Dino Attack

**Dino Attack** (**Dino 2010** in Europe) was a theme released in 2005. Each set included futuristic military vehicles fighting against mutant dinosaurs. It includes 5 sets of different vehicles and dinosaurs. It had a team of 4 minifigures (Shadow, Digger, Specs, and Viper) trying to stop invading dinosaurs.

## Dino Attack Sets

1. 4293149 Kite, Dino Attack (2006)
2. 7473 Street Sprinter vs. Mutant Lizard (2005)
3. 7474 Urban Avenger vs. Raptor (2005)
4. 7475 Fire Hammer vs. Mutant Lizards (2005)
5. 7476 Iron Predator vs. T-Rex (2005)
6. 7477 T-1 Typhoon vs. T-Rex (2005)
7. EL136 Dino Attack Minifgure Parachute (2006)

## LEGO Dino 2010

### Years

2005

The **Dino 2010** sets are slightly different from the Dino Attack counterparts. These sets take place after the previous sets mentioned, and are identical but instead of large weapons the sets are given grappling hooks and large cages for capturing mutant dinosaurs. The location also seems to have been changed from a ruined city to a deep jungle. This theme is closer to Dino Island than Dino Attack is, because of the locations and they capture the dinosaurs instead of killing them. These sets were only released in Europe, while Dino Attack was in North America and Australia.

## Dino 2010 Sets

1. 7294 Dino Quad (2005)
2. 7295 Dino Buggy Chaser (2005)
3. 7296 Dino 4WP Trapper (2005)
4. 7297 Dino Track Transport (2005)
5. 7298 Dino Air Tracker (2005)

## Background

### Dino Attack

In the year 2010, after a series of strange rumors and sightings from the outskirts, mysterious armies of Mutant Dinosaurs suddenly ravage cities across the planet. Specs, Shadow, Digger, and Viper quickly form a crack squad known as the Dino Attack team, using Specs's latest technology to combat the dinosaur threat and stop the Dino Attack.

The dinosaurs have taken control of most of a major city (implied but never directly stated to be LEGO City), but the Dino Attack team slowly gains ground as Specs invents more effective weaponry and vehicles. Their makeshift power station is attacked by a half-dozen T-Rexes that crossed the river into the city's eastern half, forcing Specs to mobilize all units; WDNO reporter J. Theano, who travels with the heroes, witnesses Dino Attack team fend off the T-Rex pack. Within a week, the newly-created Iron Predator and T-1 Typhoon are deployed to successfully stop a raptor rampage and a T-Rex attack, respectively, forcing the dinosaurs to retreat. Theano declares this to be a major turning point.

The battle against the Mutant Dinosaurs continues across the city, from its rooftops to its sewers. The dinosaurs are cunning adversaries, with one raptor leading the Iron Predator into a T-Rex ambush, but the Dino Attack team refuses to surrender.

At last, the Dino Attack team is victorious in driving out the Mutant Dinosaurs. The surviving dinosaurs flee to a cavern on the city's outskirts, with the team pursuing them. However, Specs acknowledges that they never solved the mystery of the Mutant Dinosaurs' origins and wonders how they can prevent another Dino Attack from occurring.

With the Dino Attack seemingly over in time for the December holidays, construction crews begin rebuilding efforts and set up large billboards in the city; however, one billboard is destroyed by a fleeing raptor pursued by a T-1 Typhoon. The raptor is stopped by electro-magnetic disruptors launched from the *USS Ocean Odyssey*.

### Dino 2010

The dinosaurs have escaped into the jungle and are at risk of going on rampage. The DINO 2010 team deploys courageous dino hunters to recapture the dinosaurs and bring them safely back to base.