Pleo dinosaur – A Ugobe Life Form (Senario)

Dinosaur toys don’t get much more high-tech (or cuter!) than this electronic baby sauropod, the so-called ‘Pleo dinosaur – A Ugobe Life Form’ from ‘Senario’. The Pleo dinosaur has more special features than you can shake a palm frond at and it’s sure to be a christmas hit this winter! It represents a baby Camarasaurus, and as Ugobe Life forms go, its very acurate. There are even some videos of this little guy in action on the following link: Available here($) . Also available in the UK here (£) EDIT: According to the comments on this blog, some people are having trouble locating this item, it is also available from Argos in the UK Argos.co.uk and Ireland Argos.ie

Deinonychus (Statue, Kinto)

Twenty years ago, dromeosaurid toys were almost non-existent. Then came Jurassic park and ‘raptors’ became symbolic dinosaurs, but all of the toys, like the movie monsters, were scaley. Dromeosaurs are now known to have had feathers. This 1/10 scale of Deinonychus (‘terrible claw’) is an accurate representation of a real (rather than a movie) ‘raptor’. The arms are tucked into the body like wings and the body surface is covered in feathers. Available here