4M KidzLabs Dig A Dino Tyrannosaurus Rex, Paleontology Skeleton Fossil Dinosaur Discovery - STEM Toys Educational Gift for Kids & Teens, Girls & Boys

This toy is great fun. I suggest getting safety glasses for your little paleontologist to keep the dust out of their eyes. The plaster makes a bit dusty mess, so working on an edged cookie tray makes clean up easy. ;) For about the cost of a movie ticket, this toy provides hours of entertainment and gives you a skeleton toy to keep in the end.The pieces come hidden in the plaster rock. They are close enough together that once you did up one bone, you can usually see a bit of another poking out so kids stay excited about digging up the next bone.The kit comes with two tools, one is a hard plastic knife with a hammer at one end, the other is a small paint brush for clearing away dust and small plaster bits.The plastic bones are somewhat flexible and are resiliant to damage during the digging process. This is a great educational toy that teaches kids about dinosaurs, paleontology, anatomy...and patience!!!

We got this as a birthday present for our 5 year old granddaughter. She wasn't sure of it until she opened it and then she loved it. She spent several hours with her Pop Pop chiseling and brushing away the "clay". The 2 year old even joined in with the brushing. Be warned, it makes a HUGE mess. It's very dusty and even if you lay out newspaper, it's going to get red dust everywhere. I suggest that you wear old clothes when doing it. It's not an actual looking rock, but more of a brick looking item. It's a great activity for together and bonding time. It says that it's for 8 and up, but that's really because it has small pieces once it's apart and it's not easy to put together for someone under 8. We highly recommend it and actually she wants more. The only caveat would be the "stand" that it comes with is just a cardboard platform that is awkwardly folded and it won't stay together without taping it. So it's not really a stand to permanently display it.

Wow, this is messy! We got it for Christmas and the weather has been really wet. So we put this on the dining table and it took up a whole space for almost two weeks until mommy (that would be me) got tired of the mess and finished digging out the fossils. My kids are 6 and 4. What they don't have is the stamina to dig out the dinosaur all in one sitting. So they would take turns playing/digging but would tire after a short time even though they found all the fossils. An older or more determined child would be able to dig everything in one day.The mess was awesome. Dirt everywhere. And then more dirt. But it was fun. If you are a mom that hates messes and don't have a place to do it outside I don't recommend it.Anyhow, my 6 year old put it together. He only needed help with the hip placement and it's all holding together without any extra glue. It is not a toy, but a display piece.Great.

Uh...not sure how as an adult, let alone an 8 yr old, would be able to 'dig' out all of the bones without:A) creating an insane amount of mess - (curious how 'safe' the dust is for a child to inhale)B) damaging your table top, or any other surface you cherish, when cleaning up the 'sand' - wiping it down with a paper towel acts exactly like a coarse graded sand paper.C) breaking the bones you dig out...(although they are surprisingly sturdy).Having said this: it is exciting and time consuming for future archeologists to tackle. Its also pretty creative.PROS:Creative and time consuming...Cheap.Good quality bones: have gotten a leg, 2 arms and a half a rib cage so far (2 hours worth of digging with my help - I used a chisel and small hammer).CONS:Creates a huge mess and will damage any surface you set this up on (Suggest laying down brown paper - used during painting - to protect your surface.Bones buried in plaster literally hard as 'rock'.Would suggest power tools (joking but you get the gist).Tools supplied not sufficient enough to break through to the last bone.If you hate messes...think twice - may be more than you bargained for.Good luck!

Muy divertido, y la relación calidad-precio es excelente (me costó $170)

Great educational gift for kids! Great quality

Las imágenes se ven muy bien, lástima que son muy limitadas, vienen como 7. El producto es algo enclenque y las piezas siemñre terminan regadas por todos lados

Encantada. Un excelente artículo. Es exactamente igual a las imágenes. Debería ser más grande ;) pero por el precio es justo el envío.

Buen producto pero no he revisado ya que es para un regalo!