Hyenas (+ mongoose and civets)

[WiseWolf]

Wow, some amazing hyena collections here! I like that striped hyena with its head down and mouth open, who makes that? I'd really like an aardwolf too. I only have three hyena figures, one of each species, and I had to make the brown hyena myself from a striped hyena! Here's an image, with some mongooses I made as well (the banded mongoose is a repaint of a Schleich meerkat, I'm not sure what make the other two are but I repainted them into a yellow mongoose and dwarf mongoose).




Okapi Boy - you seem to have included a lynx with your hyena pics!

[postsaurischian]

                                         Yiniao Family Zoo - Most popular African animals No.10 ~ Spotted Hyena









                         









                         






                                                             scale is about 1:22 (length of the model is 6 cm)



                                          compared to Wild Safari Hyena (left) and CollectA Striped Hyena (right):

[AcroSauroTaurus]

I love Hyenas, but ironically I only have one... the new Schleich Spotted Hyena.

[sbell]

I can't believe I didn't add to this thread--

The super rare, probably impossible to get, FaunaCasts Spotted Hyena!



And, among the prehistoric ones...Jetoar's Pachycrocuta!

[sauroid]

it is so cool. too bad about the size tho. i dont know why PNSO makes out of scale figures, they are either so BIG or too small.

[postsaurischian]

                                         Yiniao Family Zoo - Most popular African animals No.10 ~ Spotted Hyena

[postsaurischian]

You're right. It's a pity most manufacturers don't do their animals in scale to each other, but in this case it's not so bad, because 1:22 is a common scale a lot of collectors do like.

BTW: I also thought that the smaller sized Animal Zoo series were made by PNSO, but obviously they aren't. There is no PNSO logo to be found - neither on the figure nor on the package. It says Yiniao.

[brontodocus]

Yay, actually this hyena looks a lot better than I thought! Hmm, could it be that Yiniao and PNSO are both lines by the same manufacturer?

[Jetoar]

Really beautiful figure. I thought that it will be bigger but the detail is wonderful  .

[Jetoar]

Thnak you Sbell For your fotograph  .

[sbell]

Thnak you Sbell For your fotograph  .

And thank you for making the figure!

[postsaurischian]

....... could it be that Yiniao and PNSO are both lines by the same manufacturer?

They definitely have something in common. Yiniao is mentioned on all PNSO figures' packages.
It's just that PNSO isn't mentioned on these 20 modern animals

[stargatedalek]

Don't quote me on this but if I'm correct Yiniao was the first line released by the PNSO, presumably to 'test the waters' in regards to production costs and gauge potential distributions.

[sbell]

I will of course need to track this figure down at some point! Of course, they have absolutely no availability in Canada.

[Takama]

OK I boght this as a Gift for a friend of mine in South Africa (the same friend that will recieve the Fennec). and i was very disapointed to see that the model DOES NOT STAND. Despite the fact that it is made by a Company that i Grew to like.

It is made out of a VERY pliable plastic and as a result, it cannot stand on its own two feet, and the tail is no help either 
It only stood for one photo on its own, but i for the rest i had to leave it in its plastic caseing

[bmathison1972]

@Takama I asked this on STS but thought I would ask here, too. How tall is it?

[Takama]

6 and a half inches tall.

But the feet and tail are so pliable that it cannot stand

[bmathison1972]

Thanks. That's OK; it's way too big for my Synoptic Collection. Thanks for the effort of measuring!

[sbell]

I for one am bored with meerkat figures. There are so many other mongoose species, maybe we could see some of them?

Also, that figure sounds huge! 6 and a 1/2" is bigger than the Safari incredible creatures one!

[bmathison1972]

CollectA striped hyena: