TOY ANIMALS & CREATURES

These, squishy dinosaur eggs are egg-shaped and XL egg-size, but the thing that makes it so cool is when you squeeze them, a baby dino appears in the bubble that pops out of the “X” in the end. Our resident paleontologist and Amazing Critters Department Head, Grace, has personally identified grey, green and yellow eggs, all about 2-3/4” x 2”, containing baby triceratops, pteranodons and t-rexs. How fun are they to squeeze? We started writing this description 47 minutes ago. Just a few more squeezes and we’ll be done. There.

This hard-plastic ducky is like a rubber ducky, but with a pull-back mechanism that makes it roll on its own. Who doesn’t love a pull-back duck? In authentic rubber-ducky yellow with (2) rubber wheels on the bottom, independent suspension and no fuel required. No batteries, either. This thing basically drives itself. Let’s see a rubber ducky do that.

A bunch of seagulls is a flock, but a bunch of crows is a murder. Hey, we don’t come up with this stuff—blame the ornithologists. If you’re into black crows, and want a murder of them, these rubbery plastic figurines are nicely detailed, and approx 2” x 1” each, in different poses. You’ll get (4) in a handsome 3-1/2” x 2-1/2” x 1-1/2” box with a nest in it. Black crows only—no flocks of seagulls, eagles or yardbirds.

You know how every once a while you just need a standard grab bag of a dozen roaches? This is for those times. Our critters are rubber, each approx 2” long, and (9) of them are neon/glow in the dark. The other (3) are good ol’ classic roaches. Super gross and fun. Don’t act like you don’t want a bag.

Squeeze this squishy version of the eight-legged tardigrade, aks moss piglet, aka water bear, and it takes up to (9) seconds to slowly morph back into shape while you feel your stress disappear like the cashews in a bowl of mixed nuts. Measures 4-1/2” long in green with the squeezability of a marshmallow. You probably don’t even know you need it, but you’ll know you needed it once you start squeezing it.

This goldenesque rubber chicken can talk! Actually, squawk. Known as the Shrilling Chicken, it’s 11” long, in chicken-skin goldish color, complete with goose bumps, a squish me tag and don't forget the gaping mouth. Squeeze it for hours of humorous, attention-grabbing squawks. Work it into your stand-up routine or sneak it into parties. You’re hilarious!

To be honest, these are some of the chubbier unicorns we’ve seen, more glue-factory grade than Black Beauty (Shut up, unicorns are too part horse!). But that makes them all the cuter and more fun to squish. They come in sets of (4) and the first ones we pulled from the magical unicorn crate were purple, blue, pink and rainbow. Who knows what you’ll get! Each has gelatinous little balls inside, like the tapioca balls in bubble tea. Unicorns are about 4” tall x 2-1/2" long x 2” across, and you can ignore the included service card from Punkdog.

The mouse is back! After an extended absence (due more to supply problems than to any rodent-eradication program) the gray rubber mouse is once again available. A hair under 3" long with a 4" long tail, he's diminutive and detailed -- and ready to move into Sis's underwear drawer!

You may well have wondered where the boneless chicken breasts in your local supermarket come from. The answer is from boneless chickens. And we have some life sized rubber models of the birds to prove it. Modeled from life, they are shown plucked and as they might appear hanging in the poultry store window. Seeing is believing, at least in Missouri, so get one and look.

These gray plastic gargoyles, in creepily authentic detail, are great for cathedral models and graveyard dioramas as long as they’re miniature. Figurines measure about 1” tall. You’ll get (4) of them in an attractive 4” x 3” x 1-1/4” box with a flip-open top and a display window. Great for anyone who wants to add a little goth to a home or office. 

Maybe. Could also be a stegosaurus, triceratops or something else--that’s part of the fun of paleontological parenthood. Just submerge the 4-1/2” tall ersatz dinosaur egg into cool water and wait 48-72 hours while it cracks like a real egg and the baby dino grows to a be a foot long. If your mother won’t let you skip your bath for a few days (they’re like that, mothers, no scientific discipline), just use any container bigger than a 12” dinosaur.

Much as you’d like to keep Junior occupied with real snakes at this point, preferably rattlers, “society” has a real problem with that. Instead, keep the kid occupied with this plastic multi-colored snake-like fidget toy. It’s 3/8" wide x 20” long fully extended, with green, blue and orange links that make satisfying clicking sounds and allow Junior to make various shapes. Hours of fun! Ages 5+.

At least that’s what someone told us in junior high. And now we can do it again with this giant rubber earthworm that’s 1" wide at its plumpest x 15" long. Unlike our worm in junior high, this one stretches to more than 7 feet! Don’t stretch it too long or you might rip it. And keep it off painted walls, fabric and wood, because like real worms, it might stain. Also comes with educational facts on the package so you can learn while you pull. Ages 3+. ! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

No little electric warrior’s wardrobe is complete without this XS 100% cotton T-shirt featuring everyone’s favorite dinosaur (and certain dinosaurs’ favorite glam band). The outlined ferocious dino and “Here comes trouble” logo can be colored with fabric paint or markers, so go on, bang a gong!

Our T-Rex isn’t actual size, weight or texture, but all of those are good things! Measuring approx 20" tall, weighing in at (1) lb, and feeling as plushy as a teddy bear, this lovable beast comes in different natural colors, mostly browns and greens. It won’t win any “realistic” awards, as its head is kind of rounded like a gopher’s. But we love the pointy cloth teeth, and its generally plushiness, and its sorry-not sorry attitude.

From a company with one of our favorite names, Icky Yuckz!, this anatomically correct, stretchy scorpion won’t pinch or sting any kids—no matter how much they tug on it. Made of red or black rubber, it measures about 10-1/2” long and will stretch to more than 3 feet. Easy to stick in a pocket, too. Ages 6+

From Rainbows Educational Toys, this 7" long caterpillar/slug is the hottest toy on TikTok videos. Not that we spend all day watching TikTok videos. And so what if we do! The toy is made of numerous domed segments in increasing and decreasing size, and in assorted colors. Critter’s silly face somehow reminds us of Buddy Hackett, but maybe you’ll see someone else. Either way, the thing is mesmerizing, almost impossible to put down. It flips, flops, twists, curls and wobbles in your hands. Could be the next fidget spinner. Ages 6+. ! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

When your Faustian rubber duckies want to sell their rubber souls to the devil, this is the Devil Duck they call. In traditional devilish red, with black horns and tail, it measures 4-1/2” long x approx 3-1/2” from waterline to horn tips, and is cute as the dickens.