Mammal – Page 3 – Fauna Figures

Vault Tales 207 FigureFrenzy Hyena, Dodo, Cynognathus, African wild dog, Arsinoitherium

So here's a random assortment of mostly mammals (and adjacent) figures. And one extinct bird, just to mix it up. Most of them are pretty good too! Schleich Spotted hyena (2015 release) The most recent of Schleich's several versions of a Spotted hyena. And probably their best version, although still heavily stylized. The figure is roughly 1:18 depending on it's gender (which is indeterminate) Let's start with a figure that represents one of my favorite animals (mammal edition), a Spotted…

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May 3, 2021

FigureTales / Run the Set

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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April 1, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 197 FigureFrenzy Japanese weasel, Sidneyia, Marine iguana, Fukuiraptor

Today's newest Figure Frenzy is a bunch of random figures again! So much fun! This time, though, we have two from Safari, and two from Kaiyodo--demonstrating some variety in on what those companies can do. Kaiyodo ChocoEgg Animatales Japanese Weasel It's a weasel figure, a Japanese Weasel which is of course a less common figure (outside of Japan anyway). It's about 1:6 scale, so pretty in line with The Doctor. First we have a figure from the Kaiyodo ChocoEgg Animatales…

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March 29, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 187 FigureFrenzy Nasutoceratops, Uintatherium, Dunkleosteus, Smilodon

New Figure Frenzy, with a bunch of larger figures! Interestingly, we're going to hit the three geologic eras (and the kind of fourth, based on the original breakdown into four). But I'm not going to do them in geologic order since...I just am not. Three of them are excellent models from excellent companies. One of them is a well known animal that is frequently made but can be generously described as 'okay', from a company that can be described as...okay…

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February 22, 2021

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 185 FigureFrenzy Coati, Gorilla, Sea lion, Penguins, Mammoth

Here we are with another Figure Frenzy! A bunch of small bites for a bunch of small figures! Schleich minis Coati One of very few Coati figures made. In a tiny, monochromatic form. It's about 1:24 scale, which works well with the ranger there. First up, we have a figure from back when Schleich was really doing some interesting things. Like this model, a small, rubber figure as part of their mini line. It was a pretty broad range of…

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February 15, 2021

FigureTales

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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January 14, 2021

FigureTales

Vault Tales 172 Bullyland Woolly Mammoth

Happy New Year all! Today, to wrap up the year we're going to look at another great Bullyland Stuttgart Museum figure. This time, that classic beast of the Ice Age, the Woolly mammoth! And yes, coincidentally, we already visited a mammoth earlier this week, along with some other prehistoric mammals. It isn't planned, just kind of random. A very classic animal, in a very classic rendition. The Bullyland Woolly Mammoth is number 58355, and was among the earliest models made…

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December 31, 2020

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 171 ToyTrio Giant Kangaroo, Giant Cheetah, Woolly Mammoth

A new ToyTrion featuring three small figures of notable very large animals, all mammals this time! All extinct, and all with presence in the Pleistocene...Let's see what we have. Yowies Lost Kingdom Giant Short-faced Kangaroo Weird proportions and a short face on a kangaroo? It must be Procoptodon goliah, the giant short-faced kangaroo This first figure is an example of why the original Yowies Australia figures were so great. For the first two series, especially Lost Kingdoms A, they tried…

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December 28, 2020

FigureTales

Vault Tales 167 CollectA Smilodon

Here we have today's VaultTale, just a single figure--the standard-collection Smilodon figure from CollectA. This figure was the second Smilodon released by CollectA for their standard collection, in 2015 as item number 88715. The previous model, available from 2009-2016, was...a much weaker figure (I had it once, but no longer). As far as prehistoric mammals go, Smilodon is a near given, alongside mammoths and...okay, that's about it. CollectA has actually been pretty consistent about giving us a range of Cenozoic…

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December 14, 2020

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 166 ToyTrio Huayangosaurus, Cave Bear, Thylacine

Today we will look at three very different figures, all of extinct animals. After that...they're all completely different from each other. Even a variety of materials! Kaiyodo Lawson Dinotales Series 7 Huayangosaurus It's always great to see a less traditional stegosaur figure, and Huayangosaurus is definitely an unusual figure! Our first figure today is from the last Kaiyodo Dinotales series, series 7, released as a Lawson series. As with the fifth and sixth series, there were two versions of each…

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December 10, 2020

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales 165 Run the Set Yowies UK series 2

Here we are with another Run the Set, and again it's one where I don't have the whole set...not even close. But I have a number of them, and I think entirely from one trade with someone! The UK Yowies were distributed by Cadbury, just like the Australian ones, and probably around the same time, latest 90s/earliest 2000s. Unlike the Australian ones, the UK ones were single PVC figures and did not require assembly. This obviously makes them better able…

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December 7, 2020

FigureTales

Vault Tales 160 Bullyland Deinotherium

So for once, we are going to just look at one figure--something I usually reserve for larger or more notable figures. In this instance, it's a figure from one of the best lines released in the late 90s until the early 2000s, from a company that seemed ready to make a huge impact. Which they kind of did. For a while. I am of course talking about the Bullyland Prehistoric Animals & Humans line made in conjunction with the Stutgaart…

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November 19, 2020