New Jersey Theme Park Places Animatronic Dinosaurs on Fb Market as It Shuts Down

Have you ever ever needed to personal gigantic, realistic-looking dinosaurs to your yard? Now is likely to be your likelihood to scoop some up. Supplied you will have just a few thousand {dollars} mendacity round.

The New Jersey theme park Subject Station: Dinosaurs is closing Nov. 9, they usually’re itemizing all their dinos on Facebook Marketplace. There are a lot to select from, together with a 52-foot-long Spinosaurus ($2,900), a Hadrosaurus with eggs and nest ($2,450), and a shiny blue Parasaurolophus ($2,410).

Among the dinosaurs have restricted motion and voice containers, together with controls. And all the things should go, in accordance with the park.

“The place do 30 plus dinosaurs go when their park closes?” Man Gsell, the park’s government producer, instructed NewJersey.com. “Hopefully to a superb house — or possibly just a few sudden locations. We’re able to let the general public make their finest gives. Simply make certain you’ve obtained an enormous yard.”

The theme park opened in Secaucus in 2012 however needed to shut down in 2015 to make manner for a brand new highschool that was being constructed. Subject Station: Dinosaurs moved to the Henry Hoebel Space of Overpeck Park in Leonia, New Jersey, in 2016.

The dinosaurs vary in value from about $500 to nearly $3,000, relying on the dimensions. Listings for the dinosaurs note that “Consumers are answerable for all deinstallation and delivery/transportation prices,” whereas explaining that the theme park “will prepare to have all vital tools on website. Dinosaurs out there for pick-up after November 9.”

The theme park lately appeared on a Fox actuality present known as The Fixer, the place struggling small companies get assist, however it clearly wasn’t sufficient to maintain this New Jersey attraction round.

Anybody who desires to see the theme park for its final hurrah nonetheless has a chance. There’s the “Jurassic Petting Zoo” Sept. 27 and 28, the place guests can get up-close encounters and “wonderful photograph ops” subsequent to the dinos.

And there’s a particular “Dinosaurs After Darkish” occasion taking place Friday and Saturday nights from Oct. 3-25 between 7:00 and 9:30 pm.

From the theme park’s website:

A spooky, humorous and thrilling journey for the entire household that includes a lantern lit tour of the park, video games and actions the place everyone seems to be a winner, and The Dinosaur Séance, a mysterious thrill journey into the shadowy realm of dinosaur ghosts. America’s solely Mesozoic medium and Cretaceous conjurer will probably be our information as we journey into the Jurassic (Spirit) World and summon the long-lost spectres of the prehistoric dearly departed. Generally scary, generally humorous however at all times stunning, the present options new puppets created by the acclaimed fabricators at Palmieri Puppets.

On the finish of the evening, everybody will collect across the campfire for a dinosaur song-a-long with the Dinosaur Troubadour. An exciting journey you don’t need to miss. Restricted tickets; reservations extremely beneficial.

The park can also be internet hosting a “Canine & Dinos” day on Monday, October 13, from 10 am-5 pm, the place guests are allowed to carry their canine.