The Dino takes ages to unpack and open. It's not difficult, there's just a lot of tape and then the Dino's feet are fastened on by plastic pegs. You'll need 2 x AAA batteries too, so I can't call this one entirely Christmas-morning friendly. Once the batteries are in though, he's away.
The Dino has an on/off switch and once 'on' he doesn't stop. He walks, growls and roars, and chomps his teeth and looks pretty ferocious. In a fairly cute way.
On the side of the Dino is a brightly coloured scar which stands out in dim light. He's got a great finish with dinosaur bumps and lumps and realistic lizard skin.
His eyes are very lifelike and very much the terrible lizard, but even so he still isn't too scary. Just scary enough to impress your 3-7 year old friends...
My 10 year old had a dinosaur similar to this when he was younger and he loved it. I admit the noise was a bit much at times, but mainly he'd just have it stomping back and forth up the hall keeping guard for enemies. He'd have been much more impressed with the Robo Alive Dino because it is far more 'realistic' and makes several different sounds and actually looks like he's roaring at you!
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| My 10 year old's recreation of "The boy on the back of the box". |
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I had a Major Morgan and a Tomy Chatbot that apparently drove my parents nuts lol!
ReplyDeletei don't remember any powered toys but had a lot of fun with my whoopee cushion!
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ReplyDeleteMy favourite toy when I was younger was a furby xx
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ReplyDeleteI had a casio organ and used to play it incessantly as I learnt to play my favourite tune of the moment
ReplyDeleteI had a wind up Fisher Price radio which I adored
ReplyDeleteit was a bunker that came with my action man,it made lots of gun noises and explosions
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ReplyDeleteI don't think mine were very noisy I mainly played with my doll house and my little ponies! x
ReplyDeletemy recorder which drove my parents mad
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ReplyDeleteMy favourite was a white fluffy cat that moved it's head and meowed a lot :) (i think it was like a fur real friends)
ReplyDeleteI can’t remember a noisy toy I had only my brothers who had a black robot toy
ReplyDeleteI loved my robot dog I took him everywhere with me lol 😂
ReplyDeleteI can't think of any powered but i loved polly pocket the most :)
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ReplyDeleteI had a karaoke machine which used to drive my mum (and possibly the neighbours) mad
ReplyDeleteWhen i was 10 my boyfriend bought me a love heart that played green sleeves. Loved that soo much
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ReplyDeletei had a remote controlled petrol car x
ReplyDeleteI played the trombone - does that count?!!
ReplyDeleteI had a handheld toy with a steering wheel that made car noises
ReplyDeleteI loved my Christmas Furby!
ReplyDeletei loved my keyboard couldnt play it properly and my mum eventually took the batteries out hehe
ReplyDeleteI had a xylophone that i liked to whack loudly.
ReplyDeleteI played the piano, by far my favourite noise, when I was upset after school I would go and thump tunes out on the piano for a while to calm down!
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ReplyDeleteMy Youngest son is Mad on Dinosaurs
ReplyDeleteMousetrap (lots of screaming from me and my brothers).
ReplyDeleteI had a red fire engine as a child that made the siren noise. I loved it so much that I bought one for my children. Didn't like it as much when they had it :)
ReplyDeleteMine were not noisy, I played outside mostly.
ReplyDeleteI had a keyboard that I love to play (bash about) loudly!
ReplyDeletei loved my furby when i was little
ReplyDeleteI actually had a little robot my dad gave me that made funny noises and went around on the floor. I think I still have it somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI think my mum and dad had it sussed because I cannot remember having any noisy toys!
ReplyDeleteI was happy with my back flipping dog, toys have come a long way since then
ReplyDeleteI loved my Recorder but nobody else did
ReplyDeleteMy favourite noise toy when I was a kid was Operation!!! When you hit the sides and that buzzer went off, oh my, as a kid, it frightened me!
ReplyDeleteI didn't have any powered toys when I was younger, noisy toy would have been my recorder
ReplyDeleteWe had a very old lego train which ran on some weird battery packs & we built a track between mine & my brothers room & used to send messages to each other when we were supposed to be asleep.
ReplyDeleteOmg I can't think of any powered toys I had!? Why is that? I had plenty of lovely toys - not as much as my kids have mind. My favourite was a lovely dolls house and a Barbie beauty salon/shop. Your question has made me feel old lol
ReplyDeleteI remember I had this weird tube thing it glowed in the dark and you turned it in your hand an it made a weird noise a bit like a light sabre. Although my parents would probably say my most annoying noisy was my clarinet haha
ReplyDeleteI adored my Speak and Spell but apparently it was loud and had an annoying voice.
ReplyDeleteI had a plastic red record player - does that count?
ReplyDeleteA little musical keyboard and book on how to play it - drove my mum up the wall but we all had them in the 1980's! x
ReplyDeleteA steam train that used to puff out steam. It was noisy and the steam smelled awful!
ReplyDeleteSIMON - I would play that for hours challenging my brother.
ReplyDeleteI loved my story telling mother goose
ReplyDeleteMy Tiny Tears with a pull cord, her laugh was fantastic
ReplyDeleteI loved my toy trumpet.
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ReplyDeleteI had a keyboard I loved it
ReplyDeleteI had a stylophone,an electronic keypad in the 70's. Was atrocious
ReplyDeletemine wasnt noisy as i had barbies
ReplyDeletemine was Dream phone, i can still hear 'he looks good in whatever he wears', loved that game.
ReplyDeleteMy brother's Scalextric set
ReplyDeleteA electric guitar. It was very noisy
ReplyDeleteMine was my little keyboard!
ReplyDeleteI can't remember having anything especially noisy, I did use the ZX Spectrum on the telly quite loudly ;)
ReplyDeleteI learned to play the recorder and I thought it sounded great but nobody else liked it!
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ReplyDeletethis is lovely
ReplyDeleteI had a toy piano which I thought sounded wonderful but I bet my parents would have disagreed
ReplyDeleteAn electronic keyboard - i used to play for hours with that!
ReplyDeleteThe only noisy game or toy I can remember from my childhood was "Operation"
ReplyDeleteMy Guitar. I was a bit rubbish.
ReplyDeleteah, my karaoke machine,,,, my parents definitely regretted that present :-)
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ReplyDeleteI had a Police car that sparked - it was amazing
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ReplyDeleteA record player and one record, need I say more
ReplyDeleteI had a drum when I was very small but thinking back I don't think my parents really allowed us any noisy toys. They're happy to buy my son them though!
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ReplyDeleteI has a wind up TV - safe to say it did the job always proper wound me dad up it did x
ReplyDeleteI used to love this thing which used to jiggle around across the floor. No idea what it was called.
ReplyDeleteMy recorder! I thought I was fab but apparently not lol
ReplyDeleteI didn't have any noisy toys - honest!
ReplyDeleteA Doll which constantly said mama mama, when the dummy was removed.
ReplyDeleteI had musical carousel that my grandparents gave me. I loved it and thought it was magical, but my parents hated it.
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ReplyDeleteI had a really noisy herbie car
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ReplyDeleteMy remote control police car - it was the best thing ever
ReplyDeleteI had a purple keyboard
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ReplyDeleteFurby x
ReplyDeleteSIMON and I loved it
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ReplyDeleteMy furby! Although it used to annoy my sister so much she once hid it under all my clothes at the back of the wardrobe trying to shut it up LOL!
ReplyDeleteA drum which my parents confiscated and a teddy that "broke wind" with a very loud squeak until my Nan removed the squeaker in disgust
ReplyDeleteA recorder that drove my parents crazy much to my amusement lol x
ReplyDeleteI loved my tamagochi it blinked and beeped all night, when the first one died I was totally distraught LOL
ReplyDeleteI loved my furby. Everyone hated it though😂
ReplyDeleteMy recorder was a very noisy toy.
ReplyDeleteMy teddy ruxspin cassette player toy, it used to move its mouth like it was reading the story.
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