Cretaceous Period meets the Wild, Wild West in this ride-on T-Rex costume, one of the most outstanding Halloween costumes I've seen this year. And one of the most outstanding mixed metaphors I've seen ever.

The giant ride-on dino gets its formidable size from the cowboy him/her/themself, who must have some skills with the stilts to be able to wrangle T-Rex through the party in this costume. Those who doubt their ability to maintain balance and coordination on a pair of 31" stakes - especially after hitting the witch's brew - might consider playing ventriloquist to one of animatronics designer MCD Dino's dinosaur arm puppets instead.

For wranglers up to the challenge, you'll have control over T-Rex's head and neck functions in addition to his legs. The mouth opens and closes, plus syncs up with built-in roaring sound effects. However, you won't be able to move his itty bitty front arms to walk around offering up high-fives and challenging Hulks and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to pushup contests. Bummer.

Total ride-on T-Rex height is 8'7", and length is 14'10".