New Jersey theme park selling life-sized dinosaurs on Facebook Marketplace

Been debating on whether to finally add that 40-foot T-Rex to your front lawn? Well, now’s probably the time to jump. Field Station: Dinosaurs, the Bergen County dinosaur-themed park set to close in November, recently listed two-dozen of its animatronic attractions on Facebook Marketplace. Everything from the life-sized Stegosaurus ($1,260) to the horned-headed Triceratops ($2,230) to the genuinely frightening T-Rex ($2,700.) The long-necked 75-foot Apatosaurus ($2,860), a long-necked, late Jurassic Period herbivore would require serious backyard real estate. And don’t sleep on the soaring Pterodactyls Pteranodon ($850), a flying reptile with a 20-foot wingspan and gaping maw. Made of steel, rubber and foam, and listed in “fair” to “slightly-used” condition, the marketplace ads join the “For Sale” signs plunked in front of some of the prehistoric creatures. In May, park founder Guy Gsell announced that his park, located in Leonia since 2016, would close Nov. 9. Before the announcement, the park had been trying to raise $25,000 to operate as a nonprofit. “The finances of the park had become problematic and the lease was up — it was just time,” Gsell said Friday in an interview. He’s trying to find good homes for the dinos, he said. Since listing them
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