Vivid – Fauna Figures

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

FigureFrenzy / FigureTales

Vault Tales 267 FigureFrenzy Smilodon, Alphadon, Macrauchenia, Hyena

Time to look at a random group of mammal figures. Most are prehistoric, and one is just really old! Old as in, the figure is relatively old (early half of 19th century) as opposed to representing really old animals...that were made more recently (in every case, really recently--like last 10 years recent). Anyway, let's get to them! CollectA Prehistoric Mammals MiniBox Smilodon A very small Smilodon, similar to the larger model but simpler. It's around 1:35 in scale, so close…

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November 29, 2021

FigureTales / ToyTrio

Vault Tales 140 ToyTrio Pachyrhinosaurus, Stenonychosaurus, Tuatara

It's a prehistoric...or prehistoric adjacent...Toy Trio today! Vivid Imaginations Scowler Pachyrhinosaurus The figure looks beaten up. This is how it comes, and I think is supposed to indicate a rough life! The eye spot pattern on the frill is a nice touch If you think back to 2013, you might remember some pretty heavy dino-nerd excitement. Walking with Dinosaurs was back! As a feature-length, cinema-released movie! And it was going to look at a slightly earlier late-Cretaceous time frame, using…

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September 3, 2020