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Dino Construction Company – Brachiosaurus Backhoe – Boom

The Kids Discuss the finer points of Boom and Spike

I was sent four Dino Construction Company toys from Educational Insights to play with and review. I saw them at Toy Fair and had to check them out in our home.

When I was a kid I loved the Fisher-Price Adventure people, these were fantastic toys to play with. I would play with them down at my grandparent’s house on the Cape. I’d play with them on the beach for hours. They had no electronics and there was not story behind the toys, they were just fun and I used my imagination playing with them. This is what I want for my kids and I look for toys that will force them to use their imagination to play. If they can use their imagination they can play anything anywhere. Continue reading Dino Construction Company – Brachiosaurus Backhoe – Boom

Boom Likes the Taste of Hot Wheels


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I was playing with Andrew today and we were playing with the matchbox and hot wheels cars that we have around the house plus the Dino Construction Company toys that we have in the play area. I discovered that a shorter Hot Wheels car fits inside the mouth of the dino called BOOM. Wrecker can hold at least two and probably many more than that, however my son kept putting his hand in Wrecker’s mouth and I was unable to accurately check. We had a bunch of fun making BOOM eat the cars. He really does enjoy these toys and I’m glad they are so well made that they are going to last as he grows up.

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