Where to buy Dinosour Toys for Christmas

busymumof3 · 20 September 2006 at 12:06PM

My 2 and a half year old seems to have acquired a liking for dinosaurs (and a nice roar!) He has a soft dinosaur (Rex from Toy Story) and also a rubber crocodile from Peter Pan! Was thinking of expanding his admittedly not huge collection at christmas.

Have had a look on the ELC site and am a bit taken aback at the cost of their plastic models £6 each. Wondered if anyone had come across more reasonably priced but good quality dinosaur models or toys in a dinosaur theme suitable for his age. A set of good sized models would be a great start.

Am in the NE of Scotland so may not have access to some high street shops but shop a lot online. Have looked at Woolworths and Argos and not found anything.

Many thanks.

Just edited as I looked back at the ELC site and most larger models are £6, small are £3 so not as awful as I first thought. Don't know what I was looking at at first!

chatta · 20 September 2006 at 12:16PM

I just looked at the Natural History Museum site, google it (I'm not good at links) they have some there, but out of stock :rolleyes: Maybe they might have some in soon

or you could call to see

busymumof3 · 20 September 2006 at 12:31PM

Oh that looks good. Wouldn't have thought to look here. Thank you. Models are £6 each so more or less same price. The soft toys look really lovely, and more realistic than most so am really tempted by these.

dumpy · 20 September 2006 at 4:14PM

Ooh the Natural hisotry site is great, I love the soft diplodocus. If I buy it for my nephew I wonder if it'll get passed on or whether he'll take up residence with me? Quite faniced a pair of dino wellies but not in my size.

vicker · 20 September 2006 at 4:34PM

I found a bag of plastic dinosaurs in Tesco for £2.75. About 20 in there, a decent size too. Bought some for Christmas.

Rachie_B · 20 September 2006 at 5:21PM

yup was going to recommend tescos

they have quite a few different size sets in my local one

also if youy arent averse to second hand try ebay / car boot sales

gingin_2 · 20 September 2006 at 5:32PM

Amazon have lots of dinosaur bits including the plastic models.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_pg_2/202-0170262-1732666?ie=UTF8&keywords=dinosaur&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Adinosaur%2Ci%3Atoys%2Cn%3A595314&page=2

nickyc_2 · 20 September 2006 at 5:45PM

http://www.nhmshop.co.uk/dinosaurs/category.html

have added link to NHM, incase anyone else wants it. have brought from there before & was really pleased with the stuff...shame it wasn't for me.

fsdss · 20 September 2006 at 6:28PM

my sons large box of dinosaur collection has come from car boot sales. plenty of varieties of dinosaurs that didn't go a miss of a spot of milton soak costs less than a fiver i reckon. i always see dozens of them for 10-20p each

homersimpson_3 · 20 September 2006 at 7:41PM

Natural History Museum- they are good quality and reasonably priced- solid items.

lil_me · 22 September 2006 at 8:36PM

£1 shops, car boot sales, ebay, https://www.purplepuffin.co.uk

Where to buy Dinosour Toys for Christmas

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