Cryptozoology – Fauna Figures

Vault Tales 182 FigureFrenzy Hyena, Spinosaurus, Polar bear, Sea turtles, Sasquatch

So I decided to change things up a little, as mentioned at the end of my last post. It felt like it would be more fun to do more figures, with shorter discussions. Unless, of course, it warrants more discussion. So I'm labelling these FigureFrenzies! Lots of fun stuff (I hope). Let's do this! Panini Spotted Hyena One of my first hyena figures. From a blind bag. And yet somehow I have so many of them! Roughly to scale with…

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February 4, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 152 ToyTrio Flame snake, Tsushinokos & Nessie/Plesiosaur trio

So...I'm doing this, this week. Three different figures, three different takes on imaginary/mythical/cryptozoolgical animals all based on real animals. To varying degrees of quality. We'll even go from solo to a duo to a trio! Some were worth getting because of how they represent real creatures; others were probably part of random lots...or came as parts of sets. Into the imaginations I guess! Wizards of the Coast Flame Snake Quite clearly based on a cobra. And the human from a…

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October 22, 2020

FigureTales

Vault tales 82 Medicom Megalodon

Who makes it? Part of a series of 'Mystery' or Cryptid models from Japanese company Medicom, this 'Ancient Shark' is part of their Mystery Museum series 2. It is referred to as 'Ancient Shark' officially, but given the size (there is a yacht-like boat in the base) it is most likely referring to Otodus megalodon, or more commonly, Megalodon. When did it come out? I honestly have no idea. Probably early to mid-2000s. From one side. It's very much a…

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February 13, 2020

FigureTales

Vault tales 15 Agatsuma Tsuchinoko Snake

Who makes it? Agatsuma, a Japanese company. This is a secret chase figure from their Strange Predators series. The only mythological/cryptid figure in the set When did it come out? I really don't know. I've had them since about 2011, so probably then. There isn't a lot of information on them. It's a coiled up snake! Not the usual coiled up though. Still available? They show up in auctions, especially in Japan. I don't think they were ever terribly common…

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June 24, 2019