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Need a dino for your garden? Theme park in the US is selling its animatronic dinosaurs

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A family visits Field Station: Dinosaurs outdoor theme park in Leonia, N.J. on Sept. 28, 2025. Thirty-one animatronic dinosaurs on display at the theme park Ñ including some that growl and roar Ñ are for sale. (Lanna Apisukh/The New York Times)

The Field Station: Dinosaurs theme park in New Jersey, the US, is closing and putting up more than 30 animatronic dinosaurs for sale.

PHOTO: LANNA APISUKH/NYTIMES

Dodai Stewart

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NEW JERSEY – The stegosaurus, almost 9m long and described as “housebroken”, is selling for US$1,260 (S$1,620). The adult triceratops – US$2,230. A life-size Tyrannosaurus rex – almost 12m long, 5.5m tall, “slightly used” and “well-loved” – will cost you US$2,700.

A dinosaur theme park in Leonia in New Jersey, the United States, is closing in November, and with it has come an unusual opportunity for dinosaur enthusiasts and anyone else interested in adding a bit of prehistoric panache to a boring backyard.

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