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Post by postsaurischian on Sept 10, 2010 16:55:58 GMT
Great pictures, brontodocus! I think of getting the Narwhal too . There is a 7th (secret) figure in this set - a Humpback Whale. pic is from eBay
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Post by brontodocus on Sept 10, 2010 17:32:47 GMT
Thanks, postsaurischian. I've seen the secret item only quite recently - I had my set preordered in June and already thought I'd never receive it. The secret item is very similar to the fleshed-out other side of the Humpback Whale Anatomy model, haven't decided if I need it or not. BTW: Last night I ordered the Spider Set that you showed me in a link. Plus the secret item of that one, it's a Cobalt Blue Tarantula, Haplopelma lividum.
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Post by postsaurischian on Sept 10, 2010 17:39:46 GMT
Last night I ordered the Spider Set that you showed me in a link. Plus the secret item of that one, it's a Cobalt Blue Tarantula, Haplopelma lividum. Uuuhhhh - cool! What does your wife say about the venomous spiders ;D?
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Post by brontodocus on Sept 10, 2010 17:48:34 GMT
Uuuhhhh - cool! What does your wife say about the venomous spiders ;D? We're not even married ... I think the problem is more how much the collection has grown so far ;D, spiders are no problem for her. My mother would have killed me, though, she's even afraid of photographs that show spiders. ;D
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 30, 2010 11:39:44 GMT
I've never seen the Safari Ltd. Monterey Bay Humpback Whale in person. Does anybody have a photo other than those from the catalogue? No one? Doesn't matter, Libraraptor found one for me and gave me the link to the auction. It's larger and more slender than both the Papo and Schleich and it also has a more dynamic pose. This is how it looked from the seller's listing: This is the result of what intense cleaning with ethanol could do with it: Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781); Humpback Whale. Safari Ltd. / Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection. Length 380 mm. Yes, it's the same figure! I've also got these two: Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758; Sperm Whale. Safari Ltd. / Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection. Length 297 mm. Pristis cf. pectinata Latham, 1794; Sawfish. Safari Ltd. / Monterey Bay Aquarium Collection. Length 287 mm.
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Post by Tylosaurus on Oct 30, 2010 15:58:26 GMT
Even being an entire look in my room, if you can spot them my Sperm Whale, Humpback Whale, Northern Californian Gray Whale and a Whale Shark can be seen on the right shelf There is also a Blue Shark on the left Workstation Case and a White Pointer on the Compaq S710 17" CRT Monitor on the far right: All 6 are from Schleich and are @ scale 1:32, all the computers are in one Business Network
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 30, 2010 17:00:20 GMT
The latest whales are gorgeous. I wonder if I should start considering investing in some ethanol...
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Post by brontodocus on Oct 30, 2010 19:55:18 GMT
In some cases you'll have to be careful cleaning figures with ethanol - in the same lot I bought an old Schleich Whale Shark (the discontinued one, not the better one they are selling now) and the belly's light colour was rubbed away during cleaning... And not only the dirt, I felt the need to clean the figures because they were smelling like an ashtray - the same as in Libraraptor's Mastodonsaurus, they all come from the same lot. I'm still very happy with the buy, though. Oh, and Tylosaurus, I can't tell by the picture but is that the new or the old Whale Shark on your shelf?
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Post by postsaurischian on Nov 23, 2010 16:04:01 GMT
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Post by Himmapaan on Nov 23, 2010 17:18:54 GMT
Waaaant!
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Post by bokisaurus on Nov 23, 2010 21:22:24 GMT
Love those sharks! Who makes them and where did you get them?
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Post by postsaurischian on Nov 23, 2010 21:32:19 GMT
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Post by brontodocus on Nov 23, 2010 23:46:09 GMT
What a funny coincidence, I just received some NekoWorks sharks as well! ;D So here are two more: Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); Greenland Shark. Length 86 mm. Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765); Basking Shark. Length 97 mm.
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Post by brontodocus on Jan 7, 2011 12:34:28 GMT
Recently I bought the Takara Tomy A.R.T.S Encyclopedia Mystery Deep Sea Fish Collection (postsaurischian already showed photos of the frilled shark here: dinotoyforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=collections&thread=2972&page=23#91589). Macropinna microstoma Chapman, 1939; Barreleye. Length 49 mm, scale approx. 1:1 - 1:3. This is a very strange species with a transparent dome covering the head. The delicate dome was unknown until quite recently (deep sea samples are mostly damaged) and earlier illustrations showed it with its narrow, pointed snout and telescope eyes uncovered. Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837; Atlantic Footballfish. Length 46.5 mm, scale approx. 1:10 - 1:13. Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & Bond, 1978; Blob Sculpin. Length 56 mm, scale approx. 1:10 - 1:13. Regalecus glesne Ascanius 1772; King of Herrings. Length 122 mm, scale approx. 1:25 - 1:90. Abyssobrotula galatheae Nielsen, 1977. Length 50 mm, scale approx. 1:3. Chlamydoselachus anguineus Garman, 1884; Frilled Shark. Length 87 mm, scale approx. 1:16 - 1:23. And I also bought this one: Melanocetus johnsonii Günther, 1864; Humpback Anglerfish. Atlas Anima 3d model by Kaiyodo. Length 46 mm, scale approx. 1:3 - 1:4.
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Post by zopteryx on Jan 8, 2011 2:12:11 GMT
Awsome deep-sea fish, especially that Oarfish!
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Post by therizinosaurus on Jan 10, 2011 4:58:55 GMT
So...I realized that the Playvisions whale and perhaps shark molds are still in use. Seaworld parks use them in their toobs. I'll get some pics up soon, thought you guys might like to know
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Post by bokisaurus on Jan 10, 2011 6:17:37 GMT
What a funny coincidence, I just received some NekoWorks sharks as well! ;D So here are two more: Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); Greenland Shark. Length 86 mm. Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765); Basking Shark. Length 97 mm. Hmm, are these guys really yellow? I just got some NekoWorks sharks and they are white REally cool figures
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Post by postsaurischian on Jan 30, 2011 18:26:54 GMT
Neko Works Sharks series by Masato Inoue Part 2 ..... model 6: Greenland Shark / model 7: Blacktip Reef Shark model 10: Oceanic Whitetip Shark / model 12: Goblin Shark model 14: Starspotted Smooth-Hound Sharkmodel 13: Mako Shark / model 19: Lemon Shark Unfortunately one fin of the Smooth-Hound Shark is broken . This is my favourite of the set, so I have to buy it again.
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Post by Himmapaan on Jan 30, 2011 18:30:13 GMT
Do you still have it and the piece of broken fin?
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Post by postsaurischian on Jan 30, 2011 18:36:06 GMT
I still have it but the fin is missing, must have been broken before delivery .
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