Kaiyodo - New for 2020

[Beetle guy]

This one is sheduled for januari 2020. Series 2 of Frogs in pouches including 6 figurines.
The picture comes from a twitter account of a visitor at the Wonder Festival in Japan.

2 colour versions of Agalychnis callidryas (green and yellow);
2 colour versions of (I think) Litoria caerulea. that would be a new species in Japanese frog figurines;
1 Breeding couple of the Japanese treefrog Rhacophorus arboreus with foam nest;
1 One Frog with cover plate that reveals the part of the internal systems.



I hope they are not as small as the frogs in the 1st series, but they probably are. Will get these though! They look great!

[bmathison1972]

Scheduled 2020 Capsule Q release, scarabaeoid beetles:

Looks like two Allomyrina dichotoma (?), Dynastes hercules, and Cheirotonus jambar; cannot tell is the all-black Dynastes is a color-morph of D. hercules or D. neptunus.

It's possible these are re-used sculpts, at least some of them, but nice to see Kaiyodo doing an insect-focused set again! Surprisingly, as commonly made as A. dichotoma is, Kaiyodo has only made it twice before!

[brettnj]

(Starting with December's Wild Rush 4,) Kaiyodo releasing 3 CQ animal sets in as many months...

What is happening??

[bmathison1972]

these two Capsule Q Museum sets release this week:

[bmathison1972]

A better look at the February (?) Capsule Q Beetles:



And a FOURTH series of Capsule Q caterpillars!!!

[Advicot]

They are some gorgeous looking arthropods

[bmathison1972]

by the way, the one on the lower left, that looks like its 'bag' which means this could be the FIRST ever bagworm moth (Psychidae) figure

[brettnj]

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A few things...

My source in Japan just sent me this link to the Kaiyodo Hobby Museum Shop--a site I didn't know existed...

https://kaiyodo-ksmv.stores.jp/?category_id=5e940c530a36a715073bda2c

Apparently things sell out there very quickly so I'm going to watch it closely. I like the sold out mata mata, but certainly not for the price. The still available sirens are interesting though.


Also, though it's not a 2020 figure, I only recently learned about the ((clearly) rarely offered) Ueno Zoological Park Kaiyodo giant panda figure (only for sale in China) and my source just got me three of them--one for my own collection and two to sell. Though there are a lot of giant panda figures, I thought this one rather quintessential. It's the first figure I've gotten to add to my collection since Wild Rush 4 in November.

See it here (And please PM if interested.)...

https://sts-forum.forumieren.de/t21873-kaiyodo-ueno-unique-animal-zoo?highlight=Ueno


And speaking of Wild Rush--a bit of potentially disappointing news... Since the show upon which the intended 6 sets was cancelled, we're not sure if sets 5 and 6 are going to be produced.

Of course I'll update immediately with any news.
Brett

[bmathison1972]

to be released late August 2020

[Isidro]

Easily, the best animal figure done ever by any brand of the world. I'm amazed. It's not only with a zero distance from perfection in realism, but also articulated at EVERY articulation that a real Japanese hornet would have, Antennae, mandibles, legs, even the difficult to build abdomen, the sting, and the most admirable of all: the plishable wings!!!!!

[bmathison1972]

Two end of 2020 Kaiyodo releases.

These are the identifications for the spiders:

01. Heteropoda venatoria
02. Marpissa pulla
03. Cyrtarachne yunoharuensis (Red)
04. Cyrtarachne yunoharuensis (Black)
05. Argiope amoena

[sirenia]

Wish the dinos were a little more diverse. Arachnids look good

[Walhalla]

Oh wow I love those arachnids, wonder how I can get those

[bmathison1972]

Expected December 2020.

Check out the developmental series of three on the far right!

[sirenia]

Expected December 2020.

Check out the developmental series of three on the far right!

That is quite adorable actually!

[Avian]

And a FOURTH series of Capsule Q caterpillars!!!

What species do these caterpillars represent? I have not been able to find any sources online with agreeing information.

[bmathison1972]

And a FOURTH series of Capsule Q caterpillars!!!

What species do these caterpillars represent? I have not been able to find any sources online with agreeing information.

@Avian - I review that set (and several others) in this thread here: https://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=1229.msg26272#msg26272

[Avian]

Thanks! I missed this.