Monday, June 23, 2014

Where fibreglass dinosaurs go to die

One further indulgence in the world of ugly life-sized models before our illustration-reviewing service resumes (Asher's got a corker coming up by the look of it, and I'll probably be able to squeeze a VDA out in the near future, too). Earlier in the year, Niroot and I visited Blackgang Chine to gawp at their newly mobile dinosaur collection. While a few of the old stodgy static models do remain, we did wonder - what happened to the rest, not least that most memorable of mascots, The World's Derpiest T. rex?

Well, Arron Swaffar, aka The Nutters Productions, found out...


One would've thought that Blackgang wouldn't miss out on the opportunity to make a crafty few quid by auctioning off bits of their beloved old dinosaurs, but no - here they are, broken up and heaped on a cliff top out of sight of the public. The film doesn't need disconcerting music and echoing voice samples to shock - for any fan of Blackgang and/or ugly '70s dinosaur models, this is heartbreaking stuff.

By the way, there really is an abandoned house in an area owned by the park - long since left behind in the face of unstoppable coastal erosion. And now it's haunted by a caveman family. Brrr...

10 comments:

  1. Are these the same ones Blue Peter covered being winched in by helicopter in the 1970's?

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  2. Nooooo!!! How COULD they!?? :( Truly devastating.

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  3. I visited those aged 5 and loved them! Sad news.

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  4. Those are some awfully creepy models

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  5. The Dinosaur models from Chessington Zoo ( now Chessington World of Adventures ) are also long gone since about the '80's . Impossiby tall & upright T-Rex , but the Stegosaurus was quite good . They both featured in a Grange Hill episode .

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  6. The Dinosaur models from Chessington Zoo ( now Chessington World of Adventures ) are also long gone since about the '80's . Impossiby tall & upright T-Rex , but the Stegosaurus was quite good . They both featured in a Grange Hill episode .

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  7. The Dinosaur models from Chessington Zoo ( now Chessington World of Adventures ) are also long gone since about the '80's . Impossiby tall & upright T-Rex , but the Stegosaurus was quite good . They both featured in a Grange Hill episode .

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