Jurassic World

Giganotosaurus & Therizinosaurus Attack

Two big dinosaurs, six great minifigs, and one HQ that quietly fills a shelf.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 76949 · 2022

Pieces810

Minifigs6

Year2022

Set number76949

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The verdict

This is the flagship of the Dominion wave, and the two dinosaurs are the whole reason to want it.

The Giganotosaurus is a genuinely imposing figure at over 32cm long, and the six-minifig lineup (with an exclusive older Dr. Alan Grant carrying an amber fossil element) is one of the best in the theme. The build around them is thinner than the price tag suggests, so go in wanting the creatures and the characters, not an engineering puzzle. For a Jurassic fan or a dinosaur-mad kid, it delivers where it counts.

Best for: Jurassic Park fans who want the big dinosaurs and a complete character roster on one shelf

The full review

What it is

The Giganotosaurus is what got me here. It is the largest set in the Jurassic World Dominion wave, and when the big fellow is finished he stands over 32cm long with a heavy, hunched menace that photographs beautifully. Pair him with the Therizinosaurus and you have two brand-new-for-2022 creatures facing off, plus a research HQ, a helicopter, and a little all-terrain buggy tucked into a garage. The play scene is complete in the way the best Jurassic sets are: predators, vehicles, a control tower with a collapsing platform, and a full cast of people to run for their lives.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the price. At roughly $140 at launch for 810 pieces, the per-part value sits near 16 cents, and a good chunk of the parts count is the two dinosaurs, which arrive largely pre-formed rather than built brick by brick. The HQ, the lab and the observation tower are pleasant enough but they go together fast and leave little for an adult builder to chew on. Reviewers were mixed on the Therizinosaurus too. It uses plenty of new molds, but next to the sheer bulk of the Giganotosaurus it reads as the lesser of the pair, and a few builders found its long-clawed hands an odd solution.

Who it's for

So who ends up happy here? If you love the films and want the creatures and the characters, this is an easy yes, and that older Alan Grant with his amber fossil is worth a lot to a Jurassic Park heart. A dinosaur-obsessed nine-year-old will be thrilled. If you build for clever engineering and dense parts value, though, the structure will leave you a little cold, and you might do better hunting one of the standalone dinosaur sets. Buy this for the beasts and the roster, not the architecture.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The building itself is brisk. The HQ, garage and observation tower snap together quickly with a satisfying collapse function on the platform, but there is not much technical drama, so most of the joy is in posing the two dinosaurs and staging the chase once everything is done. Kids will get more out of the assembly than seasoned AFOLs will, and that is fine, because the payoff is the diorama rather than the process.

The Giganotosaurus is a clever bit of parts reuse: it borrows the head and tail molds from the earlier Indominus Rex, the arms and legs from the classic T. rex, and adds a new torso with a pronounced back fin to sell the new species. The Therizinosaurus, by contrast, brings a batch of genuinely new molds, most notably those long clawed hands. On the minifig side, the amber fossil element with Dr. Alan Grant is the standout printed piece, and the six-figure lineup (Owen, Claire, Grant, Ellie Sattler, Kayla Watts and Dr. Henry Wu) is the real collector draw, with Grant and Wu tied to this set.

Fun facts

01This 810-piece set was the largest in the April 2022 Jurassic World Dominion wave and shipped with two brand-new dinosaur figures.
02The Giganotosaurus reuses the Indominus Rex head and tail plus T. rex arms and legs, with only its finned torso being a new mold.
03It carried a $139.99 launch price, and since retiring, sealed copies have climbed on the secondary market, sitting well above retail on BrickEconomy.
04The older Dr. Alan Grant minifig, complete with an amber fossil element, was exclusive to this set alongside Dr. Henry Wu.