Japanese Birds miniatures

[postsaurischian]

Sorry for transferring stuff from the DTF forums, but this thread has to be revived .
Starting again with some (of course) Japanese bird figures by Kaiyodo & Colorata.



Colorata Ornate Hawk Eagle, Philippine Eagle & Northern Goshawk


Kaiyodo 'Natural Monuments of Japan' No.46 - Steller's Sea Eagle & No.4 - Blakiston's Fish-owl


Colorata Harpy Eagle


Kaiyodo 'NMoJ' No.2 - Crested Ibis & No.22 - Oriental Stork


Colorata Secretary Bird, Kaiyodo 'NMoJ' No.27 Red-crowned Crane & No.36 Hooded Crane


Colorata Bald Eagle


Kaiyodo 'NMoJ' No.20 - Okinawa Rail & No.39 - Short-tailed Albatross


Kaiyodo 'Animatales' No.188 Mandarin Duck, 'NMoJ' No.25 Whooper Swan


Kaiyodo 'Animatales' No.197A Long-tailed Titmouse, 'Birdtales' Common Kingfisher & 'Animatales' No.227 Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher


Kaiyodo 'NMoJ' No.29 Golden Eagle


Golden Eagle - Colorata (left) & Kaiyodo (right)


Kaiyodo 'NMoJ' No.44 - Bonin White-eye & No.14 - Lidth's Jay


Kaiyodo 'Animatales' No.186 Copper Pheasant, 'National Museum of Nature & Science Tokyo' Japanese Crested Ibis & 'Animatales' No.216B Painted Snipe


Colorata Steller's Sea Eagle


Kaiyodo 'NMoJ' No.6 Rock Ptarmigan & No.28 Silver Phoenix Rooster


Kaiyodo 'NMoJ' No.18 Black Woodpecker, 'Yokohama Zoorasia Lunch book' Snowy Owl & 'Animatales' No.215 Cuckoo Bird

[Jetoar]

Amazing collection friend, You have animal figures of all  .

[brontodocus]

Here they are again in all their glory!
I believe in the long run several threads for different bird groups may become necessary. Thinking of the collections of some others that I've seen, phew, that would fill a few pages... (I wonder how many Kikimalou has?) But then I guess there would still be the possibility to make this something like a Kaiyodo Birds or Gashapon Birds thread?

[postsaurischian]

Amazing collection friend, You have animal figures of all  .

Thank you !

I believe in the long run several threads for different bird groups may become necessary. ....... I guess there would still be the possibility to make this something like a Kaiyodo Birds or Gashapon Birds thread?

I think you've got a point there. It should be more specific. I changed the thread's title.

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Favorite 'BIWAKO Collection' Tachybaptus ruficollis - Little Grebe

[Jetoar]

I love  the water effect  .

[brontodocus]

The Biwako Little Grebes are lovely. Too bad I broke the removable "water" of my standing one... I glued the parts together again but it doesn't look as it was anymore.

[Varanus]

The variety of those Japanese bird figures is amazing as is their appearance!

[Himmapaan]

I truly don't know which reaction would be most appropriate.

Alright, then, I'll stick to my usual: 

[Kikimalou]

Here they are again in all their glory!
I believe in the long run several threads for different bird groups may become necessary. Thinking of the collections of some others that I've seen, phew, that would fill a few pages... (I wonder how many Kikimalou has?) But then I guess there would still be the possibility to make this something like a Kaiyodo Birds or Gashapon Birds thread?

I have 317 birds, 140 different species, but some  are not Japanese stuff... And I can see on this thread a few models I still need to catch !

At least there is this Great hornbill I bought on Jauce. The pic is again so so, I will make another one soon. I don't know the brand, maybe someone could have information.

[Jetoar]

When Iwas a child, I saw a Grat  Hornebill I thought that he is e mazing and huge birde. This figure is exactly  .

[postsaurischian]

Nature Techni Colour  fem. Ostrich


Phat! Doki Doki Doubutu  Shoebill

[Jetoar]

Is the firts time that I see a figure of Shoebill. He is a accurate version of this rare bird  .

[Kikimalou]

Is the firts time that I see a figure of Shoebill. He is a accurate version of this rare bird  .

This shoebill is a very rare must have. I hope a company will make one more easily available...

[brontodocus]

It's indeed a very fine and rare figure (I have it, too, it's in my signature ) - or does the seller we got them from still have some?. And it wasn't cheap.

I don't have that many bird figures from Japanese manufacturers, some of my best (a few of the Natural Monuments of Japan) I received from Helge.
But I never really focused on birds enough, so I have really quite few.


Apteryx australis (Shaw & Nodder, 1813); Southern Brown Kiwi, Tokoeka, or Common Kiwi. Furuta Choco Egg Funny Animals Series 7. Length 47 mm, scale approx. 1:10 - 1:12.


Sula nebouxii Milne-Edwards, 1882; Blue-footed Booby. Furuta ChocoEgg Funny AnimaFuruta ChocoEgg Funny Animals Series 6. Length 55 mm, scale approx. 1:14 - 1:15.


Phoebastria (syn. Diomedea) immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893); Laysan Albatross. Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 secret. Length 39 mm, wing span 79 mm, scale approx. 1:21 - 1:25.


Larus crassirostris Vieillot, 1818; Black-tailed Gull. Furuta Choco Egg Animatales Series 4. Length 72 mm, scale approx. 1:6.5.


†Pinguinus (syn. Alca) impennis (Linnaeus, 1758); Great Auk or Garefowl. Horico Kaiyodo Penguin's Lunch Biscuit Penguin Figure Collection Series 1 secret. Length 68 mm, height 50 mm, scale approx. 1:12 - 1:14.

[Kikimalou]

Congratulation Brontodocus, especially for the Great auk !

[Jetoar]

Congratulation Brontodocus, especially for the Great auk !

I think the same. Great auk is beautiful  .

[brontodocus]

Thanks, Kikimalou & Jetoar! It's one of my favourite bird figures. I've never seen it on ebay but on Jauce there were sometimes two or three of them at the same time, it doesn't seem to be that rare. In the end I had to decide whether I'd buy only this one or the whole set for some ¥800 or so more. So I took the whole set. There's also a second series which I didn't buy. This is the rest of the set (and a Humboldt Penguin from the Shinagawa Aquarium series):


Aptenodytes patagonicus J.F. Miller, 1778; King Penguin. Length 62.5 mm, height 50 mm, scale approx. 1:15.



Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844; Emperor Penguin. Length 58 mm, scale approx. 1:20. Emperor Penguin Chick. Height 27 mm, scale... hmm, possibly 1:5 or 1:6 upward.


Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841); Adelie Penguin. Length 57 mm, height 46 mm, scale approx. 1:12.


Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781); Gentoo Penguin. Length 64 mm, height 49 mm, scale approx. 1:11 - 1:14.


Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837); Rockhopper Penguin or Macaroni Penguin. Length 59 mm, height approx. 40 mm, scale approx. 1:12.


Eudyptula minor (J.R. Forster, 1781); Little Penguin. Length approx. 36 mm, height approx. 35 mm, scale approx. 1:11.


Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758); Cape Penguin. Length approx. 50 mm, height 40 mm, scale approx. 1:14.


Spheniscus humboldti Meyen, 1834; Humboldt Penguin (Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae). Kaiyodo Capsule Aquarium 3 - Shinagawa Aquarium. Length 52 mm, scale approx. 1:11 - 1:13.

[Jetoar]

You will have another figure of Penguin with the new 2013 schleich and mojo penguins  .

[SommoDracorex]

I have 317 birds, 140 different species, but some  are not Japanese stuff... And I can see on this thread a few models I still need to catch !

At least there is this Great hornbill I bought on Jauce. The pic is again so so, I will make another one soon. I don't know the brand, maybe someone could have information.

It's from Bandai  I have a Lion and a Great White Shark of the same line.

[Kikimalou]

I have 317 birds, 140 different species, but some  are not Japanese stuff... And I can see on this thread a few models I still need to catch !

At least there is this Great hornbill I bought on Jauce. The pic is again so so, I will make another one soon. I don't know the brand, maybe someone could have information.

It's from Bandai  I have a Lion and a Great White Shark of the same line.

thank you for the tip