Recent acquisitions

[EpicRaptorMan]

Some recent figures that I got over the past couple months that I'll be keeping.

[Ultrazilla2054]

I FINALLY GOT A NARWHAL
I got the 2016 narwhal by papo

one of the first narwhals I've seen with the asymmetric tusk  

[EpicRaptorMan]

Got the CollectA Elk yesterday. Really impressed by it. Was and still is my no.1 release for 2024.

So glad I didn't lower my standards and get the SafariLtd one from a few years ago.

[SerAndrew]

Got the CollectA Elk yesterday. Really impressed by it. Was and still is my no.1 release for 2024.

So glad I didn't lower my standards and get the SafariLtd one from a few years ago.

Isn't it too small?

[Ultrazilla2054]

I got CollectA's Basilosaurus from 2017, collecta's whales are getting harder and harder to find in the US

I have pictures but I might share them later, my internet is very bad rn 

[EpicRaptorMan]

Got the CollectA Elk yesterday. Really impressed by it. Was and still is my no.1 release for 2024.

So glad I didn't lower my standards and get the SafariLtd one from a few years ago.

Isn't it too small?

I don't think so. Fits well with the other ungulates. I've stopped being 'super' particular on sizes

[JimoAi]

[BlueKrono]

The Kragle!

[EpicRaptorMan]

Next animal figure dump. These were all purchased within the past handful of months or so.

And my first true batch of ToyMany items.

[Sim]

I've acquired the Kaiyodo burrowing owl and Eikoh tamandua.  I'm happy to have both!  I also acquired the Eikoh platypus, and while it's nice I'm happy with my Southlands Replica platypus so I won't keep the Eikoh platypus.

[JimoAi]

my latest wave of items

[bmathison1972]

I haven't posted in this thread for a while, but with a combination of both timing and coincidence, I have recently boosted my fish collection by 16 species with several eBay sets and lots! Thought this was the best place to show them all together.

For starters, three sharks by Larami:

Port Jackson shark, Heterodontus portjacksoni:



Sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus:



Blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus:
[same sculpt as the sandbar, above]




Next, six fish from Learning Resources 'Fun Fish Counters' set. It's a set of 60 figures, 5 each of 12 different fish species. It's designed to be a counting game for children, but it's a good way to get some very rarely made or unique species of fish!

Bluering angelfish, Pomacanthus annularis:



Green chromis, Chromis viridis:



Blackwedged Butterflyfish, Chaetodon falcula:



Foxface rabbitfish, Siganus vulpinus:



Longfin fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus rubiventralis:



Orange spotted filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris:
[admittedly not the best, but it will do until I can get something better]




Next, six of the species in the coveted Club Earth Tropical Fish collection (I found a set of 10/12 figures on eBay!!!). Several of these are unique, or if not, where the foundation for later models. Animal Planet reissued several of these, for example.

Flame angelfish, Centropyge loricula:



Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus:



Northern scythemarked butterflyfish, Prognathodes falcifer:



Powder-blue Tang, Acanthurus leucosternon:
[technically, this replaces the Animal Planet version in my collection, which was a reissue of the original Club Earth model]



Blacktail humbug, Dascyllus melanurus:



Red Sea clownfish, Amphiprion bicinctus:




And last, but certainly not least....the Safari Ltd. sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka!!!!

[EpicRaptorMan]

Got some good ones in there @bmathison1972 ! You like the salmon as much as you hoed?

[bmathison1972]

Got some good ones in there @bmathison1972 ! You like the salmon as much as you hoed?

yeah the salmon is amazing.

[Alopias superciliosus]

Nice to see the Larami sharks in your collection!

I had a number of those fish as a kid, and they're still in my collection somewhere (I think at least, they could be the Animal Planet reissue)- did not know they were hard to find now!

[NSD Bashe]

Got these for some really good prices

[sbell]

Very nice. The Play Visions eels are one of my favorites!

[NSD Bashe]

I've seen them occasionally in lots and considered getting them but they were usually way more expensive, so I'm really glad I held off till now   

[JimoAi]

y'all won't guess what I'm bidding on

[EpicRaptorMan]

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