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bmathison1972

#80
September 11, 2019, 03:05:16 PM
Quote from: sbell on September 11, 2019, 02:21:21 PM
Quote from: suspsy on September 11, 2019, 02:02:57 PM
Four pages of reviews in less than a month. Impressive.

It's easy with moderns.... there's so many!

We should do theme months or something!

No, I would prefer to mix taxa and companies randomly. This is especially true to respect Guest Reviewers.

bmathison1972

#81
September 11, 2019, 03:53:32 PM
CollectA stag beetle by brontodocus: http://animaltoyforum.com/blog/2019/09/11/european-stag-beetle-collecta/

[sorry it was so close to yours, Sean, it was in the queue to go live at 5AM blog time this morning]

AnimalToyForum

#82
September 11, 2019, 04:13:54 PM
Quote from: suspsy on September 11, 2019, 02:02:57 PM
Four pages of reviews in less than a month. Impressive.

It really is, I can't believe how quickly the Animal Toy Blog's roots have taken hold!


suspsy

#83
September 11, 2019, 08:50:01 PM
Quote from: animaltoyforum on September 11, 2019, 04:13:54 PM
Quote from: suspsy on September 11, 2019, 02:02:57 PM
Four pages of reviews in less than a month. Impressive.

It really is, I can't believe how quickly the Animal Toy Blog's roots have taken hold!

I'm not all that surprised. If anything, I'm surprised the ATB didn't start years sooner.

One thing I do find interesting is that there is yet to be a review of any of the really popular animals. No elephant, no giraffe, no lion, no tiger, no bear, no rhino, no hippo, and no giant panda. I'm sure it's only a matter of time, though.

bmathison1972

#84
September 11, 2019, 09:38:28 PM
Quote from: suspsy on September 11, 2019, 08:50:01 PM

One thing I do find interesting is that there is yet to be a review of any of the really popular animals. No elephant, no giraffe, no lion, no tiger, no bear, no rhino, no hippo, and no giant panda. I'm sure it's only a matter of time, though.

I noticed the same thing. I am sure it will change, esp if we can get more Guest Reviewers who are general collectors. Because my non-arthropod collection is 'synoptic' I only have one of each species.

AnimalToyForum

#85
September 11, 2019, 10:40:58 PM
Quote from: bmathison1972 on September 11, 2019, 09:38:28 PM
Quote from: suspsy on September 11, 2019, 08:50:01 PM

One thing I do find interesting is that there is yet to be a review of any of the really popular animals. No elephant, no giraffe, no lion, no tiger, no bear, no rhino, no hippo, and no giant panda. I'm sure it's only a matter of time, though.

I noticed the same thing. I am sure it will change, esp if we can get more Guest Reviewers who are general collectors. Because my non-arthropod collection is 'synoptic' I only have one of each species.

Or dogs, cats, horses. Yes, I think we will see some as a more diverse array of collectors join our reviewing ranks.  ^-^


AnimalToyForum

#86
September 11, 2019, 10:45:06 PM
Quote from: suspsy on September 11, 2019, 08:50:01 PM

I'm not all that surprised. If anything, I'm surprised the ATB didn't start years sooner.


I was thinking about this and I reckon it is because the blog has sprouted from the ATF community. It was the other way around with the Dino Toy Blog, where the forum community sprouted from the blog.


bmathison1972

#88
September 12, 2019, 10:29:26 PM Last Edit: September 12, 2019, 11:57:06 PM by bmathison1972
Safari LTD grey reef shark by suspsy: http://animaltoyforum.com/blog/2019/09/12/grey-reef-shark-wild-safari-sealife-by-safari-ltd/

I was going to wait a couple days, since his tiger shark was just posted 2 days ago, but there is nothing else in the queue at the moment :-)

Maybe I'll throw something together for tomorrow if no one else has plans...

EDIT: I threw something together, to be released 9/13 at 10:00 am Blog time. It is a carryover from one of my walkarounds...

Gwangi

#89
September 13, 2019, 12:22:19 AM
Looks like it's shark week around here.  :P I noticed that my last review was edited to include "Wild Safari Sealife", I didn't include that because I wasn't sure if there even was a distinct sea life line in 1997, it wasn't because I'm lazy.  O:-)

bmathison1972

#90
September 13, 2019, 01:33:25 AM
I made that edit but you are right, their may not have been such a line in 1997. However, when the line was created, that figure was moved into it. I wonder if we/I should change it back?

suspsy

#91
September 13, 2019, 01:57:03 AM
That was my last Safari review. Moving on to CollectA now . . .

Gwangi

#92
September 13, 2019, 02:26:40 AM
Quote from: bmathison1972 on September 13, 2019, 01:33:25 AM
I made that edit but you are right, their may not have been such a line in 1997. However, when the line was created, that figure was moved into it. I wonder if we/I should change it back?

If it was moved into that line than I think it's fine to keep it that way. I honestly wasn't sure, I'm not as up to speed with extant animal figures as I am the extinct ones.

sbell

#93
September 13, 2019, 02:28:39 AM
Quote from: bmathison1972 on September 13, 2019, 01:33:25 AM
I made that edit but you are right, their may not have been such a line in 1997. However, when the line was created, that figure was moved into it. I wonder if we/I should change it back?

Safari has always referred to their wildlife, sea life, and dinosaur lines specifically. I think to differentiate from their higher end ones like Carnegie, Monterey Bay, and vanishing wildlife.

OkapiBoy

#94
September 13, 2019, 08:06:43 PM
Well, I finally just published my very first review for the blog! ;D
http://animaltoyforum.com/blog/2019/09/13/chiru-collecta-wildlife/
The Chiru antelope from CollectA... and I believe the very first antelope to face the blog ;D

bmathison1972

#95
September 13, 2019, 08:14:05 PM
Quote from: OkapiBoy on September 13, 2019, 08:06:43 PM
Well, I finally just published my very first review for the blog! ;D
http://animaltoyforum.com/blog/2019/09/13/chiru-collecta-wildlife/
The Chiru antelope from CollectA... and I believe the very first antelope to face the blog ;D

Nice and I must admit, I knew this would be your first post. Either this, or the saiga or musk ox...either way, a CollectA bovid  ;D ;D ;D.

I have been struggling with categories for the bovids, since there are so many figures of them. I was thinking:

1. Cattle (Bovinae: Bovini)
2. Sheep and Goats (Caprinae)
3. Antelopes (essentially, everything else).

These would not be monophyletic groupings, but it does divide them nicely by common and familiar terms. When I uploaded brontodocus' Brahman bull, I made the category 'Cattle' for it.

AnimalToyForum

#96
September 13, 2019, 09:11:34 PM
Quote from: OkapiBoy on September 13, 2019, 08:06:43 PM
Well, I finally just published my very first review for the blog! ;D
http://animaltoyforum.com/blog/2019/09/13/chiru-collecta-wildlife/
The Chiru antelope from CollectA... and I believe the very first antelope to face the blog ;D

Wonderful!  ^-^


suspsy

#97
September 14, 2019, 01:25:36 PM
I've sent in my first CollectA review.  :)

bmathison1972

#98
September 14, 2019, 07:47:04 PM
Our VERY FIRST contribution by an STS member, pipsxlch, the black telescopic goldfish by Wing Mau: http://animaltoyforum.com/blog/2019/09/14/black-telescopic-goldfish-eight-styles-of-goldfish-by-wing-mau/

sbell

#99
September 15, 2019, 04:23:06 AM
Well, I got another one up...

The Colorata Aye-aye!

Who would have thought I'd hit the first primate figure? But it needed to be done.

http://animaltoyforum.com/blog/2019/09/15/aye-aye-colorata-ueno-zoo-box/
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