Random thoughts

[florduh]

Mine is still the Brontosaurus. When I was a kid it was sort of the standard dinosaur of popular culture so it was everywhere.

I stop at the Sinclair outside the Burbank Airport to top off every time I get talked into dropping someone off. It's fun getting actual dino-juice

 

[coolbreeze]

Wild to think things that's big just walked around doing their thing.

You heard of the titanosaurs? A few were even bigger than the thunder lizard. I can't accurately imagine a living thing that large. I need to go to more museums

I just checked it out and the biggest one is like 25% longer (at ~100 feet) and way more massive.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

I stop at the Sinclair outside the Burbank Airport to top off every time I get talked into dropping someone off. It's fun getting actual dino-juice

Actually saw the dinosaur from an old station during a road trip earlier this summer. It was pretty cool to see they still kept the mascot

 

[BeltedCoyote]

I just checked it out and the biggest one is like 25% longer (at ~100 feet) and way more massive.

Insane to think about, right?

Some of them would be eye level with some office towers. Insane

 

[coolbreeze]

I stop at the Sinclair outside the Burbank Airport to top off every time I get talked into dropping someone off. It's fun getting actual dino-juice

I haven't seen one in years. Maybe they still make/sell the green plastic dino?

 

[florduh]

I haven't seen one in years. Maybe they still make/sell the green plastic dino?

They didn't have them in the Midwest where I grew up and there were none in Florida. There's still quite a few around LA! More than willing to sell you $5/gallon dino-juice!

Sinclair DINO Store

Sinclair DINO Store

sinclairdinostore.myshopify.com

I stopped at that same Sinclair on the way home to Christmas and got a stuffed dino because I forgot a present for my friend's kid!

 

[Flotsam]

I haven't seen one in years. Maybe they still make/sell the green plastic dino?

i think these green plastic ones are from the 60s , I believe they had other dinosaurs available like a stegosauras

as well.

Now all i think they sell is a plush toy . Sinclair as a brand went away after being acquired by BP. Not i think they are mostly expanding to NY & NJ

 

[coolbreeze]

They didn't have them in the Midwest where I grew up and there were none in Florida. There's still quite a few around LA! More than willing to sell you $5/gallon dino-juice!

Sinclair DINO Store

Sinclair DINO Store

sinclairdinostore.myshopify.com

I stopped at that same Sinclair on the way home to Christmas and got a stuffed dino because I forgot a present for my friend's kid!

No plastic Dino, but the do have a bluetooth speaker, lol:

I was from the midwest and we never had them in town but they seemed to be in clusters elsewhere in the state. There were a few where my grandpa lived, about an hour away.

 

[coolbreeze]

i think these green plastic ones are from the 60s , I believe they had other dinosaurs available like a stegosauras

as well.

Now all i think they sell is a plush toy

I remember that stegosaurus!

We must have also had the Anklyosaurus:

 

[Flotsam]

I remember that stegosaurus!

i remember having a few different ones as a kid & evidently Sinclair had a big exhibit that went around like a Fairgrounds attraction. Dont know why photo is not showing.

I was kind of scared with the Pterodactyl

 

[coolbreeze]

i remember having a few different ones as a kid & evidently Sinclair had a big exhibit that went around like a Fairgrounds attraction. Dont know why photo is not showing.

I was kind of scared with the Pterodactyl

There was one station we frequented with the life-size fiber glass(?) one in front. That was cool af!

 

[florduh]

There was one station we frequented with the life-size fiber glass(?) one in front. That was cool af!

I don't know if I've seen a life sized Sinclair the Dino but many stations still have a little one out front

 

[Radwin Bodnic]