Tag Archives: Amphibian

FigureFocus 315 Kaiyodo ChocoEgg Japanese Giant Salamander

I’m going to look at another Kaiyodo ChocoEgg figure today, not surprising since I have so many of them! This is one from the very first Furuta Animaltales series, the one that kicked it all off! The first several series was, I think, entirely focused on Japanese fauna, which was fantastic for those of usContinue reading “FigureFocus 315 Kaiyodo ChocoEgg Japanese Giant Salamander”

FigureFrenzy 286 Tree frog, Owl, Bat-eared fox, Manta ray

We’re going to go through a bunch of mini-size figures this week! A good look at how many companies have actually made these tiny-size figures! With one exception, most of these figures are sized well for scenes and dioramas with more traditionally larger figures. In keeping with the theme, I’ll keep it short (there’s onlyContinue reading “FigureFrenzy 286 Tree frog, Owl, Bat-eared fox, Manta ray”

FigureFrenzy 281 Llama, Butterflyfish, Basilisk, Olm

It’s going to be all living animals today! No extinction here! Hopefully! And a pretty broad taxonomic range too! Safari Ltd Pets Toob Llama Let’s start with the mammal, a Llama from the Safari Pets toob, item 683704. I don’t have a ton to say about it–other than it’s a pretty decent figure. The poseContinue reading “FigureFrenzy 281 Llama, Butterflyfish, Basilisk, Olm”

FigureFrenzy 276 Brachiosaurus, Spiny terrapin, Sand tiger shark, Caecillian

Let’s look at another weird range of figures. One of them isn’t much to look at–but how often do we see caecillian figures? Almost never to be exact. Kaiyodo Dinotales Series 2 Brachiosaurus First up, another of the great Dinotales figures, specifically the Brachiosaurus from series 2, number 27. There is not a lot toContinue reading “FigureFrenzy 276 Brachiosaurus, Spiny terrapin, Sand tiger shark, Caecillian”

FISHMAS DAY!

So today is Christmas day–which means that the whole family is here! The extended family is here now! Day twelve can be found here. The tag for the whole set will be here. On Fishmas day itself cladistics gave to me… Twelve Eupercaria! Eleven fish near the top Ten Syngnatharia+Pelagiaria Nine Percomorpha Eight basal NeoteleostsContinue reading “FISHMAS DAY!”