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03 July 2025

Review: 76973 Raptor & Titanosaurus Tracking Mission from LEGO® Jurassic World™

Posted by Kev Levell
Welcome to the final review in our LEGO® Jurassic World™ Rebirth June 2025 coverage. As has been the case with preceding sets in the theme, each set in this latest wave has been defined by the dinosaurs featured in it. This set has got a big one; the biggest dinosaur made by The LEGO Group to date, I believe.

four images showing the new LEGO raptor, the complete set, some of the interesting elements and the large LEGO titanosaurus

With such a biggie included, I wonder whether the titanosaurus leaves room for anything else? Let's start by taking a look at the parts.

Products in this article were gifted by The LEGO Group; the author's opinions are their own.
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76973 Raptor & Titanosaurus Tracking Mission

  • Release date: 1 June 2025
  • Pieces: 582
Price: 

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Lego Jurassic World 76973 Raptor Titanosaurus Tracking Mission

 


Dinosaurs

image shows thenew LEGO titanosaurus looming over the smaller raptor

Titanosaurus

As you would expect given its name, the titanosaurus is a dimension-defying dinosaur.

Five Dark Bluish Grey LEGO dinosaur body parts
  • 1x Animal Body Part, Dinosaur, Neck with print in Dark Bluish Gray (6551217 | 103472) is a recolour
  • 1x Titanosaurus head in Dark Bluish Gray (6551218 | 112353) is a new mould
  • 1x Animal, Dinosaur, Brachiosaurus Body with print in Dark Bluish Gray (6551219 | 103471) is a recolour
  • 1x Titanosaurus Tail with print in Dark Bluish Gray (6551220 | 112354) is a new mould
  • 1x Animal Body Part, Dinosaur, Dilophosaurus / Gallimimus Lower Jaw with Teeth [Plain] in Dark Bluish Gray (6559818 | 49418) is a recolour

a side on view of the large LEGO titanosaurus

front on view of the LEGO titanosaurus with a close up of the head

The nose looks odd to me, it looks a bit like a clown's nose highlighted like this in dark orange. I'm not often amused by clowns, but this one has made me chuckle.


image showing titanosaurus at its most extended

At its longest extent, the titanosaurus measures approx 44.5 cm (17.5') which is about 56 modules!

 
rear view of titanosaurus at its most extended

As outlined in the parts list above, the tail and head are new moulds but the body and neck are the same as per the brachiosaurus from 76960 Brachiosaurus Discovery.


comparison view of LEGO titanosaurus next to LEGO brachiosaurus

Those changes give the brachiosaurus the edge in terms of height, but ironically that new tail gives the crown to the titanosaurus for length.

Raptor 

This velociraptor is also in 76972 Raptor Off-Road Escape from this wave.

the new LEGO raptor with its mandible detached
  • 1x Raptor in Dark Tan (6551205 | 110242)
  • 1x Animal Body Part, Dinosaur, Dilophosaurus / Gallimimus Lower Jaw with Teeth [Plain] in Dark Tan (6560177 | 49418)


Here are some shots to compare the new raptor with the atrociraptor variants from the LEGO Jurassic World Dominion sets. 

We have looked at the raptor itself already; please see our recent  review of set 76972 Raptor Off-Road Escape for more detail.

Decorations

image shows a small sticker sheet with 8 colourful stickers and one red curved slope with a T Rex head printed

The sticker sheet is another modest-sized one, and does a lot to improve the set where decoration is needed. 

The red curved slope 2x2x⅔ with Jurassic World logo (6551250) is common to sets 76972 Raptor Off-Road Escape, 76973 Raptor & Titanosaurus Tracking Mission and 76976 Spinosaurus & Quetzalcoatlus Air Mission.
  

Rare pieces

three lego elements in dark turquoise, dark azure and dark tan.

three dark red LEGO elements and two red LEGO elements

Minifigures

The minifigures offered in this set feature the same parts as those included in 76976 Spinosaurus & Quetzalcoatlus Air Mission (see my review of set 76976). Only Duncan Kincaid from that set is missing here.

Zora Bennett

a female minifigure wearing a utility vest and dark brown legs with a tool belt.
  • 1x Hair Ponytail and Swept Sideways in Dark Tan (6561519 | 87990, 18227) – this is a recolour
  • 1x Torso with vest and backpack print in Dark Tan (6564520)
  • 1x Legs with tool belt print in Dark Brown (6565036)

Martin Krebs

a male minifigure with a dirty white shirt and tan legs with a hip flask detail
  • 1x Torso with white shirt and dirt patches print in White (6560437)
  • 1x Legs with belt and hipflask print in Tan (6565035)

Dr. Henry Loomis

three views of a male minifigure wearing a shirt and vest and carrying a backpack
  • 1x Torso with shirt and jacket print in Dark Tan (6565239)
  • 1x Minifig Head with print in Light Nougat (6551216)

The build

a red and tan LEGO buggy with a red motorcycle

As vehicles go, this is a fine little buggy build, but perhaps more in the mode of a polybag-sized set. A bright red motorbike accompanies it but there really isn't much more to say.


a view of the red a tan LEGO buggy with a sticker saying 08 on the front.

Just one sticker is applied to the front, identifying this as '08'.


three views of a small LEGO scene with a dark red text, some foliage and a tall tree that can topple.

The campsite and tree is an interesting little side build. The tent is brick built, when often these types of structures use cloth components. The tree features a fairly standard 'knock-down / reset' play function.


views of a communication trailer with a large container that has slots to store items

A communications trailer that hitches up to the buggy is provided, with space for the collected dino DNA samples. The container is decorated with the largest of the stickers.


two views of a small LEGO store with fuel station a green hotdog can be seen inside the store

Finally, we're building the Stego Stop 'n' Go convenience store and refuelling station. The initial steps include an oil spill made from three sizes of round tiles, or perhaps they're dropped spots from the recently released 43269 101 Dalmation Puppy?

At the self-serve stand is a hot-dog that looks a long way past its best before date– clearly, it was left in a hurry and has been abandoned for some length of time! This is a neat piece of humorous and economic storytelling.


a LEGO drone flies above the ramshackle service station

A drone armed with a hypodermic syringe is neatly attached to the roof using a posing piece (4042). Do drones add that much "fun" to a set? I'm never thrilled to see another one that has found its way into a LEGO set. Perhaps it is curmudgeonly to take exception, perhaps even unfair if one actually appears in the film. I tend to feel that the fun of a drone is very much in its function, and that the devices themselves are a bit boring to look at.


a front view of the ramshackle service station with the lattice holed awning and drone above

Overall, I quite like this repurposed ramshackle refuelling station. I assume the teal netting will be given some explanation within the film.


a closer view inside the convenience store with mouldy hotdog stand and stickers saying closed on the door

Other thoughts: hybrids not featured?

a screen capture from the Jurassic World Rebirth trailer showing two large dinosaurs, one has a side wingspan and the other has six limbs
© 2025 Universal Pictures

Two new dinosaurs were revealed in the most recent Jurassic World Rebirth trailer; a mutadon – a raptor/pteradon hybrid, and distortus rex (a.k.a. the D. rex) a bizarre looking, six-limbed predator.

The location seen in this set also features in the trailer, but it is the mutadon that appears to be the threat there. I'm guessing that the raptor was substituted in this set to protect reveal embargoes and allow for appropriately early release dates for these sets. This embargo hypothesis might also answer the current absence within the whole range of the D. rex!

I have seen much online discussion regarding the potential future inclusion of this intriguing looking hybrid beast. Maybe it's destined for a future set, but I won't be holding my breath as I think it is unlikely.

Conclusion

I'm torn on this set. On one hand, we have a set priced US$109.99/ £89.99/ 99.99€/ AU$149.99 which is relatively expensive for the 582 parts contained in it. On the other, we have the titanosaurus bringing some heavy but probably justifiable inflation.

the completed set with dinosaurs, vehicles, convenience store and fuel station with minifigures in situ

At £15 more than 76960 Brachiosaurus Discovery from 2023, objectively this just seems like an expensive set. However this kind of pricing does seem to be consistent with other sets in the theme's history, and must be related to both the license and the necessity for larger creature moulds.

Visually, I think a lot has been achieved with just 70 extra pieces. The petrol station shop scene here is probably an economical build compared to the big tree from the other set. There is a second campsite scene with a tree, even if that is quite spindly by comparison. There are new moulds for both the head and tail of the titanosaurus and the raptor is a new mould too (albeit available in a second, smaller set). There’s probably not much to separate the two vehicles and trailer from this set and the classic jeep from 76960, other than a few extra parts and some nostalgia.

Sadly, with all of that taken into consideration, I can’t help feeling that unless you are an avid LEGO dinosaur collector there’s not much here to offer value that might not be better found elsewhere.

For my money, I want just slightly more than what is included in this set. Maybe a few mostly minor things could swing the balance: making the characters unique with alternate heads might have been a start. It feels overly negative to say the small buggy vehicle is unimpressive, but making more of that in some way might also have contributed to an overall better first impression.

I passed on 76960 Brachiosaurus Discovery – even with the best discounts I saw, it always seemed too much for the one dinosaur and in spite of my efforts to rationalise expensive large parts, I still feel similarly here, it needs more at this price point.

Not that what is here isn't good, fun and in many ways great play value but that is true of many other sets and ultimately, without the dinosaur, I honestly can't see anything that would make me pick this set over something closer to half the price.

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Lego Jurassic World 76973 Raptor Titanosaurus Tracking Mission

READ MORE: Kev's other LEGO Jurassic World reviews

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