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

Have you ever ever wished to personal gigantic, realistic-looking dinosaurs to your yard? Now is perhaps your probability to scoop some up. Offered you’ve gotten a number of 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 lots 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).

A number of the dinosaurs have restricted motion and voice packing containers, together with controls. And every part should go, in keeping with the park.

“The place do 30 plus dinosaurs go when their park closes?” Man Gsell, the park’s government producer, informed NewJersey.com. “Hopefully to a great house — or perhaps a number of surprising locations. We’re able to let the general public make their finest affords. Simply make sure you’ve received 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 worth from about $500 to virtually $3,000, relying on the scale. Listings for the dinosaurs note that “Patrons are accountable for all deinstallation and transport/transportation prices,” whereas explaining that the theme park “will prepare to have all essential tools on web site. Dinosaurs out there for pick-up after November 9.”

The theme park not too long ago appeared on a Fox actuality present referred to as The Fixer, the place struggling small companies get assist, nevertheless it clearly wasn’t sufficient to maintain this New Jersey attraction round.

Anybody who needs 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 picture 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 trip into the shadowy realm of dinosaur ghosts. America’s solely Mesozoic medium and Cretaceous conjurer might 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 all the time shocking, 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 exhilarating journey you don’t wish to miss. Restricted tickets; reservations extremely really helpful.

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 canines.