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A Dinosaur Head That Roars When You Open Your Mouth

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A Dinosaur Head That Roars When You Open Your Mouth

A T-Rex head mask with lit eyes, a jaw that moves with yours, and two sound modes — a low rumble and a full roar.

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  • sound effects
  • halloween
  • movable jaw

What Is This Thing?

A full-head T-Rex mask in mottled green and grey, with a yellow lower jaw, a full set of teeth, and eyes that light up. The jaw is hinged so it moves when yours does.

The sound is the part worth explaining. It has two modes triggered by how far you open your mouth: open it slightly and it produces a low breathing rumble, open it wide and it roars properly. You are not pressing a button. You are operating a dinosaur with your face.

Why You Don't Need It

It is a mask that makes noise. You will wear it a handful of times, it takes batteries, and the sound will become the reason someone asks you to take it off.

At twenty-three dollars it is also a lot of money for an object you cannot see out of very well.

Why You'll Buy It Anyway

The two-stage trigger is a genuinely clever bit of design and it changes the object from a costume into a puppet. A mask that roars when you press a hidden button is a gadget; a mask that rumbles when you breathe and roars when you shout is a performance you can actually play.

The listing photos show two children in them squaring off, and that is the correct use case — this is not really an adult costume, it is a toy that happens to be head-shaped.

A Dinosaur Head That Roars When You Open Your Mouth — photograph 2
A Dinosaur Head That Roars When You Open Your Mouth — photograph 3

Who It's Actually For

Children of roughly six to twelve, who will get an order of magnitude more out of it than any adult. Two of them is better than one, for reasons the listing photographs make obvious.

It also works for anyone who has to entertain a room of small children and would like to do so without speaking.

before you click buy

Check the battery type and whether they are included, since the lights and the sound both depend on them and a silent T-Rex is a much weaker object.

Check sizing against the intended wearer. Masks built for children's heads are uncomfortable on adults, and the listing shows it mostly on children.

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