Similar in manufacture to the miniature furniture kits are off-the-shelf dinosaur kits. These consist an assortment of wooden “bones” that can be put together as though it were a puzzle. (Figure 2) It is satisfying to bring form to a three-dimensional creature by putting together bits of wood. Like the furniture kits, all the parts are planar; they join orthogonally using a paired notching scheme to make a three-dimensional structure. As cute (or terrifying) as these models are, a drawback to both these kits (and other off-the- shelf wood models) is that you are limited to assembling.
