LEGO Jurassic Park Jeep's minifigure had to be Nedry

The LEGO Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler includes one new minifigure of Dennis Nedry, and the designer has stated that he was the obvious choice.

When 77984 Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler launches on May 7, it will include just one minifigure, as is often the case with display-centric 18+ models. That minifigure is a rare appearance of LEGO Dennis Nedry with some new printing to differentiate him from the other two minifigures of the character.

The designer behind the upcoming Jurassic Park set has shared why the £179.99 / $199.99 / €199.99 model includes just one minifigure, and why it simply had to be Nedry.

"We talked about how many and who should the minifigures be, but with the covered car being the hero model, it was obvious that it had to be Nedry," said designer Henrik Saaby to Bricksie.

Those four Jeeps from the film are often driven by different character, including Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant. This gave the LEGO Jurassic World design team a few options for minifigures to feature in 77984 Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler, but it was determined that Jeep 12 was the main model of the set, and that it therefore had to be Nedry.

Given Nedry's few minifigures previously, offering collectors another chance to pick him up is logical and sure to be appreciated, even in a more expensive model. The fact that it's a more expensive, display-focused model also introduced some limitations regarding the number of minifigures that could be included.

"Normally, when we have these kinds of sets, we only have one minifigure in there, so we chose to have him," Henrik continued.

While it is true that the majority of 18+ display sets include just one minifigure, if any, there are several examples of sets which feature more than one. This includes 10300 Back to the Future Time Machine, 10327 Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter and 76968 Dinosaur Fossils: Tyrannosaurus rex.

Those first two are some of the only sets based on their respective franchises, whereas Jurassic Park has a whole theme (though it mostly sticks to Jurassic World). Looking at the 2026 wave, you can pick up different versions of the Jurassic Park cast based on their later movie appearances. Nedry never made it beyond the first film, meaning his only chance to be featured in a set this year was going to be in either 77984 Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler or 77985 Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops.

In fact, you can pick up Jurassic Park Ellie Sattler and Alan Grant in 76968 Dinosaur Fossils: Tyrannosaurus rex, which is still available. Whichever way you look at it, Dennis Nedry was the right pick for the single minifigure in 77984 Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler, though an expanded selection would have been ideal.

77984 Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler will be released on May 7 for £179.99 / $199.99 / €199.99. It is available to pre-order now, but will not qualify for the current restaurant gift-with-purchase.

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