Kaiyodo AQUARIUM FIGURE COLLECTION - Japanese Aquarium

Kaiyodo AQUARIUM FIGURE COLLECTION - Japanese Aquarium, all 8 + 4 types,  2015.4
01. Eudyptes chrysocome
02. Manta birostris
03. Lates japonicus
04. Chelonia mydas
05. Neophocaena phocaenoides
06. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
07. Anarhichas orientalis
08. Macrocheira kaempferi
SP1. Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Only sold in Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium)
SP2. Carcharias taurus (Only sold in Aqua world Oarai Aquarium)
SP3. Takifugu rubripes (Only sold in Shimonoseki Aquarium)
SP4. Rhincodon typus (Only sold in Osaka Aquarium KAIYUKAN)
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Also an AMAZING set

I noted it somewhere else but I remain perplexed at why this set drew so little attention.

I have all but the secret whale shark (which I'm hoping to get for a reasonable price at some point).

It's the first finless dolphin, first Aquarium Commerson's, and the first manta--a pretty iconic species--beyond the Aquatales secrets which I thought were a little sloppy in terms of the paint, with improvements on several other species and the so cool pufferfish.

And the new bases are a sort of lateral move (except for that on the wolf fish which I don't love) in my eye from the bottlecaps. And the prices were very good for at least the basic 8 in Japan.

Dirk...how/where does the word/name Sendai fit into this set's name? Thanks. Brett

Brettnj wrote:

Dirk...how/where does the word/name Sendai fit into this set's name? Thanks. Brett

Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium. I should edit my post.

Thank you.

These bases indeed look more natural than the bottlecaps. I have the green sea turtle and it is very beautiful. It looks like I should try to get the finless porpoise and Commerson's dolphin too.

When it works, I often display bottlecap figures without the caps.

Brettnj wrote:

When it works, I often display bottlecap figures without the caps.

Emmm, I don't understand why some people don't like bases like bottlecaps, I think it may be a cultural difference? At least most of the Chinese or Japanese collectors (I contacted) pay attention to maintaining the integrity of the model. There is also a lot of information on the bottlecap, with the name of the species and the name of the aquarium on sale. Especially the CAPSULE AQUARIUM FIGURE COLLECTION 1~6, if a whole set of figures have the same aquarium name on the bottlecap, then it will have a higher collection value, and the common version does not have the aquarium name on the bottlecap.

I certainly like and have all of the bases and keep them bagged for future use when I don't use them in displays, which often I do.

But sometimes, depending upon how someone chooses to show off their figures, the bases can sort of alter the appearance of the display as a whole.

Imagine how this display--specifically the portion at :57--would differ if every figure were on a bottlecap base. Not necessarily worse or even bad, but with a different character. At 1:08, the row of figures on top of the case v the rows with bottlecaps inside of it. Not qualifying, just observing a difference.
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And certainly anyone who designs/constructs dioramas would not want bases on figures displayed therein.

But certainly I'd never buy figures without them.

Also, ha ha re: Emmm... I feel and appreciate your skepticism... ; )

Like Brett, I would always want to have the bottlecap, because it is part of the original figure. But when I display my figures, I see them as a diorama (even though I don't have vegetation etc.) and seeing them that way, I feel it is a bit odd to have bottlecaps. More neutral bases are OK, but in real life animals rarely sit on bottlecaps . I prefer to see them not as individual figures but as part of a larger display where the animals "interact" with each other. When they are on their individual bases, then they are more separate from each other.

Perhaps more than culture, I wonder whether the way we grew up with animal models plays a role. I used to play with them as a child. It's difficult to play with them when they have a bottlecap, and even though I don't play with them anymore, it still doesn't feel quite right. I suppose arranging them in a display is my way of playing with them now.

Also a great serie

I have the wolffish and crab (although the plastic rod on my crab so it sits loosely on the base...)

I love figures on bases, especially smaller animals (invertebrates, small mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians). But I prefer natural bases. For non-arthropods, I would prefer figures that don't have a bottlecap, but for those that do, I keep the bottlecap because I like to keep the integrity of the figure!

I love the crab sculpt. Looks like it's swimming. But funny, one of the extremely few rods in my collection that broke as well...

The base sold now has been replaced with a cyan base.
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