Educational Insights Triceratops (GeoSafari Dino Digs)

by Educational Insights

Product Features

• Unearth prehistoric life
• Let kids excavate dinosaur skeletons from "fossilized" rock
• After digging them out, assemble parts into a complete Triceratops skeleton
• Perfect for shelf display or dino battles
• Ages 7+

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 9 x 3.4 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BQJNQK
• Item model number: 5177
• Our recommended age: 7 - 10 years
• Manufacturer recommended age: 7 - 12 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,053 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #67 in Toys & Games > Learning & Education > Science > Geology & Earth Sciences
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Four fascinating paleontology sets let kids excavate and assemble complete dinosaur skeletons from “fossilized” rock. Perfect for shelf display or dino battles. Features excavation tool, dust brush, wax adhesive, and 32-page guide with instructions and facts about each dinosaur.

Product Description

Series of four fascinating paleontology sets lets kids excavate and assemble complete dinosaur skeletons from "fossilized" rock. Perfect for shelf display or dino battles! Kit features excavation tool, dust brush, wax adhesive and 32-page guide with instructions and facts about each dinosaur. Look for other Dinosaur Dig kits, sold separately.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun toy to get your kids curious about dinos, March 12, 2008

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Nimrod Hoofien (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Educational Insights Triceratops (GeoSafari Dino Digs) (Toy)

This is a great toy for kids and their parents to share. I did the dig with my 5 years old daughter and we both had a blast and got our game room thoroughly dusty. Was totally worth it...

The box includes a block of sand stone that you dig through with a plastic tool and a brush. Both tools were a little small for me but worked fine for my daughter. We added a second tool set from our play-dough set and a regular painting brush so we could both dig together. overall time to complete is about 2 hours if you take it slowly and act like its a real dig (as in don't lift the block and only chip away at it from the top).Once we recovered all the pieces we put it together (definitely requires grownup help here) and it now rests happily on one of her book shelfs.

Overall its a fun activity and the booklet that comes with it is also pretty nice (additional activities and some descriptions of the dinosaur.

Note that the product sold on Amazon is just one box and not all four.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic,Fun, and Educational, December 14, 2008

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R. Nimitz - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Educational Insights Triceratops (GeoSafari Dino Digs) (Toy)

This is so fun. Just like the real thing. Hours of fun for the whole family.D-REX Interactive Dinosaur

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GeoSafari Dino Dig by Educational Insights, September 20, 2011

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At the Fence "Lori" (USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Educational Insights Triceratops (GeoSafari Dino Digs) (Toy)

I highly recommend this product. It is a little messy, so be prepared. Both my daughters loved working on this and finding the bones. You would here them talking as they used the tool, "Here's another one!". And after finding all the bones, they get to put the dinosaur together and have it on display! This is a product we would purchase another of which is great, because they have other dinosaurs available. Once again a great product from Educational Insights! See my full review here:[...]