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Miniature Animal Figure Collection

Discussion in 'Zoo Memorabilia' started by ollielloyd, 3 Oct 2009.

  1. Yoshistar888

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    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Thanks! Most of those were pretty easy, but a couple took some effort to get how I wanted!
     
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    What an amazing ability for put each species in a perfect environment for make a good diorama! You're lucky to have these variety of simulated habitats in your garden or yard.
    From your figures I only have the California condor. The clouded leopard is in my future purchase list, tough.
     
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    It looked like the animals were in their natural hábitat, incredible!!!
     
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    Here you have:

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    Finally I didn't added the leopard
    I also have a great Indian hornbill but is not part of my collection because it's waiting to be sold
    I also could have included maybe an ocellated knifefish and who knows, gharial and Ganges river dolphin??? Pink-headed duck??? Not very "rainforest" animals but...

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    Pied bat not included because I don't want to disattach it (hanging from a thread)
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    Finally I've included the jabiru, not exactly a "rainforest" animal, more a "pantanal" animal but...
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    California condor not included, because it's hanging from a thread, difficult to disattach
    Could Puna flamingo be considered as a desert animal? Hardly, I suppose...
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    Excluded the killer whale as it would go better to the Oceanic animals category
    Gyrfalcon not included as it's hanging from a thread
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    Excluded the leatherback turtle and dugong as they would go better in the Oceaic animals category

    Oceanic animals not included, they would be too many figures and many too big for an aesthetic photo

    Nedless to say that I can't put them in my parent's garden for dioramas as I did with each new acquisition now. I must stay at home, far from this garden. However today I went to visit because I need a thing with urgence from them (duplicate of the keys of my home), so I was able to get my camera, and also to see they and say hello from a safe distance. I miss they.
     
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    You're getting a very nice collection @Kakapo! I do like the size variation given by your homemade figures!
     
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    A few more from today, hope you guys don't mind.

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    Atonishing perfect matching of each environment! Even the Major Mitchell's is in an Australian bottlebrush!
     
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    I have had my eye on them but they are rather expensive and so I currently have not. I would love to at some point.
     
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    I know a collector that did.
     
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    Well, is he satisfied with his purchase?
     
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    Yes, a lot. The figures are absolutely perfect, better than major brands. He bought the three smaller, thus cheaper, models, and he's proud of the purchase. Too expensive for my collection but I would Iove to have them :D
     
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    I have never bought any of those, but I really want the red forest forest buffalo, sadly it is unavailable
     
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    Well, as it turns out, I now have 9 new figures from 7 brands that will be arriving over the period of a month and a half. The 7 brands was completely random as they were not all ordered at the same time, (nor all from the same site, nor was I anticipating ordering as many as I ended up with, which was for various reasons) I only realized that today!
    So now I get to wait and guess what will arrive when. Although I'm pretty certain I know which one is first! :)
     
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    I have 344 Schleich, Playmobil, CollectA and Safari animals. I have been collecting them since as I was 3 years old. I 'keep' 127 species of animals.
     
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    Could you send some pictures of your animals?
     
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    These animals are very expensive to me:(
     
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    tragelephini.jpg Tragelaphini and a Saola bovini1.jpg Yak, Musk oxen and a Greater kudu bovini2.jpg Bisons and an African buffalo
     
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