Dawn of the Dinosaurs – Fauna Figures

Vault Tales 253 FigureFrenzy Carnotaurus, Smilodon, Acrocanthosaurus, Therzinosaurus, Lessemsaurus

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…

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October 11, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 201 FigureFrenzy Apatosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Saurosuchus, Concavenator, Belemnites

Another bunch of figures today, all prehistoric ones! And a wide range of them...the funny part is that the largest figure is the smallest (and the only not-reptile!) And a strange assortment of brands and styles! CollectA MiniBox A1102 Apatosaurus One of those classic dinosaur figures, this was the first Apatosaurus made by CollectA for their mini box sets. It's about 1:192, so that man is way too large (it's all I have!). First up we have one of the…

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April 12, 2021

Clades & Grades / FigureTales

Vault tales 184 – Clades – Eucynodontia

Time to do another quick clades overview. This time, we're going to head to the base of the mammal family tree! In this instance, I am talking about the Eucynodontia. As a clade, we are looking at the least inclusive group including mammals and Exaeretodon (foreshadow!); in my personal system, this will refer to the Cynognathia as a 'basal' group (plus a few taxa ancestral to that), sister to the Probainognathia (which contains true mammals and their closer ancestors, broken…

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February 11, 2021

Clades & Grades / FigureTales

Vault tales 178 – Clades – “Sauropoda”

Today we have another 'Clades' and this time...it will take more explanation? When I revamped my database taxonomic details, I realized that some groups were very heavily lumped into one category--even though many groups fit in as ancestors to others, etc. Some groups were also more tightly defined than others, often based on how I focus in my collecting (so, lots of fish ones, very few arthropods...still true). I also realized that it could make a clades post really, really…

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January 21, 2021