When I was a kid I wanted to be a palaeontologist. I had some great fossil sets back in the 1960's.
So too 2023.
My Grandson Moonbase Junior is walking the rocky road now as well. He wants to be a palaeontologist too.
The innovation is that Junior's modern fossil sets come with a huge chuck of concretion for bashing and chiselling.
Like my old sets though there are still great illustrated cards of our favourite dinos, T.Rex and Triceratops.
Inside the plaster block Junior chiselled out rather neat plastic model kits of them.
In another set all the hammering and gouging results in something familiar.
Small lumps of plastic containing insects.
In my day I had a toy set that made gloopy resiny pieces like this. You could add a key ring chain to the end. Just can't recall the name. Sound familiar?
They'll go well in his rocks and fossils cabinet.
I really hope Junior becomes a palaeontologist.
Or a geologist.
Or third on his list,
an astronaut!
Did you have a fossil hunting set as a kid readers?
The only old fossils in my childhood were my school teachers.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! I had a few too Terran. Memorable names among them were Miss. Standing and Mr. Strange!
DeleteI had Miss Bell, Mr Nunn, Mr Gill and Mr Sharpe. They all sound as if they were 'Mr Men' book titles.
DeleteI can beat 'Mr. Strange'.
ReplyDeleteOur woodwork teacher was called ... Mr. Daft !
I was howling at this Mish!
DeleteOh, and 'Bugamber'.
ReplyDeleteIs that the mysterious, lost, overly hot 13th summer month before September ?
Sure is! Its the one we're having now!
DeleteThe only real change in 50 years is the T Rex toys these days are no longer tail draggers and some even come with feather detailing!
ReplyDeleteAlas the tail dragging Brontosaurus is no more.
DeleteStill got tiny arms though. I wonder if they'd swap 'em for bigger ones!
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