I decided to migrate over my Revogeo emperor scorpion walkaround from the forum, to make the Kaiyodo Revogeo collection complete (to date) on the Blog. I edited the language to reflect the current year.
Today is a walkaround of the emperor scorpion, Pandinus imperator (Koch, 1842) by Kaiyodo – Revogeo, originally released in 2019, and the first in the Revogeo line.
I will be honest, I almost didn’t get this (or any upcoming figures in the set, except maybe the crab). They are 1) large, 2) very expensive, and 3) species commonly made. With my 2019 focus having been building a synoptic non-arthropod collection, I thought these would wait. I finally decided to get one, and boy am I glad I did! Since it was released, a red-clawed crab, Asian giant hornet, and Japanese giant water bug, were released. Next up is the stage beetle Prosopocoilus giraffa (due August 2021), followed by (planned) red swamp crayfish, mantis, and another stag beetle. The figure comes secure in a nice large box reminiscent of a book (honestly I bet most of the cost of this thing comes from the packaging!!!!).
The figure is hard to measure accurately since the tail is not fully articulated, but it measures about 20.0 cm, which technically makes it 1:1 for a maximum-sized specimen (although it’s larger than any I have seen in terraria). It is made of a lightweight, durable plastic. Most of the figure is articulated: body segments, base of tail, claws (including the pincers themselves). The walking legs and the segments within the tail are not articulated. The detail is amazing (as to be expected by Kaiyodo) and the color is good.
The figure is actually not quite as big as I had feared (I think they have people with small hands model them for photos) and is comparable to the Safari Smithsonian figure (see last image). Another reason the figure seems large is that the Smithsonian insects were all supposed to be in the 2:1 range, but this figure does measure about 20.0 cm which technically makes it on the far end of 1:1.
Alongside the Safari Smithsonian figure (right):
