Prehistoric Sharks

[bokisaurus]

Sharks have been around for millions of years, way even before the first dinosaurs made their first appearance.
I have to admit that I was not that interested in prehistoric sharks until I saw Ray Troll's art show at my local aquarium. I really love Ray's works, they are simply beautiful. Anyway, in that show was some fossil sharks and some really awesome illustrations and paintings. I was really fascinated by the coiled toothed shark (Helicoprion). When I looked around for prehistoric shark figures, I did not find much. It was disappointing.
Until Safari released their prehistoric shark toob, there were only the Kaiyodo ones and some Yowies, and TEDCO that I was able to acquire, and of course some Neko Works.
Anyway, so I wanted to see how many more prehistoric sharks are there besides the ones I got. Please post/add pictures of your collection if you have any. Thanks, hope you all enjoy show. ;D

The Entire Shark Safari Prehistoric Shark Toob set

Sarcoprion

Scapanorthynchus

Helicoprion

Stethacanthus

Cladoselache

Edestus (reminds me of Flish from Future is wild! ;D)

Cretoxyrhina

Orthacanthus

Xenacanthus

Hybodus


Here they all are seen from above


Yowie sharks
Helicoprion (took me forever to get ;D)


Great white (?)


TEDCO
Stethacanthus


Neko Works
Hybodus


The Comparisons:

Stethacanthus

Safari and TEDCO figures (Neko Works also has one, I'm still waiting on my order )

Hybodus

Neko Works and Safari figures

Helicoprion

Safari and Yowie figures

Scapanorhynchus and Goblin Shark ;D

Nice to have the two side-by-side, one prehistoric and one modern.

Some modern and prehistoric sharks ( TEDCO Stethacanthus and Kaiyodo Cladoselache in the mix)


And a mix of other creatures that lived with sharks, past and present, just for fun ;D


Okay, thats all the prehistoric sharks that I have, not a big collection for sure. I have a few modern sharks, but I'm not adding those ;D
Oh, of anyone has and extra Kaiyodo Xenacanthus, let me know I have not had any success finding it... at a reasonable price that is, and I really want one ;D
Your turn, post your prehistoric sharks! ;D

[Dan]

Nice shots, thanks for posting. Good use of coral stages, too.

[sbell]

All right, here we go:

APII I Dig Sharks figures. This company seems to go through nothing but changes, so who knows how long they'll be around.

Megalodon


Helicoprion


Echinochimaera (not really a shark, but part of the set):


Orthacanthus


Scapanorhynchus:


Also, Medicom made a Megalodon:


And since it's missing, the Dinotales Xenacanthus:


And the Neko Works Stethacanthus:


Finally, there is a Yowies Megalodon:


And I'm pretty sure that is what you have--unless they used the same figure for both!

[Himmapaan]

Another wonderful set of pictures, Boki. I look forward to seeing more from others too.

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

The safari sharks look the best IMO. Gotta put that cladoselache in the mouth of the dunkleosteus ;D

[sbell]

Feb 20, 2011 15:16:28 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

The safari sharks look the best IMO. Gotta put that cladoselache in the mouth of the dunkleosteus ;D

They are pretty awesome. What surpsrised me most was their size--for toob figures, they are HUGE; the Cladoselache may be double the size of the Kaiyodo.

In fact, the best comparison may be the Safari Anatotitan--smaller than a regular figure, but bigger than an expected toob figure.

And I just thought of this Boki--do you not have the Safari Marine reptiles? There is a sweet frilled shark in there.

[rugops]

I can't wait for this Safari toob.

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

Feb 20, 2011 16:19:15 GMT sbell said:

Feb 20, 2011 15:16:28 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

The safari sharks look the best IMO. Gotta put that cladoselache in the mouth of the dunkleosteus ;D

They are pretty awesome. What surpsrised me most was their size--for toob figures, they are HUGE; the Cladoselache may be double the size of the Kaiyodo.

In fact, the best comparison may be the Safari Anatotitan--smaller than a regular figure, but bigger than an expected toob figure.

And I just thought of this Boki--do you not have the Safari Marine reptiles? There is a sweet frilled shark in there.

Could you post a picture of one next to a ruler or the schleich man?

[sbell]

Feb 20, 2011 17:11:57 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

Feb 20, 2011 16:19:15 GMT sbell said:

They are pretty awesome. What surpsrised me most was their size--for toob figures, they are HUGE; the Cladoselache may be double the size of the Kaiyodo.

In fact, the best comparison may be the Safari Anatotitan--smaller than a regular figure, but bigger than an expected toob figure.

And I just thought of this Boki--do you not have the Safari Marine reptiles? There is a sweet frilled shark in there.

Could you post a picture of one next to a ruler or the schleich man?

I am in the midst of databasing, including taking photos--I will post a couple (as always, with scales) as soon as I am done.

[zopteryx]

Very nice collection Boki, I had no idea there were so many prehistoric shark figures! Or, perhaps so few, depending on your point of view.

[bokisaurus]

Ok, here t hey are with the Safari Dunkleo and Hans figure for scale ;D See? They are much bigger than your standard Toob figures ;D


Oh yes, I do have the marine reptiles, and here is the frilled shark

[sbell]

Hey, Boki beat me to it, but I didn't spend the day playing with a database to not post anything!

I'll just post a couple, with a ruler next to them:

The rest (along with, I think, all of the other toob figures I have so far, can be seen here:
picasaweb.google.com/HyenaSean/WildSafariToob?feat=directlink

And just for fun...I am not so much the creative one, that's why I have kids. My son, Logan, decided that the sharks need homes (of course, he has his own set). While he comes up with something in Sculpey, he created some little scenes using Playmobil and two unfortunate Safari toob divers:


I kept them small here; they can be seen larger here:picasaweb.google.com/HyenaSean/Logan?feat=directlink

[Himmapaan]

Feb 21, 2011 5:10:58 GMT sbell said:

My son, Logan, decided that the sharks need homes (of course, he has his own set). While he comes up with something in Sculpey, he created some little scenes using Playmobil and two unfortunate Safari toob divers:

Hehe, excellent. ;D

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

I'm having trouble imagining them fitting in one of those stock toobs!

[bokisaurus]

Those sharks are cool, Sbell. I really like them.
I have not seen them before in any store, are they still around? Do you know which sharks are in the block? I need to hunt them down ;D

[sbell]

Feb 22, 2011 1:55:59 GMT bokisaurus said:

Those sharks are cool, Sbell. I really like them.
I have not seen them before in any store, are they still around? Do you know which sharks are in the block? I need to hunt them down ;D

I'm assuming that you mean the APII sharks. You do not know what you are getting when you buy them, so it can mean a lot of the same while you hunt one last one.

We have some in our store, but I don't think we'll be getting them again, that company is...a pain. But if the block is tapped right, sometimes you can get a hint of what is inside. Even so, it took us forever to find a Scapanorhynchus.

[tenguzame]

Hi, I'm new here. I'm not so much into dinosaurs as sharks. Especially goblin sharks and that's how I found my way here. I REALLY would like to buy a APII I DIG Scapanorhynchus. Does anyone have one to sell to me? I've seen them on eBay (see link below) , but then you don't know which one you get.

cgi.ebay.com/DIG-FOSSILS-PREHISTORIC-SHARK-DIG-ADVENTURE-/320076610618

Also, I like coelacanths and deep sea animals and expect to get some new figurines from Japan soon. I have a few from earlier series by Kaiyodo, if anyone is interested.

You can see my shark collection here:

www.myspace.com/tenguzame

Cheers,
Goblin girl

[brontozaurus]

What I find funny is that the Sarcoprion is nigh-identical to its picture on Wikipedia, down to the colour and everything.

As pointed out about, your Yowie 'great white' is a Megalodon. It was sold as 'Giant White Pointer Shark', and may have been meant to have originally been bronze instead of blue if the stickers in my collectors album are of prototypes.

[bokisaurus]

What a big collection of sharks stuff you got there teguzame ;D
Thats cool that you love sharks, they are fascinating animals.
Welcome to the forum

brontozaurus, yes, I noticed the similarity,too

[sbell]

Feb 23, 2011 9:01:02 GMT tenguzame said:

Hi, I'm new here. I'm not so much into dinosaurs as sharks. Especially goblin sharks and that's how I found my way here. I REALLY would like to buy a APII I DIG Scapanorhynchus. Does anyone have one to sell to me? I've seen them on eBay (see link below) , but then you don't know which one you get.

cgi.ebay.com/DIG-FOSSILS-PREHISTORIC-SHARK-DIG-ADVENTURE-/320076610618

Also, I like coelacanths and deep sea animals and expect to get some new figurines from Japan soon. I have a few from earlier series by Kaiyodo, if anyone is interested.

You can see my shark collection here:

www.myspace.com/tenguzame

Cheers,
Goblin girl

I'll see what I can find--as I said, the blocks hide what you get, and of the ones where I can see a hint, I haven't seen any Scaps yet (so far as I know, only 3 have come out of the 36 that we ordered last year, and we are down to about 6 now).