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Announcing… the Monster Toy Blog!

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5 (5 votes)

We’ve launched a new partner website, the Monster Toy Blog!

The Monster Toy Blog completes a Holy Toy-rinity of figure review sites together with our existing Animal Toy Blog and Dinosaur Toy Blog sites.

Screenshot of the Monster Toy Blog

We have a dedicated team of eight enthusiastic reviewers – EmperorDinobot, Faelrin, Gwangi, Saarlooswolfhound, SBell, Suspsy, Torvosaurus, and myself – who have been posting plenty of new reviews to launch the site with a monstrous bang.

Visit it now, bookmark it, and subscribe for updates! https://monstertoyblog.com

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Barn Spider (North Coast Creations)

Name(s): Araneus, Araneus cavaticus, Barn spider Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Arachnids, Arthropods, Spiders Type: Figurine Range: North America

4.3 (3 votes)

Today’s review is significant in a couple of ways. For one, it’s October, which means it is now spooky season on the blog. A time to focus our reviews on the creepy critters usually associated with Halloween. It also just so happens to be my 100th review. Coming up with a sentimental or special figure to review, that also ties in with our seasonal theme, seemed like such an impossible task that I almost gave up on it.

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Black Widow (Fun World by Easter Unlimited, Inc.)

Name(s): Latrodectus, Latrodectus mactans, southern black widow Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Arachnids, Arthropods, Spiders Type: Figurine, Holiday Premium & Novelty Range: North America

1 (1 votes)

For my final Halloween post, I am reviewing a figure that was specifically sold as a Halloween novelty toy! I am referring to the black widow (Latrodectus mactans) by Fun World, which is a Division of Easter Unlimited, Inc., a novelty shop that sells seasonal and holiday-themed toys, décor, and costumes.

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Centipede (Hyde and Eek! Boutique by Target Brands)

Name(s): Scolopendra Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Arthropods, Centipedes & Millipedes Type: Figurine, Holiday Premium & Novelty Range: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

3 (1 votes)

OK, this is a rather fun and goofy review to celebrate Halloween! I often like to do reviews of obscure or unusual figures, or neat figures of odd or unfamiliar brands. Today I bring you the review of a centipede, gen. sp. by Target Brands, as part of their Hyde and Eek!

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Dubia Roach (Micky Maus by Egmont Ehapa Publishing Company)

Name(s): Blaptica, Blaptica dubia, Dubia cockroach Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Arthropods, Insects, Orthopteroids Type: Figurine, Publishing premium Range: North America, South America

5 (2 votes)

Micky Maus is a biweekly comic book series featuring Disney characters. It is published in Germany by the Egmont Ehapa Publishing Company. Some (all?) issues come with a toy of sorts and the February 7, 2020 issue came with large rubber cockroach. I have forum member widukind to thank for securing me a copy and mailing it to me!

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Dust Mite (Wolff Marketing Group, Inc.)

Name(s): Dermatophagoides, dust mite Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Arachnids, Arthropods, Ticks & Mites Type: Figurine, Medical & Veterinary Range: Cosmopolitan

5 (1 votes)

Today I am reviewing a rather unusual figure. It is a model of a dust mite sold in a snow globe-type display! The figure was produced by Wolff Marketing Group, Inc. for the allergy medication Zyrtec (which was first manufactured by Pfizer but is now sold by by Johnson & Johnson – I am not sure how old the figure is, so I am not sure which company this figure was produced for).

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Firefly (Chick-Fil-A Properties, Inc.)

Name(s): Photinus Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Arthropods, Beetles, Insects Type: Figurine, Food Premium Range: North America

2 (3 votes)

Walkaround of a novelty food premium, a firefly by Chick-Fil-A Properties, Inc., originally released in 2014. I like food premium figures. They are often unique, original releases, that tend to disappear quickly after being released. As such they are often difficult to obtain and over time may fetch a bit of money to acquire them!

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Gray Whale (Big Miracle by Burger King)

Name(s): Eschrichtius, Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Mammals, Whales & Dolphins Type: Figurine, Food Premium

3.3 (3 votes)

One of the great tales of evolution is the whales. That tiny, tree living creatures would become gigantic, secondarily aquatic mammals is fascinating, and fills the oceans with many fine forms of cetaceans. Though whaling and ocean pollution threatens them, there are still efforts to teach the youth of today to protect and learn about them.

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Great Auk (Yowies Forgotten Friends Series A by Cadbury)

Name(s): Great Auk, Pinguinus, Pinguinus impennis Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Birds, Seabirds & Shorebirds Type: Figurine

4 (2 votes)

The tragedy of the Great Auk is a tale that covers much of the globe. These sea birds lived across the Atlantic, catching fish and having large flocks across islands throughout the Atlantic. They were killed for down in pillows, the bills for Native American charms and for fuel and food for sailors.

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News: Fauna Figures moves home!

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5 (4 votes)

For those who know me, back in 2019 I started my own blog site to explore my collection: Fauna Figures. The blog was a follow up to my online store of the same name. As my collection ranges across time and taxa (currently 4432 figures, and it was much higher when I started – lots of sales/trades, but also continual additions) I discussed all manner of figures, companies, and ‘clades’ or ‘grades’.

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Sturgeon (Red Rose Tea, Endangered North American Animals Series IV, by Wade Ceramics)

Name(s): Acipenser Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Fish, Sturgeon & paddlefish Type: Ceramic, Figurine Range: Asia, Europe, North America

4 (2 votes)

Here’s something a little different, and not an actual toy, but worth taking a look at anyway. This is a ceramic sturgeon by Wade Ceramics, a pottery manufacturer operating out of Stoke-on-Trent, England. Wade Ceramics got its start in the 1950’s and produced ceramic figurines up until 2018. In 1967 Wade Ceramics entered a partnership with the American Rose Red Tea company who started including Wade figures in their boxes of tea.

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Superb Bird-of-paradise (Johan Scherft)

Name(s): Lophorina, Lophorina superba, superb bird-of-paradise Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Birds, Perching birds Type: Papercraft

5 (2 votes)

Review and images by Lanthanotus; edited by bmathison1972

The superb bird-of-paradise or greater Lophorina (Lophorina superba) of New Guinea is a somewhat inconspicuous species among the group of Paradisaeidae. Unlike a lot of other species, the males are just black with a bit iridescent blue color on the breast and top of the head, no obvious elongate feathers or other striking coloration.

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Turkey (Red Rose Tea, Calendar Series VII, by Wade Ceramics)

Name(s): Meleagris, Meleagris gallopavo, turkey Brand: Uncategorised Classification: Birds, Landfowl Type: Ceramic, Figurine Range: North America

3 (2 votes)

It’s Thanksgiving this week in the United States, and as a result I feel once again compelled to review a turkey, as I did the year prior. Since I didn’t have a plastic turkey for review last year, I went with a plush one instead. Here it is a year later, and I have failed to acquire a turkey since then and now have to resort to whatever turkey I might have lying about.

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