Dinosaurs 101 Mr Brachiosaurus

 Colorado's own....
 Mr. Brachiosaurus

 
Hello! I'm a herbivore from the Jurassic period. 
I have a long neck so I can eat the good leaves 
on trees! I'm a sauropod too!






Brachiosaurus: brake-e-o-sore-us
Sauropod: sawr-uh-pod

The largest known land animal that dined on leaves and plants. A dinosaur characterized as having a small head , five toes, and a neck like a giraffe.

Did ya know that in 1903 Elmer S. Riggs found some fossils in western Colorado of this guy and named it "Brachiosaurus" meaning "largest known dinosaur?" If you knew that, then you probably also know that Brachiosaurus had 52 teeth which were perfectly made for stripping leaves from trees and plants....

And.... if you knew that, then you know that Mr. Brachiosaurus lived 156 to 145 million years ago?
Of course you know he weighed about 25 tons and needed to eat about 800 pounds of vegetation a day to maintain his energy and weight? Not only that you know that Mr. Brachiosaurus was 40 - 50 feet tall (which is as tall as the Strater Hotel) and his neck was at least 30 feet long?

If you know all that, then you know that he was never bullied about his front legs being longer than his back legs? He was never bullied for having such a tiny head either!Check out the picture below to get an idea of how big his "hand" was...

Brachiosaurus
Hand fossil
New Mexico museum of natural history
Image By: Isaac T Valdez 

2013 Breyer

 Dudley was talkin to me when I walked in the door this morning!

Giddy Up on in here Cowpokes! 

The new Breyer 2013 trucks are here!

I've never seen him so excited!

 

Dudley has been really excited the past couple of days as the 2013 Breyer line is arriving in Durango!

It's quite an event from the time we place the order, receive the tracking info and follow the boxes across the country until they come in our front door!

 It looks like 4 boxes out ran the rest of the herd and came in a day ahead of the rest. We couldn't wait to open them either, so we didn't! Can't wait till the delivery man comes in today!

Word of the Day

          Fantabulous: [fan-tab-yuh-luhs]

Excellent, wonderful, even could be EPIC !

      It's a fantabulous day for a photo shoot in the jungle!

The phrase: "It's a Fantabulous night for a Moondance" is in a song by Van Morrison. 

Word trivia!

 

The Penny Candy Story

One our shelves now from local author 

Wanda Murray!

This is a delightful story about a little girl who needed to satisfy her sweet tooth but also decided to share all her candy as well.

The author, Wanda Murray, is a wife, mother, and Grandmother who lives in Durango and frequents Durango Toy Depot quite often with her daughter and Granddaughter. 

Her Sweet Pea enjoyed her stories so much Wanda decided to share her stories with as many children as she can. Stop by and get your official autographed book! 

We're proud to be the first store in the world 

to place this gem on our shelves!

Goofiest Toys Ever!

This has got to be one of the Top 100" craziest toy inventions of all time! 

The Swing Wing! It's got such a groovy song that sticks in your head!

This is a game that was banned in the US! From my own personal experience I know why! 

It was the last day of school and I think it was the last day of 4th grade. My brothers and I went out in the backyard before dinner and started to play Jarts. We had a nice grassy knoll of a backyard with lots of space for the game. 

I decided to throw a Jart Granny style.... this was not a wise move! The giant dart travelled up over the corner of the 2 story house and began its descent in the neighbors driveway... in slow motion! Soon enough gravity assisted the giant dart to land point down through the roof of the neighbors car!

We quickly gathered our game and went into the house as if nothing happened. We did try to retrieve the dart but couldn't reach it in the center of the car roof, we left it and ran....

A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and our neighbor standing there with a giant dart in his hand.

Needless to say, Jarts were banned at our house!

Boredom Busters

 Whoa! How cool is this? Blue Diamond Astro Jax have the brightest LED lights in each of the jax that will illuminate the room and amaze your friends and family! Learn some really cool tricks from the CD or make up your own patterns! The possibilities are endless and these Jax will test your coordination. I've learned that when you mistakenly stand to close to what you're doing it smarts for a minute!

 Any day is a good day for a spot of tea, cookies, and great company. Whether it be the company of your dog, your cat, your hamster, and your brother or the company of all your bestest stuffed animal friends, you'll be sipping tea and toasting the afternoon in style!

In one afternoon YOU could learn a trade that could pay for your college education or even that new car you've been dreaming of! All the basics are right here, including a balloon pump to assist in the art! (Really, have ya ever tried to actually blow up one of those long skinny balloons?) Learn to 

make a sword or a flower or a                                                      groovy hat. The choice is yours!  
It's all in the wrist, I mean, twist!

It's great to be me!

How Cool is this?

On any given day I never really know who is going to come in to play, or ask for a toy consultation, or who is going to stop by just to goof off and take a break from their day.

Oh sure, I try not to play favorites but I enjoy the everyday surprises of hearing the door open and seeing a new favorite walk in! Friends and I-just-met-you-friends seem to know where I am.....

Goofing off today (while on her lunch hour) was our good friend from Balloons Galore, Sue Smith! She's been thinking about new balloon creations that we may use in the far future and the not so far future. The part I like best is that she usually gives me her creation of the day! This is a clown mask she made (who better to model it right?) thinking she can make any kinda mask.

I would agree, I think she can AND probably will!

When I'm done modelling the mask, I'll give it to someone who least expects it! By then, a whole bunch of people will have their picture taken with the mask on and it will become a spectacle in and of itself! That's an example of "Instigating Fun." Yup, that's why I get up in the morning!