Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. - New For 2020

[bmathison1972]

To be released sometime in 2020. Looks like a continuation of 2019's 'Friends of the Water' collection (the crayfish looks the same):

[stargatedalek]

Spectacular! An articulated horseshoe crab must be a first.

[bmathison1972]

Beetle Guy did some translations for me on this crustacean set. The name of the set is 'New Friends of the Waterside'.

The crayfish is the typical red swamp crayfish, Procambrus clarkii.

The fiddler crab is Tubuca arcuata (previously made by Koro Koro and Wing Mau).

It appears the horseshoe crab is a male Tachypleus tridentatus. Initially the size of the lateral spines made me think Limulus polyphemus, but apparently T. tridentatus is sexually dimorphic, and the females have three line spines but the males have six!

[bmathison1972]

Three dinosaur sets part of the ANIA line, to be released in April 2020:

Dinosaur Battle Royal Set:



Dinosaur Battle Huge Set:



Combined Dinosaur Expedition Island:

[bmathison1972]

Released April, 2020:

[bmathison1972]

And the 2020 B.I.G. Insects collection has been announced, with another grasshopper and, what appears to be a new sculpt, a red-kneed tarantula!!!!

[Advicot]

The grasshopper looks nice 

[Isidro]

Yes, and it's much more realistic than most grasshopper figurines. Most of them are even not recognizable to species, while the Takara Tomy one is very clearly a perfectly done migratory locust.

[bmathison1972]

More ANIA dinosaurs, to release (re-release?) July, 2020:

Fukiraptor:



Fukisaurus:



Ankylosaurus:



Carnotaurus:



Dimoprhodon:



Baryonyx:

[sirenia]

Released April, 2020:

Can see the shark and snapping turtle, but what is the third one meant to be? Looks like an ancient animal, like Haikouichthys

[bmathison1972]

Released April, 2020:

Can see the shark and snapping turtle, but what is the third one meant to be? Looks like an ancient animal, like Haikouichthys

The blue creature @sirenia ? It is a Portuguese man-o-war. I have one on order

[sirenia]

Released April, 2020:

Can see the shark and snapping turtle, but what is the third one meant to be? Looks like an ancient animal, like Haikouichthys

The blue creature @sirenia ? It is a Portuguese man-o-war. I have one on order

Ah, yes, see it now! Thank you!

[bmathison1972]

available now:

[bmathison1972]

Released now. Check out that Aedes mosquito!!!!!!!!

[sirenia]

Really like these figures. Like the snake and mouse most though.

[Halichoeres]

The mosquito is cool.

[sbell]

available now:

Going to be honest, as much as I like coelacanth figures, I think I will just let this go. I have so many!

[BlueKrono]

I'm going to have to have that coelacanth and Anomalocaris. And the snapping turtle of course.

[JimoAi]

Spotted this. Likely an upcoming set

[bmathison1972]

I'll definitely get the eurypterid, and it looks like a good chance to get an Archelon!

We'll have to get better pics, and double-check to make sure it is 2020 and not 2020!