Dinosaurs

[Arran]

Re: Dinosaurs

I'm intrigued why out of the thousands of dinosaurs that existed only a small number are popular and familiar. You would even have difficulty finding a baryonyx - despite it being Britain's national dinosaur. I once had a toy polacanthus.

[Twocky61]

Re: Dinosaurs

Dinosaur's are cuddly really; despite the reputation they have lol

[Richard1978]

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I remember having a Dinosaur phase in the mid 1980s, my parents bought some models from the Early Learning Centre as well as a few book on them.

[Arran]

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I have verbally been informed that the Natural History Museum sold dinosaur themed products in the 1970s but when did they become commonplace in the High Street? When did schools first have books about dinosaurs?

[Twocky61]

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Maybe The Flintstones brought dinosaurs to the public culture; their pet dinosaur Dino

[Arran]

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I think it was the enormous success of Jurassic Park that really raised the profile of dinosaurs into the public consciousness in the 90s.

I'm well aware of the success of Jurassic Park but I'm sure that toy dinosaurs and books about dinosaurs for kids were available in the 1970s. There was the cartoon Denver the Last Dinosaur in the late 1980s which seems to imply that kids must have been familiar with dinosaurs at the time.

[staffslad]

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I think it was the enormous success of Jurassic Park that really raised the profile of dinosaurs into the public consciousness in the 90s.

[Arran]

I know this sounds a bit silly but when did dinosaurs enter popular culture? In the 1950s you would struggle to find any dinosaur themed products but in the 1990s they were commonplace.