This Gigantic Thrasher Stegosaurus is a massive, bulky re-imagining of the Survival line. It takes the classic herbivore and turns it into a defensive fortress, with its mutated features making it look far more aggressive than any previous Mattel version.

The sculpt is loaded with heavy-duty Survival modifications. The most obvious is a thick, armored shell or carapace that covers its back and hips, featuring a unique honeycomb-like texture. The classic thagomizer has been upgraded into a truly massive weapon, with five huge, branching spikes. The regular back plates are still present but have a sharper, more jagged, and crystalline appearance, almost like obsidian.

As a Gigantic Thrasher, this figure has dual-action features activated by buttons on its back. One button unleashes a powerful, side-to-side tail whip, swinging the massive thagomizer. The second button activates a up-down thrashing of the thagomizer, pounding the ground and alerting the rest of the pack to its mean intentions.

In terms of colours this is maybe my favourite Stegosaurus as it looks so bold, the main body is a solid, medium green. This is contrasted by the jagged back plates, which are painted black. The exaggerated tail spikes are a light grey. The most complex paintwork is on the armored back shell, which has a light yellow or cream-colored base with a dark black/green webbed pattern painted over its unique texture. Definitely one of the best-looking Stegosauruses ever.