Vault Tales 209 FigureFrenzy Deinotherium, Neanderthal, Andrewsarchus, Chasmaporthetes

Oooh! Prehistoric mammal FigureFrenzy today! And quite the range of figures and companies while we're at it! Let's see! Starlux Deinotherium A classic model of a probiscidean that has been interpreted in many ways, the Starlux Deinotherium is heavily based on Asian elephants with a weird lower jaw. The figure is close to 1:100, so mom & child are not far off. Our first figure is the elephant-like Deinotherium Starlux, released in 1973 with the item number FS40044. It was…

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Vault Tales 176 AAA Entelodon

This is going to be a look at another of one of my favorite kinds of figures--prehistoric mammals! And it's one of those figures that is weird in and of itself, of an animal that is pretty weird too. I am speaking of the AAA Entelodon, one of my quiet favorites, and a bit of an oddity as far as figures go. Here it is, coming right at you! In the tradition of many AAA figures, this one is well…

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Vault Tales 13 RSM Archaeotherium

RSM Archaeotherium Who makes it? It's a cast of a museum diorama piece from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. It's name is Archie! Based on fossil material from that province! The unpainted entelodont Archaeotherium, Archie When did it come out? It never really came out...but judging by the inscription on the base, 1988 Still available? It was never available, so I suppose the status has never really changed. An oblique view. Might as well share a few photos! Look at those…

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