FigureFocus – Fauna Figures

FigureFocus 323 Playmates Dinosaur King Ceratosaurus

Another look at a figure from the Dinosaur King series, this time another one from series one. This one is the Ceratosaurus figure from the series. At this point I've written about so many of these figures, and yet there's always so many more, it's hard to have more to say! This one stands out by its very, very blue colour and kind of derpy face. Super blue Ceratosaurus! For once, not the red headed trope at least. It is…

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October 24, 2022

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FigureFocus 322 ForCorporation Churaumi Aquarium Whale Shark

Time to look at another one of those less common gashapon figures from a less common company. This is one from a company called ForCorporation, and while I'm sure they do other things, I am familiar with them as makers of aquarium capsule figures. While some of them have come into my collection (or at least my awareness) as figures labelled as "Another Aquarium" which...not sure what's going on with that one. It's like a generic capsule series that would…

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October 17, 2022

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FigureFocus 321 Character Options Primeval Coelurosauravus

Well here's a weird one. Fans of prehistoric TV and movies might remember the BBC show "Primeval" but at this point it's pretty niche. Even more niche is that for a brief while a few of the characters (human and animal) were made as toys! They were pretty obscure even in the initial run, most likely released only in the UK or maybe parts of Europe. Anyway, the series focused on 'anomalies' where portals between time periods brought prehistoric organisms…

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October 3, 2022

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FigureFocus 320 Safari Ltd South American toob Three-toed Sloth

Another Safari toob figure already, but this one is very new. From the South American animals toob released in 2001, item 100684, it is the Three-toed Sloth. These are becoming popular animals as figures (and cultural memes) and Safari has already made at least one larger figure as well (a two-toed) in a very different pose and sculpt. There are several species of three-toed sloths and while Safari has not specified which, most other sources consider it to be the…

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September 19, 2022

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FigureFocus 319 Safari Ltd Exotic Birds toob Scarlet Ibis

Quick look at more dinosaurs...but a modern one this time! It's a Scarlet Ibis from a Safari toob. The original toob is the Exotic Birds toob, item 680404, first released in 2006. The set featured a number of birds that, I suppose depending on perspective, would be exotic, from a variety of locales (mostly Latin America and Australia...plus a snowy owl? Weird assortment honestly. At some point figure the Scarlet ibis was retired in favour of a White ibis (meaning,…

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September 12, 2022

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FigureFocus 318 Kaiyodo Capsule Q Green Triceratops

It's time to look at another Kaiyodo CapsuleQ dinosaur figure, and like the last time, it is the 'chase' or special figure. This particular model is from the Ceratopsia series, I believe released the year after the Tyrannosaur series. Like that series, it included the 'star' dinosaur (Triceratops), the associated skull and skeleton, a single other less familiar species (in this series, Diabloceratops), and all with a scale model human (or skull/skeleton). The tyrannosaurs came with white humans, the ceratopsians…

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September 6, 2022

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FigureFocus 317 Acheson Primeval Designs Spotted Hyena

Time to look at yet another Hyena figure from the collection! Yeah...I have many. It's a thing! This time it's a small clan of metal Spotted Hyenas from Acheson Creations' Primeval Designs series. As with a few other figures from the series that I've looked at before, these are the metal (pewter) figures, being smaller models, although some are resin as well. Unlike other figures seen on the blog, these figures are not technically part of the 'prehistoric' series, but…

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August 29, 2022

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FigureFocus 316 Kaiyodo ChocoEgg Classic Shrew Mole

Yet another Kaiyodo ChocoEgg figure today, but a very different sort. A very small mammal figure, another one of those great ones that you could only find from the original Furuta ChocoEgg Animaltales set. Except, in this case, it's a re-release--because in or around 2003 ChocoEgg produced a short series of 'Classic' models--twenty-four figures that had shown up in the first three series (which meant picking 24 from a choice of nearly 100). It was also pretty random, with a…

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August 23, 2022

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FigureFocus 315 Kaiyodo ChocoEgg Japanese Giant Salamander

I'm going to look at another Kaiyodo ChocoEgg figure today, not surprising since I have so many of them! This is one from the very first Furuta Animaltales series, the one that kicked it all off! The first several series was, I think, entirely focused on Japanese fauna, which was fantastic for those of us that collect animal figures--so many species (from so many clades) that were otherwise produced (or at least produced in a decent form). This Japanese Giant…

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August 16, 2022

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FigureFocus 314 Play Visions Striped Hyena

Here's one of those figures that I was very excited to get when they first came out, and I still have a lot of them from those days! I am speaking of the Play Visions Striped Hyena figure, one of eight figures in the Wild Dogs bin figures series. And yes, first off--it isn't a dog, wild or otherwise. It's a hyena--and would have been more appropriate with the Civets and Mongoose series but they made their choice. At least…

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August 12, 2022

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FigureFocus 313 Dinowaurs Series 1 Aucasaurus

Back again with a short one...because I won't have much to say about it. This is the second time I am looking at a figure from the Dinowaurs Survival series. If you took a quick glance, you might think it's the same figure as that Monolophosaurus...maybe just a darker photograph? No, this time it's Aucasaurus, which has the benefit of being a fairly unique animal as far as figures go. But it is still that same general green colour with…

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August 8, 2022

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FigureFocus 312 Safari Incredible Creatures Koi Fish (Yamabuki Ogon)

Just in time for summer and pond season (where I am anyway) today is the Safari Incredible Creatures Koi Fish, item 266329. First released in 2017, this figure was released in the line of large, fairly robust models of animals that can be at least somewhat true-sized. This certainly works for the koi figure, which is large enough to act as a bath or pool toy, but just as easily fits into a display of fish figures. An interesting choice…

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July 27, 2022