Skeleton – Fauna Figures

Vault Tales 285 Run the Set Kaiyodo National Museum of Nature & Science

It'll be a quick look at the figures I have from a set today--two thirds of which I looked at in greater detail once before (when I apparently changed my format!) But always great to look at the history a bit more. Two figures that I've visited before, but so worth the extra look. Futabasaurus in the purple flesh, and a Futabasaurus skeleton. Clearly, the museum and Japan are proud of their sea monster! As said before, the series was…

0 Comments

February 21, 2022

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

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…

0 Comments

February 17, 2022

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 253 FigureFrenzy Carnotaurus, Smilodon, Acrocanthosaurus, Therzinosaurus, Lessemsaurus

We're going to look at a bunch of prehistoric figures today! And as these things go, yes, they're all over the place again. Some really good ones, some...real ones. At least one really rare one so that's fun. With four out of the five, we are looking at figures from sets and series that have already been visited before, so that saves some time on the background! Papo Carnotaurus I don't get a lot of Papo figures. But something about…

0 Comments

October 11, 2021

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales 231 Run the Set Kaiyodo UHA Chocolasaurs Dinotales Series 1 PART 1

Part 1 - The Mesozoic Figures! That's right--as the title suggests, I am going to be looking at the full run of the Series 1 Dinotales line, the one that started it all! I have looked at various individual Dinotales figures before of course, but I don't think I tackled a full complete set. And it turns out, with at least 25 figures that gets a little daunting. Because unlike some sets, Dinotales deserve at least a little more time…

0 Comments

July 26, 2021

FigureTales / Run the Set

Vault Tales 175 Run the Set Kaiyodo DinoExpo 2002

Today will be another set, this one featuring a fine set from Kaiyodo--their models made as souvenirs for DinoExpo 2002! This was when the figures were still part of the Chocola Saurs brand, partnered within the UHA lines. Except, for the DinoExpo sets, they would pull out a few stops. In later years, the models would get larger and made of more fragile resin; the early sets often featured repaints of existing figures. In this instance, there were also a…

0 Comments

January 11, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 150 ToyTrio Dimetrodon, Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus skeleton

Today is a super special Toy Trio--3 figures from the marvelous original Dinotales series! One is from series 1, one is from series 1 version 2 (sort of) and one is from series 2 (sort of). All are of course wonderful--and two are super special editions! Dino Fun! Kaiyodo Dinotales series 1 Dimetrodon This is a very nice Dimetrodon. It's really hard to find something to say about it Here is our first one, from the very first Dinotales series--and…

0 Comments

October 15, 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.…

0 Comments

March 16, 2020