Panosh – Fauna Figures

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

Clades & Grades / FigureTales

Vault tales 174 – Clades – Eryopiformes

We're back and with another 'Clades' post. This time, it will be a paraphyletic one, 'Eryopiformes'. This is a crown group of the Temnospondyls, and as the name implies, it consists of the famous big 'amphibian' Eryops, but also the rest of the 'Stereospondyls'--and this group may also include the Gymnophiona, the modern caecillians! As it is, when I revamped my database, I organized using grades, clades and useful (to me) breakdowns...so as a group, the Eryopiformes 'clade' consists of…

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January 7, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 148 ToyTrio Cretoxyrhina, Pteranodon, Diadectes?

Okay, so another trio, another theme...sort of. Three prehistoric animals, all non-dinosaurs, and that's about all that connects them. Some very strange ones here really. Learning Curve "Dinosaur Train" Mr. Cretoxyrhina Clearly this is not a realistic paint scheme for Cretoxyrhina. We can't be completely sure but, no. Kind of gives up the cartoon-based origin It seems like I only recently discussed a Dinosaur Train figure and we're already on to another one. And it's not like I have a…

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October 8, 2020