Main
Features
 FOTD
 Toy Fair 2023
 SDCC 2023
 Toy Fair 2020
 NYCC 2019
 SDCC 2019
 Toy Fair 2019
 SDCC 2018
 Toy Fair 2018
 HasCon 2017
 SDCC 2017
 Toy Fair 2017
 SDCC 2016
 Toy Fair 2016
 SDCC 2015
 Toy Fair 2015
 SDCC 2014
 C2E2 2014
 Toy Fair 2014
 SDCC 2013
 C2E2 2013
 Toy Fair 2013
 SDCC 2012
 C2E2 2012
 Toy Fair 2012
 NYCC 2011
 SDCC 2011
 Toy Fair 2011
Archives
 Books
 DVD
 Music
 Statues
 Prop Replicas
 Toys
 Video Games
Credits
Contact


This site is part of Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Entertainment Earth affiliate programs. We may earn a commission when you click one of their links.


Related Links:
16bit Tumblr
16bit Twitter
16bit Instagram
ASWN
EE Podcast
Galactic Hunter
Glyos News
OSM News

Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard, 2018
Day #2,065: February 12, 2019
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action FigureMammoth with Shrapnel
The Corps, with Dinosairs, overseas "Jurassic Clash"

Lanard Primal Clash Dino Commander
Item No.:
Asst. ??? No. 37076
Manufacturer: Lanard
Includes: Mammoth, helmet, saddle, gun, figure, pistol, rifle
Action Feature: Not really
Retail: $14.97
Availability: January 2019
Other: Low articulation, high density

  PREVIOUS RSS NEXT  

Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action FigureEvery once in a while, the knock-off or "plays-with" line outshines and outlives the original. History seems to have given more love to The Outer Space Men than Major Matt Mason, and Lanard's The Corps are still running as a budget line while G.I. Joe hasn't been a childhood favorite for about 25 years. That's kind of sobering. Lanard usually put out cheaper figures, but started hiring sculptors from The Four Horsemen and also acquiring licenses instead of just making toys kind of like Hasbro's. They're making a lot of the figures over and over again, so the Mammoth with Shrapnel gives you a surprisingly heavy pachyderm with a repack of Shrapnel (Darius Weaver), a member of The Curse from The Corps line.

I have only bought three Lanard products in my life - and I'm rarely disappointed. This set was the first of the "Jurassic Clash" toys that hit the UK last year, most of which are hitting the USA at Walmarts now. (The Liopleurodon doesn't seem to be making the trip with everybody else.) At $15 it's not cheap, but it's interesting. Generally Lanard's greatest selling point is a strong sense of unparalleled value - 3 figures for a few bucks, or a single figure as low as a dollar. At $15, this is slightly cheaper than what Mattel is doing for Jurassic World, but with less articulation.

Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure

The selling point is a sturdy, heavy Mammoth. Unlike most Lanard figures, it's long on paint and short on articulation. Much like Playmobil's mammoth, only the head moves - the legs are static. The sculpting is a little cartoony, giving you a weirdly-posed four-legged creature with shoulders that remind me of a gorilla. It's cute - the sculpting is excellent, the fuzzy head is cute, and the eyes are painted well. With a mammoth in LEGO being phased out, the timing is pretty good as a hairy elephant alternative. It's not necessarily better than what you'd get out of Schleich, but as action toys go it's entertaining enough as a quasi-Dino-Riders toy.

The figure has some nifty armor. The mask fits over the face and has a strap that slides under the hears - it looks sort of like really weird armored underpants. The sculpt makes it look jointed, but it's only a two-piece mask with a strap that fits nicely over the posts. The saddle seats one figure fairly well, and has a couple of articulated cannons for some reason. It's not bad, and it's not a huge challenge to slide it off which I greatly appreciate. It's chunky and fun, and it certainly has an overall heft that's worth the asking price if it had a couple of leg joints. As is, it's nifty. It's amusing. I assume kids will like it, but it's not impressive.

Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure

The figure is pretty neat - a skull-masked Shrapnel figure has a surprising range of articulation. It's also been sold several times before, so you might have it. You get 14 pretty great points of articulation, with a range of motion similar to the 1980s 3 3/4-inch G.I. Joe line. Maybe it's closer tot he 2002 relaunch - there's no O-ring, but you do get ball-jointed hips. It straddles the saddle nicely, but not perfectly - also there's nowhere for his hands to go. However, he has a rifle that plugs in his back and a pistol that fits in a holster, and I think that's just superb. Everything basically works together nicely, and why I need an evil military villain riding an extinct elephant I'll never know. But I like it.

Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure

Given the popularity of dinosaurs and Mattel's disinterest in using its Dino-Riders trademark beyond Hot Wheels, I'm glad someone tried out the armored battle dinosaur concept again. We haven't seen many of those lately - and it's fun! It's a lot of heft in a box fo the asking price, but it would've been great if Lanard hollowed out the creature or gave it just a smidgen more articulation. Given Mattel has no mammoth on the market, this is an excellent example of toy counterprogramming. I'm probably not going to run out and buy the rest of these, but if I clear out some space I'll treat myself to at least one more before the line goes away. If you see it on sale, get it. If it's full price, give it some thought - it's interesting and another example of something Lanard is doing well, although perhaps not as impressively as last year's Rampage toys.

--Adam Pawlus

Additional Images

Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure

See more Lanard figures in Figure of the Day:
Day 1,912: Lanard Rampage The Movie Big City Brawl! Lizzie
Day 2,065: Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Day 2,167: Lanard Alien Collection Alien Queen Action Figure
Day 2,171: Lanard Alien Collection Xenomorph Drone, Egg & Facehugger, and Research Scientist Xenomorph Swarm Action Figure Set
Day 2,173: Lanard Alien Collection Advanced-APC Vehicle and Colonial Marine Sargent Xenomorph Attack Action Figure Set
Day 2,175: Lanard Alien Collection Xenomorph Runner, Planetary Rover Bike, and Weyland Commando Action Figure Set
Day 2,178: Lanard Alien Collection Power Loader, Colonial Marine, and Warrior Alien Xenomorph Attack Action Figure Set
Day 2,274: Lanard Toy Alien 7-Inch Drone Xenomorph Action Figure
Day 2,278: Lanard Toy Predator 7-Inch Jungle Hunter Predator Action Figure
Day 2,286: Lanard Toy Predator 7-Inch City Hunter Predator Action Figure
Day 2,292: Lanard Toy Alien 7-Inch Warrior Xeno Action Figure
Day 2,308: Lanard Alien Collection Xenomorph Warrior, Rotating Sentry Gun, and Colonial Space Marine Xenomorph Swarm Action Figure Set

See more Dinosaurs figures in Figure of the Day:
Day 990: Louis Marx Toys Dinosaurs Trachodon Figure
Day 1,019: Louis Marx Toys Dinosaurs Brontosaurus Figure
Day 1,023: Schleich Dinosaurs Kragensaurier (Triceratops) Figure
Day 1,034: Schleich Dinosaurs Mammut (Mammoth) Figure
Day 1,062: Tim Mee Toys Green and Yellow Prehistoric Dinosaurs Figure Set
Day 1,073: Louis Marx Toys Dinosaurs Stegosaurus Figure
Day 1,126: Schleich Dinosaurs Ursaurier (Dinosaur) Figure
Day 1,418: Jesse Narens Stegoforest Brown Stegoforest with Acorn Warrior
Day 1,419: Wendy's Playskool Definitely Dinosaurs Triceratops
Day 1,420: Tootsietoy Dinosaurs Stegosaurus Action Figure
Day 1,421: Imperial Dinosaurs Styracosaurus
Day 1,434: Wendy's Playskool Definitely Dinosaurs Anatosaurus
Day 1,446: Wendy's Playskool Definitely Dinosaurs Apatosaurus
Day 1,726: Unknown Wind-Up Brown Tyrannosaurus Rex
Day 1,990: Playmobil 2013 Toy Fair Dinos Explorer Figure
Day 2,023: Boley Nature World Edaphosaurus, Allosaurus, Styracosaurus Action Figures
Day 2,026: Unknown Diplodocus Figure
Day 2,051: Hasbro Dinosaurs Baby Sinclair Action Figure
Day 2,057: Half Toys Dino Series T-Rex
Day 2,065: Lanard Primal Clash Mammoth with Shrapnel Action Figure
Day 2,120: Creative Beast Beast of the Mesozoic Dromaeosaurus Action Figure
Day 2,126: Boley Nature World Mosasaurus Action Figure
Day 2,167: Boley Nature World Apatosaurus Action Figure
Day 2,305: Creative Beast Beast of the Mesozoic Glow-in-the-dark Dinosaurs Zuniceratops Action Figure
Day 2,394: Glow-in-the-dark Dinosaurs Dimetrodon Action Figure
Day 2,398: Playmobil 2013 Toy Fair Dinosaur Explorer Figure
Day 2,550: Blip Toys Animal Planet Electronic Battling Dinos Set

HTML Comment Box is loading comments...

Featured Toy Video

Click Here for 2018
Figure of the
Day 2019
January 2019
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
February 2019
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
March 2019
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
April 2019
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930
May 2019
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
June 2019
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30
July 2019
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
August 2019
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
September 2019
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
October 2019
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
November 2019
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
December 2019
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031

16bit.com is best not viewed in Apple's Safari browser, we don't know why. All material on this site copyright their respective copyright holders. All materials appear hear for informative and entertainment purposes. 16bit.com is not to be held responsible for anything, ever. Photos taken by the 16bit.com staff. Site design, graphics, writing, and whatnot credited on the credits page. Be cool-- don't steal.
We know where you live and we'll break your friggin' legs.