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New Jersey theme park puts animatronic dinosaurs on Facebook Marketplace as it shuts down

Posted by asteroid
Tags: social media, facebook, usa.nj, business, theme parks, field station dinosaurs, animatronics, marketplace, retail.online, dinosaurs, closure, offbeat, author.matt novak, source.gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/new-jersey-theme-park-puts-animatronic-dinosaurs-on-facebook-marketplace-as-it-shuts-down-2000664489

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Authors
Matt Novak, Margherita Bassi, Gayoung Lee, Isaac Schultz, Isaiah Colbert
Published
Sep 27 2025
Word count
502 words

4 comments

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    DeaconBlue
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    Huh, those cost less than I would have expected. I don't know how much I expected, exactly, but it was definitely over the cost of a new macbook.

    Huh, those cost less than I would have expected. I don't know how much I expected, exactly, but it was definitely over the cost of a new macbook.

    7 votes
    1. MimicSquid
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      The real cost is going to be transport. Sure, you plopped down $2.5k for a life size robot dinosaur. Now what? Disassembly and shipping and reassembly and maintenance will easily be 10x the...

      The real cost is going to be transport. Sure, you plopped down $2.5k for a life size robot dinosaur. Now what? Disassembly and shipping and reassembly and maintenance will easily be 10x the original cost.

      11 votes
  2. asteroid
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    Just imagine the conversations you'll have with the HOA committee.

    Just imagine the conversations you'll have with the HOA committee.

    7 votes
  3. Earhart_Light
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    They should sell them to Edelman.

    They should sell them to Edelman.

    2 votes