Exclusive Peek At ‘Dinotrux’ Season 5
An exclusive sneak peek at Dreamworks’ ‘Dinotrux’ Season 5, dropping on Netflix on August 18, 2017.
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GeekDad Q&A with ‘Dinotrux’ Showrunners Ron Burch & David Kidd
The fourth season of ‘Dinotrux’ is here (on Netflix now!), and we sat down for a quick chat with executive producers Ron Burch and David Kidd about where the show is and how far it’s come.
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Exclusive Peek at ‘Dinotrux’ Season 4
An exclusive sneak peek at Dreamworks’ Dinotrux Season 4, which drops on Netflix on March 31, 2017.
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‘DinoTrux’ Toys Giveaway
To coincide with the third season of ‘DinoTrux,’ we’ve teamed up with DreamWorks Animation, Netflix, and Mattel to do a giveaway of some of the latest toys just in time for the holidays!
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Exclusive Peek at ‘DinoTrux’ Season 3
It’s no secret that we here at GeekDad HQ are big fans of ‘DinoTrux.’ Season 3 drops on Netflix this Friday, but we’re thrilled to bring you an exclusive clip from the new season today. Enjoy!
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Toddler Gamer: ‘Dinotrux: Trux It Up!’ Review and Giveaway
‘DinoTrux,’ the Netflix original cartoon from DreamWorks Animation and the mind of Chris Gall, is one of our family’s favorites, so when the ‘Dinotrux: Trux It Up!’ app was announced, we downloaded it immediately!
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GBBP 69: Chris Gall
On this episode, we chat with Chris Gall about his inspiration for ‘Dinotrux,’ his involvement with the Dreamworks show, book trailers, owning your own work, collaborations…and stand-up comedy!
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Sunday Evening With Captain Owen Episode 032: ‘Baby Hazel’
Things have become a little crazy around here with the latest addition to our family, Baby Hazel! We start this episode with a sincere thank you to the folks over at Dreamworks for sending Captain Owen an awesome little care package of the die-cast ‘DinoTrux’ toys. Owen then sings a song to his new baby sister before holding her and making up some stories for her.
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Sunday Evening With Captain Owen Episode 030: ‘Dinotrux’
First of all, happy Mother’s Day to all the mom parental units out there. Today we talk a little bit about Owen’s ‘Thomas the Train’ collection before diving in to his latest geekdom–‘Dinotrux.’ We read the original ‘Dinotrux’ book by Chris Gall before also discussing the Netflix cartoon and related toys.
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Chris Gall: Geeking Out With Art
We’re thrilled to bring you a guest post by Chris Gall (author/illustrator of the ‘Dinotrux’ books, among others) in which he pulls back the curtain on his creative process and walks us through the steps required to bring a single image to the page.
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Sunday Evening With Captain Owen Episode 029: ‘The Jungle Book’
We saw ‘The Jungle Book’ yesterday and we had talk a little about Captain Owen’s initial reactions right after the movie. We discussed it again today and got very different feedback. We also sing a couple of songs and discuss Owen’s newest geekdom–‘DinoTrux.’
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‘Dinotrux’ Stop-Motion Film is Pretty Awesome
Stop-motion re-creation of the ‘Dinotrux’ opening theme! Yeah, the Internet is awesome.
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GeekDad Giveaway: Dreamworks ‘Dinotrux’ Goodie Basket
To celebrate the launch of ‘Dinotrux’ Season 2 on Netflix, we’re thrilled to offer you guys a chance to win one of THREE prize baskets. The basket will include a random assortment of 8-10 ‘Dinotrux’ toys and books!
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GBBP Unplugged 2: ‘Dawn of the Croods,’ ‘Star Wars Detours,’ and Dreamworks on Netflix
This week, it’s some well-orchestrated chaos as we talk about Dreamworks Animation shows on Netflix, the brand-new ‘Dawn of the Croods’ with executive producer Brendan Hay, and the ill-fated ‘Star Wars Detours’
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Holiday Gift Guide #1: Toys
Halloween is over, and it is once again time to turn our full attention to that which we call the Holiday Season! First up is a list of toys that we’ve played with, geeked out on, and raved about to our friends. Read on to see what we liked, why we liked it, and where you can pick one up!
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Great Big Beautiful Podcast: Episode 27 – ‘Dinotrux’
This week, we take another detour (sort of) and talk to Ron Burch and David Kidd about the newest Dreamworks show to debut on Netflix: ‘Dinotrux.’
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Visit the Mechazoic as Dinotrux Comes to Netflix
‘Dinotrux’ presents a world populated by both Dinotrux and Reptools. Each of the former is a combination of a real dinosaur and a specific type of construction vehicle (e.g., a triceratops/bulldozer mix or a T-rex/wrecking ball mix). The show is aimed at 4-8 year olds, and each episode was developed to be a 22-minute movie – your kid’s first action movie, if you will.
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