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Post by brontodocus on May 21, 2010 22:24:34 GMT
Thanks.  Of course $25,- was quite a lot of money for a figure that is only slightly larger than the average Dinotales figure. In the case of the Giant Salamander which is really a great figure, it was okay for me and a few months ago I also paid the same for the Dinotales Anomalocaris (in both cases including international shipping). It's definitely far beyond what I'm normally willing to pay for such a small figure. But I think this one is really a beauty if one may say that about Giant Salamanders.  I really like how tiny they made the eyes.  Oh, and I have seen the photo of the salamander in the middle of sbell's photo somewhere before. If I recall correctly, that was a very cheap figure. |
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Post by therizinosaurus on May 23, 2010 17:44:19 GMT
I just got the Tennessee Aquarium Red Salamander for $0.25, I absolutely love it..if only there was a way to track down the other 6...
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Post by Griffin on May 23, 2010 22:15:25 GMT
I just got the Tennessee Aquarium Red Salamander for $0.25, I absolutely love it..if only there was a way to track down the other 6... Wow howd you pull that off? Yard sale? |
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Post by therizinosaurus on May 24, 2010 0:59:53 GMT
It was at a swapmeet in a bin of random animal figures--mostly burgerking toys and things, that was the coolest figure in there
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Post by DinoLord on May 24, 2010 1:19:42 GMT
The random lots of toys are often where the best deals are found.
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Post by mononykus on Jul 21, 2010 0:57:03 GMT
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Post by Permiantriassic on Jul 21, 2010 4:38:13 GMT
i have the fire salamander
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Post by brontodocus on Aug 21, 2010 0:27:45 GMT
Aaaaaaaah!  Thanks for posting - such a pity I have been on holiday! Anyway, the seller still seems to have the Crested Newt - still strange that this one is part of the Tennessee Aquarium collection, like the Fire Salamander, as both are European species. Oh, 24.99 is a bit much, though.  |
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Post by brontodocus on Nov 19, 2010 21:47:47 GMT
In the first post of this thread, postsaurischian already posted most of the Yujin frogs. Yesterday I received the full set, so here are the ones we were still missing on page 1:  Dendrobates tinctorius (Schneider, 1799); Dyeing Poison-Arrow Frog. Yujin The Frogs in Colour model No. 12. Length 30 mm.  Microhyla ornata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841); Ornate Narrow Mouthed Frog. Yujin The Frogs in Colour No. 6, length 31 mm.  Rana catesbeiana (Shaw, 1802); American Bullfrog. Yujin The Frogs in Colour model No. 8. Length 53 mm. This frog has been introduced in so many countries that it could well be renamed "Northern Hemisphere Bullfrog". It's current geographic distribution also includes Southern Germany.  Rhacophorus arboreus (Okada & Kawano, 1924); Forest Green Tree Frog. Yujin The Frogs in Colour No. 2, length 37 mm. So, is there anyone here who has the Colorata and Nature Techni Colour frogs? I'd really love to see individual pictures of these. |
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Post by Himmapaan on Nov 20, 2010 20:23:01 GMT
I have a few Colorata frogs from the River Life set. I'll try to take some pictures at some point.
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Post by brontodocus on Nov 20, 2010 22:11:09 GMT
Oh, please, do so! By the way, I think I don't know a Colorata River Life Set that includes frogs - is that one of the discontinued sets? |
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Post by Himmapaan on Nov 20, 2010 22:46:46 GMT
Ooh, I'm afraid I don't know if it's an older set or not.  It has a number of fish, several frogs (I forget how many) and a newt. I think there was just one newt. It's in storage at the moment, so I can't quite readily check. |
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Post by sbell on Nov 20, 2010 22:56:35 GMT
Oh, please, do so! By the way, I think I don't know a Colorata River Life Set that includes frogs - is that one of the discontinued sets? It has been discontinued--the new version features a few more fish, and no amphibians. And everything in the set is in Japanese-- The set can be seen in this folder (with the rest of my Colorata figures): picasaweb.google.com/HyenaSean/Colorata# |
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Post by brontodocus on Nov 20, 2010 23:04:05 GMT
It has been discontinued--the new version features a few more fish, and no amphibians. And everything in the set is in Japanese-- The set can be seen in this folder (with the rest of my Colorata figures): picasaweb.google.com/HyenaSean/Colorata#Ah, thanks! It sounded familiar when Himmapaan described it - and I remember I saw your album before, I just never really noticed the frogs. |
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Post by sbell on Nov 20, 2010 23:50:13 GMT
It has been discontinued--the new version features a few more fish, and no amphibians. And everything in the set is in Japanese-- The set can be seen in this folder (with the rest of my Colorata figures): picasaweb.google.com/HyenaSean/Colorata#Ah, thanks! It sounded familiar when Himmapaan described it - and I remember I saw your album before, I just never really noticed the frogs. No problem--some day I will get around to actually labelling all of the figures in all of the albums. It's just that that's the hard part! |
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Post by stemturtle on Jan 27, 2011 15:21:03 GMT
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Post by sbell on Jan 27, 2011 16:31:35 GMT
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Post by stemturtle on Jan 27, 2011 18:14:28 GMT
Great link, sbell, to molarlion's photo. That's a wrap for this set.
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Post by brontodocus on Apr 3, 2011 17:01:26 GMT
Finally I decided to get the Colorata Tropical Rainforest Frogs. I wasn't too impressed by the photos available at Colorata's website but I am happy that I bought them :  No. 1: Oophaga ( syn. Dendrobates) pumilio (Schmidt, 1857); Strawberry Poison Frog. Length 28 mm, scale approx. 1:0.7 - 1:0.9.  No. 2: Dendrobates auratus (Girard, 1855); Green and Black Poison Frog. Length 31 mm, scale approx. 1:1.  No. 3: Dendrobates tinctorius azureus (Hoogmoed, 1969); Blue Poison Frog. Length 35 mm, scale approx. 1:1.  No. 4: Rhinoderma darwinii Duméril & Bibron, 1841; Darwin's Frog. Length 36 mm, scale approx. 1:1:1.  No. 5: Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (Beireis, 1783), formerly Hyla leucophyllata; Clown Tree Frog. Length 35 mm, scale approx. 1:1.  No. 6: Agalychnis callidryas (Cope, 1862); Red-eyed Tree Frog. Length 52 mm, scale approx. 1:1.  No. 7: Trachycephalus ( syn. Phrynohyas) resinifictrix (Goeldi, 1907); Amazonian Milk Frog. Length 56 mm, scale approx. 1:1 - 1:1.8.  No. 8: Ceratophrys cranwelli Barrio, 1980; Chacoan Horned Frog, mislabelled "Ornate Horned Frog, Ceratophrys ornata" (these two are frequently confused but not too difficult to tell apart). Length 56 mm, scale approx. 1:2.  No. 9: Hyperolius argus Peters, 1854; Boror Reed Frog. Length 36 mm, scale approx. 1:1.  No. 10: Heterixalus rutenbergi (Boettger, 1881); Rutenberg's Reed Frog. Length 32 mm, scale approx. 1:0.6 - 1:0.9.  No. 11: Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842; Painted Reed Frog. Length 32 mm, scale approx. 1:1.  No. 12: Mantella baroni Boulenger, 1888; Painted Mantella, mislabelled " Mantella madagascariensis" which is often confused with baroni. Length 32 mm, scale approx. 1:1.  No. 13: Boophis luteus (Boulenger, 1882); Tawny Tree Frog. Length 52 mm, scale approx. 1:1.  No. 14: Dyscophus guineti (Grandidier, 1875); Tomato Frog. Length 60 mm, scale approx. 1:1 - 1:1.8.  No. 15: Rhacophorus reinwardtii (Schlegel, 1840); Flying Frog. Length 51 mm, scale approx. 1:1.   No. 16: Megophrys nasuta (Schlegel, 1858); Malaysian Horned Toad. Length 63 mm, scale approx. 1:1 - 1:2. I don't think they are as good as the Yujin Frogs in Colour series (compare e.g. both figures of the Megophrys nasuta) but I still like them especially since many of them are life-size or at least very close to. |
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Post by postsaurischian on Apr 3, 2011 17:55:14 GMT
Hey - I like the Blue Poison Frog & the Clown Tree Frog - sweet ones.
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Of course $25,- was quite a lot of money for a figure that is only slightly larger than the average Dinotales figure. In the case of the Giant Salamander which is really a great figure, it was okay for me and a few months ago I also paid the same for the Dinotales Anomalocaris (in both cases including international shipping). It's definitely far beyond what I'm normally willing to pay for such a small figure. But I think this one is really a beauty if one may say that about Giant Salamanders.
It has a number of fish, several frogs (I forget how many) and a newt. I think there was just one newt. It's in storage at the moment, so I can't quite readily check. 
