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 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”

Vault Tales 191 FigureFrenzy Moanasaurus, Eusthenopteron, Trilobite, Quinkana

It’s another Figure Frenzy! This time with a theme of unusual animal figures, all extinct, and all figures that need to be assembled! From three different companies no less! A bunch of interesting ones. Let’s go! Yowies Lost Kingdoms B New Zealand Mosasaur First, we visit another Yowies Lost Kingdom figure, this one number 13Continue reading “Vault Tales 191 FigureFrenzy Moanasaurus, Eusthenopteron, Trilobite, Quinkana”

Vault tales 179 – Clades – Euchondrocephali

Already another ‘clades’ post, but this time one with a few more figures at least! This one will be Euchondrocephali–a group of shark-like chondrichthyan fish that are more closely related to the holocephalans (the modern ratfish Chimaera and elephantnose fish Callorhinchus). The funny thing is that for the longest time, these fish were assumed toContinue reading “Vault tales 179 – Clades – Euchondrocephali”

Vault Tales 163 ToyTrio Ornithomimus, Giganotosaurus, Anomalocaris

All prehistoric Trio today! Wide range of odd animals… GeoWorld Jurassic Hunters Ornithomimus First up we have another Jurassic Hunters from GeoWorld. This time we are looking at a figure from Series 1 (the previous Thescelosaurus was Series 2), part of the original dinosaurs release, item number CL353K. It’s an interesting figure, to say theContinue reading “Vault Tales 163 ToyTrio Ornithomimus, Giganotosaurus, Anomalocaris”