FigureFocus 292 Invicta Plastics Pliosaur (Liopleurodon) Painted

Well, today is a sort of classic figure, possibly from the first ‘museum quality’ dinosaur line out there. The line is of course the Invicta Prehistoric models made for the Natural History Museum (referred to as the British Museum of Natural History at the time). Overall, it is a line of figures, I believe mostlyContinue reading “FigureFocus 292 Invicta Plastics Pliosaur (Liopleurodon) Painted”

FigureFocus 291 Wild Safari Prehistoric World Kaprosuchus

Today is a good one! The Wild Safari Kaprosuchus from 2011! Originally released in the Wild Safari Dinos & Prehistoric Life series, that whole line has been rechristened ‘Prehistoric World’. I think this may be about the fourth name for their prehistoric models (most of them) but I guess the new one is more succinctContinue reading “FigureFocus 291 Wild Safari Prehistoric World Kaprosuchus”

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!”