Phew, it's been a few months since I posted my last walk-around... but, hey, new figures have been released!

So here's the walk-around of the CollectA
Sea Life 88679 Shortfin Mako Shark, Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810), new for 2014. Total length (along the curve of the back) is approx. 158 mm, so the scale is between approx. 1:18 and 1:25, corresponding to a total length of between 2.75 and 4.00 m total length (TL, i.e. including caudal fin). The human figure (Minimen Andreas Köpke) is 1:20 scale. This is one of the best shark figures I've seen, my only complaint is the very soft material that tends to warp (so I had to do some hot water treatment on mine) and probably the paint may flake off easily as is the case in many soft figures.
Sadly, like most larger cartilaginous fishes this elegant and highly dynamic shark species is declining in numbers due to overfishing and IUCN lists it as "
Vulnerable".
















Edit 2017-02-05: Fixed broken image urls.