estimate was based on fragmentary fossils and is now recognised as a significant exaggeration. Current estimates place Liopleurodon at around 5 to 7 metres (16 to 23 feet), with some researchers allowing for individuals approaching 10 metres. Even at those realistic sizes it would have been a formidable apex predator, using powerful jaws filled with large conical teeth to hunt fish, cephalopods and other marine reptiles.
How to Unlock
How to unlock Liopleurodon Gigantic Thrashers 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:
