Dino the dinosaur. A longtime Green Bay icon and fixture at the corner of Lombardi and Ashland. This was the original mascot of the Sinclair gas station chain. I can remember in the early 60's Sinclair even gave away green bars of Dino soap after they filled your car (no self service then) with 26 cent per gallon gas. Man, am I a dinosaur! In the past, Dino was stolen a few times by pranksters and once couldn't be found for a few years until someone reported seeing him up North back in the woods. Since his return and theft proof lock down Dino, now adopted by Shell, has been transformed into a Packer mascot donning a variety of Packer apparel including the occasional Cheesehead hat. At the current $3.76 per gallon gas/self service price do you think Shell might make enough profit to at least bring back the free soap?
Me and some friends were some of those "pranksters", we only moved Dino to the middle of Ashland for the night. He was safe and back home the next day. They did however secure him to the ground after that incident.
ReplyDeleteGreat! I also remember one year as a April Fools Day joke The News Chronicle newspaper published a doctored photo of Dino hanging from a flagpole. And this was before photoshop was available
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