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Vault Tales 183 Run the Set Yowies Australia Series 1

Going to look at another set today--the first series of Australian Yowies! It was a big set, with 50 figures (not counting variants) but I have managed to get a number of them. Let's take a quick look! I did discuss one of the figures in detail once before, the Northern Mastiff Bat, and visited the Knob-tailed gecko in a trio recently, but now we'll see the rest. All of the birds from the series that I have--plus a bat…

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February 8, 2021

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Vault Tales 180 Run the Set Colorata Endangered Species Fossil Fish Box (2nd version)

Today I'm going to look at another Colorata set, one of the most exciting ones to me! This is the Endangered Species Fossil Fish box. Specifically, the second released version, from about 2010 or 2011--I got it in late 2011 and probably didn't wait very long! And why didn't I wait very long? Because it was only the second time a bichir had been made as figure! Except that the set has already been released several years earlier (2003 or…

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January 28, 2021

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Vault Tales 175 Run the Set Kaiyodo DinoExpo 2002

Today will be another set, this one featuring a fine set from Kaiyodo--their models made as souvenirs for DinoExpo 2002! This was when the figures were still part of the Chocola Saurs brand, partnered within the UHA lines. Except, for the DinoExpo sets, they would pull out a few stops. In later years, the models would get larger and made of more fragile resin; the early sets often featured repaints of existing figures. In this instance, there were also a…

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January 11, 2021

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Vault Tales 165 Run the Set Yowies UK series 2

Here we are with another Run the Set, and again it's one where I don't have the whole set...not even close. But I have a number of them, and I think entirely from one trade with someone! The UK Yowies were distributed by Cadbury, just like the Australian ones, and probably around the same time, latest 90s/earliest 2000s. Unlike the Australian ones, the UK ones were single PVC figures and did not require assembly. This obviously makes them better able…

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December 7, 2020

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Vault tales 162 Run the Set Agatsuma Strange Predators

Well here we have another Run the Set and as the name suggests, it is strange. From a Japanese company (of course) called Agatsuma Entertainment, they apparently are mostly a company that makes character merchandise. But for whatever reason, in 2011 or so they decided to create a set of (almost) entirely aquatic predators. But not like we would normally see--your sharks, your orcas, your seals and rays and whales. No, they went with 'Strange' Predators and wow, did they…

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November 26, 2020

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Vault tales 156 Run the Set Play Visions Prehistoric Reptiles

Okay, so here's a Run the Set for one of those sets that lots of collectors know about, and everybody wants...but can prove difficult to actually get anymore. It's the Play Visions Prehistoric Marine Reptiles (aka Marine Dinosaurs...ugh) set, from 1998 and discontinued soon after. Play Visions was noteworthy at the time...and notorious now...for their wide range of bulk animal sets that featured a range of animals and themes unlike anything we've still ever seen. This included modern and prehistoric…

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November 5, 2020

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Vault tales 153 Run the Set Kaiyodo Animaltales Series 3

Today I'm doing a Run the Set that might be the shortest one ever, other than just doing a single figure...! It is one of the original Kaiyodo-produced lines made for the Furuta ChocoEgg Animaltales series, number 3. This series was, for that run, huge. There are 50 figures in that series! And I have...two? I double checked and, indeed, I have two. I'm honestly surprised...at one point I I got lots of Animaltales, even though they were discontinued before…

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October 26, 2020

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Vault tales Run the Set 141 Safari Tropical Butterflies toob

Summer is winding down--so time for some colourful bugs! It's a run the set today, and I'll be honest, it's going to be brief. Not because they aren't nice figures, I just wouldn't really have much to say. It's the Safari Ltd Tropical Butterflies set, number 684504. I believe first released around 2016 but it could have been earlier. As far as insects go, butterflies are a fairly popular, safe choice for companies--but with this set they went into some…

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September 7, 2020

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Vault tales Run the Set 138 Colorata Saltwater Fish box (original)

After so many individual fish, we are going to look at the whole set in one place! They come in these nifty lunch kits, and have a booklet too! Well, after so many posts about individual fish figures from this set, we are going to see them all as a Run the Set! This is probably one of my favorite sets (though of course not the favorite...there is a set with a bichir after all), and was one of the…

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August 27, 2020

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Vault tales Run the Set 135 Kaiyodo CapsuleQ Palaeozoic

One of the more recent sets by Kaiyodo. Admittedly, only 80% of a recent set... We have a Run-the-Set today, this time the Paleozoic Era set from the Kaiyodo CapsuleQ Museum line. This set was released as a limited run in 2015. I am not sure what exactly, but it was likely for a museum event or some kind of promotion with a Dinosaur Expo in Japan. In this instance, it was reflecting a number of Paleozoic fossil creatures that,…

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August 17, 2020

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Vault tales Run the Set 132 Innovative Kids Groovy Tubes Raging Reptiles

The whole reptile gang with the box cover. Possibly the most diverse reptiles set ever. As for the figures, they are a solid O K. So two Innovative Kids Groovy Tubes set in one week...sometimes the Random Number Generator doesn't seem so random...Anyway, kind of exciting to finally get to one of the animal sets. This is actually the first one that I saw in a store, and couldn't believe some of the animals inside. There were some that I…

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August 6, 2020

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Vault Tales Run the Set 131 Innovative Kids Groovy Tubes Magical Creatures

The Magical Creatures box set, with the figures spread out. On first appearance, definitely more...pastel...than the Mythical Beasts. I'm sure that's coincidence. Because this is the one with the horse-like animals... Well what do you know? Another Groovy Tubes set from Innovative Kids. And just like the last one, this set is going to look at another Mythical/Fantasy set. This time it is called the Magical Creatures (as opposed to the aforementioned Mythical Beasts). Both sets feature novel interpretations of…

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August 3, 2020