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Well, today is about as random as they're going to get. All over the place in terms of species, quality, brand, materials...Kind of like my actual collection, it can be kind of all over the place! Schleich Bayala Arelan Cheetah I personally think this is one of the most interesting Cheetah figures made, by Schleich, and among many other cheetah figures. The posture is such a unique one. About 1:18 scale, so close to the misguided zookeeper there. Our first…
It's a day brought to us by the letter P! And P can also be for prehistoric...mostly. Although the only living one only has prehistoric relatives. CollectA Deluxe 1:20 (1:40?) Paraceratherium First up, a figure of the biggest land mammal (or...at least one of them?), the CollectA Paraceratherium. It's an impressive figure, but was marketed as a 1:20 when there is pretty much no way. It's 18cm at the shoulder, putting it closer to 1:40, close to The Doctor there.…
Lots of reptiles today, and a single tiny mammal! Some prehistoric, some modern. A few are collectable...some are just kind of there...! Lots of 'mini' figures! Ausini Bactrian Camel A tiny little Bactrian camel from the Ausini mini series. It's a pretty basic figure...around 1:130, so that guy there is a little too big! Or the camel is a small one. We're going to start with a little figure from the Ausini set again! Once again, a fairly recognizable animal…
Back to another very random bunch of figures. Not sure if there is any particular way I can connect them...perhaps, all of them are living animals that could theoretically cause some kind of harm to people that aren't paying attention? Whatever connects them (it was random) they're all pretty decent models though! Play Visions American Badger A classic figure from a great series--the American badger from Play Visions. As with most PV figures, it is fairly small, about 1:13, close…
So, we revisit Kaiyodo capsule figures once again. This time they are not truly Dinotales but are obviously the heirs to that wonderful and sorely missed line. This is part of the newer type of Kaiyodo figure, the CapsuleQ gashapon figures. And they're pretty great--five figures based on fossil animals found in Japan; or at least species related to Japanese material. This is very different to previous Kaiyodo prehistoric series, and I think might have related to a exhibition of…
Another frenzy of figures! As usual, kind of all over the place. Dinosaurs, fish, weird invertebrates. And all from different companies. For the first time in a while, I think these are also all figures that I currently display! That doesn't always happen! I also just realized that every one of these figures is from a different Japanese series. Which might indicate just how many Japanese models I have! Kaiyodo Dinotales Special Release White Allosaurus The colour of this Allosaurus…
Back to some random figures, but as a group, ones that I am overall pretty fond of! I think you'll agree that they're all collection worthy for various reasons. ActionProducts I-Dig-Sharks Helicoprion The position of the tooth whorl kind of gives away the age of the figure, although it might have just been wrong! The figure is roughly 1:120, so the diver is too big (or it's a small Helicoprion) First up, a strange, short-lived figure from a company known…
Today, I'm going to tackle another one of these 'clades', or really more of a 'grade'. In this case, a group among one of the most popular and well-known prehistoric reptiles, the pterosaurs. As a group, it's probably one of the most distinctive...it's reptiles, specifically archosaurs, that are evolved to fly. It's hard to say much about them, everyone knows what a pterosaur is! As a group, they showed up in the late Triassic, although fossil ancestors aren't known--maybe due…
Back to a randomized figure frenzy. And this one is very, very random! A lot of these will also be pretty quick...sometimes there just isn't much to say... Safari Ltd toob Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo The same Sulfur-crested Cockatoo figure from two different toobs; the one on the left was purchased more recently...but the figure on the right is much more detailed! The figures are about 1:5 scale, so a bit big for Ray there, but it looks about right First up…
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…
Today is a more classic vintage set--a series of plastic prehistoric mammals! Featuring some very, very unusual species (and a few expected familiar ones). As was kind of common in the 1950s and 1960s, these were giveaways with Nabisco cereals. Sets of monochromatic animal figures of various themes and sources were not uncommon (Marx and MPC are probably the best known) but a set with these kinds of animals was. Nabisco also had a set of dinosaurs that were unusual,…
So weird set today--and proof that amazing figures and sets can come from very, very dumb places. I am sure that most people are familiar with Wild Republic--their merch is ubiquitous in shops at zoos, aquariums, museums and science centres...and has also infiltrated regular toy shops and 'impulse' toy sections in other stores. These days, they are probably most notable for their wide range of plush animals in different forms ("Wild Republic" used to refer specifically to a line of…
