Wow. I have this set. I knew it was a dino, and the type. But, I thought I was missing a bunch of pieces for the middle. I think I got 'em all.

I have the polybag version, 7002. And like @Zordboy, I have a great fondness for this line, even if they're nowhere near as accurate as modern Lego dinosaurs.

I like these in particular because of the sand blue and green colours. I also find it interesting that there are two tiers: most of them use the same parts in different configurations in one tier, and the ones that use the first dewback body are in another.

Best song ever!

This polybag wasn't available to my knowledge in the US, we got the little boxes 7002. At the time, actual bricks, particularly slopes in these colors, were in high demand for MOCs. Not bad for a brick built critter, even better when they went to discount sellers. That was my jam for parts, ummm, back in the day.

@namekuji said:
"Best song ever!"

Mother present?

@horatiog said:
"These guys have a weird sort of Bionicle energy to them. I find them cute, but only because I have a soft spot for this era of Lego."

These are about as un-Bionicle as you could get, aside from the fact that the larger sets came in plastic storage pods, and the smaller came in boxes. Where Bionicle was expanding on unprecedented levels of articulation introduced in the Throwbots, the clunky articulation system developed for the larger version of these guys got tossed like yesterday’s garbage in favor of one that was developed for Galidor. Meanwhile, these sets had slightly better articulation than a turnip.

@Zordboy:
First attempt at proper dinos came a year earlier with JT Dino Island sets like 5987, and JP Studios sets like 1349.

I like it. This system had specialized parts, but they worked for what they set out to do and it made it possible to build various types of prehistoric animals. We haven't seen such customizability since then outside of creator dinosaurs.

And even then, creator hasn't given us a new dinosaur since 2017 (although that one is still on the market!)

The adult versions were great (sadly never bought them), the kids never interested me.

I somehow got this head mould in a parts lot I bought on Bricklink. At first I thought this wasn't even LEGO at all.
Still looks quite weird.

@Librarian1976 said:
"Looks more like a Duplo-dicus."

Dang, I too was going to point out that with the horizontal neck it looks more like diplodocus but I didn’t think of that glorious pun. I’m going to have to console myself with the second place prize of calling it Blockiosaurus

@Brickalili said:
" @Librarian1976 said:
"Looks more like a Duplo-dicus."

Dang, I too was going to point out that with the horizontal neck it looks more like diplodocus but I didn’t think of that glorious pun. I’m going to have to console myself with the second place prize of calling it Blockiosaurus"

Duplo-docus was actually my entry in a naming competition that was held to name the life-sized brick-built sauropod at LEGOLand New York a few years back. I was disappointed that it didn’t win.

I parted this together from a bin of random parts, that head is one of the most specific and unique pieces I remember owning. Never found a good NPU for it sadly.

@Brickalili said:
" @Librarian1976 said:
"Looks more like a Duplo-dicus."

Dang, I too was going to point out that with the horizontal neck it looks more like diplodocus but I didn’t think of that glorious pun. I’m going to have to console myself with the second place prize of calling it Blockiosaurus"

Brickiosaurus.

Bricksaurus

A funny mixture of egular bricks and pre-moulded elements, but it somehow works standing next to the larger counterpart 6719.

Also I feel like the polybag versions have a slightly different texture on those dino parts (a bit less shiny). Neither the large canister dinos nor the boxed versions have this.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @Librarian1976 said:
"Looks more like a Duplo-dicus."

Dang, I too was going to point out that with the horizontal neck it looks more like diplodocus but I didn’t think of that glorious pun. I’m going to have to console myself with the second place prize of calling it Blockiosaurus"

Brickiosaurus."
Of course, if it were a theropod, you could go with Tyrannosaurus Bricks.

@Atuin:
Bagged and boxed versions of the small Dino’s would have come from different factories and different molds. Interior surface wear would probably be different between the two. There could also be slight differences in the machine settings that would impact how glossy the part looks.

@Spritetoggle said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"I never knew dinosaurs were square?"

Pssst. No one tell this guy about the rest of LEGO.

Anyway, I loved these guys. I had/have the Baby Dimetrodon, and a couple of the larger dinosaurs from the same wave. I'm not so clear on which of the latter anymore, sadly. I guess I'll have to play paleontologist with my childhood collection some day."

It seems like you don't understand the meaning of sarcasm.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Atuin:
Bagged and boxed versions of the small Dino’s would have come from different factories and different molds. Interior surface wear would probably be different between the two. There could also be slight differences in the machine settings that would impact how glossy the part looks."

It would certainly explain it, but I am curious why both versions sometimes are available in certain regions (I can confirm that it happened for these Dinosaurs sets). Does it mean, certain retailers actively import the NA version, despite being able to order a regular EU one from Lego Denmark? If so, why?

@Atuin:
That is kinda weird. I’ve got some EU sets that were overlabeled for original sale in the US, but that was because the Mexico plant went down for a bit during the early days of the pandemic, so they had to send stock over the pond to keep _something_ on the shelf, but that wouldn’t have been an issue in 2001, and certainly not for these sets.