Monterey Bay Aquarium cast variants.

[callmejoe3]

The tiger and hammerhead are still in production

Well that's good news, I thought it would have been weird to discontinue the hammerhead after having remastered it in 2016. I guess that also explains why both figures seem to be easy to find in retailers. I guess there must have been some sort of error with the site that prevented those figures from showing up on search results.

I that means 14 out of 24 figures are still in production after 30 years. That's a good haul.

[callmejoe3]

The older figures have a smaller black 4 digit number. Here's the IC snapping turtle and carnegie tylosaurus for example

It seems for some reason the Monterey Bay figures took a while to get those updates.

[JimoAi]

The tiger and hammerhead are still in production

Well that's good news, I thought it would have been weird to discontinue the hammerhead after having remastered it in 2016. I guess that also explains why both figures seem to be easy to find in retailers. I guess there must have been some sort of error with the site that prevented those figures from showing up on search results.

I that means 14 out of 24 figures are still in production after 30 years. That's a good haul.

They are now on search results

[callmejoe3]

They are now on search results

I know, I just checked, but for the last few months they weren't.

[JimoAi]

The older figures have a smaller black 4 digit number. Here's the IC snapping turtle and carnegie tylosaurus for example

It seems for some reason the Monterey Bay figures took a while to get those updates.

Which monterey bay figure was the oldest to have a 4 digit number?

[callmejoe3]

Which monterey bay figure was the oldest to have a 4 digit number?

As I posted before, the dolphin, April 2019.

None of the other figures I have, some of which I bought new post-2010, have those date stamps. The only MBA figures I own that have them are the 2016 remasters: Bottlenose, Giant Squid, and Narwhal (<- Though I think the remaster for this one came out in 2017 or 2018 from what I can tell from the catalogs).

[JimoAi]

Which monterey bay figure was the oldest to have a 4 digit number?

As I posted before, the dolphin, April 2019.

None of the other figures I have, some of which I bought new post-2010, have those date stamps. The only MBA figures I own that have them are the 2016 remasters: Bottlenose, Giant Squid, and Narwhal (<- Though I think the remaster for this one came out in 2017 or 2018 from what I can tell from the catalogs).

Would check my carnegie Allosaurus of it had a 4 digit number but too and I sold it. Will check the safari ltd figures I had when I was a kid again

[JimoAi]

  I got these 2 for my birthday and are they supposed to be in scale? They are  both made in 2018 and are the remastered 2016 ones

[callmejoe3]

  I got these 2 for my birthday and are they supposed to be in scale? They are  both made in 2018 and are the remastered 2016 ones

Yeah, they're both at the 1:40 scale. It's a 10-meter whale shark vs a 14.5-meter humpback. Even though the largest whale sharks are thought to attain lengths of up to 18-meters, they're smaller than most physically mature humpbacks and gray whales on average.

[JimoAi]

  I got these 2 for my birthday and are they supposed to be in scale? They are  both made in 2018 and are the remastered 2016 ones

Yeah, they're both at the 1:40 scale. It's a 10-meter whale shark vs a 14.5-meter humpback. Even though the largest whale sharks are thought to attain lengths of up to 18-meters, they're smaller than most physically mature humpbacks and gray whales on average.

my Papo whale shark is slightly longer by a few millimeters

[JimoAi]

What's the measurements of the new monterey bay great white when measured along the curve? Thanks. It looks like a great white attacking a seal or something with the goblin shark pose

[callmejoe3]

What's the measurements of the new monterey bay great white when measured along the curve? Thanks. It looks like a great white attacking a seal or something with the goblin shark pose

I don't have the new one, but the one I own from the early 2000s measures about 27.5 cm measuring from the snout to the upper lobe.

[JimoAi]

What's the measurements of the new monterey bay great white when measured along the curve? Thanks. It looks like a great white attacking a seal or something with the goblin shark pose

I don't have the new one, but the one I own from the early 2000s measures about 27.5 cm measuring from the snout to the upper lobe.

when did safari ltd change the casts before 2016?

[callmejoe3]

when did safari ltd change the casts before 2016?

Sorry, I misread your comment. I forgot that I labeled my 2000s Great White as ''New'', and that's what you probably meant in your original question. The one I have, AFAIK, is the same as what's currently being sold, as I have seen no indication that it has been updated or refreshed. There are only two variants that I know of, the 1990s figure that's darker, and the current one.

[JimoAi]

The 2016 one seems to be more bluish grey

[callmejoe3]

The 2016 one seems to be more bluish grey

There is no ''2016'' Great white. The great white wasn't one of the figures that got remastered ( Look on the page where I posted the catalog scans, there's no ''remastered'' by its name). The one I got from the 2000s is the same as the one currently displayed on Safari Ltd's website. The same applies for the following figures:

Gray whale
Tiger Shark
Possibly the Beluga

[JimoAi]

Oh well, might as well use it as the Mega Tapa from The original endless ocean games or as Jaws next to the schleich female orca
https://endlessocean.fandom.com/wiki/Magu_Tapa

[JimoAi]

Why do you think of the monterey bay Aquarium great white as a whole? I think it's always in an attacking pose. Could i also see the top view of the tail? Thank you

[callmejoe3]

Why do you think of the monterey bay Aquarium great white as a whole? I think it's always in an attacking pose. Could i also see the top view of the tail? Thank you

Overall, I think it's a pretty nice figure, especially for the time it came out. At the same time, I think it's arguably the worst-aging figure out of the entire MBA collection. I mean this in the sense that there has been a wide variety of better great white shark figures since the MBA figure's release, especially within the last 10 years. The biggest issue is the sculpt for the mouth and the dentition, which aged this figure the most (mouth detail is a general weak spot for the MBA figures, hence why the mouth-closed animals have aged better). Most of the other species from the MBA line are either fairly on-par with later releases or still stand as among the best existing figures for their respective species. I have similar feelings on the gray whale, but it still benefits from the fact that there aren't a lot of gray whale toys out there beyond the Maia and Borges and CollectA figures.

Here's the photo you asked for

[JimoAi]

Why do you think of the monterey bay Aquarium great white as a whole? I think it's always in an attacking pose. Could i also see the top view of the tail? Thank you

Overall, I think it's a pretty nice figure, especially for the time it came out. At the same time, I think it's arguably the worst-aging figure out of the entire MBA collection. I mean this in the sense that there has been a wide variety of better great white shark figures since the MBA figure's release, especially within the last 10 years. The biggest issue is the sculpt for the mouth and the dentition, which aged this figure the most (mouth detail is a general weak spot for the MBA figures, hence why the mouth-closed animals have aged better). Most of the other species from the MBA line are either fairly on-par with later releases or still stand as among the best existing figures for their respective species. I have similar feelings on the gray whale, but it still benefits from the fact that there aren't a lot of gray whale toys out there beyond the Maia and Borges and CollectA figures.

Here's the photo you asked for

I think that the mouth isn't as bad if you put something like a prey item like a seal or a tuna to attack. What do you think?