Monterey Bay humpback whale and grey whale .

Do you know the feeling : You have ordered something online, and when you open the parcel, a model surprises you by being is just so gorgeous that your world fills with joy and sunshine            
That was my feeling when I got two of the large whales from Safari's Monterey Bay series !!!

One of ( if not THE) first sea animals I ever got was MB's giant squid. And it certainly IS GIANT.
So after that I have only had whale calves...but now I really wanted to see the adults ;-)

And ...WOW !!!!
I just can't let them out of my sight. They stand on my bedside table at night, and in the sitting room at day  

BUT ! There was a problem when I wanted to show them here : They are much too large for my normal "studio"  

At first I took the outside and put them on railing of the terrasse, but it was too narrow.
Then I put a piece of paper double the size of the mentioned "studio" on a tile in the grass. Holy Hopping etc  
The pictures that came out of it are to horrible, but also so enormously funny, I have to show them to you  

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What to do ?  
Then I remembered that I have a blue table cloth that my Mom gave to me many years ago, - it must be large enough !
Yes it is, - but there are flowers on it !!! Well, it has to be sea-flowers, so here we go

The Humpback baby must be very very young !
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She is much smaller than Mom's fin  
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Look at that face !
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All the detail !!!
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As ofen before, photos don't do a model justice, and part of the charm of these whales are the size, the feel, the weight...they are just impressive !
But I can show some details and hopefully give you an idea  
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The gray whale is quite different, - of course she is -  but awesome too !
Totally streamlined and smooth,  - this is a truely impressive crature !
Wikipedia writes  "It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of 36 tonnes" , and still this model shows the stunning beauty and elegance of the huge mammal !
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The calf I have is older and shows how the paintwork must have changed :
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Quite a different shape from the Humpback whale .
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And look at the face !
I sincerely believe that this whale would give the whalers so much fight that they called it a "Devil fish"....hmmm, I know who I think was the devil there  
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You can see that this is a very intelligent creature, and kind if not attacked.
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Lots of fine detail
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Thankyou for watching, - and sorry for all my writing

nice whales, Susanne. I have the entire series in a glass cabinet display.

weaselfan93 wrote:

nice whales, Susanne. I have the entire series in a glass cabinet display.

WOW ! That must be an awesome sight !!!
Is your camera working ? I would love to see a picture

I like these whales so much :) Big congratulations :)

widukind wrote:

I like these whales so much :) Big congratulations :)

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Very beautiful painting! I believe Safari could make a really nice paintjob if they want to!
Congrats Susanne!

Susanne, I'm just curious, what Monterey Bay figures are you still missing? I thought you owned the entire collection.

Congratulation Susanne (and Lance ), those are really awesome figures  The only MB whale I have is the Spermwhale and it is absolutely awesome

And now I will explain to my daughter I know a lady who have two whales in her bedroom every night... A good start for a story

weaselfan93 wrote:

Susanne, I'm just curious, what Monterey Bay figures are you still missing? I thought you owned the entire collection.

I don't have the sperm whales, and the dolphin calf

Btw, I would LOVE a comparison photo of the MB sperm whale calf and the wild Safari adult sperm whale, if anybody has them  

Kikimalou wrote:

 The only MB whale I have is the Spermwhale and it is absolutely awesome

Ohh, I would love a walkaround from you    

Kikimalou wrote:

And now I will explain to my daughter I know a lady who have two whales in her bedroom every night... A good start for a story

   

I cannot see the pics

Megaptera wrote:

I cannot see the pics

That's because of the Photobucket problem

NightLioness wrote:

Megaptera wrote:

I cannot see the pics

That's because of the Photobucket problem

Yes, DARNED !!!!
I I can't even make copies, because Photobucket is flooded with silly adverts

I wanted to see the Humpback Whale, because Balaenoptera said that this is the best Humpback Whale figure of all brands.

Searching for whales I've found this topic about two superb whale figures that I missed for all these years! One of the most spectacular I had in my hands was the fabulous Schleich/Maia & Borges humpback whale and I also believe the Monterey model is even more impressive although it is hard to immagine seeing pictures. I wonder the excitment of having the chance of enjoying these models in real. It is a pity the comparison picture between both humpback whales got lost.

Such a beautiful pair of whales!
I can completely see why these two made you so happy- they are stunning in every detail!

Wow... they are beautiful and impressive and it seems fitting that such big animals also have big toy figure representations.