Recent acquisitions

[brontodocus]

Yay, congrats, Jetoar! Will you post individual photos of the Sailfish?

Yes I will. I will do a walk around of it  .

Exactly what I was hoping for. Looking forward to it!

[radioactive347]

Yesterday I acquired a 2002 Safari Ltd. Carnegie Velociraptor and a chinanimal green vine snake.

[brontodocus]

Yesterday I acquired a 2002 Safari Ltd. Carnegie Velociraptor and a chinanimal green vine snake.

Congrats, radioactive 347! The green vine snake - is it very chinanimal-ish or is it a good one?

Edit: Just one figure today but one I'm quite happy to have.

Bullyland unpainted toad 68392. Originally the figure was painted brown and resembled the European Common Toad, Bufo bufo. I thought about painting it to match the European Green Toad, Bufotes viridis (I noticed the parotoid glands look more like those of the latter, too).

[radioactive347]

Yesterday I acquired a 2002 Safari Ltd. Carnegie Velociraptor and a chinanimal green vine snake.

Congrats, radioactive 347! The green vine snake - is it very chinanimal-ish or is it a good one?

The green vine snake is on the better side of chinanimals, but the head is wrong. Otherwise it's pretty good.
Congrats on your toad!

[stargatedalek]

just a few hours ago I got a package, Safari Ltd. Tokay Gecko and Gila Monster! I've wanted this gecko since I was a little girl and I saw them used in a museum display, and it feels great to finally have one in my hands
they really do go nicely with their AAA counterparts! (monitor is by AAA)




they really do have a lot of detail to them, I just love cast figurines! its not that I have anything against sculpted figurines (heaven forbid!) but there's just something about cast pieces that I love, I guess it could be that I've always had a fondness for museums and these really do feel like mounted specimens







sadly it seems not everyone is as enthused as I am with the new additions:

[radioactive347]

Congratulations stargatedalek! The Tokay Gecko is very cute.

[postsaurischian]

Bullyland unpainted toad 68392 .......

Wow! Sometimes Bullyland show how good they can be. I'm not sure if I would give it a paintjob .

Beautiful reptile models! May I ask you to show the Gila monster in this thread too?  > http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=967.msg7746#msg7746
I just like it when these group threads are filled with different versions .

[bmathison1972]

today I received the red-knee tarantula by Safari LTD. as part of their Smithsonian Insects Series. A very large but VERY NICE figure. You forgot how good these Smithsonian figures are until you compare them with their Hidden Kingdom versions

[postsaurischian]

Those many eyes of spiders always create an extraterrestrial impression on me .

[Jetoar]

Wonderful acquisitions  .



These are my recent acquisitions .

[sbell]

What is the shark at the front of that photo? It looks like a Schleich carded figure from the original marine animals, but doesn't have the usual printings.

And I don't recall a Schleich sand tiger shark at any point, unless it's something else.

[brontodocus]

Congrats, stargatedalek, Blaine, and Jetoar! Wow, Blaine, I thought you already had the Smithsonian Collection Red-kneed Tarantula.

What is the shark at the front of that photo? It looks like a Schleich carded figure from the original marine animals, but doesn't have the usual printings.

And I don't recall a Schleich sand tiger shark at any point, unless it's something else.

I have the feeling those carded figures are actually Maia & Borges (which would explain their resemblance to the older Schleich 1/32 marine animals since those were made by M&B for Schleich, too).

[brontodocus]

Oh, and I just received a parcel from HLJ in Japan!

[bmathison1972]

Bronto-D: I had the HK version but not the Smithsomian. And I see you got the Kinto Favorites Anomalacris. I have the special release mini figure (gashapon-size) coming in the mail...I will then have all three of them LOL

[brontodocus]

Bronto-D: I had the HK version but not the Smithsomian. And I see you got the Kinto Favorites Anomalacris. I have the special release mini figure (gashapon-size) coming in the mail...I will then have all three of them LOL

Yay, I've seen photos of those minis but I didn't know they are already available. Does special release mean they are harder to get?

[bmathison1972]

Bronto-D: I had the HK version but not the Smithsomian. And I see you got the Kinto Favorites Anomalacris. I have the special release mini figure (gashapon-size) coming in the mail...I will then have all three of them LOL

Yay, I've seen photos of those minis but I didn't know they are already available. Does special release mean they are harder to get?

yes, you cannot buy the minis...you had to buy a regular figure during a time frame and the mini was free. I bought the giant squid to get the mini Anomalacris.

[Jetoar]

Congrats, stargatedalek, Blaine, and Jetoar! Wow, Blaine, I thought you already had the Smithsonian Collection Red-kneed Tarantula.

What is the shark at the front of that photo? It looks like a Schleich carded figure from the original marine animals, but doesn't have the usual printings.

And I don't recall a Schleich sand tiger shark at any point, unless it's something else.

I have the feeling those carded figures are actually Maia & Borges (which would explain their resemblance to the older Schleich 1/32 marine animals since those were made by M&B for Schleich, too).

They are Maia & Borges figures. Schleich used the cast of this brand for their figures  .

[sbell]

Got some new fishes!

Featherfin knifefish:


Atractosteus gar (doesn't have to be an alligator gar...):


Electric eel:


Payara, Hyrdolycus scomberoides


Yay 3D printing! And there's a few more that I will hopefully have in the new year.

And apologies for the terrible pictures--the plastic is tough to get details on.

[sauroid]

cool new stuff everyone!

[bmathison1972]

I was just going through some generic toy bugs of mine and realized I have a figure cast from the Safari LTD Smithsonian tarantula that I just obtained-LOL. It's def case from the same mould but Safari isn't credited on the underside. Also, it's covered dorsally with 'fuzz'. Funny.