As if last week’s Toymany review didn’t give me enough cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) figures to share! I had this pair out for comparison pictures so decided to just go ahead and review them too. This cheetah female and cub don’t come as a set, but I figured I would review them together instead of post cheetah reviews for three weeks in a row.
Author: Gwangi
My name is Arthur but I go by Gwangi on the blogs and forums, as homage to the old dinosaur and monster movies I love so much. In addition to writing about and collecting toy animals (extinct and extant) I also share my home with a variety of living animals, mostly reptiles but a little bit of everything. I have a lifelong interest in all things pertaining to nature and natural history and most of my hobbies can be linked to those things in some way. I currently live in Maryland with my wife and daughter. In addition to writing on here I also write magazine articles, typically about local wildlife and aquarium fishes.All reviews by this author
Cheetah Family (Toymany)
4.8 (6 votes)
Before we begin, I would like to thank bmathison1972 for sending this set to me, which he received as a review sample from Toymany.
Although lions are widely regarded as the only social species of cat that’s not entirely true. While their social structure might be the most complex, other species exhibit varying degrees of sociality.
Red Seabream (Unknown Company)
4.8 (6 votes)
The subject of today’s review is a bit of a curiosity. I got it in a lot off of eBay and it doesn’t have any manufacturer markings or identification printed on it. I initially thought it was a northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) and reviewed it as such, and that’s also what it is marketed as on the internet.
Marble Ray (Incredible Creatures by Safari Ltd.)
5 (7 votes)
Shark Week might be over but there’s one more elasmobranch I wanted to review before moving away from cartilaginous fishes, the 2019 Incredible Creatures marble ray (Taeniurops meyeni) by Safari Ltd.
The marble ray goes by many names, including blotched fantail ray, round ribbontail ray, giant reef ray, and black-spotted stingray.
Leopard Shark, 1996 (Wild Safari Sealife by Safari Ltd.)
4.8 (4 votes)
My next Shark Week review is another blast from the past, the 1996 Wild Safari leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata). Since the release and retirement of this toy, better leopard sharks have come along by Safari and Papo, but this oldie is still worth taking a look at.
Great White Shark, 1995 (Sea Animals 1:32 by Schleich)
4 (5 votes)
Shark Week is back, and this year also marks the 50th anniversary of Jaws, so to kick off a week of toy shark reviews we’ll start by looking at Shark Week’s headlining shark species and the star of Jaws, a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias).
Hippopotamus (Wild Animals by Papo)
4.5 (8 votes)
Now having two pygmy hippopotamus reviews under my belt I figured it was time to check the other hippopotamus species off my review list, the common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). This species has been reviewed a few times and is so widely familiar that it needs no introduction from me, so let’s dive on in.
Pygmy Hippopotamus (JXK Studio)
4.4 (7 votes)
Today, July 10th, is a very special day. It’s Moo Deng’s first birthday! Moo Deng is a pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) that was born at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Si Racha, Chonburi, Thailand and became a viral sensation in the summer of 2024. So popular was Moo Deng that she was featured in an SNL skit and in Google’s “year in review” Google Doodle video.
Pufferfish (Incredible Creatures by Safari Ltd.)
4.8 (4 votes)
Pufferfishes are a family of fishes scientifically known as Tetraodontidae and although they can also inflate their bodies the porcupinefishes of the Diodontidae family are not generally regarded as pufferfishes. The two families are closely related of course, both belonging to the Tetraodontiformes order. And although any fish in the order that puffs up can colloquially be called a pufferfish it’s important to mention the distinction when reviewing today’s subject, a porcupinefish that Safari marketed as a pufferfish.
Clown Anemonefish, 2005 (Incredible Creatures by Safari Ltd.)
3.6 (11 votes)
In my last review we looked at the 2017 Safari Ltd. Incredible Creatures clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) and perhaps not surprisingly, I gave it a good review. Today we’re looking at another clown anemonefish, also by Safari Ltd. and also part of their Incredible Creatures line. I think you’ll find my thoughts on this one to be a bit less positive.
Clown Anemonefish, 2017 (Incredible Creatures by Safari Ltd.)
4.9 (12 votes)
The clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) is probably the world’s most recognizable marine fish and is also known as the ocellaris clownfish, false percula clownfish, and common clownfish. The false percula name comes from the fact that it closely resembles the percula or orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula).
Blue Tang (Incredible Creatures by Safari Ltd.)
4.9 (9 votes)
Thanks to the species’ inclusion in the Finding Nemo and Finding Dory films, the blue tang is one of the most recognizable species of tropical marine fishes. It also has many figures to its name including ones by Papo, Schleich, and Mojo. Today we’re looking at the 2017 Safari Ltd.