February 2019 SUY: Prehistoric Sea Life

halichoeres wrote:

That's interesting! Suggests PV sold the molds to someone. Do they still have the 1998 and PV stamps?

Yep. As Blaine has mentioned below, PV still pop up here and there thanks to Wing Mau or unsold batches. Definitely not knockoffs. I'm in a Facebook group for animal collecting, and someone pointed out Wing Mau to me. AliExpress unfortunately does have knockoffs here and there, but I've been lucky to score the real deal. Even if I didn't, the paint and species are the same. My biggest goal with my dioramas has been variety. I want as many different kinds of animals inhabiting my prehistoric landscapes.

On another note, I heard back from Patrick May regarding his miniature Tully Monster. I have purchased two (a green/grey one and a tan one). Now I don't have to blow $100 on a Japanese figure.

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Purchased all except the blank. I don't have the time/resources to paint a figure as a college student, so I'm happy to be getting these two already painted.

yes, those are the small ones! I have the darker one.

I have only this

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Does it count? Here is my self-made Hallucigenia, made out of a rubber tube, nails, a piece of metal, a broken bpiece of an old sink and glue bottle caps as eyes (even though we are not sure Hallucigenia had eyes).

OMG, am drooling all over the screen. This topic is awesome! I would seriously love to have a big prehistoric sealife setup, with emphasis on Palaeozoic lifeforms. I just don't know of many Palaeozoic figures besides the Safari toobs (which I have, I can see if the store has any left if someone wants), the Cambrian set on eBay (Favorites?), the handful of Aussie Yowies and a few gashapon. It is edifying seeing which companies have made any. I enjoy Mesozoic greatly too, but there are more of them and they aren't so weirdly wonderful.

You would probably also enjoy the Colorata Paleozoic Life boxed set: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Ah, thank you, Halicocheres! That's going on my wishlist. I'm desperate enough to have saved some Pokémon that came in bags of thrift store toys that sort of looked Palaeozoic.

Didn't Schleich make an ammonite at some point, maybe like Andreas'? I've never seen it in real life. They sell in my area, but a handful of Bayala figures is as exotic as they get. Papo and Bullyland are nonexistent in my area. I do have some Safari around, but I've never seen exotics from them.

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New Shastasaurus from Sonokong

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And a tiny fish, made from lead, I believe. I think it's meant to represent Microhaplolepis ovoidea.

Here are 14 trilobites (and two others) from my Synoptic Display collection (as such, one of each species). Sorry for the quality, I just took the shelf out of the display cabinet for a quick pic:

Sanctacaris (Safari LTD - Cambrian TOOB)
Sidneyia inexpectans (Safari LTD - Cambrian TOOB)
Asaphus cornutus (Paleocasts)
Asaphus kowalewskii (Paleocasts)
Olenoides serratus (Colorata - Paleozoic Creatures)
Harpes sp. (Paleocasts)
Naraoia sp. (Safari LTD - Cambrian TOOB)
Kettneraspis clavatus (Cadbury - Yowies Lost Kingdoms Series A)
Ceraurinella typa (Kaiyodo - The Study Room)
Eldredgeia venustus (Paleocasts)
Hollardops sp. (Bullyland)
Phacops sp. (Paleocasts)
Psychopyge sp. (Kaiyodo - Dinotales Series 1)
Bathyurus ( syn. Raymondites) sp. (Safari LTD - Ancient Fossils TOOB)
Triarthrus sp. (Kaiyodo - Dinotales Series 3)
Tricrepicephalus sp. (Safari LTD - Cambrian TOOB)

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pipsxlch wrote:

OMG, am drooling all over the screen. This topic is awesome! I would seriously love to have a big prehistoric sealife setup, with emphasis on Palaeozoic lifeforms. I just don't know of many Palaeozoic figures besides the Safari toobs (which I have, I can see if the store has any left if someone wants), the Cambrian set on eBay (Favorites?), the handful of Aussie Yowies and a few gashapon. It is edifying seeing which companies have made any.  I enjoy Mesozoic  greatly too, but there are more of them and they aren't so weirdly wonderful.

Here is a complete list of everything Paleozoic from my end if it helps you. :)

Safari Ltd. Cambrian Tube
Ottoia
Naraoia
Sanctacaris
Tricrepicephalus
Anomalocaris
Sanctacaris

Safari Ltd. Prehistoric Sharks Tube
Stethacanthus
Cladoselache
Helicoprion
Sarcoprion
Edestus
Xenacanthus

Safari Ltd. Wild Safari Sea Life
Jellyfish

CollectA Prehistoric Sea Life Tube
Dunkleosteus
Olenoides
Cameroceras

Colorata Paleozoic Animals
Cameroceras
Acutiramus
Olenoides
Anomalocaris
Dunkleosteus
Cephalaspis

Kaiyodo Capsule Q Museum Encyclopedia of the Paleozoic:
Pterygotus
Opabinia
Triarthrus
Bothriolepis
Eusthenopteron

Kaiyodo UHA Dinotales:
Rayonnoceras
Eurypterus

Innovative Kids:
Opabinia

ROM Primeval Predators
Wiwaxia
Pikaia
Opabinia
Laggania
Olenoides

COG Ltd. / Tedco Toys Prehistoric Panorama
REQUEST “EARLY LIFE” SET IN ORDER INSTRUCTIONS BOX.
Opabinia
Pikaia
Hallucigenia
Ottoia
Stethacanthus
Groenlandaspis (more like Bothriolepis?)

Cadbury Yowie Lost Kingdoms:
BEST BET IS EBAY.
Pterygotus
Orthocone
Devonian Trilobite
Dickinsonia
Mawsonites
Wiwaxia
Rolfosteus

Bullyland
Modocia

Shapeways
Hyolithid

Unbranded:
Snail
Climatius

Paleocasts Miniature Trilobites
MESSAGE STORE OWNER.
Asaphus Cornatus
Asaphus Kowalewski
Phacops
Hollardops
Paralejurus
Harpes
Eldredgenia Venustus
Maurotarion
Dalmanites

Paleocasts Tully Monsters
MESSAGE STORE OWNER.
Tan
Green

Kinto Favorite Cambrian Collection
Anomalocaris (Yellow)
Anomalocaris (Blue)
Opabinia
Marrella
Olenoides
Canadaspis
Pikaia
Wiwaxia
Hallucigenia

Yujin
Miracle Planet NHK Kimberella

Climatius shows up often in plastic animal lots on eBay. One such example can be found here.

widukind wrote:

I have only this

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You should start collecting prehistoric stuff Andreas! A whole amazing world of figures out there.

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New from PNSO. Finally got around to opening everything.

QuollMate, how did you decide the Bullyland trilobite was Modocia?

Also worth noting if someone is ordering from Tedco: The Stethacanthus and Groenlandaspis are from the COG Sea Life set; the Earliest Life set is strictly Cambrian.

halichoeres wrote:

QuollMate, how did you decide the Bullyland trilobite was Modocia?

Also worth noting if someone is ordering from Tedco: The Stethacanthus and Groenlandaspis are from the COG Sea Life set; the Earliest Life set is strictly Cambrian.

Personally, I consider the Bullyland trilobite as Hollardops; It was Pat May's figure that led me to that eventual ID.

bmathison1972 wrote:

halichoeres wrote:

QuollMate, how did you decide the Bullyland trilobite was Modocia?

Also worth noting if someone is ordering from Tedco: The Stethacanthus and Groenlandaspis are from the COG Sea Life set; the Earliest Life set is strictly Cambrian.

Personally, I consider the Bullyland trilobite as Hollardops; It was Pat May's figure that led me to that eventual ID.

I'd say the pygidium is a better match for Hollardops.

halichoeres wrote:

QuollMate, how did you decide the Bullyland trilobite was Modocia?

Also worth noting if someone is ordering from Tedco: The Stethacanthus and Groenlandaspis are from the COG Sea Life set; the Earliest Life set is strictly Cambrian.

With regards to Modocia.

Ah, I forgot the other COG set too. Thank you! I’m still salty they didn’t bring back the other figures.

Ah, I see. I think I like Blaine's ID.

QuollMate wrote:

Ah, I forgot the other COG set too. Thank you! I’m still salty they didn’t bring back the other figures.

Yeah, it's a shame. Also a shame about that "Groenlandaspis" looking like an antiarch with arthrodire eyes.

A school of ichthyosaurs (Starlux, Invicta, Toyway, Safari Ltd, and Collecta)

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New: Tedco Aysheaia. Joy City dolichorynchops, odontochelys, and plesiosaur. Bin figure onchopristis by “S.H.” Someone on Facebook has one that they got 10+ years ago and it is labeled onchopristis. My newer run of the mold does not have this ID, but it still counts. Custom brontoscorpio from the Safari Ltd cave toob scorpion. I plan to modify it a bit more.

Congrats on getting the Joy City and Cog Ltd figures! Those aren't easy to come by.

Congratulations

I still kill for love to have that Tedco Aysheaia!!!!

bmathison1972 wrote:

I still kill for love to have that Tedco Aysheaia!!!!

MonsterHouseHK!

QuollMate wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

I still kill for love to have that Tedco Aysheaia!!!!

MonsterHouseHK!

I refuse to use that dealer for their overly exaggerated prices.