Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. - new for 2022

[bmathison1972]

Staring off 2022's release from Takara with this Jaws-themed set

@Gwangi @JimoAi - this is calling out to you guys 

[JimoAi]

Cool toys but I dislike the movie

[bmathison1972]

Takara plants

The stinky flower comes with a fly that it attracts. That's not enougo for me to justify buying it, but anyone have an idea of the animal associated with the pitcher plant? A tadpole? I can't tell from the pic.

[BlueKrono]

It looks like a small rodent of some kind. Almost hamster-like.

[bmathison1972]

It looks like a small rodent of some kind. Almost hamster-like.

I had a friend translate and you are right; it's a generic mouse 'prey'

[sbell]

It looks like a small rodent of some kind. Almost hamster-like.

I had a friend translate and you are right; it's a generic mouse 'prey'

Given that tree shrews are well known for associating with Nepenthes pitcher plants...it's too bad they left it as generic. A tree shrew would have been worth the whole figure.



It's possible to see the set more up close here: https://toypara.com/catalog.cgi?products/gasya/tta_animal/kyodaibana.html

[Gwangi]

Cool Jaws toys, and I do like the movie. All time favorite, actually.

[EpicRaptorMan]

Jaws is going on it's 50th anniversary in the coming years.

[bmathison1972]

[NSD Bashe]

The pitcher plant figure is about 4 and a half inches long if you include the stem (probably longer if you measure along the bend) and the Rafflesia flower is about 3 and a half inches from petal to petal.  The mouse does not seem to hang from the rim of the plant very well, but they can be made to fit inside it and look as though they're jumping out.  While the corpse flowers themselves only smelled like plastic, for some reason they came with little papers that were strongly scented like almond paste or marzipan.  The leaves are pretty floppy.
Oh and the mouse is just over one inch long

[bmathison1972]

Some marine anatomy/skeletal models:

[NSD Bashe]

Okay those are pretty cool... and it looks like they come with their own stamps?

[bmathison1972]

A couple new sets by Takara:

First, the next in the Encyclopedia of Dangerous Creatures line, with a pair of macaques, emperor scorpion, and (vampire?) bat. I need a vampire bat, but might hold out for one of the solid-piece figures




Next, some gimmicky frogs (some nice species, though):

[bmathison1972]

Volume 4 of Takara's 'Frends of the Waterside' series.

I may get the fiddler crab if it's a different species from earlier editions:

EDIT: I think the fiddler crab is another color morph of Tubuca arcuata. At first the color was suggestive of T. signata, but the species in these sets are usually specific to Japan, and T. signata is Australian.

[bmathison1972]

Due August 2022, Primary Colour 1:1 Dragonflies:

01. Anotogaster sieboldii
02. Anax parthenope
03. Orthetrum albistylum speciosum
04. Rhyothemis fuliginosa
05. Sympetrum frequens

[bmathison1972]

Set of insects. Set says 'Insect Wars' - @Beetle guy - is this a variation on the B.I.G. Insects series?

Looks like a new sculpt of Prosopocoilus giraffa? And @sphyrna18 - looks like the migratory phase of the locust! Spider looks like a different paint too (different species? Brachypelma boehmei?)

[sphyrna18]

Set of insects. Set says 'Insect Wars' - @Beetle guy - is this a variation on the B.I.G. Insects series?

Looks like a new sculpt of Prosopocoilus giraffa? And @sphyrna18 - looks like the migratory phase of the locust! Spider looks like a different paint too (different species? Brachypelma boehmei?)

I just saw that - and requested 2 of them from Brett haha!  I can't wait to get them in my hands (even though they are larger than 1:1, they are fairly close)

[bmathison1972]

B.I.G. Beetles 2022. Nothing of interest for me at this point

[Beetle guy]

Set of insects. Set says 'Insect Wars' - @Beetle guy - is this a variation on the B.I.G. Insects series?

No, just a marketing idea I suppose, they must have though war sells. Stuppid tittle all together ;-). No variation, just the new series.

[bmathison1972]

Next edition of the Encyclopedia of Dangerous Creatures collection. These look like repaints or re-releases of others in the series: