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Monolophosaurus Frenzy Pack
Another Monolophosaurus — but this one earns its place. The Frenzy Pack release keeps the familiar single-crested sculpt and adds a sharper skin texture, a patch of armoured scutes at the base of the neck, and the brightest two-tone paint job the species has had yet: teal body, mustard neck and a bright red crest.
🎨 Frenzy Pack sub-line🧲 Armoured neck scutesArticulated jaw & limbsMattel · 2026Scan code included
🦮 Someone at Mattel Really Likes This Dinosaur
I do not know what is going on, but there must be some serious Monolophosaurus fans on the Mattel design team: there has been a steady surge of them across the last several lineups. Epic Evolution had one, then a green variant; Chaos Theory got a Peril Pack version; Rebirth got a Strike Attack release; and now Survival delivers this Frenzy Pack figure on top of its own Wild Roar Monolophosaurus.
“Let me introduce you to Monolophosaurus. This is a no-frills predator straight from the Jurassic. Honestly, I could wax lyrical for days, ’cause it’s hard not to be impressed by such a colorful crest. But don’t be fooled; this is one minacious hunter!”
— Isaac Clement
What Is Frenzy Pack?
Frenzy Pack is one of several sub-lines inside Jurassic World Survival, alongside Wild Roar, Strike Attack, Gigantic Thrashers and the rest. It is the smaller, simpler tier — no sounds, no lights, no spring-loaded gimmick — so a release lives or dies on its sculpt and paint.
Other Frenzy Pack figures on the site include Vespersaurus, Ferrodraco and Deinonychus.
Paint & Colour Scheme
The figure uses a striking dual-colour scheme. The main body and tail are a bright teal — sea green, depending on the light — contrasting sharply with the mustard-yellow or tan that covers the entire neck and head. The crest, as it should be, is painted a bright, eye-catching red. It is the boldest colour treatment this species has had from Mattel, and it is what separates this release from the near-identical figures that came before it.
The Sculpt
A familiar mould, better skin
The sculpt is almost identical to the Rebirth version and to the Chaos Theory one — same pose, same proportions, same single crest running down the midline of the skull. The difference is in the skin: the texture on this one is noticeably more detailed, with finer scale work across the flanks and neck. If you own one of the earlier releases you are not getting a new dinosaur here, you are getting a better-finished one.
The Survival armour patch
Every Survival figure gets a mutation of some kind, and here it is a patch of armoured spikes — raised scutes — sitting on the back right at the base of the neck. It is the one thing that visually separates this figure from the Rebirth and Chaos Theory versions at a glance.
Articulation
✓ Jaw — opens and closes✓ Hind limbs✓ Front limbs✗ Limited pose range✗ No action feature
The figure has an articulated jaw and articulated limbs, which is the standard Frenzy Pack feature set. In practice that gives you a limited number of natural-looking postures rather than a properly poseable figure — enough to switch between a closed mouth and an open snarl, and to shift the stance a little, but no more.
Verdict: Should You Buy It?
It depends on what you already own. If you have the Rebirth or Chaos Theory Monolophosaurus sitting on a shelf, this is largely the same figure with a sharper skin texture, an armoured neck patch and a much louder paint job — nice, but not new. If you do not, this is the best-looking version Mattel has made: the teal-and-mustard split with the red crest gives it far more presence than the drabber earlier releases, and the extra texture work holds up close. As a first Monolophosaurus it is an easy yes; as a fifth one it is a shelf decision.
✦ What Works
- Boldest paint job this species has had from Mattel
- Bright red crest reads clearly across a room
- Skin texture is finer than the earlier releases
- Armoured scute patch at the base of the neck
- Articulated jaw plus front and hind limbs
✦ What Doesn't
- Essentially the same sculpt as the Rebirth and Chaos Theory figures
- Legs are underpainted and the claws are not picked out
- Limited pose range, no action feature
About the Monolophosaurus
Monolophosaurus jiangi was a Middle Jurassic theropod from the Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, north-western China, described in 1993 by Zhao Xijin and Philip Currie. The name means “single-crested lizard”, and the crest is the whole story: a single tall ridge running along the midline of the snout from the tip almost to the eyes, formed by the nasal and premaxillary bones.
That crest is hollow, connected to the animal’s air sinuses, which rules out any use as a weapon. The usual reading is display — species recognition, or signalling to rivals and mates — and possibly sound. It is the same broad idea as the paired crests on Dilophosaurus, arrived at independently.
Monolophosaurus is known from a single, nearly complete skeleton, which is unusually good for a Jurassic theropod. The fact file above gives 5–7.5 metres; most published estimates sit at the lower end of that, around five metres and roughly half a tonne. Its exact place on the theropod family tree is still argued over, with most analyses putting it somewhere near the base of the tetanurans, close to the megalosauroids.
How to Unlock It
How do you unlock the Monolophosaurus Frenzy Pack 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:
Frequently Asked Questions
The main body and tail are bright teal or sea green, the entire neck and head are mustard-yellow or tan, and the signature crest is painted bright red. The legs are the weakest part of the paint job and the claws are not picked out separately.
The sculpt is almost identical. What changes is the skin texture, which is finer on this one, the much bolder two-tone paint scheme, and a patch of armoured spikes or raised scutes on the back at the base of the neck, which is the Survival line’s signature addition.
No. It has an articulated jaw and articulated limbs, which allow a limited number of natural-looking poses. There are no sounds, lights or spring-loaded mechanisms.
Monolophosaurus jiangi was a Middle Jurassic theropod from the Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, China, described in 1993. The name means “single-crested lizard”, after the tall ridge running along the midline of its snout.
Display, almost certainly. The crest is hollow and connected to the animal’s air sinuses, which makes it far too fragile to have been used as a weapon. Species recognition, signalling to rivals and mates, and possibly sound production are the usual explanations.
Open the Jurassic World Play App (previously the Jurassic World Facts App), tap the Scan button and point the camera at the DNA code that comes with the figure. The code is also shown in the unlock section above.