Vault Tales 227 FigureFrenzy Cheetah, Iguanodon, Milkfish, Sifaka, Sturgeon

Well, today is about as random as they're going to get. All over the place in terms of species, quality, brand, materials...Kind of like my actual collection, it can be kind of all over the place! Schleich Bayala Arelan Cheetah I personally think this is one of the most interesting Cheetah figures made, by Schleich, and among many other cheetah figures. The posture is such a unique one. About 1:18 scale, so close to the misguided zookeeper there. Our first…

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Vault Tales 222 FigureFrenzy Allosaurus, Hallucigenia, Pufferfish, Triceratops, Lungfish

Another frenzy of figures! As usual, kind of all over the place. Dinosaurs, fish, weird invertebrates. And all from different companies. For the first time in a while, I think these are also all figures that I currently display! That doesn't always happen! I also just realized that every one of these figures is from a different Japanese series. Which might indicate just how many Japanese models I have! Kaiyodo Dinotales Special Release White Allosaurus The colour of this Allosaurus…

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Vault Tales 213 FigureFrenzy Lionfish, Bamboo shark, Wobbegong, Axelrodichthys

We're going all fish today! Cool fish! Extinct lobefins! Weird sharks! Oddly...all sharks are carpet sharks. Short introduction. It's a great bunch of figures so let's go! FameMaster 4D Puzzle Lionfish Starting with a very fancy puzzle, a FameMaster Red Lionfish. It's about 1:4 scale, so I don't really have much to scale with it. It would go very well as a near life-size aquarium diorama fixture (but I don't think it would do well in water. I have spoken…

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Vault Tales 206 Run the Set OUMCRAFT ‘Life’ Game figures part 2

Only a couple days ago, I wrote about the first Oumcraft models I received in conjunction with my Life game from Kickstarter. Those ones focused on the Silurian and Devonian figures, including a number of acanthodians, conodonts, agnathans and early vertebrates. This time around, I will show the figures from the Devonian stage of the game (although there are a number of Carboniferous taxa as well--that particular age does not have a round in the game). There are quite a…

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Vault Tales 203 FigureFrenzy Wrasse, Moorish idol, Acanthodiian, Nurse shark, Mammalodon

Going with an aquatic theme today! Mostly a variety of fish, and then one prehistoric mammal as well! Bunch of interesting animals though. Let's take a look! Colorata Coral Reef Fish Humphead Wrasse & Moorish Idol Two excellent fish figures from Colorata. On the left, a Humphead Wrasse. In the centre, a Moorish Idol. Although not always true, in this instance the two figures from the same box are about the same scale, 1:6,. The diver is actually a bit…

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Vault Tales 198 Run the Set Kaiyodo Takara ChocoQ Amazing Animals

It's a Run the Set today, a few figures from one of the last Kaiyodo Choco animal series. In this case, it was a set called Amazing Animals, released with Takara in the rebranded 'ChocoQ' line. This occurred after Kaiyodo parted ways with Furuta in about 2003 (I think); from what I recall, Kaiyodo had insisted to Furuta that only their ChocoEgg Kaiyodo figures would be part of the Furuta offerings...then Furuta didn't do that. So Kaiyodo went over with…

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Vault Tales 190 FigureFrenzy Hammerhead sharks, Rainbow trout, Beluga Whale, Luna moths

So here's a bunch of random figures today...sometimes the random generator is really, really random! So let's get random! One thing...every figure that is in a numbered set is number 04...and the one that isn't is a set of 4! And I'm putting this up on March 4! Spooky numbering, and entirely coincidental! Safari Safariology Luna Moth life cycle On the left, the Luna Moth caterpillar and pupa/coccoon, both about 2:1 scale (it can be hard to be sure). On…

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Vault Tales 186 FigureFrenzy Crappie, Hemicyclapsis, Stingray, Botia, Manta

Is it another Figure Frenzy? It is! Another 5 figures (some with a few versions) all of the fish variety! It feels like it's been so long since I visited some fish figures. Replica Toy Fish Crappie Such a Crappie fish figure! But seriously...that's what it's called. The figure is apparently 1:7 scale, so a little big for The Doctor but maybe it's a really big one! First up, we have a Crappie figure from Replica Toy Fish, which I've…

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Vault Tales 155 ToyTrio Chipmunk, Armadillo, Eagle Ray

Well, we're back to a pretty random trio...two are from Colorata, so that's a link. The other is very much not. But they're all really nice so there's that! Safari Ltd Incredible Creatures Chipmunk There's no way to tell of course--but this is a big figure. Life size, really, maybe a little bigger. It's meant to be an Eastern Chipmunk. First up, our Safari figure, from their Incredible Creatures line. This is their Chipmunk, Safari item number 263029. Overall, the…

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Vault Tales 145 ToyTrio Ayu, Brown trout, Wels catfish

So, another trio and this time it's all (mostly) freshwater fish! All of them being ones that are frequently caught by anglers, for various reasons. Plus, I don't think any of these fish figures are actually still in production anymore...so there's that. Yujin Freshwater Fish Pictorial book 1 Ayu Popular in as a food fish, the Ayu is also known as the Sweetfish. They are also popular as figures from Japan. Our first one is a fish from Japanese company…

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Vault Tales 142 ToyTrio Marlin, Mackerel and Rummynose Tetra!

This ToyTrio is features three very different fish from very different companies...enjoy! Schleich Sea Animals Blue Marlin Two different angles on a fantastic fish figure! First off, we have a great little figure from the second time Schleich put out marine animals, their blue marlin! Item number 14556, this one came out in 2005 and was the first in the line to be discontinued in 2008. The rest of that series would end in 2009. In a short form it…

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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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