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Vault Tales 259 Safari Ltd WS Prehistoric World Dunkleosteus

Today I'm going to just look at a single figure, one which really showed a change in the game for the Safari prehistoric figures. This is of course the Dunkleosteus, number 283329. It was released in 2007 (in what was then the Wild Safari Dinos & Prehistoric Life series), and continues to be available today. In all of its profile glory, the Safari Dunkleosteus. The bold golds and browns continue to be very striking colours. And not the gold eyes--signs…

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November 1, 2021

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Vault Tales 257 FigureFrenzy Anteater, Hatchetfish, Velociraptor, Allosaurus, Salamander

Another figure frenzy today, all over the place again! Dinosaurs and fish and amphibians! I'm a little late with it, so I'm going to be brief here! Safari Ltd South American toob Giant Anteater Another recent addition to the collection, a Giant Anteater figure. About 1:19 scale--a handy thing about toob figures, they scale well with other figures! I only just discussed the Capybara from the Safari South American toob, and already, a week later, here we are with the…

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October 25, 2021

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Vault Tales 230 Hasbro Jurassic Park Lycaenops group

As I mentioned earlier, this week is accidentally non-dinosaur animals that predate dinosaurs. We started with a Triassic archosaur, and now we're going even further back to the Permian, with an animal on the eventual mammal lineage! I am talking about the Lycaenops figures made by Kenner (possibly under Hasbro) as part of the original Jurassic Park series of figures. The original Lycaenops figure, released as 'FANG' for the Kenner Jurassic Park Series 2 dinosaurs release. And with it, a…

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July 22, 2021

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Vault Tales 229 Bullyland Batrachotomus

It's been a while, but this week is going to be a couple of Figure Focus posts! No particular reason, it just worked out that way. But they are link in interesting ways--large, carnivorous beasts that predate dinosaurs...figures that represent animals not often seen. Figures that weren't especially easy to get, and are way harder to get now...enough about that. The first figure...was name in the title, so not a surprise! The Bullyland Batrachotomus. This is a scaly, active beast.…

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July 19, 2021

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Vault Tales 218 Shapeways 1:20 Champsosaurus

So today is going to be a bit of a set, and at the same time a review of a single figure. Because it's only available that way (like getting multiple copies of the same figure, maybe in different poses...like this Eryops) . But this time, it's a variety of Champsosaurus from Shapeways, at 1:20 scale! The first two poses. The figures are a bit skinny looking, and very terrestrial. It would have been nice if even one was depicted…

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June 10, 2021

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Vault Tales 212 Kaiyodo Aqualand Silver Arowana

Every collector has species and figures that they consider holy grails. Species or figures that they know exist (or should exist) that they honestly don't know if they'll actually find. Sometimes we never do, because the figure is that rare (WwD Ornithocheirus anyone?) or the species is not actually made commercially (sigh. Bowfin.). This figure is one of mine. Sort of. But it was very much a find I was never sure I'd get my hands on. A Kaiyodo Aqualand…

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May 20, 2021

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Vault Tales 193 Obscurus/FaunaFiguresFishes Protosphyraena

So this one is a bitter of a bittersweet one for me. I think it's a fantastic model, but it does remind me that it is the last model made with Brandon Demoss for the FaunaFiguresFishes series, this one specifically as a joint with Brandon's Obscurus line. And was done in my last year of running the online store. But to go out on such a dynamic and fantastic model? This Protosphyraena is a great way to do it. Pictured…

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March 15, 2021

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Vault Tales 189 Safari Ltd Postosuchus x 2

So the random number generator picked what may be one of their finest prehistoric models for this post--so I decided to pair it with its mini counterpart from a toob set. I am speaking about the Dinos & Prehistoric Animals series Postosuchus, number 287329. This figure was probably one of the real linchpins in Safari turning from a dino toy maker to a dino collectable maker. Released in 2009, it was an immediate hit with collectors, and was a welcome…

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March 1, 2021