Fossil Dice™: Made from Real T-Rex + Element Dice™
Created by Modern Awesome Labs
T-Rex Bone Dice and Scale Replicas made from REAL certified T-Rex bone fossils!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
We need your VOTE for your Certificates
7 days ago
– Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 10:12:39 AM
Hey Everyone, we need your votes for the Certificates of Authenticity:
Do we make Large or Small Certificates?
Our original plan for the Certificates of Authenticity was to print them on a full page (8.5 x 11 inches) but we have had many inquiries about if we could do smaller laminated certificates so that they could be more easily displayed next to your dice displays or easily taken with your dice case and handled by friends etc.
We need your votes! Would you prefer a full size 8.5 x 11 inch Certificate of Authenticity or smaller laminated Certificate (perhaps around 3 x 5 inches) so it would be more easy to display the certificate along side you item?
Most pledges on track for Late August Still
15 days ago
– Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 03:05:44 PM
Hey Everyone!
As per our last update most orders are still on track for late August. We had hoped to have some items possibly shipping out separately in the end of July or early August but it is looking like nothing will begin shipping until the end of August.
Below is an update by each different item category:
T-Rex Bone Inclusion Dice
The smooth surface dice cores are finished processing and now the silicon molds are being created off of those cores.
Expecting Shipping Date: Late August/Early September
T-Rex Pulverized Bone Dice & Scale Replicas
The finer pulverized bone powder is finished and ready. The silicon molds should be ready soon (we have to make about 500 sets of molds because they can only be used a few times without diminishing quality). We thought and hoped to have all those molds finished already but the initial D6 dimensions were wrong so we had to redo all the cores before making the silicon molds in mass.
Expecting Shipping Date: Late August/Early September
T-Rex Solid Bone Dice
We are testing the mass production jigs on the raw solid fossil bone cubes now. If those look good we will begin cutting all solid bone sets. We are also testing the laser engraving on the bone to see if it will be dark enough on its own or if we will need to paint all the numbers and logos after the laser etching of the fossil surfaces.
Expecting Shipping Date: Late August/Early September
Element Dice
Vanadium boards are ready to begin their CNC process next and the molds are being and prepared for the resin ingot element versions.
Expecting Shipping Date: Late August/Early September
T-Rex Displays and Cases
Molds have been finished and they will begin casting production now that the finer pulverized T-Rex bone powder has FINALLY finished processing.
Expecting Shipping Date: Late August/Early September
Regards,
Modern Awesome Labs
T-Rex Bone Inclusions are ready + Element Dice Raw Elements arriving soon!
about 2 months ago
– Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 12:05:14 PM
Hey Everyone!
Everything is moving along well! We have had a few minor delays with some of the mold and jig factories so we expect shipping to be delayed by 2-4 weeks from our original estimated ship date. Some orders we still expect to start shipping by the end of July as originally anticipated still and then we expect most of the rest to all go out in middle to late August.
Below is an update by each different item category:
T-Rex Bone Inclusion Dice
We have just finished processing the T-Rex bone piece for the inclusions!
Expecting Shipping Date: Probably early to mid August
Cutting and processing around 7000 bone inclusions for the clear inclusion Bone dice
T-Rex Pulverized Bone Dice & Scale Replicas
We are needing to pulverize our current bone powder into an even finer powder for it to mix and cure more evenly with the resin. The current Bone powder has too large a grain size so it settles to much and doesn't stay suspended in the resin when curing. We expect to have the finer pulverized bone powder ready within a week
Expecting Shipping Date: Late July for initial batches & Early August for the rest
Bone Powder First Test. Bone powder is not fine enough and settled too much still. Needs to be ground down to an even finer dust
T-Rex Solid Bone Dice
We have not been able to begin cutting the raw bone cubes into their dice form yet. We are waiting for the jig factory to finish creating the custom jigs to help the mass production cutting process stay much more precise and move much faster for these (We have to do about 6000 dice and need them to stay uniform). It will probably be several weeks before they begin to start being cut and processed into their dice form.
Expecting Shipping Date: Probably middle to late August
Element Dice
We have ordered the elements and we are waiting for the the raw materials to arrive. We expect them to arrive within the next week or so and then we will being processing them:)
Expecting Shipping Date: Probably middle of August
T-Rex Displays and Cases
Molds are finalizing and they will begin casting production next week!
Expecting Shipping Date: Probably late July or Early August
Packaging
We should have our initial samples to approve in the next week or so and then production will begin for all packages
Mass production trial molds are ready!
3 months ago
– Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 02:31:01 PM
Hey Everyone,
Our mass production trial molds for the cast (Pulverized Bone) Dice and all of the stands, displays and scale replicas are ready! We are doing test batches now to confirm the mold designs are all perfect and then we will proceed to replicate the molds for mass production of all the cast items! We anticipate to begin casting with the real pulverized bone by next week!
Right now all orders (Both cast and carved) are still looking on track to begin shipping out towards the second half of July:)
Regards,
Modern Awesome Labs
Behold the Many colors of fossilized T-Rex bone!
4 months ago
– Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 05:03:09 PM
We are almost done cutting the first large batch of fossilized T-Rex bone fragments into the raw cubes! It is quite fascinating to see how much variety in color there is with fossils. Each container represents samples sourced from different dig sites from the Hellcreek and Lance Creek formations. As Fossils per mineralize over 46 million years they turn into the same stone and mineral as the area they were buried in and as you can see that leads to quite the variety of colors and textures!
Note: We plan to keep each set of solid Bone Dice from the same batch as much as possible but there is a small chance some sets will comprise of samples from multiple dig sites and have slight color variations due to being from a different batch of fossils.
The next step is to consolidate (harden) them by soaking them in PVA that has been dissolved in acetone. This is the most common practice paleontologists and museums use to strength fossils as it soaks into all the pores and adds significant strength and stability to the fossil.
Then we will proceed to fill in cracks with a custom cement and resin mixture. Once that is done next stage of dice cutting can begin!
We are also in the process of producing the molds for the pulverized bone dice, the inclusion dice and the stands and displays. Those should be done over the next month or so and then production can begin on those!
