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Post by bokisaurus on Nov 6, 2009 19:32:23 GMT
I was fortunate enough to acquire two of the few Basilosaurus figure know to exist to date, a big thanks to Franchesca So with the mini figures coming from Safari next year, that would increase it to three figures ;D Unfortunately, all the figure are small, roughly around 3", no big ones yet despite it being a cool looking beast and whales overall popularity in general. So for now, all we have are these small figures, enjoy Medicom figure: part of their Cryptid animals/creatures series. I'm hoping for the loch ness figure one of this days. I already got the mosasaur. This, I believe is from Yujin. I have not seen it before. Its a nice looking figure. The two figure with a fossil whale figure from Yowie So there you go, am I right that these guys are the only ones known? Perhaps in the future, a bigger figure og good old Basila will be made, a good bet would be Safari and CollectA Bonus: A trio of: Dugoung (sea cow), manatee, and Stellar sea cow (extinct) Cheers! ;D
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Post by sid on Nov 6, 2009 19:52:44 GMT
The Yujin one is especially "mosasaur-esque" ;D
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Post by stoneage on Nov 6, 2009 23:18:35 GMT
I think our best bet is if Malcolm makes one in 1/40.
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Post by Libraraptor on Nov 13, 2009 13:17:03 GMT
As much as I love swimming whales: Is there any walking whale figure (Pakicetus etc.) available?
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Post by sbell on Nov 13, 2009 14:26:26 GMT
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Post by Radman on Nov 13, 2009 16:29:28 GMT
The model in the article was apparently made by the author himself (Cronos). The lower one is the unpainted version, the upper one is painted and digitally enhanced. He doesn't elaborate on the medium he used. The title of the article btw, is "Janjucetus hunderi - The sharptoothed ancestor of baleen whales" liberal translation; Uronkel literally is "ancient uncle, or Ur-uncle"
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Post by Libraraptor on Nov 18, 2009 16:36:32 GMT
Yes, the author writes about Janjucetus as an ancient uncle of the recent whales, about 25 years old with sharp, heterodont teeth. What makes it so special is the role of the eyes. Normally they donĀ“t play a big role at whales due to their highly evolved sonar. Janjucetus is thought not to have had sonar. (see Ophtalmosaurus for example). The compact nearly triangular skull had big jaw muscles which means Janjucetus preyed not on smaller squid or fish, but bigger prey. Janjucetus was not a direct ancestor of recent baleen whales, for older forms of balleen whales are known. It rather belonged to a long-enduring, highly specialized branch.
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Post by ambulocetus on Nov 28, 2009 8:38:37 GMT
Never seen the Yujin figure. I knew Yowies had some kind of prehistoric cetcean, but I didn't it was mamalodon--I know that speices from the Antpodean Ark. I will buy both of these if you are willing.
Medicom had a Stellar's seacow as well.
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Post by franchesca on Nov 28, 2009 18:05:22 GMT
the basilo with the wave in its spine is gakken
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Post by ambulocetus on Nov 29, 2009 3:47:57 GMT
That explains it. I searched ebay under "Basilosaurus" , "Zueglodon" and "YUjin" and found nothing.
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Post by Gorgonopsid on Nov 29, 2009 3:51:25 GMT
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Post by Dan on Nov 30, 2009 19:20:06 GMT
Funny how they all seem to have similar colorations. Mind you, this was before their WwD debut. Hm.
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Post by franchesca on Nov 30, 2009 23:00:31 GMT
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Post by ambulocetus on Dec 5, 2009 21:58:52 GMT
First amulocetus figure I've eer seen. is it a game piece or what? It's probably lead, not pewter.
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