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Post by takama on Dec 11, 2011 8:13:21 GMT
Like the thread in the dinosaur toy section. this theread is for posting the figures that you wish for any of the current companies to produce. Except this one is for modern animals.
Safari ltd
Incredible creatures
Life sized finches
puff adder
Mud puppy
water bear(scaled up replica)
Wings of the world
bird of paradise
lyre bird
booby
albatross
red winged blackbird
common Raven
Sea life
Vampire squid
viper fish
Papo
a well detailed snake
honey badger
Tuatara
blue and gold Macaw
snow leopard
red river hog
octopus
gibbon
spider monkey
thylacine
Tasmanian devil
Capybara
oryx
Kiwi
so what will you wish for. a company could be watching us
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Post by Libraraptor on Dec 11, 2011 8:52:24 GMT
Has any company ever made a cool Praying Mantis?!
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Post by sbell on Dec 11, 2011 14:07:23 GMT
Has any company ever made a cool Praying Mantis?! Safari had one (might still) and CollectA definitely has one (we have both). |
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Post by Seijun on Dec 12, 2011 2:23:56 GMT
Safari or Papo:
Maned wolf
Bongo
Sumatran rhinoceros
Pygmy hippo
Lowland tapir
Dugong
Commerson's dolphin (or related)
Hourglass dolphin (or related)
Amazon River dolphin
Northern/Southern Rightwhale dolphin
Risso's dolphin
Dall's porpoise
Finless porpoise
Spectacled porpoise
Bowhead whale
Pygmy Sperm whale
Blainville's Beaked whale
Pilot whale
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Post by sbell on Dec 12, 2011 4:17:04 GMT
Safari or Papo: Maned wolf Bongo Sumatran rhinoceros Pygmy hippo Lowland tapir Dugong Commerson's dolphin (or related) Hourglass dolphin (or related) Amazon River dolphin Northern/Southern Rightwhale dolphin Risso's dolphin Dall's porpoise Finless porpoise Spectacled porpoise Bowhead whale Pygmy Sperm whale Blainville's Beaked whale Pilot whale So here's a question I have, regarding these never ending lists--among modern animals, pygmy hippos seem to frequently come up. Is there a reason for this? While as an animal they are interesting, are they truly so spectacular that 1) they absolutely must be made, 2) they must be made before many other mammls and 3) they are so easily identifiable to a general buying public that it is really hard to believe there is only one figure made (a UK Yowie). I ask because we are expected to believe that this:  is so easily differentiated from this:  that any company would best off making both instead of, say, easily distinguished carnivorans, primates, antelope, whales, etc? And of course the response is to make them to scale. Which to the vast majority of buyers would be called a hippo and a calf (even with a tag). I know that these are 'fantasy' threads, in that they are basically brainstorms that no one who is going to read them is someone that would make decisions about them, but I am at a loss as to why the pygmy hippo seems to frequently be on people's lists (unlike the nearly-as-ubiquitous bongo, which I can understand as a favourite and as a marketable possibility). |
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Post by Seijun on Dec 12, 2011 6:02:57 GMT
They don't look too different in the pictures you posted, but the pygmies do have a different skull shape. Especially if you consider that toy companies generally go with the very large, powerful, and very typically hippo-like heads, usually modeled after bull hippos instead females. And these look quite different from any pygmy hippo. I haven't seen any hippo toys that look like this:  I suppose my interest in them comes from the fact that growing up watching nature and national geographic, I never heard any mention of pygmy hippos. I think I was in high school, or maybe even early college, before I heard about them. They never seem to get any love or attention compared to their bigger cousins. I remember how amazed I was to learn that there was actually such a thing as a miniature hippo, and I couldn't understand why no one ever talked about them, and why every zoo in the country didn't have one. There are two other animals I want to see toys of, but I can't remember the names! One is a kind of wild cow, from asia I think?? Very muscular, black, with white stockings on its legs. The second animal reminds me of a musk-ox, and is a good rock climber. The golden something... Anyone know the names of these two? |
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Post by bmathison1972 on Dec 13, 2011 0:43:37 GMT
Has any company ever made a cool Praying Mantis?! Safari's mantid released as part of the Smithsonian Collection is nice, albeit big. The smaller poseable one for their Hidden Kingdom collection is OK, too. CollectA has a nice one; ReMent also has one (the latter being more along the Japanese Gashapon lines). FameMaster 4D has a nice one you assemble. K&M's (Wild Republic) is kinda neat too. |
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Post by bmathison1972 on Dec 13, 2011 0:50:00 GMT
[quote author=sbell board=othertoys thread=4755 post=123156 time=1323663424I know that these are 'fantasy' threads, in that they are basically brainstorms that no one who is going to read them is someone that would make decisions about them, but I am at a loss as to why the pygmy hippo seems to frequently be on people's lists (unlike the nearly-as-ubiquitous bongo, which I can understand as a favourite and as a marketable possibility).[/quote]
I hear you, Sean. I don't understand these 'fantasy wish lists' either...they just set one up for disappointment.
I've developed the Four Steps of New Animal Releases:
1) People develop their 'predictions' (read: wish lists).
2) Companies release their New Years releases. The complaining begins as peoples' wishes were not fulfilled.
3) Pictures of the New Releases are unveiled. People compainabout colors, poses, scientific accuracy.
4) The products are released and the people who did all the complaining in 2) and 3) above promptly run out and buy the product they complained about.
;D
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Post by Seijun on Dec 13, 2011 1:35:25 GMT
1) I wasn't considering this a predictions thread, so much as a "I wish they made this" thread. I won't be disappointed if no one makes the animals on my list because I don't really expect them too.
2) I complain because about half of new releases suck.
3) See #2
4) I generally don't buy any figure that I don't like.
I cant speak for everyone else though.
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Post by sbell on Dec 13, 2011 2:03:14 GMT
[quote author=sbell board=othertoys thread=4755 post=123156 time=1323663424I know that these are 'fantasy' threads, in that they are basically brainstorms that no one who is going to read them is someone that would make decisions about them, but I am at a loss as to why the pygmy hippo seems to frequently be on people's lists (unlike the nearly-as-ubiquitous bongo, which I can understand as a favourite and as a marketable possibility). I hear you, Sean. I don't understand these 'fantasy wish lists' either...they just set one up for disappointment. I've developed the Four Steps of New Animal Releases: 1) People develop their 'predictions' (read: wish lists). 2) Companies release their New Years releases. The complaining begins as peoples' wishes were not fulfilled. 3) Pictures of the New Releases are unveiled. People compainabout colors, poses, scientific accuracy. 4) The products are released and the people who did all the complaining in 2) and 3) above promptly run out and buy the product they complained about. ;D[/quote] Hee hee! ;D Perhaps our realism is grounded in being jaded or cynical at this point?  But really, I just don't get the pygmy hippo love. Even with the above explanation. It's just a small hippo, which even as a well-sculpted toy with a properly-shaped head, will still look like a baby to most people. As for the other, mystery animals--I think the 'cow' might be a Gaur. No idea on the other (although I think I can piocture the one you mean). |
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Post by bokisaurus on Dec 13, 2011 7:14:06 GMT
T There are two other animals I want to see toys of, but I can't remember the names! One is a kind of wild cow, from asia I think?? Very muscular, black, with white stockings on its legs. The second animal reminds me of a musk-ox, and is a good rock climber. The golden something... Anyone know the names of these two? First is a Gaur, the second animal you mention I believe is a Takin Both are cool animals that I would also like to see made. Here are some animals that I would love CollectA to make: Babirusa ( is there even a figure of it available? ) Bongo Water Buffalo Thylacine Any of the River dolphin species |
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Post by zopteryx on Dec 13, 2011 20:59:48 GMT
I'll play along. ;D I don't really care who makes these just so long as someone does. Fish: - Oarfish - Opah - Mudskipper - Dragon Moray - Vampire Tetra - Aropama - Arrowana - Australian Lungfish - African Lungfish - Alligator Gar - White Sturgeon - Megamouth Shark -Cutlass Fish/Snake Mackeral Reptiles/Amphibians: - Gharial - Dwarf Caiman - "Flying" Snake species - Draco Lizard - Sailfin Dragon - Perentie - Tuatara - Green Anaconda - Boyd's Forest Dragon -Japanese Giant Salamander Birds: - Southern Cassowary - Wandering Albatross - Secretary Bird (I know there's the PV one) - Takahe - Iiwi and other Hawaiian Honeycreepers Mammals: - Ganges River Dolphin - Various odd Australian marsupials - Flying Fox species Inverts: - Cave Whip Scorpion - Various Leaf/Stick Insects - Flambouyant Cuttlefish - Orchid Mantis |
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Post by takama on Dec 18, 2011 4:25:13 GMT
I cant help but wonder, has there been a triop figure on the market yet? or goblen shark?
If not then i am adding them to my wishes
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Post by sbell on Dec 18, 2011 4:47:58 GMT
I cant help but wonder, has there been a triop figure on the market yet? or goblen shark? If not then i am adding them to my wishes There are two Triops figures--one from Epoch, one from Kaiyodo. As for Goblin sharks, I think there are at least 5 (Takara * 2, Kaiyodo Aquatales, PV small sharks, Colorata DX sharks, a tiny one from K&M in a rubber ball, probably a Neko Works one...probably others). Plus, two Scapanorhynchus one--the I Dig sharks set, and the amazing Wild Safari Prehistoric Sharks toob one that every good collector should own by now if they ever hope to see more diversity in their toobs and lines of prehistoric animals (crocs toob as well). And I was involved in the development of that one! |
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Post by Seijun on Dec 18, 2011 6:40:30 GMT
The Gaur and Takin are the animals I was thinking of, thank you.
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Post by ichthyostega on Dec 23, 2011 17:22:02 GMT
Safari ltd;
Wings of the World;
Lapwing on nest or without nest
Common Buzzard
Kiwi
Toobs;
European Bird Toob
Gecko toob
Asian Mountain Toob
Wild Safari Forest;
River Otter
Wolverine
European Lynx
Standing Wolf
Other Wild safari animals;
African Civet cat
Bongo
Flying Lizard
Three-toed sloth
Monterey Bay;
Leopard Seal
Frilled shark
Papo;
New Lynx
Oystercatcher
Snow Leopard
Quoll
Binturong!! Any company has to make a binturong. I know PV has one but it does more look like a common palm civet.
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Post by sbell on Dec 23, 2011 19:22:55 GMT
Interestingly, there are new wolverines and lynx coming out--from Mojo. And based on the photos, I would highly recommend their lynx (it's an Iberian).
I have to say--Mojo dinos suck. But when it comes to pretty much anything else, they make some pretty brilliant animals.
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Post by ichthyostega on Dec 26, 2011 13:34:02 GMT
I think I want that lynx!  I love lynxes. |
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Post by dinodinkies on Jan 10, 2012 20:09:09 GMT
This is à good one
Safari papo or borh
Ferret
Leopard gecko
Swiss shepherd
Any chicken species
Guinea pigs all species
Quetzal
Hoatzin family
Hedgehog
African hedgehog
Aye aye
Red ruffed lemur
Black and white ruffed lemur
Sambirano mouse lemur
Coquerel's sifaka
Indri
Flea
Axolotl
Flying lizard
Tarsier
Any bat species
Queen alexandra's birdwing
African giant swallowtail
Maybe papo will make a sur la piste du marsupilami figure? Since they are french.
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I love lynxes.