Papo - New for 2022

[JimoAi]

@bmathison1972 is the shrimp really Penaeus monodon?

[bmathison1972]

@bmathison1972 is the shrimp really Penaeus monodon?

I don't know - it's the best thing I cam come up with. Knowing Papo, one must assume it's a common commercial species. Open to other ideas.

[Arctinus]

@bmathison1972 is the shrimp really Penaeus monodon?

I don't know - it's the best thing I cam come up with. Knowing Papo, one must assume it's a common commercial species. Open to other ideas.

And knowing Papo, it'll probably just say "shrimp" in their catalogue. 

[bmathison1972]

I based the ID on: 1) the assumption it's a common commercial species, 2) color, and 3) shape of the rostrum.

[stargatedalek]

The shrimp looks eerily similar to the example tiger prawn from the Wikipedia page for prawns in general:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobranchiata

But very different from any examples I can find of the species otherwise. Though the colours do seem to vary a lot, most have smaller eyes and none have colours that match exactly.

[Lanthanotus]

Late on this thread and I am sure a lot of you already commented on this, but those birds are stunning for their presumable size. So cool we get more "common" European species. So happy about that.

[bmathison1972]

I updated the first post with pics of the giant squid and Kronosaurus, which were finally released

[Gwangi]

I was excited to see their giant squid but this one is kind of lackluster.

[bmathison1972]

I was excited to see their giant squid but this one is kind of lackluster.

I doubt I'd consider replacing my Safari WS version unless it was comparable in size, which I doubt it will be.

[Gwangi]

I almost got that new Papo wolf to review this October but then I saw actual pictures of it and...well...changed my mind.

[bmathison1972]

wow that's quite different. I've had really good luck with my Papo models coming in looking as good as promo pics

[Gwangi]

wow that's quite different. I've had really good luck with my Papo models coming in looking as good as promo pics

Likewise. I still got a Papo wolf but I went with the 2010 female. I like it more than this 2022 one but based solely on promo pics I was convinced that I liked the 2022 one more.

[JimoAi]

I was excited to see their giant squid but this one is kind of lackluster.

I doubt I'd consider replacing my Safari WS version unless it was comparable in size, which I doubt it will be.

There seems to be a major inaccuracie on the fact that the 2 long feeding tentacles have suckers. The size is about 23 by 5 by 18cm

[bmathison1972]

I was excited to see their giant squid but this one is kind of lackluster.

I doubt I'd consider replacing my Safari WS version unless it was comparable in size, which I doubt it will be.

There seems to be a major inaccuracie on the fact that the 2 long feeding tentacles have suckers. The size is about 23 by 5 by 18cm

Ah yes, you mean on the tentacles themselves, not just the terminal part. Good observation! That makes it easy to reject (although there was a less than 20% chance I'd replace my Safari one anyway...)

[sphyrna18]

Has anyone seen the Leopard Shark or gotten it?  It doesn't seem to have arrived in the US yet...

[bmathison1972]

Has anyone seen the Leopard Shark or gotten it?  It doesn't seem to have arrived in the US yet...

@sphyrna18 - @JimoAi has it and said he'd be presenting it as a Blog review soon!

[JimoAi]

Has anyone seen the Leopard Shark or gotten it?  It doesn't seem to have arrived in the US yet...

I've gotten it! Would you like a pic?

[sphyrna18]

Has anyone seen the Leopard Shark or gotten it?  It doesn't seem to have arrived in the US yet...

I've gotten it! Would you like a pic?

Sure!  Thanks!

[JimoAi]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/hmM2WtH

@sphyrna18. Here's some pics! Note none will be used in the review

[sphyrna18]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/hmM2WtH

@sphyrna18. Here's some pics! Note none will be used in the review

Thank you so much! Those are some really great pics, and that is a really great looking leopard shark.  I can't wait until it becomes available in the US.  I'll hopefully be able to grab a bunch of them, so I can create a convincing school with the Wild Safari Leopard Shark and maybe even customize a few into similar species.  Thanks again for those pictures!