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Best Aldabra Giant Tortoise Toy/Figure?

Started by EarthboundEiniosaurus, August 07, 2025, 08:20:54 PM

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EarthboundEiniosaurus

I have a real soft spot for giant tortoises (both Galapagos and Aldabras) and recently decided to commit some of that passion to my plastic animal collection by acquiring the Rebor GNG06 1:6 scale Pinta Island Tortoise. Upon receiving it I was very impressed! This is the first giant tortoise figure I've seen that really captures the essence of a Galapagos tortoise, as opposed to just creating a generic giant tortoise that doesn't try to incorporate the fairly glaring differences (to the trained eye) between Galapagos and Aldabras.

I would love to get a companion for ol' Lonesome George in the form of a good Aldabra giant tortoise toy, but my search for something that is of an equivalent quality that also faithfully represents an Aldabra tortoise has come up empty. Even many of the generic giant tortoise toys out there are very obviously intended to be Galapagos tortoises instead of Aldabras, most notable because of the very different head shapes between the two taxa. 

So I ask, denizens of the ATF, what is the best Aldabra giant tortoise figure in your eyes? Is my search for a companion for Lonesome George destined for failure?


bmathison1972

To my knowledge, the only figure specifically marketed as an Aldabra is the one in Colorata's Endangered Reptiles Box.

One of the Papo tortoises has a nuchal scute, which suggests and Aldabra (even though I believe it was marketed as a Galapagos).

I would send links to the Animal Toy Wiki (TAI) pages, but images on that site are blocked at my job so I don't have easy access at the moment. There are other 'Aldabra' on TAI but those could just be STS-community based IDs so I wouldn't necessarily trust their validity.

EarthboundEiniosaurus

Thanks for the insights! While digging around online I found reference to an Aldabra which was apparently in production by Recur at one point or another that actually looks pretty good, but I can't for the life of me find any additional information (the link leads to a defunct product page). Would love to hear if anyone has any insights or leads on where I might go looking to acquire it.

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