Schleich Triceratops

by Schleich

Product Features

• True to life modeling
• Meticulously handpainted
• Made in compliance with all safety regulations
• Developed with the assistance of parents, teachers and children
• With the Schleich-S tag, symbol for the highest quality

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.3 x 8.5 x 4.5 inches ; 8.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000HZ07BU
• Item model number: 16452
• Our recommended age: 5 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 15 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,486 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Triceratops was a rhinoceros-like dinosaur. It walked on four sturdy legs and had three horns on its face along with a large bony plate projecting from the back of its skull (a frill). One short horn above its parrot-like beak and two longer horns above its eyes. It had a large skull, one of the largest skulls of any land animal ever discovered. Triceratops was about 30 feet long (9 m), 10 feet tall (3 m), and weighed up to 6-12 tons.This hand painted replica comes equipped with booklet containing scientific data about Triceratops and a figure of a human in the same scale, to facilitate comparison of the size. Sculpted in close cooperation with the Natural History Museum of the Humboldt-University Berlin.

Product Description

With its three massive horns, few predators would dare attack the Triceratops.

Triceratops, although it looked fierce, fed on plants and trees. For this reason, it was hunted by the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The front of its jaw formed a beak, similar to that of a parrot, which it used in cutting vegetation. Triceratops had three horns made of keratin, the same protein that composes fingernails and hair: the horns above its eyes were the longest, extending almost three feet. Since its head was equal to the weight of a small car and approximately one third of its body, its tail was also very heavy to keep its thirty foot long body balanced. Its legs were very strong, similar to an elephant's legs today.

Fun Facts: This dinosaur weighed almost as much as two school buses.

Zoological Name:Triceratops horridus
Conservation Status: Extinct
Primary Habitat: Forest
Global Home: North America

Scale: 1:40

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine dinosaur., December 22, 2008

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Nate R (San Jose, California) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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My daughter really loves Triceratops, so we had to get this one as well. We've had an early Christmas with one set of relatives, so she's already been playing with this 1:40 scale Triceratops & the 1:40 scale Stegosaurus.

Like the other dinos in this 1:40 scale range from Schleich, it comes with a little plastic man (unpainted) to show the relative size of the dino to a human being.

The Triceratops is a little dull in coloration compared to the Stegosaurus & even the 1:40 Allosaurus, not that anybody knows what colors these animals actually were in "real life". Length-wise, it's about the same size as the Stegosaurus, but you can tell the difference between the Stegosaurus' small head and Triceratops' enormous head. That physical difference, and the fact that these replicas are done in the same scale - it really gives you a way to picture the very real distinctions between these animals without having to take a trip to a natural history museum.

One more comment after a good amount of play: the paint isn't sealed in a durable manner, so with some dragging or rough treatment, the tips of the Triceratops' horns & beak-y mouth & tail have worn through to the lighter colored plastic. The plastic itself is durable, and with Daddy's hobby paints, it wasn't hard to make the Triceratops look like new again. However, it's probably not a good idea to give these dinos to a child who is in the "put everything into the mouth & chew on it" phase.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful replica, September 16, 2009

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CRH "Book Lover" (Chicago, IL) - 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 

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The triceratops is a great replica! Looks quite real. I highly reccommend it for any collector or the kid at heart who love dinosaurs. I really enjoy mine but believe this might not be the best to give to kids due to the wear and tear they can inflict on this beauty.

5.0 out of 5 stars triceratops, January 30, 2012

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Judie Fay (Cazenovia, NY) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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My 5 year old grandson loves dinos. This was very realistic and looks durable. He got about eight dinos from amazon.com and loves them.