Comments on Ferrous Lands: Marx Megatherium

This is a very nice sloth. I am with Eli on this ...

2009-12-23T14:36:02.432-07:00

This is a very nice sloth. I am with Eli on this one as the Giant Megatherium was one of my favorite prehistoric animals.

Nice Sloth... its not very often you get to say th...

2009-12-23T05:32:59.829-07:00

Nice Sloth... its not very often you get to say that in conversation, so i'll say it again. Nice Sloth!

If it is it's no longer on display these days....

2009-12-22T19:09:37.261-07:00

If it is it's no longer on display these days. It may be the Victoria museum though. We have several small museums with rotating exibits.

A good, if not tiny, museum in Seattle is the Burke. They have an annual Dino Day that is great fun for grownups and kids alike. They pull out all sorts of exibits from the back room and then have some of the university paleo guys come out to

Thanks. I saw mammoth skeletons at the Denver Natu...

2009-12-22T10:06:18.856-07:00

Thanks. I saw mammoth skeletons at the Denver Nature and Science museum last weekend, and I think the Smithsonian has a megatherium skeleton. I remember visiting a museum in Seattle (or was it Victoria, BC?) that had a big shaggy mammoth display. Is that your local science museum?

Great paint job and veyr believable. This is one o...

2009-12-22T09:57:43.166-07:00

Great paint job and veyr believable. This is one of my favorite creatures. We have a lovely speciman, a full skeleton, in our local Science Center that was recovered during an expansion of our airport's runways. I have always wanted to get one and paint it in Panda colors.

-Eli

Ha! Fun! You really do need to get on the Neandert...

2009-12-20T13:13:18.345-07:00

Ha! Fun! You really do need to get on the Neanderthals. :-D

Oh, I'm a big Mega Minis fan. I have almost al...

2009-12-20T11:43:42.469-07:00

Oh, I'm a big Mega Minis fan. I have almost all their animal sets. I hope the do some more prehistorics.

Mega Miniatures is a great place to get minis - th...

2009-12-20T07:05:34.159-07:00

Mega Miniatures is a great place to get minis - they have 3 prehistoric and supposedly more on the way:
http://stores.ebay.com/MegaMiniatures_Cave-Men-Dinosaurs_W0QQ_fsubZ17323027QQ_sidZ2577791QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322