Best Dinosaur Toys for Boys and Girls - Raah

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The Best Dinosaur Toys - 2011 - 2012

Kids love dinosaurs. We've found the best dinosaur toys for 2011. And we're looking out for the top dino toys for 2012 too. Bestseller: ZipBin Dinosaur Playset to store all those dinos. We've got dinosaur Lego and Playmobil, dinosaur puzzles, Dinosaur Train toys and lots more. These recommendations come from a family with two dinosaur mad boys.

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Whether it's for a birthday or just because, we've found 10 top dinosaur toys that every dinosaur mad boy or girl would be delighted by. Actually we've cheated and put a few alternatives or related items in for each of the 10 categories.

We've got dinosaur toys to suit toddlers and preschoolers through to older children and even adults who still love dinosaurs - and why not! There's a toy (or several) here for every dinosaur fan.

VTech Switch & Go Dinos

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New! Lego Dino Dinosaur Range 2012

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New Dinosaur Toys for 2011

You'll find lots of brilliant dinosaur toys on this page, first we'll highlight the brand new dinosaur toys for 2011.

New! Imaginext Dino Riders

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New! Uncle Milton Dinosaur Train Toys

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New! Dino Dan Toys

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Top Dinosaur Toy

Our best selling dinosaur toy

Need storage for all those dinosaur toys? We have a Dinosaur ZipBin, it's great for keeping a big dino collection under control. And our collection is growing all the time!

Neat-Oh! ZipBin Dinosaur Medium Play Set
Neat-Oh! ZipBin Dinosaur Medium Play Set
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Dinosaur Toy #1: Dinosaur Train Toys

Uncle Milton Dinosaur Train Toys

The Uncle Milton Dinosaur Train toys are new this year and focus on scientific thinking. Excellent.
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Dinosaur Train InterAction Buddy

Learning Curve Dinosaur Train - InterAction Buddy
Learning Curve Dinosaur Train - InterAction Buddy
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The Dinosaur Train InterAction Figures are very popular. InterAction Buddy and his friends have lots to say and you interact with them in different ways. Great fun - they get excellent reviews and we think they're great value for a popular themed toy.

When you have more than on Interaction Figure they interact with each other! These interactive characters make great gifts for siblings. Or buy one your child and ask a relative to buy another one.

Dinosaur Train InterAction Figures

Buddy And Tiny, Boris, Ned and Tank

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Dinosaur Toy #2: Lego Dinosaurs and K'Nex Dinosaurs

Lego Duplo Dino Valley

Lego Dinosaurs - T-Rex, Triceratops, Pterodactyl and babies

LEGO Dino Valley
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We love Lego Duplo Dinosaurs. They're a great choice for toddlers and little kids who love dinosaurs as they're brightly colored, big and chunky.

We have the Dino Valley set, it's great fun. The jaw moves on the big T-Rex and the kids love hatching the baby dinos out of their egg.

Lego Duplo Dinosaurs

Best for Toddlers and Preschoolers

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K'Nex Dinosaurs - 20 Model Building Set

Or, for a dinosaur construction toy for older children, aged 5+ we recommend K'Nex Dinosaurs. Full review below.
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Dinosaur Toy #3: Playmobil and Imaginext Dinosaur Playsets

Fisher-Price Imaginext Dino Rider Dinosaurs

The Fisher-Price Imaginext Dino Rider theme is new for 2011. Find out more about these toys here: Fisher-Price Imaginext Dino Riders
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Playmobil Volcano with Triceratops and Baby

Paleontologist Roleplay

Playmobil Triceratops with Baby
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Just what a young boy wants - dinosaurs and an exploding volcano! Paleontologists and dinosaur bones too. A big hit in our house.

See our full Review of the Playmobil Volcano with Triceratops and Baby.

Playmobil Dinosaurs

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Dinosaur Toy #4

Dino Dig T-Rex

Excavate a Tyrannosaurus skeleton

Educational Insights Tyrannosaurus Rex (GeoSafari Dino Digs)
Educational Insights Tyrannosaurus Rex (GeoSafari Dino Digs)
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Dino Dig kits are great for the future paleontologist. You have to excavate a dinosaur skeleton from fossilized rock!

Brilliant fun and will keep them occupied for hours. And they have a neat dinosaur skeleton to display at the end.

Dinosaur Dino Dig

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Dinosaur Toy #5

Melissa & Doug Dinosaurs Extra Large Floor Puzzle - 48 Piece

Big Dinosaur Puzzle

Melissa & Doug Dinosaurs Extra Large Floor Puzzle - 48 Piece
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There are lots of dinosaur puzzle around but we've selected those that really stand out from the herd. In our house BIG dinosaur floor puzzles are always popular. And an interesting box or case encourages them to put it away afterwards.

We have quite a few dinosaur puzzles of varying levels of difficulty. They get played with regularly. They would happily do the same ones over and over, but I like some variety!

This Melissa & Doug Dinosaurs Floor Puzzle is a big favorite with our younger son. It was his favorite Christmas present last year even though at 2.5 he needed help to complete it.

Dinosaur Puzzles

Dinosaur Jigsaws

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Dinosaur Toy #6

Board Games: The Dinosaur Game

Board Games: The Dinosaur Game
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Dinosaur board games are a great way to share your kids excitement about dinosaurs. Great for siblings and cousins and when friends come to play.

Our 4 year old has a dinosaur board game. He's at the point where he can follow rules, but doesn't like losing ... Definitely a life skill he needs to learn. Hopefully dinosaurs will help!

A Dinosaur Board Game

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Dinosaur Toy #7

Leapster Digging for Dinosaurs

Leapster Dino Game

LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Scholastic Digging for Dinosaurs
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The Leapster is a brilliant first games console designed for kids.

And the Digging for Dinosaurs game gets superb reviews. It's full of facts and puzzle solving. Recommended for age 5-8.

LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Scholastic Digging for Dinosaurs and Accessories

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Dinosaur Toy #8

Dinosaur ZipBin

Dinosaur Playmat and Storage

ZipBin Dinosaur Playset
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Dinosaur figures are always popular. We've found the Schleich dinosaurs to be superb quality and brilliantly detailed.

Once you build up a collection of dinosaurs it's good to have a dinosaur playmat and somewhere to store your dinosaurs. The Dinosaur ZipBin is both. It's a dinosaur playmat that zips up into a storage box. Brilliant. We've got one of these and it works really well. It's great to know that you can have all those dinosaurs packed away in seconds.

ZipBin Dinosaur Playset + Scleich Dinosaurs

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Dinosaur Toy #9

Dino Dan Toys will be very popular in 2011

Dino Dan Toys
Official Dino Dan toys will be coming out in Fall 2011. But there are lots of dinosaur expert role play toys to keep kids happy and learning until then.

Dinosaur Paleontologist Costume

Dinosaur Activity Ideas

Tan and Brown Junior Explorer suit with Embroidered Cap, Size 4/6
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How about dressing up as a paleontologist or dinosaur hunter? For more ideas, we have a whole page dedicated to Paleontologist Costumes.

Still stuck for ideas? Here are a few of the best dinosaur things to make and do. We love the magnet diorama, looks amazing and lots of fun to play with too. We couldn't resist including this dinosaur viewfinder (remember those!). And we've included a couple of our favorite craft activities too. Have fun.

Dinosaur Things to Make and Do

Dinosaur Activities

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Dinosaur Toy #10

Fisher-Price Imaginext Spike the Ultra Dinosaur

Age 3-7

Fisher-Price Imaginext Spike the Ultra Dinosaur
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Spike the Ultra Dinosaur is controlled by a simple wireless remote. Kids will have great fun making him walk, open his mouth and blink his eyes. He makes dinosaur sounds and his spikes light up too.

Kids animatronic dinosaur are really popular. Be careful to choose one suitable for the right age group. Kota and Spike are superb for younger kids (3+). Screature is from age 4. While Crusher is for age 6-14 - he can be trained and performs lots of actions.

Animatronic Dinosaurs - Spike, Kota, Screature

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Dinosaur Toys on eBay

Cheap and unusual dinosaur toys

eBay is great for bargains, but it's also brilliant for unique toys that aren't around in the stores today. We've had some cool dinosaur toys from eBay that aren't made anymore.
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Comments

  • cffutah Jan 14, 2012 @ 2:27 pm | delete
    every boys toy.
  • WindyWinters Dec 30, 2011 @ 12:36 am | delete
    Boys love dinosaurs. You've found an awesome selection of toys!
  • desa999 Nov 10, 2011 @ 6:21 pm | delete
    Very interesting list, I didn't realise how many there were.
  • lemonsqueezy Aug 15, 2011 @ 7:45 am | delete
    Great list. I'd like to find some dinosaur flash cards. My son has tons of dinosaurs but I don't know what types they are.
  • LabKitty May 23, 2011 @ 2:54 pm | delete
    The dig kits are pretty cool.

    Raah!
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