Recent acquisitions

[EpicRaptorMan]

@MudpupWaterdog your post has persuaded me more to get the moon bear. I've been holding off for so long.

[MudpupWaterdog]

@EpicRaptorMan Having been around the real bears I'm impressed with the figure, plus I believe it's retired as of this year so now's the time to grab one.

[EpicRaptorMan]

@MudpupWaterdog I'm just more of a scale conscious collector plus the figure itself seems to have a rather long gait.

[JimoAi]

Got this finless porpoise that's too mysterious not to show. ps: not revealing the mystery figure yet

[Isidro]

that's the CBIOV one, right?

[EpicRaptorMan]

ugh I've been looking for the male CBIOV Finless porpoise for some time now.

[JimoAi]

I'm not sure if it's a recast or just a repaint but all i know it's sold under the Nanjing finless porpoise conservattion

[sbell]

Small Japanese mail call!

Series two of the toy spirits eels, and the Bandai lancetfish!



With a modified 3d printed stand for the eels. Easiest way to display them

[bmathison1972]

Great way to display the eels. I have a couple of mine in the little pots, but not the pipes. Those that came with pipes are just displayed as-is.

[sbell]

Great way to display the eels. I have a couple of mine in the little pots, but not the pipes. Those that came with pipes are just displayed as-is.

I tried, but their flexible material just didn't keep them upright. So I got creative!

One thing I learned between the sets -- both have a Kidako moray (normal utsupo) but the one in the new set is a far more conventional look. I had to do some digging to be sure, but the paper shows the same name in Japanese on both

[Sim]

I've acquired the Schleich wobbegong shark.  I'm happy to have a nice figure of this interesting animal!

[EpicRaptorMan]

[JimoAi]

my haul only gets crazier from here. Will show off once everything arrives by next week hopefully

[Saarlooswolfhound]

Really nice hornbill ERM! What brand is it?

[EpicRaptorMan]

With the package I'm getting on Saturday or Monday I'll officially surpass the 500 mark in my collection.

Really nice hornbill ERM! What brand is it?

No idea actually 😅

[bmathison1972]

It's on TAI as Oenux (and looks to be a good size?)

[EpicRaptorMan]

It's on TAI as Oenux (and looks to be a good size?)

TAI?

[bmathison1972]

It's on TAI as Oenux (and looks to be a good size?)

TAI?

Toy Animal Info...another abbreviation for the Animal Toy Wiki hosted by the STS folks.

[EpicRaptorMan]

It's on TAI as Oenux (and looks to be a good size?)

TAI?

Toy Animal Info...another abbreviation for the Animal Toy Wiki hosted by the STS folks.

That's what I assumed.
But yeah it was one of those Chinese knockoffs. It's pretty good quality tbh and it's as tall as the CollectA Elk's antlers.

I did have to paint it a bit.
There was some yellow over spray on the black feathers, I painted the bottom mandible a bit more white, and added the yellow feathers on the closed wings.

[Saarlooswolfhound]

Looking them up, they appear to be another China based brand whose offerings are largely copied sculpts. But this hornbill (and the open winged version) look very nice!