Epoch – Fauna Figures

Vault Tales 147 ToyTrio Mole cricket, Whelk, Slit-shell snail

I seem to have found a way to create themes for the trio posts...today is super unusual for me--it's all invertebrates. Not a group that I have a lot of although some weirder ones are in my collection--I do have at least one whole shelf of mostly prehistoric ones after all! Bin figure large Whelk snail I'm going to speed past this one...it's a bin figure, part of a large set of marine animals. The actual scale, like the species,…

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October 5, 2020

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Vault tales 54 Epoch Spotted Garden Eel

Who makes it? One of the figures in the Epoch "Life Account of the Trip" series of gashapon figures, the Marine Fish set. Item number 05. When did it come out? It's hard to say. Probably around early to mid-2000s. Despite being only a few centimetres long, the face is very detailed--right down to the little open mouth catching plankton! Still available? No, like many of these sets they are limited releases. They show up somewhat regularly on Japanese auction…

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November 7, 2019

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Vault tales #20 Epoch Oceanic Manta Ray

Who makes it? A figure from the Epoch 'Life Account of the Trip' lines, specifically the Shark & Ray Series. No item number that I'm aware of. When did it come out? I don't have any idea. I've had it since about 2003. So sometime before then. The figure on its base. The peg has a ball joint that allows the model to be rotated and tilted. Also, that peg is easily broken when the ball is being pushed into…

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July 11, 2019