T-Rex Ranch (TV Series) (2025)

T-Rex Ranch (TV Series) (1)

T-Rex Ranch (Originally titled ToyLabTV) is an American children's YouTube Channel and TV series created by Aaron Michaels and his son, LB in 2014 . The channel was originally titled Toy Lab TV and only made toy review videos until 2016, when Aaron and LB began mixing adventures with computer-generated Dinosaurs and toy opening videos. The series follows the adventures of Park ranger Aaron and Park ranger LB who run a Dinosaur park in Texas. The first video was posted on June 18, 2014. The channel reached 1 Million subscribers on February 16, 2018.

In 2020, the channel was sold to Moonbug Entertainment who created a "new" T-Rex Ranch series with new actors. The original owners, Aaron and LB left the channel and created a new series called Fun Questers in 2021 As of April 15, 2024, T-Rex Ranch has over 2,850,000 subscribers, 3,300,711,738 views and 916 videos uploaded.

Contents

  • 1 Main Plot
  • 2 History
    • 2.1 The early days of Toy Lab TV
    • 2.2 The golden age of Toy Lab TV and rebranding to T-Rex Ranch
    • 2.3 Sale to Moonbug Entertainment
  • 3 Characters
    • 3.1 Main
    • 3.2 Antagonists
    • 3.3 Other
    • 3.4 Guest stars
    • 3.5 Release and Reception
    • 3.6 Other media
    • 3.7 Merchandise
    • 3.8 Fan Meet N' Greets
    • 3.9 See also

Main Plot[]

The main plot of the series is inspired by the Jurassic Park franchise. It follows the adventures of Park ranger Aaron and Park Ranger LB. The channel is part Toy reviews and Part action-adventure. While no episode of the show depicts the founding of T-Rex Ranch, it has been referenced in other videos that it was founded sometime before 2009, when Park Ranger Aaron and Park Ranger LB use unspecified scientific means to bring Dinosaurs back to life, then they put them in a Dinosaur Park called T-Rex Ranch. In 2009 while on vacation in London, Park Ranger Aaron and Park Ranger LB encountered a time traveler from the Old West who called himself "Gun-slinger Gary" who then decided to try and take over T-Rex Ranch and get rich selling Dinosaur meat products. He then changes his name to "Despicable G." A scientist named Professor Aaron had time travelled to the Mesozoic era to collect Dinosaur DNA. He then accidentally time travelled to the 1875 and met Gary who was trying to outrun the posse, then both of them travelled to the present and professor Aaron gave Gary a scooter to outrun the police and tried to send him back to the Old West, but he was accidentally sent to 2009 without his scooter, where he met the Park rangers. He was the main villain of the show until he eventually turned good and became a Park ranger. After that, Despicable G changed his name to Park ranger Gary and went on many adventures with Aaron and LB including one where Park Ranger LB discovered a door to an alternate reality. After that, a new villain called "The Dinomaster" appeared and repeatedly tried to kidnap the dinosaurs to put in his video game. To protect the dinosaurs from The Dinomaster, T-rex ranch was relocated to California in 2020.

History[]

The early days of Toy Lab TV[]

In a 2023 interview with the Manopod podcast, Aaron Michaels and LB disclosed that the origin of T-Rex Ranch began with LB's obsession with Cars toy videos. Aaron then decided to start making similar toy videos on YouTube and named the channel 'ToyLabTV'.

ToyLabTV exclusively created toy videos until 2016, when Aaron and LB started making videos with computer-generated Dinosaurs that also included sponsored toy reviews mixed in.

The golden age of Toy Lab TV and rebranding to T-Rex Ranch[]

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Since 2016, ToyLabTV had been producing dinosaur adventure videos set in an unnamed dinosaur park which would eventually be given the name T-Rex Ranch. On February 16, 2018 Toy Lab TV Reached 1 million subscribers.[1] The popularity of T-Rex Ranch peaked in 2019 when the channel reached 3 billion views.

Sale to Moonbug Entertainment[]

In 2020, Moonbug Entertainment bought T-Rex Ranch from Aaron and LB for an unspecified price. The show was moved from Texas to Southern California and new characters were added to the show. Aaron and LB still appeared periodically on the show until 2021 when they started their new channel. Following Moonbug's acquisition of T-Rex Ranch, its viewership began to decline rapidly.

Characters[]

Main[]

Park Ranger Aaron - A skilled, but clumsy adult park ranger and one of the owners of T-Rex Ranch.

Park Ranger LB - Aaron's elementary school-age son and one of the owners of T-Rex Ranch. He has technical and scientific expertise and is always ready for an adventure.

Antagonists[]

Despicable G - Also known as "Gunslinger Gary" is time traveling bank robber from the old west and the main villain of the series.

The Dinomaster - A mysterious villain who tries to put dinosaurs into his video game. He becomes the new main villain of the series after Despicable G becomes good.

Other[]

Park Ranger Jay - Another adult park ranger who appears periodically in the series. She is skilled with Nerf blasters.

Dino Dusten - One of Aaron and LB's friends who appears periodically on the show.

Park Ranger Asher - A new park ranger at the California T-Rex Ranch.

Park Ranger Sophie - A new park ranger at the California T-Rex Ranch.

Park Ranger Josh - A junior park ranger.

Park Ranger Nathan - A junior park ranger.

Park Ranger Bethany - A junior park ranger.

Park Ranger Jack - A junior park ranger.

Park Ranger Ella - A junior park ranger.

Sarah - A friend of Park Ranger Aaron and Park Ranger LB who works at Jurassic Quest.

Guest stars[]

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard appeared on the channel in 2018 to promote toys for their new film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.[2]

Release and Reception[]

T-Rex Ranch is primarily available for free on YouTube. It is also available on Netflix, Prime Video and the Roku channel.

The series has a score of 5.7/10 on IMDb based on 68 ratings.[3] The series has a score of 100% on TMDB based on 3 ratings.[4]

The channel's popularity dropped significantly following Moonbug's acquisition of T-Rex Ranch in 2020, likely due to the main characters, Aaron and LB leaving the show.

Other media[]

A mini series titled Ghostchasers which was inspired by Ghostbusters was released on the channel from 2016 to 2019. The mini-series follows Aaron and LB as paranormal exterminators who catch ghosts. Ghostchasers is not part of the main T-Rex Ranch canon.

A new channel titled Fun Questers was started by Aaron and LB in 2021 following Moonbug Entertainment's acquisition of T-Rex Ranch.

Merchandise[]

T-Rex Ranch merchandise including t-shirts, hats and mugs are available on Zazzle.com.

Fan Meet N' Greets[]

See Fan Meet N' Greets.

See also[]

  • T-Rex Ranch (New Series)
  • Fun Questers
  • ToyLabTV
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