Japanese company Coptiar Japan Co. has struck gold with http://www.copitar.co.jp/06/ that make it possible for people to enjoy tapping away at blocks of sand to find “fossils” that can be assembled into a dinosaur.
“Up until now the only type of excavations sets were either cheap or expensive,” said a public relations official for the company, which has set the price of its kits at a moderate 2,940 yen including tax.
The kits feature a block of hardened sand containing dinosaur “bones.” Using a hammer and chisel, users chip away at the block to uncover the bones, and then put them together to form skeletons of various dinosaurs, including the tyrannosaurus and the triceratops.
I’d have loved these as a kid.