A Look Back at Jurassic Park III Human Figures.

  In honor of Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom being in theaters now, I decided to look back at Jurassic Park III Human Figures. I have a love hate relationship with this toyline as well as the movie itself. By the time Jurassic Park III was in development, Kenner who previously made the toys for the previous two Jurassic Park Films had been shut down by Hasbro in 2000. Kenner was purchased by Hasbro back in 1991.
  So since Kenner was closed down in 2000, the Jurassic Park license went to Hasbro. A year before Kenner was shut down, Hasbro released a line of repainted Kenner Jurassic Park figures in a line called Jurassic Park Dinosaurs. The human figures were a mish mash of parts from different figures. Some figures used old heads from the Jurassic Park Dino trackers line with The Lost World Series 2 Ajay Sidu's body or simply repainted InGen hunter figures. That was Kenner's last breath with the Jurassic Park License.

Series 1 Alan Grant

  Now fast forward 2 years ahead to 2001. Hasbro now has the license instead of Kenner. So Hasbro decided it was a good idea to get rid of the iconic Kenner scale that their Jurassic Park figures were known for, Kenner's Jurassic Park human figures were 4.5 inches tall. Hasbro made their Jurassic Park III figures 3.75 inches. This was a massive shrink in height. In addition to the change in height, Hasbro thought it was a good idea to make the human figures have tattered and torn clothing. Ok this is something new, I guess they want to simulate the humans surviving a plane crash into a tree in Isla Sorna. It's a good idea but the figures look stupid with tattered clothing.
  Series 1 of the humans contained, Alan Grant, Billy Brennan, Amanda Kirby, Eric Kirby and a Military General. This line lacked a lot of interesting characters. Hasbro missed the ball by not
making figures of Udesky, Nash and Cooper, the 3 mercenaries hired by the Kirby's to help find their son. I mean who wouldn't want a figure of Michael Jeter?
  Series 2 contained 3 human figures, an Alan Grant without tattered clothes, Paul Kirby and the most WTF action figure in the history of this toy franchise, the Military Diver. That's right Hasbro made a

The Diver

military diver that was not a part of the plot of Jurassic Park III whatsoever. I have a soft spot for the military diver figure because I used to use him when I would play search and rescue with my action figures. I never associated him with Jurassic Park.

All Terrain Dino Trapper

  Then there was the figures that came with the vehicles and playsets. There was an Alan Grant that came with a motorcycle. Ok let's stop here for a second and talk about what is wrong with this figure and vehicle. Nobody used a motorcycle at all in Jurassic Park III! Again WTF was Hasbro thinking when they greenlighted this? This was a very bad idea! Excuse the JPIII reference there, I couldn't resist making it. Then there was the All Terrain Dino Trapper vehicle that came with a Billy Brennan figure. This vehicle was utter nonsensical bullcrap. I understand they didn't have any specialized outfitted vehicles when they went to Isla Sorna but this vehicle crosses the damn line.
  For vehicles they could have made an airplane like the Beechcraft Super King Air 200 that the Kirby's chartered to get to Isla Sorna. An airplane would have made a lot of sense. The airplane could have had a battle damage feature like previous Jurassic Park vehicles included. They could have had the airplane's wings pop off and the nose of the fuselage fall off. You know from when the Spinosaurus attacked the plane when it crashed into the tree.

Air Heli-Sabre Marine Copter.

  Speaking of vehicles the final vehicle made the most sense out of them all, the Air Heli-Sabre Marine Copter. This vehicle kinda spoiled the ending but it made sense because the Marine Corps showed up at the end of Jurassic Park III to rescue the Kirby's. This vehicle included a really cool pilot figure. This figure is in his G-suit and his head is a fighter pilot helmet and oxygen mask. The pilot doesn't contain any tattered clothing at all. However only 5 Human figures from this line didn't have tattered clothing.
  The 4 main figures that didn't have ripped clothing were, Series 2 Alan Grant, The Marine Copter Pilot, and Military General from series 1 and Billy Brennan that came with the all Terrain Dino Trapper.

The Dino Tracking Set

  However there is a fifth figure that is not like the other four that I have mentioned, This figure is not discussed too often in the Jurassic Park action figure collector community. This figure is really rare. It was a Walmart store exclusive. This figure is the 4.5 inch human figure's last stand. This was the last time there would ever be a 4.5 Inch Jurassic Park Human figure. What makes this Dino Tracker figure so odd is that it is an repaint of Harpoon Harrison from the Jurassic Park Dino Trackers line from 1993. Harpoon Harrison and all of the other Dino Trackers and Dino Raiders were completely fictional and are not canon at all. What makes this Harpoon Harrison repaint so unusual is that Hasbro repainted him in a Hispanic skin tone. No other Jurassic Park figure had ever been given a different skin color. I am proud owner of this Harpoon Harrison Repaint and I love it. He used to go on many adventures with my Kenner Batman figures, I would use him as a guide. Here's some food for thought, could this Harpoon Harrison figure be attempting to represent Enrique Cardoso who ran the illegal Dino-Soar parasailing operation? I mean he could be, but I'll leave that with you to decide.