Dinosaur Train is a popular kids show on the PBS network. It is made by the Jim Henson company that specialize in educational type shows for preschool kids and even older children.

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Dinosaur train is an animated series that features a T-Rex dinosaur that is the same age as the audience for the show – a pre-schooler – as the main character. He tours around the dinosaur world on a train and in the process learns everything about dinosaurs. Learning curve have created many of the main characters, including the train and the T-Rex (called Buddy) so that kids can get more involved and make up their own scenarios.

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Kids are fascinated by dinosaurs whether it be movies like Jurassic Park or docudramas like Walking with Dinosaurs. They seem to be intrigued by the weird looking animals and amazed at the size of the creatures. The Dinosaur Train is a slightly more cartoon like experience but still teaches children about the creatures and the times in which they lived.

The Learning Curve toys are faithful recreations of all the characters that are in the animated series. So you have the baby T-Rex called Buddy. He looks kind of goofy and kind of cute. Not menacing like a real Tyrannosaurus Rex.

He is an interactive Dinosaur toy in a number of ways. The first thing about him is that you can press his tummy and he will talk to you about all sorts of facts about the Dinosaurs and the train. He can also walk and chomp of things with is jaws. He can recognize other characters in the train and talk to them.

Other important characters are Tiny who is Buddy’s sister. She is actually a Pteranodon (flying Dinosaur) as Buddy was adopted by a Pteranodon family. She also has SmartTalk technology  which allows her to recognize other characters and interact with them. She can do the same sort of things as Buddy when you press her. She also flaps her wings.

There are heaps of characters in the series including Boris and Ned. They are older dinosaurs – Boris is a adult Tyrannosaurus Rex and Ned is a teenage Brachiosaurus. They are much large than the baby characters. Boris is 12 inches tall and 21 inches from nose to tail. This is quite a big toy for kids around 3 years of age.

Like the baby characters, Boris and Ned are interactive and can do all sorts of different things depending on where you touch them. Boris can open his mouth and roar. He can walk (or rather stomp) around. He can interact with the other characters.

The final piece you might need to keep the kids happy is the train itself. You can place the dinos in the train and the kids can invent new landscapes and adventures for them to embark on. What’s more they will learn all about Dinosaurs at the same time.

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