Coral Reef Fish

[brontodocus]

Here is the walk-around of the Kaiyodo Aquatales Polyresin Aquatic animal figure collection Series 1 No. 003 Humphead Wrasse or Napoleon Fish, Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835. This largest known wrasse (Labridae) may grow to 2.29 m total length (TL, i.e.: including the caudal fin) and weigh as much as 191 Kg. The population of this popular species is in decline due to overfishing and it is considered "Endangered" by IUCN. The figure measures 69 mm standard length (SL, i.e. without caudal fin) and 83 mm total length (TL), so the scale for the adult would be between 1:8 and 1:33. The human figure is approx. 1:32 - 1:35 scale (diver from Safari Ltd Coral Reef Toob). The Aquatales Humphead Wrasse hase a nice but by no means perfect paint job, especially the large scales along the body are rather arbitrarily painted and the whitish rear margin of the caudal fin is a little too abrupt and sloppily applied. The colouration looks much better on e.g. the Kitan Club Nature Techni Colour Ocean 1 and Aquameridian Part 1 figures.
















Here is a comparison of four Humphead Wrasse figures. From left to right: Kitan Club Nature Techni Colour Ocean 1, Kaiyodo Aquatales Polyresin Series 1 No. 003, Colorata Nature's Library Coral Reef Fish box, Aquameridian Part 1.


Edited 2017-02-04: Fixed broken image urls.

[Jetoar]

One of the best figures of this specie  .

[Takama]

The only fish in the Collection so far. 

   This was part of the First Wave of Yowies Released in the USA

[bmathison1972]

Please consider adding your Yowies images to this thread to beef up the taxonomic diversity

http://animaltoyforum.com/index.php?topic=1685.0

[Owen Leo]

I like it's bright yellow color and the white stripes, makes it look so different from other fish, it's just unique.

[brontodocus]

Humpback Wrasse is back!

[brontodocus]

Broken image urls of IC Weedy Seadragon walk-around fixed.

[brontodocus]

Leafy Seadragon images repaired.

[brontodocus]

Aquameridian Humphead Wrasse walk-around images repaired.

[Takama]

OkJust an FYI there are two version of this now retired figure. 

The first one was released in the 90s and it was a fully posable figure

This one (which i ordered off of Amazon) is in a fixed pose, so there is no bendable features.

The date on the bottom says 2010, so i added that distiction to the titile, But it is retired as of the time of this writeing.

[bmathison1972]

When I was a generalist I had the original posable figure. While that does not bother me, I would prefer a solid/static figure!

Keep these invaluable walkarounds coming!

[sbell]

I never did get the poseable model. Not sure why. But I did get the later static IC model.

Oddly, mine looks quite different from this one:



It is Safari # 261529, and I probably had it in 2008 or earlier...(the photo is 2009). I didn't realize they'd added another later on!

[Isidro]

Safari Ltd confirmed on Facebook that the figure is the same version as before and that "it is brought back due to popular demand."

Wow, a popular demand can make a brand to produce again a retired figure? Now, let's start a popular demand for the Safari LTD retired California condor and Malayan tapir!!!! 

[sbell]

Safari Ltd confirmed on Facebook that the figure is the same version as before and that "it is brought back due to popular demand."

Wow, a popular demand can make a brand to produce again a retired figure? Now, let's start a popular demand for the Safari LTD retired California condor and Malayan tapir!!!! 

It happens occasionally. Usually they rerelease it with a slight paint change or something, like the aardvark. There's been a few like that

[bmathison1972]

It seems like every year one to a few are just repaints. For example, the giraffe and its calf, the pangolin, rockhopper penguin, and sperm whale in 2019 are like that.

[bmathison1972]

Takara Common Remora:

[bmathison1972]

Some moray eel species from Toys Spirits' 2024 Moray Eel Mascot Collection.

They are super soft and flexible, making them easy to position for diorama shots

1. white ribbon eel, Pseudechidna brummeri



2. snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa



3. y-patterned moray, Gymnothorax berndti



4. yellow-spotted moray, Echidna xanthospilos

[bmathison1972]

Favorite Co. Japanese seabass:

[sbell]

Takara TOMY Kidako moray eel

[bmathison1972]

Maia & Borges Raccoon Butterflyfish: