Mammal – Fauna Figures

FigureFocus 317 Acheson Primeval Designs Spotted Hyena

Time to look at yet another Hyena figure from the collection! Yeah...I have many. It's a thing! This time it's a small clan of metal Spotted Hyenas from Acheson Creations' Primeval Designs series. As with a few other figures from the series that I've looked at before, these are the metal (pewter) figures, being smaller models, although some are resin as well. Unlike other figures seen on the blog, these figures are not technically part of the 'prehistoric' series, but…

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August 29, 2022

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FigureFocus 316 Kaiyodo ChocoEgg Classic Shrew Mole

Yet another Kaiyodo ChocoEgg figure today, but a very different sort. A very small mammal figure, another one of those great ones that you could only find from the original Furuta ChocoEgg Animaltales set. Except, in this case, it's a re-release--because in or around 2003 ChocoEgg produced a short series of 'Classic' models--twenty-four figures that had shown up in the first three series (which meant picking 24 from a choice of nearly 100). It was also pretty random, with a…

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August 23, 2022

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FigureFocus 314 Play Visions Striped Hyena

Here's one of those figures that I was very excited to get when they first came out, and I still have a lot of them from those days! I am speaking of the Play Visions Striped Hyena figure, one of eight figures in the Wild Dogs bin figures series. And yes, first off--it isn't a dog, wild or otherwise. It's a hyena--and would have been more appropriate with the Civets and Mongoose series but they made their choice. At least…

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August 12, 2022

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FigureFocus 308 Groovy Tubes Arctic Chill Arctic Fox

It's another figure from one of the Innovative Kids book+game+figures sets, another animal from the Arctic Chill box set (the polar bear was seen here). As I've mentioned before, these are interesting sets (that are of course no longer available) that contained fairly decent books, rudimentary games, and a collection of animal figures that might not have been the very best, but often contained some interesting species. Was the Arctic Chill one of those sets? Kind of. But today's figure…

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July 4, 2022

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FigureFocus 307 Schleich Cow (Minis)

Haven't posted in a bit...and this one's going to be appropriately short for a small figure. This one is from the classic Schleich 'Minis' series, initiated in 1965 and as a group discontinued in 2005. In particular, this is the basic 'Kuh' or Cow, as in domestic cow, item number 10067. I don't know when it was released, but given the low-ish item number it was likely near the original releases. The series starts at 10001 and ends at 11210--skipping…

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July 1, 2022

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FigureFocus 304 Play Visions Ring-Tailed Vontsira

Time to look at a small figure from a great little set, a figure from the Play Visions "Civets & Mongooses" set . I looked at a figure from this set once before, the so-called Binturong that is more likely an Asian palm civet. This is another figure that is very nicely made, but clearly stamped with a less informative name (but at least technically 'right'). The figure is marked as a 'Ring-tailed Mongoose', but better referred to as a…

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May 30, 2022

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FigureFrenzy 300 Allosaurus, Anteater, Pantylus, Penguin

Been a bit distracted lately, but catching right back up...once again, with a very random assortment. Very. Broad range of quality, style, and taxonomy. Jurassic World FK mini Allosaurus (Walmart) Revisiting an almost monochrome figure from the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom minis. This time it's the Allosaurus. A very gaunt, skinny dino. It's about 1:85 scale, so the explorer is pretty close. So we'll start with another mini figure from the Walmart Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom multi-pack (a few others can…

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May 2, 2022

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FigureFrenzy 286 Tree frog, Owl, Bat-eared fox, Manta ray

We're going to go through a bunch of mini-size figures this week! A good look at how many companies have actually made these tiny-size figures! With one exception, most of these figures are sized well for scenes and dioramas with more traditionally larger figures. In keeping with the theme, I'll keep it short (there's only so much to say...) Safari Ltd Good Luck Minis Red-Eye Tree Frog A tiny little Red-eye Tree Frog. Which looks pretty good, if a little…

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February 24, 2022

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FigureFrenzy 284 Brontosaurus, Dimetrodon, Gomphotherium, Velociraptor

Taking a look at a weird and wide variety of prehistoric figures. Representing all kinds of geologic ages and taxonomic groups! Also...pretty wide range of quality. Dino Magic Fizz-N-Surprise 'Brontosaurus' Skeleton (GLOW!) Kind of the basic dinosaur skeleton, ostensibly a Brontosaurus skeleton. It's roughly 1:200 scale, so that diver guy there is pretty close in scale Well let's start with what will obviously be the low point...another figure from the Dino Magic series. I have to say, it's representative of…

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February 17, 2022

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FigureFrenzy 281 Llama, Butterflyfish, Basilisk, Olm

It's going to be all living animals today! No extinction here! Hopefully! And a pretty broad taxonomic range too! Safari Ltd Pets Toob Llama It's a LLAMA an in an interesting pose. About 1:30 scale, so close to the zoo guy there. Let's start with the mammal, a Llama from the Safari Pets toob, item 683704. I don't have a ton to say about it--other than it's a pretty decent figure. The pose is kind of interesting, probably chosen as…

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February 7, 2022

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Vault Tales 274 FigureFrenzy Conger eel, Andrewsarchus, Thylacine, Quetzalcoatlus

More variety--living, recently extinct, and prehistoric. The only thing that unites them is that they're in my collection! And all of them are pretty great. Yujin Primary Seawater Fish Book 2 Japanese Conger Eel An unusual species as a figure, a Japanese Conger eel. One of the first eel figures I got from Japan. It's tricky to get the figure size, but it's roughly 1:9, so Ray is pretty much to scale. The only fish today! A pretty decent one,…

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January 13, 2022

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Vault Tales 273 FigureFrenzy Marmot, Velociraptor, Giant cheetah, Wild ass

Another very random batch. Minis. Metals. Mammals. Just more randomness. Schleich Minis Marmot A very small rodent, an Alpine Marmot. Great to have a very small rodent figure, they tend to fit better with larger figures. Depending on the size of the real animal used, this figure varies from 1:15 to 1:24 scale. Finn would be close for 1:15 or; the figure would fit well with many current modern animal models at 1:24 We're going to start small, with this…

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January 10, 2022