User blog:RobinCarr/A History of the Dinosaurs in Tiny Village

In the beginning there were none!
Unless you played Tiny Village from its earliest beginnings, you probably do not know that there was a time when there were no domesticated dinosaurs at all! Of course, there have always been vicious T-Rex dinos stomping meanly in the surrounding jungles - but these have proved impossible to domesticate!

And then there were six!
On November 16th, 2011, TinyCO announced something new was coming to Tiny Village.

And it goes rawwwwwwwr!

 Over the next week, the Dino Den and the first six dinos were unveiled.

 From these pictures we recognize the first six dinos:

Note these founding dinos are all in fact real dinosaurs. The mammoth and the other mammals do not make an appearance until later.

Dino Fever! Dino Tease!
By November 23rd 2011, Dino Fever is gripping every village!

"How do we get dinos?"

On the 24th, Derek at Tiny Village is forced to explain: "We have not released dinos yet. It's an upcoming feature."

And still on December 1st, the dinos are not quite ready!

 " Sorry about the Dino goals that popped up teasing some of you. Dinos aren't QUITE ready yet, but they're coming very, very soon ;) the goals should be hidden again, but they'll be back. We'll post up another screenshot and some info in a bit!"

Six Dinos Arrive with Version 1.6
Finally on December 2nd, 2011 the much anticipated first six dinos are released. And look at this amazing crystal reward offer back in December 2011! Yep, that says 1000 crystals!

Dino 7: The First Non-Human Mammal Arrives in Tiny Village!
On December 9th 2011, TinyCo announced the seventh "dino", which it turns out was actually a Mammal!

"What's fluffy with a long trunk and big ears? The newest Dino, of course. Erm... mammal. Rupert's not too keen on taxonomy yet. But now you can get a baby Mammoth in the Dino Den!"

Now there are four commons and three rares.

Dino 8: Another Non-Human Mammal Arrives in Tiny Village
The very next week, an 8th "dino" is added, the rare Sabretooth !

Indeed TV posts the following simple announcement on December 15th, 2011. It's just: ''' "Raaaaaaawr!" ''' - - and the following picture. Works for me!

Seems with these last two dinos, the Age of Mammals has arrived!

Now there are four commons and four rares.

How Much is That Dino in the Window?!
Before we leave the year 2011, let's summarize.

In that first month of December 2011, a total of eight dinos were introduced to Tiny Village.

Prices have varied considerably since then. Hope this 50% off sale announced December 29th, 2011 does not give anyone sticker shock!

How Much is That Dino in the Window?!
Hmmm, back then 299 crystals was the "hugely discounted" sale price! Yikes!

A New Year Brings New Dinos
The year 2012 has seen a huge increase in the number of dinos!