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Post by postsaurischian on May 17, 2010 20:26:13 GMT
Hey, there is one person who likes the Fish  ! Here are 4 more - from the Yujin Goldfish series ..... Carassius auratus - Wakin Goldfish  Carassius auratus - Jikin Goldfish  Carassius auratus ;D - Comet Goldfish  Carassius auratus - Shubunkin Goldfish  |
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Post by hkhollinstone on May 18, 2010 6:23:08 GMT
Awesome collections, love the otter.
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Post by brontodocus on Aug 21, 2010 1:05:14 GMT
I nearly forgot that I have some more or less new additions to post here... Unfortunately they're not always the same quality as the Yujin or Kaiyodo book figures but anyway:  Leptobotia curta; Ayumodoki or Kissing Loach. Furuta Choco Egg Animals of Japan Series 5 model No. 132.  Himantolophus groenlandicus; Atlantic Footballfish. Kaiyodo Deep Sea Odyssey Series 1 model No. 02.  Eurypharynx pelecanoides; Pelican Eel. Kaiyodo Deep Sea Odyssey Series 1 model No. 03.  Oplegnathus fasciatus; Striped Beakfish or Barred Knifejaw. Furuta Choco Egg Animals of Japan Series 5 model No. 141.  Chauliodus sloani; Sloane's Viperfish. Kaiyodo Deep Sea Odyssey Series 1 model No. 01.  Trachipterus trachypterus; Deal Fish, juvenile. Kaiyodo Deep Sea Odyssey Series 2 model No. 02. |
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Post by stoneage on Aug 21, 2010 2:32:23 GMT
I nearly forgot that I have some more or less new additions to post here... Unfortunately they're not always the same quality as the Yujin or Kaiyodo book figures but anyway: Leptobotia curta; Ayumodoki or Kissing Loach. Furuta Choco Egg Animals of Japan Series 5 model No. 132. Himantolophus groenlandicus; Atlantic Footballfish. Kaiyodo Deep Sea Odyssey Series 1 model No. 02. Eurypharynx pelecanoides; Pelican Eel. Kaiyodo Deep Sea Odyssey Series 1 model No. 03. Oplegnathus fasciatus; Striped Beakfish or Barred Knifejaw. Furuta Choco Egg Animals of Japan Series 5 model No. 141. Chauliodus sloani; Sloane's Viperfish. Kaiyodo Deep Sea Odyssey Series 1 model No. 01. Trachipterus trachypterus; Deal Fish, juvenile. Kaiyodo Deep Sea Odyssey Series 2 model No. 02.  Do you have a Clown Loach? |
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Post by brontodocus on Aug 21, 2010 10:16:12 GMT
Clown Loach, would that be Botia macracantha, because of the colour pattern? I don't know if such a figure exists.  Oh, and no living loaches either, I'm afraid, given up keeping fish 20 years ago. This Animals of Japan thing had 10 or so series and like 200 figures but they only did animals that are native to Japan. |
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Post by Himmapaan on Aug 21, 2010 13:54:02 GMT
Oh, my, so many beautiful fish! I have the Colorata Coral Reef and River Life sets, with the Deep Sea set and several Yujin goldfish on their way, but that's all.  I'm also very envious of Sbell's older Colorata dinosaurs. ;D |
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Post by brontodocus on Aug 21, 2010 14:27:44 GMT
Oh, my, so many beautiful fish! I have the Colorata Coral Reef and River Life sets, with the Deep Sea set and several Yujin goldfish on their way, but that's all. I'm also very envious of Sbell's older Colorata dinosaurs. ;D Oh, I'd be really interested in seeing pictures of your Colorata sets as well, especially the Deep-Sea set, I already thought of getting it! Maybe then Postsaurischian could add "Colorata" to the title of this thread... |
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Post by Himmapaan on Aug 21, 2010 14:48:26 GMT
Thank you! Sbell posted links to some of his own pictures of these on the last page too, but I would happily take pictures of mine at some point. The Deep Sea set is still on its way and hasn't got here yet. |
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Post by postsaurischian on Aug 26, 2010 0:44:18 GMT
Oh, I'd be really interested in seeing pictures of your Colorata sets as well, especially the Deep-Sea set, I already thought of getting it! Maybe then Postsaurischian could add "Colorata" to the title of this thread... Done ;D |
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Post by postsaurischian on Sept 17, 2010 14:34:14 GMT
COLORATA Salt Water Fish box .....  Tetrapturus audax -Striped Marlin  Thunnus thynnus - Bluefin Tuna  Mola mola - Ocean Sunfish  Pagrus major - Japanese Red Sea Bream  Sebastiscus marmoratus - Scorpionfish  Paralichthys olivaceus - Bastard Halibut  above: Katsuwonus pelamis - Skipjack Tuna, Scomber japonicus - Pacific Mackerel, Trachurus japonicus - Japanese Horse Mackerel below: Cololabis saira - Pacific Saury, Sardinops melanostictus - Japanese Pilchard  Cypselurus agoo agoo - Japanese Flyingfish, Coryphaena hippurus - Dolphine Fish  Chelidonichthys spinosus - Gurnard  Takifugu rubripes - Tiger Puffer  |
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Post by brontodocus on Sept 17, 2010 14:48:25 GMT
I can't see them. Bandwidth exceeded? But good to see that your Colorata sets arrived. Does this mean good news for me, too? Edit: Salt Water - in two words is possible and when you write it in one it would still be "Salthyinger"? That's funny! ;D |
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Post by brontodocus on Sept 17, 2010 15:09:32 GMT
Aaaaah, now it works. Great figures! Especially the Marlin and the scombrids seem to be even better than they look on the photos from the Colorata website. I guess the Marlin would be about twice as long as a Kaiyodo bottle cap figure? |
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Post by sbell on Sept 17, 2010 15:17:24 GMT
Aaaaah, now it works. Great figures! Especially the Marlin and the scombrids seem to be even better than they look on the photos from the Colorata website. I guess the Marlin would be about twice as long as a Kaiyodo bottle cap figure? It's bigger than that, actually. It's quite big--possibly even a little larger than the old Schleich Marlin. Also--all those fish, and you don't have the Colorata Reef fish, Deep-sea fish, or River life? All are excellent sets. And the old River Life set, possibly the oldest set, is now retired, so no frogs or salamanders anymore. But there are a few new fish. Also, they have a new shark set coming out--it includes a cookie cutter shark! |
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Post by brontodocus on Sept 17, 2010 15:44:50 GMT
It's bigger than that, actually. It's quite big--possibly even a little larger than the old Schleich Marlin. Also--all those fish, and you don't have the Colorata Reef fish, Deep-sea fish, or River life? All are excellent sets. And the old River Life set, possibly the oldest set, is now retired, so no frogs or salamanders anymore. But there are a few new fish. Also, they have a new shark set coming out--it includes a cookie cutter shark! Nice! I don't have the Schleich Marlin but I've seen it quite often so it gives a good comparison. And I will be getting the Deep-Sea set sooner or later. And perhaps the other fish boxes too (and the two beetles boxes). This greed for new figures is unstoppable... ;D |
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Post by postsaurischian on Sept 17, 2010 16:08:53 GMT
 This should give a clue. Yes - the new Colorata Shark box looks fantastic - much better than the old one !
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Post by sbell on Sept 17, 2010 16:31:15 GMT
It's bigger than that, actually. It's quite big--possibly even a little larger than the old Schleich Marlin. Also--all those fish, and you don't have the Colorata Reef fish, Deep-sea fish, or River life? All are excellent sets. And the old River Life set, possibly the oldest set, is now retired, so no frogs or salamanders anymore. But there are a few new fish. Also, they have a new shark set coming out--it includes a cookie cutter shark! Nice! I don't have the Schleich Marlin but I've seen it quite often so it gives a good comparison. And I will be getting the Deep-Sea set sooner or later. And perhaps the other fish boxes too (and the two beetles boxes). This greed for new figures is unstoppable... ;D I know--I had to make a choice between the large Dawn of the Dinosaurs figures, or saving up for the new Colorata box. I made my choice. I'll have the small ones anyway, but I must have a cookie-cutter shark! And Colorata is dangerous, because everything they do is so cool. I've managed to resist many of them--but I think it's time for another 3 prehistoric sets. |
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Post by brontodocus on Sept 17, 2010 16:53:14 GMT
Hey postsaurischian, thanks for the comparison shot. And sbell, I agree, they're all too tempting. Except the frogs maybe I think Yujin and Nature Techni Color have much better frog series. The new shark set is nice and I remember someone wrote to me that he was a little disappointed by the older set. I hope there are more to come. 3 new prehistoric sets would be a great thing. *dreams of opening his new "Discover Paleozoic Amphibians", "Discover Therapsids", and "Discover Giant Mammals of the Pleistocene" boxes somewhere in the future* ;D. Just joking, whatever prehistoric series they should make next, I'll buy it anyway... I nearly forgot that I wanted to post some more Kaiyodo Aquatales Series 2 fish (The Sailfish on page 1 is also from that series). So there:  Carcharhinus longimanus; Oceanic Whitetip Shark. Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 016. This species was often filmed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau who nicknamed it "Chief Longhand" for its long pectoral fins (which is also credited in the epithet).  Rhincodon typus; Whale Shark. Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 019. It seems to be similar to the Shinagawa Aquarium bottlecap figure postsaurischian posted on page 1.  Aetobatus narinari; Spotted Eagle Ray. Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 024.  Histrio histrio; Sargassumfish. Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 023.  Heniochus acuminatus; Pennant Coralfish. Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 020.  Thunnus thynnus; Northern Bluefin Tuna. Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 015. I'd say the Colorata version looks better, but still this one's not bad.  Chelidonichthys spinosus; Spiny Red Gurnard. Kaiyodo Aquatales series 2 No. 022. Here it's the opposite, I like the colouration better than that of the Colorata figures at least judging from the photos. |
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Post by Himmapaan on Sept 17, 2010 17:05:58 GMT
Gentlemen, all this is simply too much torture for little me, you do realise? ;D
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Post by sbell on Sept 17, 2010 17:14:59 GMT
I have both versions of the Eagle ray--it is exactly the same, except with no bottle cap to attach the base to. That actually confused me a little at first.
I doubt this is the first time Kaiyodo has re-used a figure (but usually they at least repaint them--wouldn't a red-coloured eagle ray have been awesome?).
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Post by brontodocus on Sept 17, 2010 20:28:49 GMT
Gentlemen, all this is simply too much torture for little me, you do realise? ;D Yes, we do. It's one of this (and pretty much all other) thread's main purposes, to infect as many others as possible with this incurable disease so that they are all condemned to share our sad fate! ;D And sbell, I can't figure out how the Eagle Ray could stand without a bottle cap. So I guess the bases are different? In the one I have, the tip of the pectoral fin comes out on the other side so that it wouldn't stand good without the bottle cap. And considering reusage of figures, I just held my Aquatales Whale Shark next to postsaurischian's photo and I'm convinced now, that these are identical, too. Every single white dot of the colouration is apparently the same! Only the bases are different. |
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Do you have a Clown Loach?
Oh, and no living loaches either, I'm afraid, given up keeping fish 20 years ago. This Animals of Japan thing had 10 or so series and like 200 figures but they only did animals that are native to Japan.
