About the Stegosaurus
Dinosaurs are possibly one of the most appealing historical things to children. The Stegosaurus, with its distinctive row of kite-shaped plates rising vertically along its back, is one of the most easily identifiable of the dinosaurs. Pronounced STEG-oh-sore-us this plant eater lived about 150 million years ago in the Jurassic Period. Its name means roof lizard and it was 9 metres long (about the size of a bus!). It also had a very small head and brain for its size and spikes at the end of its flexible tail.
.Actively doing something is far more effective than just being told, kids love to learn through play. I was really thrilled to hear that my son’s school were learning about dinosaurs all this term, because I am personally a bit of a fan. In fact I even had a dinosaur birthday party! THE GREEN BOARD Co do a lovely range of dinosaur products and we were very excited to be able to review the Robotic Stegosaurus.
About the Robotic Stegosaurus
Bring to life your own walking and roaring Stegosaurus, with just 77 pre-cut wooden pieces a sound controller and a motor.
No glue or tools are needed (apart from a screwdriver to insert the batteries). Recommended for ages 6 and over (however I do feel a 6 year old would struggle to do it alone).
With step by step instructions it really is easy to assemble. Although the instructions and pieces of wood could be labelled in a more logical order.Not suitable for small children due to the small parts. The final product is sound activated – clap once to make it roar, move and bite; twice – roar, move quickly and bite, and three times roar walk and bite. Roughly it took an hour to build.
You can then paint the product a colour of your choosing. I think this is a great opportunity to head for the books, the internet or even the Natural History Museum to take a look at what colours dinosaurs really were.
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Now you really can walk with dinosaurs, as also available in the Robotime range are Robotime T-Rex and Robotime Triceratops, as well as the Robotic Mammoth.
WIN a Robotic Mammoth by watching the video and answering the question in it and follow the Rafflecopter below.
UK only
E: 30/04/2014
We received a free Robotic Stegosaurus and Robotic Mammoth in return for a review. All thoughts are my own.
our grandsons love learning new things especially 7 year old Ben who has a very inquisitive mind
That is so weird but so awesome! My kids would so love that!
Looks complicated but fun!
ohh this sounds like a challenge, very nice!!
I like creative projects to keep the kids happily occupied
will make my boys busy:)
This appeals to me because, when I was a child, I started to buy one of those magazine which gave away segments of a dinosaur, which you were supposed to collect and build. It looked similar to this. But, as most parents will find out at some point, the price of these magazines increase as the week go on, i.e. it’s a scam. So I never finished it. Therefore, it would be nice to win this for my little cousin, so he could actually build it and complete it. Which is an experience I didn’t get 🙁
I think we would paint it brown, and try and make it as realistic as possible.
I like things like this to let the kids use their brains as they work out how things go together.
This products will allow my children to be creative and express the imagination! I would pain the mammoth pink but if my girls were to paint it, they would probably choose every colour under the rainbow!
Looks brilliant – love things like this that keep the kids (and parents) occupied for ages! The end result looks great! I would paint it green!
I love the fact that it is something crafty i can do with the kids , they would love t x
I have shared on facebook!
I’d try and keep it true to life and paint it a brown or an orangey brown like Manny from Ice Age. It does look a bit complicated though so I’d better do it and not leave it to the hubby! 😉
my eldest loves making things, lego etc so i think this would be perfect for him! my youngest loves dinosaurs so he would have just as much fun watching him make it
My grandsons love dinosaurs and would love this. My son was always making dinosaur models and he would love to help the boys with this. I think they would paint it green
Looks challenging but fun x x x
Looks like a lot of fun, my boys enjoy playing with dinosaurs (like their dad).
Green! This looks like exactly the sort of thing my nephew would love to do with his dad.
creative projects which keep me occupied and my mind entertained
hours of fun with my daughter
the grandchildren would love it
this looks really creative and different something to get them away from the tv and games .i would paint it blue as it is my sons fave colour
liked and shared paultons peppa pig post
its very creative and i would love to paint it orange 😀
love creative projects to inspire young minds
It is just so incredibly cool! And because you can paint it yourself, it would appeal to my daughter who likes to be girly without being girly…so it would have to be pink!!
Ooooh my Brodie would LOVE this. We’d paint it his two favourite colours – green and orange (which are sort of dinosaur colours, right?)
My girls would want to paint it pink and blue its their favourite colours
Making a wooly mammoth, that comes to life, out of wood – that is so clever and simple and that is what appeals! I would paint it brown like a proper wooly mammoth!
That looks great! Something for a rainy day in this house for sure… I am just thinking of the peace and quiet it will give me from both my son and his father whilst this occupies them! 😀
I love what you did with the video, that music, your questions, oh wow I got so involved. I was shouting green at the screen, then I realised it was a mammoth, so maybe brown would be better!
My nephew adores dinosaurs he would love this
Ooh that looks fun!
Wow, this looks amazing! I’ve seen model kits that you can make similar to that, but never heard of one that moves as well, fantastic and my son would really love it. I would paint it green I think.
I have a small boy (plus one or two teens) who would love this! How fab 🙂 I’d paint it red, just cos!
You’re a bit of a fan? Gross understatement of the year! Great product – love the way he moves at the end!
an ideal gift for my 13 yr old nephew
i love the fact that no glue or tools are needed as this saves a lot of mess and more time for fun, i’d pain it pink and purple!
This looks like such a good family effort task 🙂 I would paint it purple and my children would probably paint it orange and pink so it will look like a very pretty dinosaur hehe x
Wowsers! I’m sure I had something similar when I was little, but mine didn’t move or make noises!
Looks super cool & fun! Would have loved as a kid!
My pc speakers are broken so I can’t hear the questions in the video so I’ll just have to tell you i n at least 10 words:
‘because he looks like my great uncle hector and I’d love to add him to my ever-growing dino collection!’
Oh lovely. My son loves dinosaurs.
I think I had a dinosaur that looked a bit like that when I was little.. wonder what happened to it.. perhaps it got extincted. 🙂
I love wooden toys 🙂 like the idea of not using glue as it can get a bit messy sometimes. My dream job was to be a palaeontologist and I passed it onto my son who is obsessed ith dinosaurs more than I’ve ever been and it would be a fantastic thing for him to make one by himself 🙂
and we’d paint it orange 🙂
I shared this competition
The plywood “skeleton-like” models are really popular in this house but one with a motor – that’s really exciting! I think there’d be an argument over whether to paint it really authentic greens and browns or go mad and have a rainbow dino!
It appeals to me as I have 2 young daughters, my eldest is nearly 7 and she would love to do this with me and i’m pretty sure she would do something wacky and have it multicoloured
This would be perfect for my son, he loves dinosaurs and jigsaws so should keep him busy for a good while!
i love to make things and the more complicated the better
cool prize, something to inspire my girls!!!
This is the perfect thing to do on a rainy weekend with my daughter
my boy loves dinosaurs so this would keep him busy fingered for a while
my grandson who’s autistic would have hours of fun with this x
My nephew would love this sooooooo much xxx
its great that its something that would interest parents as well as the kids. i would paint it pink as thats lillie pops fave colour
i have shared the giveaway on facebook
I would paint him green. This appeals to me because it is good to get the children interested in something creative instead of being glued to their tablets all the time.
Because all kids love Dinosaurs and we would paint ours green
I love the fact that it’s a craft sort of toy and we could do it together and we would paint it green
my boy would love this
I like things like this that keep the kids occupied and help them learn
it will keep my girl occupied and help her learn more
its a mixture of fun, educational, historical and more that children…and adults I’m sure will enjoy
Most kids like dinosaurs so great idea! i’d paint it green 🙂
my son loves a chalange
This is great something to keep them occupied for a long time, and something they can go back to until it is finished, and at the end they have a wonderful dinosaur. It would probably be painted green,
We built a small plane at Christmas. We painted an airfix helicopter about a month ago. It’s time to march on to the Robotic Mammoth.
This looks fun and something that would keep the young ones quiet! We would probably paint it green.
This is a great idea for kids, challenging but fun and educational all at the same time.
My son would choose what colour to paint it, he’s mad on Liverpool so there’s a good chance it would be red and white.
My niece is a real tomboy, she’s into cars & dinosaurs and all the boyish things
Will keep the children quiet long enough for me to do my jobs and enjoy a sit down and a coffee sounds like heaven
i like the way it puts the fun into learning
My Daughter loves Lego this seems a more challenging concept to get the old brain cells working!
My daughter would paint it pink!
My boys Dino mad, we went to visit nanny in London last year and went to natural history museum couldn’t drag him away from dinosaurs! It would probably be dark green.
This appeals because it’s a toy that needs to be built before it can be played with, so it will keep little ones occupied for longer!
We would probably paint it purple because it’d match the living room!!
I know the kids will love building it and also playing with it. They would colour it red for danger
it teaches creatiity but helps them build new skills.its very different.
i thikn wed paint it multicoloured,a bit like elmo the elephant all different colours!!
My son would love this and painting, i don’t know, i’d leave that to him but i would paint it red
It’s make and do for big boys. My son would love it
Love this creative idea. I would paint it brown but my grandchildren may have other ideas. I doubt they would agree on one colour so it might end up a multi-coloured mammoth 🙂
I like the creativity of it, the actual building would appeal to my eldest where as the playing with it would appeal to my youngest. I think they would paint it a neon colour as that seems to be all the rage with them at the minute!
I would be great to make these with the young ones – I would paint it Green
my oldest loves dinosaurs and crafting so would absolutely adore this 🙂
My husband will love do help our son put this together, 2 occupied for the price of 1 !!!
its something that my 3 boys (diff ages) could create together
looks somuch fun
It’s a toy to be made giving much more satisfaction.
I love that it’s educational and fun – my daughter would love putting it together. I think she’d paint it rainbow coloured 🙂
challenging little hands and minds while educating
My twins love making things. This would certainly keep them busy 😀
Would love to win this for my husband and son, they both enjoy building things and my son loves dinosaurs at the moment, so would be a perfect Sunday afternoon activity for them while I get some peace and quiet!
I think my husband would want to paint it in greens and browns and my son would probably insist on blue!
i would paint it orangy browns but im sure my son would have other ideas like blue and red.
It’s educational, technical, creative and collaborative
My son would love this as he loves all things dinosaur!
My son would love this as he loves all things dinosaur!
My son loves “dinosaur Rex” as he calls it lol and he told me he will paint it red x
I think anything which children get to make and are able to play with them is awesome.
I love that my obsessed about dinosaurs son could get creative with this and knowing him he would paint it a bright colour, most probably his favourite colour blue
This is sure to keep the girls occupied! I think it would get painted pink!
We have the T-rex it’s d oily wife does the making so she will paint it pink
An activity that will keep my daughter busy for more than 10 minutes!
I would paint it brown and green like I think it would have looked like
l can’t believe that it is so quick & easy to build as it seems to be in the video.
Wow!! This looks challenging – Purple People eating dinosaur 🙂 xx
Love this , we normally do this sort of kit on a weekend as a family to learn something educational and join in as a group. I think they boys would probobly paint it green/brown.
Awesome. I have two little boys who would love one of these.
wow these are amazing, made them befor ewith my son and we loved them but the ones we’ve made before didn’t move. AMAZING
What appeals to me is its great you don’t need any tools, plus they can learn as they make. We’d go for red red red.
Love the way it’s a regular wooden toy come to life
This would be a wonderful thing to put together with my daughter. A lovely bonding activity
Great, a cross between dinosaurs and lego, building and fantasy skills.
I love the way it inspires learning 🙂 great fun too