Kaiyodo, Yujin, Colorata & Favorite Fish-Mix

[postsaurischian]

Hey there - here are a few of my Fish figures!
All of these are made by Kaiyodo, except for the Grouper that is made by Yujin .......

Pagrus major - Red Seabream Snapper


Mola mola - Ocean Sunfish


Epinephelus moara - Kelp Grouper


Pterois lunulata - Japanese Lionfish


Carcharias taurus - Sand Tiger Shark


Carcharhinus melanopterus - Blacktip Reef Shark


Ostracion immaculatus - Bluespotted Boxfish


Zebrasoma flavescens - Yellow Tang


Amphiprion ocellaris - Clown Anemonefish


Amphiprion clarkii - Clark's Anemonefish

[sbell]

Interestingly, I don't think I have any of those--but I do have dozens of various fish from Japan. I should put them all up someday!

Some can be found here:


picasaweb.google.ca/HyenaSean/TobaAquarium#

and here

picasaweb.google.ca/HyenaSean/Colorata#

(the Coloratas also include pictures of the original dino set)

I still don't have my Yujins or Kaiyodos up at the site though.

There are very few modern animals that either Yujin, Kaiyodo, or Colorata can't seem to pull off. And I think they should try all of them, just to be sure! I need a bowfin and paddlefish, consarn it.

[postsaurischian]

Ah - the other Coloratas we were talking about the other day - nice - I like the Spinosaurus and the Dilophosaurus - cute
Also some beautiful Japanese fish here .

[sbell]

May 13, 2010 22:14:17 GMT postsaurischian said:

Ah - the other Coloratas we were talking about the other day - nice - I like the Spinosaurus and the Dilophosaurus - cute
Also some beautiful Japanese fish here .

At some point I'll do comparisons of the early and recent versions (tyrannosaurus, triceratops, dromaeosaur, spinosaur, etc.)

One thing to not--I got the retired set without bases, which means some of them don't stand well. So I got out the Sculpy and my son and I made some (I have lots of Colorata acrylic rods). I think they turned out pretty well--the more creative ones are from my son, including the raptor's waterfall:



At some point I'll do the paint touch ups. Maybe.

[postsaurischian]

Well done son
It's a pity they didn't include a Para in the later sets. I really hope there will be a fourth one .

BTW: Some more Fish figures - those were all made by Yujin .......

[brontodocus]

Wow postsaurischian, once again a seriously great collection you have.
So far, I only have one Kaiyodo fish that doesn't belong to the Dinotales series:

Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 018 Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus. Neither rare nor expensive but simply my favourite extant fish. Here with (painted) Hans for scale reference.

[postsaurischian]

Yeah - very beautiful one ;D



BTW: The Ocean Sunfish (above) is a figure from the National Museum of Nature & Science in Tokyo.

[brontodocus]

May 14, 2010 20:06:41 GMT postsaurischian said:

Yeah - very beautiful one ;D
BTW: The Ocean Sunfish (above) is a figure from the National Museum of Nature & Science in Tokyo.

Yes, I was expecting you also have the Aquatales sailfish. Oh, and thanks for the hint with the sunfish. The Yujin fish are great, too. Thinking of that, I think I should search for the thread with Yujin insects here in the forum, I recall there was one. I have nearly all of the Insects of Japan figures.

[postsaurischian]

Insects? haven't seen that thread yet. Phew - it's a hard job collecting all kinds of animals but they're all fascinating in a way!
I didn't know where to put the Kaiyodo Otter, so this here seems to be the only place where I can show it since in German it's called Fisch Otter - watching out for more Kaiyodo & Yujin fish to come in this thread .......

Lutra lutra - Common Otter

[brontodocus]

May 14, 2010 22:07:11 GMT postsaurischian said:

Insects? haven't seen that thread yet. Phew - it's a hard job collecting all kinds of animals but they're all fascinating in a way!

It seems I was mistaken, there isn't such a thread yet, I've only seen one started by Dan concerning an insect toy website. Well, I think I could just open an extant arthropods thread... I'm sure we will find quite some people to contribute photos.

[postsaurischian]

more Kaiyodo & Yujin Fish models .....

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

May 13, 2010 22:22:50 GMT sbell said:

May 13, 2010 22:14:17 GMT postsaurischian said:

Ah - the other Coloratas we were talking about the other day - nice - I like the Spinosaurus and the Dilophosaurus - cute
Also some beautiful Japanese fish here .

At some point I'll do comparisons of the early and recent versions (tyrannosaurus, triceratops, dromaeosaur, spinosaur, etc.)

One thing to not--I got the retired set without bases, which means some of them don't stand well. So I got out the Sculpy and my son and I made some (I have lots of Colorata acrylic rods). I think they turned out pretty well--the more creative ones are from my son, including the raptor's waterfall:



At some point I'll do the paint touch ups. Maybe.

See - I didn't even know that one existed. All I have are the Trex, Parasaurolophus, Spinosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, and Dimetrodon. I see there's a raptor now, too - is there a pterosaur also?

And that's a very cool base - when I first looked at it (and even now that I'm still looking at it) it looks pretty official!

[sbell]

May 15, 2010 18:08:36 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

May 13, 2010 22:22:50 GMT sbell said:

At some point I'll do comparisons of the early and recent versions (tyrannosaurus, triceratops, dromaeosaur, spinosaur, etc.)

One thing to not--I got the retired set without bases, which means some of them don't stand well. So I got out the Sculpy and my son and I made some (I have lots of Colorata acrylic rods). I think they turned out pretty well--the more creative ones are from my son, including the raptor's waterfall:



At some point I'll do the paint touch ups. Maybe.

See - I didn't even know that one existed. All I have are the Trex, Parasaurolophus, Spinosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, and Dimetrodon. I see there's a raptor now, too - is there a pterosaur also?

And that's a very cool base - when I first looked at it (and even now that I'm still looking at it) it looks pretty official!

He did a pretty good job with it--he had the concept in his head, and just went for it. He tried to add some white sculpy to the water at the bottom to give a bit of a rapids effect, but they were too thick. Someday I might paint them on.

And there is indeed a pterosaur (hey Dean, one more for your list ;D):



The base is also Sculpy--I got them through Fran, but there were no bases. Same went for the Dilophosaurus, Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus

It's not visible in the pictures, but the bases even have the footprints, just like the real Colorata bases.

(plus one was made for the Allosaurus--my boy decided that it should have one too, even if it didn't need one and doesn't have a peg).

[sbell]

May 14, 2010 13:33:49 GMT brontodocus said:

Wow postsaurischian, once again a seriously great collection you have.
So far, I only have one Kaiyodo fish that doesn't belong to the Dinotales series:

Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 018 Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus. Neither rare nor expensive but simply my favourite extant fish. Here with (painted) Hans for scale reference.

I don't recall coming across that sailfish. Now of course I must have one (and still, I don't see them on ebay anywhere...anyone out there have one?).

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

I forgot to mention the allosaurus, and I also have the stegosaurus too! I love the spinosaur's base.

Anybody have an extra velociraptor and pteranodon? ;D

[brontodocus]

May 15, 2010 20:26:36 GMT sbell said:

I don't recall coming across that sailfish. Now of course I must have one (and still, I don't see them on ebay anywhere...anyone out there have one?).

Hmm, when I bought it just a few months ago (I think it was in december) it was not that hard to find. I bought it from an ebay shop named "King Crab Collectibles" but at that time several others (including at least 7toys7) had it and it was something like $6 with free international shipping. Maybe sometimes supplies are smaller than they look at first sight.

[postsaurischian]

only Yujin Fish this time .....

[deanm]

And there is indeed a pterosaur (hey Dean, one more for your list ;D):



Thanks for posting the photo. I always like seeing pterosaurs!!!

I bought one from UDF about 4 years ago now. I do miss that gentleman, he was a good source for Japanese figures. Never had any problems with him.

It's a decent little figure but the vynil wings droop with age.

[postsaurischian]

more Yujin Fish ;D .....

[brontodocus]

I see the need to buy more Yujin! The Largemouth Bass, Dory, and the stickleback are also very nice ones.