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We're going to look at a pair of figures from Safari Ltd today, two different takes on the same animal. I am speaking of their larger figures of the Giant Squid (the photo and title probably gave that away...!) I decided to look at the two since they are from the same maker, within about 6 years of each other, and overall are quite similar. Obviously, size is a major difference, but there are some other notable variations. A look…
This post will be taking a look another figure from Kaiyodo, but one unlike anything I've covered before! Most of the Kaiyodo figures I've covered have fallen into a broadly toy-like category; many are kind of breakable, but the initial prices and methods of sale indicate that they were meant for play and collectors of all ages. This figure is from an earlier series created by Kaiyodo, in a few forms, called Dinoland. Unlike our more familiar Dinotales and the…
Another look at another great figure! This time, we're going to a relative of the mammals from the Permian. This is a sort of recent one, the CollectA Dimetrodon from their Deluxe 1:20 collection. Released in 2018 as item number 88822. As has become a bit of an industry standard, this figure of course includes some articulation, in this case the jaw opens and closes. Not super exciting, but that seems to be something we are seeing on a lot…
Today, looking at a figure of one of my personal favorite prehistoric mammals, Megacerops. This particular one is the figure made by MojoFUN in 2013, number 387155, part of their Mojo Prehistoric series. It was released--and is still listed--as Brontotherium, which is considered synonymous with Megacerops. Whatever the name, I recall being very excited for this one, as brontotheres were one of those animals that I used to find as fossils, but until around then, figures were pretty sporadic. Of…
Bunch of random figures yet again! Overall, pretty great figures. Including a cool gar from a company I haven't visited for a while. There's even going to be a few paired figures! Takara DinoExpo 2012 Dino Kingdom Stegosaurus+Allosaurus A classic pair of dino antagonists! Stegosaurus and Allosaurus on fancy bases! They are both around 1:83 scale First up, we have a pair of dinosaurs that were released as part of a set with a Japanese Dinosaur Expo in 2012. The…
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…
Another day, another very random bunch of figures. Again, a pretty broad range of animals and companies. Kaiyodo Takara ChocoQ Animatales Pets Axolotl A lovely little Axolotl figure. It's about 1:4 scale, so it would be a giant compared to The Doctor there. Or she is very, very tiny. Here we have another excellent figure from the Kaiyodo Takara ChocoQ Animatales Pets series. This one is from series 4, so it was after the split between Kaiyodo and the original…
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…
Another FigureFrenzy! And it's going to be very random...all over the place, really. Little of everything. Although they're all small, and all part of larger sets so...unifying features? Marmit World of Tropical Fish Betta A very familiar pet fish, a Betta or Siamese Fighting Fish in what might be the most unusual possible colour...a pearlescent white with a red lateral line? I'm not even sure if this is a real pattern. A more characteristic blue or red would have made…
Wide range of figures again today. All over the map--prehistoric and modern, big and small, really nice and...less high end. I guess that's what happens when picks are random...! Jurassic World FK mini Apatosaurus (Walmart) It's a very basic Apatosaurus from a Jurassic World set. Decent monochrome though, although the 'blood splash' is a little weird. It's about 1:182 scale, so the guy's about half the needed height. First up, a small mini dinosaur figure from Mattel, an Apatosaurus from the…
We're going to look at a bunch of prehistoric figures today! And as these things go, yes, they're all over the place again. Some really good ones, some...real ones. At least one really rare one so that's fun. With four out of the five, we are looking at figures from sets and series that have already been visited before, so that saves some time on the background! Papo Carnotaurus I don't get a lot of Papo figures. But something about…
Today we'll look at a number of carnivoran figures, a popular source of inspiration for animal figure companies. Of course, not all companies are equal, and this means the figures range widely in quality...most of these ones are at least decent...most of them. Ausini Grey wolf It's a very tiny wolf, probably meant to represent a Grey wolf. Based on the heavy build it appears to be one of the larger subspecies. It's about a 1:50 scale figure. Yeah. Most…
