Marine Reptile – Page 2

Vault Tales 192 FigureFrenzy Bawitius, Therizinosaurus, Rhomalaeosaurus, Coelodonta

Prehistoric Figure Frenzy! A whole bunch of different species...three from some of my . Plus, one really unique one, a plush prehistoric polypterid! Let's take a look. Spirellity Bawitius plush key chain The only Bawitius model that was available for general sale. As a key ring (the ring has since been removed). It's about 1:23 scale, so pretty close to Freddy there. That's a big bichir! So I'm just going to start with this one! It's a small plush printed…

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March 11, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 157 ToyTrio Glyphoderma, Nothosaurus, more Nothosaurs!

So today will be all Triassic marine reptiles! And all are relatively small figures, in the tube-size range or so. Some great ones, some...not really. But it's not a common type of figure, so still great to have! Bin Figure Nothosaurs Normally I would do just one figure, but they're pretty much the same. Just different colours. Scale is difficult to gauge--somewhere between 1:60 to 1:70, depending on what species of nothosaur you decide these are! I'll start with what…

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November 9, 2020

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FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault tales 156 Run the Set Play Visions Prehistoric Reptiles

Okay, so here's a Run the Set for one of those sets that lots of collectors know about, and everybody wants...but can prove difficult to actually get anymore. It's the Play Visions Prehistoric Marine Reptiles (aka Marine Dinosaurs...ugh) set, from 1998 and discontinued soon after. Play Visions was noteworthy at the time...and notorious now...for their wide range of bulk animal sets that featured a range of animals and themes unlike anything we've still ever seen. This included modern and prehistoric…

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November 5, 2020

FigureTales

Vault Tales 119 Kinto/Favorite Pewter Plesiosaurus

It's like a trophy or something, complete with wooden stand! For today we're going to look at one of those odd ones in my collection--a well known company in an unusual style. As the photos give it away, it is a special release pewter version of their Plesiosaurus, but not the one familiar now. For many recent collectors (last 15 years or so) the company has been known as Favorite. They are out of Japan and make a variety of…

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June 22, 2020

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 118 ToyTrio Nimravid, Iberian Lynx, Ichthyosaur

Time for another Toy Trio, a model I use to look quickly at a few figures that were picked by the Random Number Generator, but might not warrant a full on post on their own. It's also a chance to work through the list a little faster...I'm not going to run through it anytime soon, but there's lots to get to! Mech (?) "smilodon"/Nimravid This is not a high quality figure...and despite the label, there's no way that is Smilodon…

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June 18, 2020

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 114 ToyTrio Liopleurodon, Water Monitor, Rhino Iguana

This one is a new Toy Trio, a model I've used only once before. A chance to look quickly at a few figures that were picked by the Random Number Generator, but might not warrant a full on post on their own. It's also a chance to work through the list a little faster...there's about 3900 items still on there (give or take some doubles or skips) so I'm not running out anytime soon! Kaiyodo Dinotales S1 Liopleurodon A very…

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June 4, 2020

Clades & Grades / FigureTales

Vault tales 112 – Clades – Pliosaurs

Part of the fun of doing these clades ones is learning more about the models I have! Here we some that only show up as one example in my collection--the CollectA Rhomalaeosaurus which is not quite a pliosaurid but is a pliosauroid; the CollectA Attenborosaurus, a long-necked pliosaur that I originally thought was a plesiosaur; the Feves Peloneustes recently discussed here; and the Innovative Kids Brachauchenius from their Gone Extinct book. So we are back with another Clades discussion--one that,…

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May 28, 2020

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales Run the Set 108 CollectA Dinosaurs MiniBox 1

All 12 figures from Dinosaurs set 1. I personally think we might be due for a couple more. So we're back already with another Run the Set! This time we'll look at a much more recent one, a box made up of miniature versions of some of the CollectA Deluxe and Standard dinosaurs. This is box set 1, released in 2016 under the catalog number A1101. Set two was released at the same time--giving us 20 small versions of CollectA…

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May 14, 2020

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales Run the Set 105 Feves Prehistoric animals

This post is another Run the Set, although I don't think it's really a full set--just all of the figures I have that would be included. Here we have a number of prehistoric animals produced by Feves. Or called Feves...I'm not really sure if it's a brand or a style. I know that they are originally based on prizes or treats that are placed in cakes during Epiphany. They get their name 'Feves' from the French word for 'bean'--maybe those…

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May 4, 2020

FigureTales

Vault Tales 99 Safari toob Champsosaurus

Not a croc--but it was in the toob! And now you'll know how! We're going to look at one of the oddest figures in an odd toob today, from Safari's Prehistoric Crocodiles toob (item number 679804). Strange because it's not really a crocodile at all, and strange because they're such weird animals overall! I am speaking of course of the choristodere Champsosaurus, one of 10 figures in the Safari toob that was available from 2010 until 2017...yes, another toob that…

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April 13, 2020

FigureTales

Vault tales 91 Kaiyodo National Museum Futabasaurus & Skeleton

(Side note--I've been doing this for almost a year, and have decided to change up the format. I'll say about the same things, but I'm just going to go with paragraphs now!) A pretty purple plesiosaur perfectly perched...precariously? The alliteration got away from me, it's actually on an acrylic peg of course. Today's figure (well, figures) are continuing the Kaiyodo theme, with a pair from the Kaiyodo National Museum gashapon series--a set of capsule figures with a natural sciences theme.…

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March 16, 2020

FigureTales

Vault tales 85 Starlux Nothosaurus (2nd version)

Who makes it? French company Starlux. It's part of their second series, item number FS40095. When did it come out? This particular model was released in 1981. It seems more vintage than that...the whole line has that same look. There's a bit of a sinister face on this guy. Still available? Unfortunately no, although there were rumours of a revision of the Starlux figures in the early 2000s. But I don't think that happened. Where can it be found in…

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February 24, 2020