Dinosaurs 101

We want to share with you one of the 

coolest moments in 

Durango Toy Depot history!

Meet Hans-Dieter Sues the Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. What's so special about this guy? As you can see, he's holding a very small dinosaur in his hand and he's standing in our store. These two, Spikey Stygimoloch and Hans have a lot in common.... in fact, I called Hans Spikey's dad! 

Mr Sues and his British counterpart discovered and named Spikey in Montana and Wyoming some 30 years ago. 

Stygimoloch means "demon from the Styx (Greek river of death), 

and is pronounced stig-ee-MOE-loch. 

Spikey liked to eat meat and plants, grew to be about 10 feet long, 

5 feet tall and weighed a little more than 400 pounds.

I was in awe that Hans' work resulted in the

 creation of a miniature TV star!

Toys and WW II

These 2 toys all have something in common with WW II.... do ya know this part of history?

                         Slinky was a spring designed to help stabilize the gauges on Battleships.... then someone discovers how much fun they are to play with!

Whoopee Cushions became very scarce during WW II because the same latex used to make these ghastly toys was needed for war supplies!