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WhiteLightning Wolf
Country/State : United States Age : 30 Joined : 2015-10-26 Posts : 993
| Subject: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 08 Dec 2017, 00:55 | |
| Recently came into possession of two animal figure lots from eBay. One had the Club Earth Butterflies and this one...Club Earth Tropical Fish! Here are photos of them in numerical order: #1 Flame Angelfish #2 Red-Headed Butterflyfish #3 Threadfin Butterflyfish #4 Copper-Band Butterflyfish #5 Scythe-Marked Butterflyfish #6 Long-Nosed Butterflyfish #7 Common Clownfish #8 Moorish Idol #9 Regal Tang #10 Powder Blue Surgeon #11 2-Banded Anemonefish #12 Black-Tailed Humbug _________________ - FALLON-
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 44299
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 08 Dec 2017, 08:32 | |
| Nice fishes Fallon. But are you sure that they are Club Earth? I know Club Earth very similar like Play Visions but these figurines i have as cheap chinese figures without the specie names :) _________________ www.spielzeugtiere.com STS members can merge Andreas |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 71 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 08 Dec 2017, 10:14 | |
| Great catch !!! They are really nice How big are they ? - widukind wrote:
- Nice fishes Fallon. But are you sure that they are Club Earth? I know Club Earth very similar like Play Visions but these figurines i have as cheap chinese figures without the specie names :)
I think they are too well painted to be chep figures, aren't they ? _________________ SUSANNE |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 49 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 34990
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 08 Dec 2017, 12:20 | |
| Thanks for opening this topic, Fallon! I hope you can find #3 and #10. These figures are very beautiful! As Susanne pointed, these are too well painted to be those regular China figures we know from almost all Club Earth or Play Visions sets. They are also nubered and species marked and it is often an evidence that they belong to a branded set. I would love to see the cheap China versions, namely these two missing in this topic, thus, we could try to guess, at least, the species. #5 was already listed on Club Earth Sea Animals series, so, I am not sure it belongs to both. It is important to tell that Beatrice is an expert grouping these figures in series. She pays atention to all details, from the way they are painted, manufactured or even the lettering used to get them marked. :) |
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WhiteLightning Wolf
Country/State : United States Age : 30 Joined : 2015-10-26 Posts : 993
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 08 Dec 2017, 13:05 | |
| - widukind wrote:
- Nice fishes Fallon. But are you sure that they are Club Earth? I know Club Earth very similar like Play Visions but these figurines i have as cheap chinese figures without the specie names :)
Yes, these are Club Earth. I consulted with Beatrice and she believes these are Club Earth too. The species names are on all these figures as well as the series number. (You can actually see the speices names on each of these in the photos if you zoom in.) As Susanne said, the paint work is entirely too nice to be just the cheap China figures. I think I know the similar cheap china set you are talking about though. Beatrice has the same set but as you said, none of hers have the names or anything and the paint work isn't as good. _________________ - FALLON- |
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 44299
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 08 Dec 2017, 16:20 | |
| Than sorry, thats very interesting _________________ www.spielzeugtiere.com STS members can merge Andreas |
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Froggie
Country/State : Potsdam, Germany Age : 57 Joined : 2010-05-19 Posts : 305
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 15 Dec 2017, 07:38 | |
| Btw. the missing fish are probably these species, a butterfly fish and a blue powder tang, but I have only the cheap copy, so this picture is just showing the type not the Club Earth fishes. I hope you will find them one day (and I hope I will find the whole set ;-) ) |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 49 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 34990
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Tue 19 Dec 2017, 10:01 | |
| Thanks Beatrice! It may help a collector trying to find the original ones. |
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Bowhead Whale
Country/State : Canada Age : 47 Joined : 2012-01-31 Posts : 2623
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 29 Dec 2017, 00:10 | |
| I own this set but I thought they were Toy Major... |
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Froggie
Country/State : Potsdam, Germany Age : 57 Joined : 2010-05-19 Posts : 305
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 29 Dec 2017, 07:50 | |
| As far as I know Toy Major always has marked its animals with the usual TM in oval and a year (have the butterflies and they are definitely marked). But it is possible that TM also copied this set (like they copied the CE butterflies, too) |
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WhiteLightning Wolf
Country/State : United States Age : 30 Joined : 2015-10-26 Posts : 993
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Wed 03 Jan 2018, 13:24 | |
| - Froggie wrote:
- As far as I know Toy Major always has marked its animals with the usual TM in oval and a year (have the butterflies and they are definitely marked).
But it is possible that TM also copied this set (like they copied the CE butterflies, too) Oh wow...did not know Toy Major also copied this set! Thanks for the picture btw! I will keep my eyes peeled for the nicer painted versions of those two. _________________ - FALLON- |
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WhiteLightning Wolf
Country/State : United States Age : 30 Joined : 2015-10-26 Posts : 993
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 26 Jan 2018, 17:13 | |
| Good news! The elusive #3 and #10 CE Tropical Fish have been found! #3 Threadfin Butterflyfish #10 Powder Blue Surgeon _________________ - FALLON- |
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 44299
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 26 Jan 2018, 17:38 | |
| That powder blue surgeon is very nice. I will look if i have that specie too _________________ www.spielzeugtiere.com STS members can merge Andreas |
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Froggie
Country/State : Potsdam, Germany Age : 57 Joined : 2010-05-19 Posts : 305
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Fri 26 Jan 2018, 18:27 | |
| Congrats! I'm very happy that you have found the missing ones Now that you have found the CE originals and posted the pictures one can see very clearly the enourmous painting quality difference (and also fin structure) |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 49 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 34990
| Subject: Re: Club Earth Tropical Fish Set / Seeking photos for 2 Sat 27 Jan 2018, 17:33 | |
| Congratulations for completing this wonderful series. These last two you've found are really beautiful and well finished figures. Thanks also for providing pictures to Toy Animal Wiki that has one more set complete. |
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