In Jurassic Park, its sequels, and Jurassic World, there are plenty of people being eaten by dinosaurs. But the toys released alongside those Jurassic movies usually tip-toe around that ugly reality.

A young boy who overcame cancer had one wish for his birthday, to collect dinosaurs and Play-Doh for the hospital that treated him. Weston Newswanger, 5, was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in ...