I bought a toy dinosaur last week.
In fact, I bought quite a few new toys, but the dinosaur is the only one who has made it out to play.
I’ve fallen in toy love, all other toys (temporarily) abandoned in favour of this new flavour.
I really love my dinosaur. I’ve even written him a haiku.1
I have a new toy
A dinosaur, so awesome
Plastic fantastic.
Dino exploring the Tate Modern, London
I’ve wanted a LEGO dinosaur for quite some time and stood in the LEGO store in London last week, I was unable to contain that desire anymore and HAD TO HAVE ONE! Right there! Right then! Even if it meant having to buy a completely ridiculous set to get it! (And that’s not to mention the fact that for a solid 15 minutes, I was going to buy the Duplo dinosaurs as well! Sense prevailed, and my purse thanks me, but the need for dinosaurs was real!)
Dino love
Since getting my dinosaur, he’s pretty much the only thing I’ve wanted to photograph.
He’s been back to London and he’s been exploring across the garden. It’s like a magnetic need to photograph him exploring this brave new world he’s found himself in. I can’t stop (probably won’t stop) having him to hand, ready to pull out at a moments notice, ready to make any scene that bit more dino-tastic!
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- A most fabulous friend!
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- Dino underfoot
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- Dino at the Museum of London
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- Dino hike
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- Swamp monster
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- London Underground, Covent Garden. An oddly empty platform.
I’m not even sure I know quite what is so appealing about photographing this dinosaur. What I do know is that it is pretty cute, and it has an oddly expressive face (for a LEGO figure that is). It also pops out of scenes so nicely! Especially against the greys of a city. Even in a green garden, there’s just something magical about it!
Join the club
I also don’t seem to be alone in having fun with toy dinosaurs!
There is a range of dino-centric hashtags on Instagram and G+ to explore other people’s dinosaurs!
Have you checked out #toydinotuesday, #raptorpack or #toydinosquad? There are also some pretty awesome, cute and scary dinosaurs under #toydinosaurs! There’s a whole world of toy dinosaurs out there to investigate!
Join the toy dino party! We’ll provide the music!
Do you suffer ‘chosen toy’ syndrome? Do you get a new toy and only photograph it, or are you good at playing with all the toys in your toybox? Are you a fan of the toy dinosaur? Let us know in the comments
- It should be noted that I took no more than 5 minutes to compose this masterpiece. So no judging on poetic composition please! 😉
Your photos have made me fall in love with that dinosaur too! 🙂 I can see why you like him so much – his expressions and poses are wonderful!
I am a big fan of the LEGO dinosaurs. I took quite a few photos of them when the Jurassic World sets came out in 2015. I just recently got the new Jurassic Park set, so I’m hoping to get some photos of it soon 🙂
Lynn
I love the LEGO dino! And your photos show why. I look forward to seeing more dino adventures from you and… Does he have a name yet?
I am inspired to go get me a raptor now!
hahaha oh Lizzi, you have big ol’ crush on Dino! It’s delightful! You even wrote him a haiku!
I love the dinos too and agree that they are really expressive. Look out for the monthly raptor meet-ups every 22nd of the month on IG by @tds_rex. They’ll issue a unique hashtag to use that month.
Looking forward to more delightful photos of your dino!
I think that someone who composes haiku for a toy dinosaur needs many, many more toy dinos (yep, even Duplo ones). Welcome to the slippery slope of toy dinosaur photography Lizzi.