Review of the complete set
Aquatic Museum by
Wing Mau. While in recent years, it appears Wing Mau is producing and marketing figures by Play Visions, Club Earth, and K&M International, this appears to be an original set of theirs. The set consists of six species of crabs, two of which are unique figures (see below).
There are six figures, each a solid piece of PVC/plastic. Each figure comes with a plastic base (there is no attachment method for the base) that when assembled with each other, forms a large base that can be used as a diorama-style play set. I do not remember if each crab figure had a specific base associated with it, so the bases I have for individual species below is random. The figures are typical gashapon-sized, roughtly 25 mm across the carapace (I do not have one handy at the moment for measurements).
This is a recommended set, especially for those interested in aquatic/marine species. It shows up on eBay periodically and is still on the Wing Mau website so it should still be in production.
Here is a group shot of the crabs:
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upload image onlineIndividual crab figures (in no particular order):
1.
Chasmagnathus convexus, the mud-flat crab.
This is to my knowledge a unique figure.
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Chiromantes haematocheir, the red-claw crab.
Previously also made by Furuta, Kaiyodo, and Yujin.
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Mictyris longicarpus, long-armed soldier crab.
Interestingly, the paper for this figure is mislabeled as
Uca arcuata which is also part of the set (see below). Previously made by Cadbury (Yowies) and Epoch.
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Tubuca arcuata.
A fiddler crab previously made by Koro Koro (Toba Aquarium).
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Paraleptuca crassipes.
A fiddler crab, technically unique by major/professional manufacturers but Jetoar made one for Paleo-Creatures (Unknown Depths).
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Austruca lacteae.
A fiddler crab previously made by Epoch.
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