[HN Gopher] NJ theme park puts animatronic dinosaurs on Facebook...
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NJ theme park puts animatronic dinosaurs on Facebook Marketplace
Author : ohjeez
Score : 123 points
Date : 2025-09-28 15:40 UTC (3 days ago)
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| happyllama wrote:
| Time to start a crowdfunding effort to help buy these for the
| Flinstone's Lady house off of 280 [1] [2]
|
| [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flintstone_House [2]
| https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/06/flintstone-h...
| lobochrome wrote:
| I've driven past that house a million times and always thought
| to look it up - and always immediately forgot again.
|
| Now you reminded me and I know the backstory
| Animats wrote:
| What, is that thing for sale again?
| mkl wrote:
| I don't think she needs crowdfunding:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Fang
| Scoundreller wrote:
| > In 2000, when the Hearst Corporation was facing antitrust
| concerns (including from Fang) over its acquisition of the
| San Francisco Chronicle, she acquired the San Francisco
| Examiner from them for $100 while also receiving a $66
| million subsidy from Hearst to run the Examiner for three
| years, becoming the first Asian American to own a major daily
| newspaper in the US.[4][7][5] In 2004, she sold it to Philip
| Anschutz for $11 million.[7]
|
| How do I get this kind of deal?
| rsynnott wrote:
| I suspect for every person who's bought a company for
| nothing, and ended up in profit, there are _many_ people
| who've bought a company for nothing, and ended up blowing
| millions on it. Unless you're really good at this sort of
| thing and/or lucky it may not be a deal you _want_.
| Workaccount2 wrote:
| The whole set of wealthy people is a small subset of the
| tried-to-get-wealthy set.
|
| Society has a hyper-fixation on the winners, and is
| largely blind to the much larger set of losers. "School
| of Hard Knocks", the social media channel where the kid
| goes around interviewing wealthy and ultra wealthy
| individuals about how they made it, has a very common
| theme: "Be willing to take risks".
|
| This pretty much translates to "I put it all on black 3
| times, and it hit 3 times". He never interviews the
| losers.
| OkayPhysicist wrote:
| It's not a subset, as there are plenty of people who are
| wealthy because someone up their family tree tried and
| succeeded at getting wealthy, and subsequent generations
| simply failed to be in the "actively try to get poor"
| set.
| conception wrote:
| By plenty you mean most. Class movement is generally a
| fiction.
| psunavy03 wrote:
| The difference is that "I put it all on black 3 times" is
| purely up to chance, whereas business is generally not.
| There is luck involved, but skill or at least expertise
| about what the market will support still comes into play.
|
| Someone who knows what they're doing has a much greater
| likelihood of success, unlike when you put it all on
| black.
| Workaccount2 wrote:
| Correct, you have to work hard and know what you are
| doing just to get a chance to sit at the table.
| bluGill wrote:
| It helps to have success. I know someone who the bank
| called (before I was born - likely 1960s) to buy a nearly
| bankrupt plumbing business. He turned the company around
| and sold it for a lot of money a few years later. However
| the banks called he has a history of success running
| businesses. He did a similar story with a trash pickup
| service a different time.
| seanhunter wrote:
| Most of the time when people acquire something for $1 or
| $100 or whatever the deal includes them assuming some of
| the existing liabilities. Sometimes you have to pay a
| consideration of value to make the contract enforceable but
| the $100 isn't what she's actually providing, she's
| probably underwritten some of the creditors or agreed to
| pay staff and suppliers or whatever. It's not actually $100
| is the whole amount she would have been on the hook for.
| fnordian_slip wrote:
| Damn, both her Wikipedia article as well that of her as her
| "archenemy" Rose Pak are fascinating (even though I don't
| like either of them based on what I read).
| hennell wrote:
| I misread that as 'her "archenemy" Rosa Parks' and had some
| concerns for a second...
| tetris11 wrote:
| Or to upgrade the existing ones at Crystal Palace park
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_Dinosaurs
| Nursie wrote:
| > Have you ever wanted to own gigantic, realistic-looking
| dinosaurs for your backyard?
|
| Yes, we have an approx 1-acre paddock next to the road that's
| completely unused and I really want dinosaurs!
|
| I don't even need them animatronic, static will do. There just
| aren't many vendors for this sort of thing. It's a shame that
| shipping from NJ to Western Australia is likely to be
| prohibitive...
| Buildstarted wrote:
| Might be cheaper to ship from here
| https://www.mcsdino.com/collections/animatronic-dinosaur
| ants_everywhere wrote:
| > There just aren't many vendors for this sort of thing
|
| There's always alibaba
|
| https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=animatronic%...
| SenHeng wrote:
| I expected 2 more zeros. That's cheap!
| ants_everywhere wrote:
| yeah me too! I thought the ones on facebook marketplace
| were cheap. It looks like they're about the same price new.
| bigiain wrote:
| You need someone to go and 3D scan them for you, then get your
| YouTube channel big enough for a Bambu Labs sponsorship.
|
| And a lot of filament. A _lot_ of filament...
| defrost wrote:
| Hey now, let's not forget the Australovenator
| Constructed from retired tools, machine parts and farm scrap
| collected throughout rural Western Australia.
|
| ~ https://www.jordanspriggsculptures.com.au/australovenator
|
| and a home ground culture that loves scrap metal* and Mig
| welders.
|
| * https://ictv.com.au/video/11144-stompem-ground-scrap-
| metal-t...
| Nursie wrote:
| I mean that is amazing, and I would imagine fetched a fair
| whack more than this theme park wants for its second-hand
| animatronics!
| phantom-guy wrote:
| Guys I'm about to revolutionize my living room
| userbinator wrote:
| Sounds like something that many YouTubers will want.
| shawn_w wrote:
| The Pacific Science Center in Seattle just threw their dinosaurs
| in the trash. At least these can go to a new home.
| shermantanktop wrote:
| The Science Center ones were reportedly in bad shape, possibly
| beyond reasonable repair, and quite basic in their construction
| and movement. Tail goes side to side, neck goes up and down.
| Nothing like what a modernized version would be.
|
| My kids remember them fondly but they were not amazing feats of
| art or engineering.
| potato3732842 wrote:
| Sure, but someone will still spend a few hundo on that and
| put it in their yard.
| Animats wrote:
| There used to be a place called "Lost World" on Highway 17 from
| San Jose to Santa Cruz with about thirty full-scale concrete
| dinosaurs. That roadside attraction folded in the 1970s, but the
| dinosaurs remained for years, slowly being hidden by growing
| foliage.[1]
|
| [1]
| https://www.facebook.com/groups/sanjosevalleyorchards/posts/...
| rokkamokka wrote:
| The link says the dinosaurs were sold and moved to southern
| california. Anyone know where they are today?
| roarcher wrote:
| A 52-foot-long animatronic Spinosaurus for $2900? Now that's a
| heck of a deal.
| pavel_lishin wrote:
| I was looking at buying one of these for my house, but (a) I
| don't really have time to deal with such a purchase, and (b)
| just transporting it back to my house would cost more than the
| damn thing itself costs!
| heavyset_go wrote:
| Perfect fit for the 53 ft tractor trailer you have lying
| around, too
| DanielHB wrote:
| It would probably cost more to landfill it
| turbosb wrote:
| the Spinosaurus is definitely the best deal of the bunch. If I
| remember correctly, it was the newest one and had the most
| articulation of the dinos.
| Stratoscope wrote:
| If you ever find yourself on Highway 101 south of Port Orford,
| Oregon, Prehistoric Gardens is a must-visit:
|
| https://maps.app.goo.gl/nncu1vYRtGoK83Rg6
|
| My sister and I went there with our mom and our dachshund Bismark
| when I was a kid. They had a "no dogs allowed" sign, but we
| figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. The guy in the ticket booth
| looked at Bismark and asked, "Is that a dog or a Texas flea?"
|
| We found out that Texas fleas were allowed in!
| shafyy wrote:
| Sounds like something John Oliver should buy on his show
| marcodiego wrote:
| There's theme park with animatronics dinosaurs close to where I
| live: https://alchymistprehistoricpark.com.br/o-park/
|
| Their argentinosauro is Huge.
|
| The perks of living in a big city.
| smcin wrote:
| Their argentinosauro may be huge, but can it dribble and score?
| zacharycohn wrote:
| There's no rule that says argentinosauro can't play
| basketball.
| smcin wrote:
| I meant soccer. The theme park is in Fortaleza, Brazil.
| neomantra wrote:
| Wow, this isn't far from me... I will visit soon and maybe snag a
| velociraptor! Thanks for the post!
| CarVac wrote:
| I saw this in Secaucus where it was in a pretty cool location.
| Then it moved to the town where I lived at the time and I
| wondered how much less interesting it would be in a flat field
| next to the public works department.
| RickJWagner wrote:
| If only shipping were cheaper...
| bluGill wrote:
| Dinosaurs had feathers. Or at least some of them did (evidence is
| hard to find when we mostly have bones, but a few feathers have
| been found preserved so we know for sure some did, but that
| doesn't mean all did). None of these do, including ones that we
| should expect would have.
|
| Those who want realism shouldn't buy these.
| yawnr wrote:
| Lol ok man
| NoSalt wrote:
| With Halloween coming up, I would LOVE to have one or two of
| these for my front yard. The HOA would have a conniption ... LOL!
| rcpt wrote:
| FB marketplace in Los Angeles has old props and sometimes it gets
| weird
|
| https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/811783558682707/
| kblissett wrote:
| Link is NSFW by the way.
| turbosb wrote:
| Sad to see it go, I spent the summer of 2019 there maintaining
| the dinos and repairing a lot of the controllers. It was a fun
| experience, and I have fond memories of the people there. I'm
| still a little tempted to buy one just for nostalgia's sake.
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