FigureFocus 309 Shapeways 3D Printed Diplocaulus

Well, let’s go back to a prehistoric animal, and a 3D-printed one no less. This is another Shapeways model, from creator mmfrankford. The specific model is their take on Diplocaulus, the famous and popular boomerang-head ‘amphibian’ from the late Palaeozoic. As I’m sure I mentioned before, I used to grab a bunch of Shapeways figuresContinue reading “FigureFocus 309 Shapeways 3D Printed Diplocaulus”

FigureFrenzy 300 Allosaurus, Anteater, Pantylus, Penguin

Been a bit distracted lately, but catching right back up…once again, with a very random assortment. Very. Broad range of quality, style, and taxonomy. Jurassic World FK mini Allosaurus (Walmart) So we’ll start with another mini figure from the Walmart Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom multi-pack (a few others can be seen here). This time it’s theContinue reading “FigureFrenzy 300 Allosaurus, Anteater, Pantylus, Penguin”

FigureTales 288 – Clades – Holostei

Okay, thanks to the Random Number Generator, it looks like I’m working through the 2021 Fishmas tree again but I promise I’m not…plus, the Chondrostei was covered a very long time ago anyway! But it’s going to be another daunting one for me–another fish group that I greatly appreciate but don’t have much personal knowledgeContinue reading “FigureTales 288 – Clades – Holostei”

Vault Tales 227 FigureFrenzy Cheetah, Iguanodon, Milkfish, Sifaka, Sturgeon

Well, today is about as random as they’re going to get. All over the place in terms of species, quality, brand, materials…Kind of like my actual collection, it can be kind of all over the place! Schleich Bayala Arelan Cheetah Our first figure is a Cheetah from Schleich, but not one of the wildlife figures.Continue reading “Vault Tales 227 FigureFrenzy Cheetah, Iguanodon, Milkfish, Sifaka, Sturgeon”

Vault Tales 218 Shapeways 1:20 Champsosaurus

So today is going to be a bit of a set, and at the same time a review of a single figure. Because it’s only available that way (like getting multiple copies of the same figure, maybe in different poses…like this Eryops) . But this time, it’s a variety of Champsosaurus from Shapeways, at 1:20Continue reading “Vault Tales 218 Shapeways 1:20 Champsosaurus”