Caracal's finds

You're welcome Alain, I'm so happy, that the figures have found the right new home.

Caracal wrote:

How I managed to deserve so much kindness and generosity? I realy don't know and I feel at the same time a little ashamed and very proud to be the owner of these treasures!

Well, you surely deserve and you are equally a kind and generous person.

I always have been fascinated by sea reptiles, since, I think, my so far youthness when I red for the first time "Voyage au centre de la terre" by Jules Verne. So, from time to time, when I have the opportunity to get some for a cheap price, I dive back with.

 Elasmosaurus:



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 .. or Hydrotherosaurus:

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 Both are from CollectA and at the same scale:

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Lovely new additions Alain! That Elasmosaurus is high on my list, I LOVE the muskellunge imitation paint scheme.

Many thanks to you both Paige and Andreas!

so beautiful I love them both Alain! congratulations! I really like the spotted coat of the elasmo!
I too love these old sea reptiles. I think it may have had something to do with Nessie?! and growing up not far from where Nessie lives, and looking a little like these two

  Nessie effet on highlander Annette!

Two marvellous reptiles, with nice colors, congratulations.

Thank you Fernando!

Great photos!

Thank you Tove!

Plesiosaurs have been always present in litterature, cinema and almost every kind of cultural manifestation. They're bizarre creatures, nobody gets neutral when watching a skeleton or replica in a museum. Fortunately Jules Verne took us to the misterious internal Ocean were these creatures still exist.

I think Jules Verne made thousands people to dream and to be scientits and paleontologist..! Thank you Rogério.

found on a flea-market yesterday:

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 .. with a very mysterious cat species:


 same mold than the Chap meï "snow" and "forest" caracals but different painting:

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 ..  no brand mark at all:

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  .. morover, its ears seem to have been cut off:

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 .. and with a very dire Chap mei wolf (or Baskerville hound!):

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Special congrats for the special cat :)

Animal Planet sold some unmarked Chap Mei figures, often color variants or with mold changes, mostly the electronic ones. Though, I've never seen that version. Looking at their faces, I'm not completely sure they're happy for being rescued.

That Elasmosaurus looks nice, I hope CollectA makes a Plesiosaurus one day!

Nice additions!

What variety of caracals ¡, three nice figures.

Congratulations.

Many thanks to you five Andreas, Rogério, Concavenator, Taylor and Fernando!

Very eclectic batch could you make some pics of the Trex, giant sloth, tiger and leopard please ?

Thank you Christophe!  

Here they are:


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 jaw and rear legs moveable, just carved: made in China Tyrannosaurus rex, not much bigger than the old Starlux one



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 here is the very little giant sloth   from Panini

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 .. very common on flea-markets!




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 the leopard is a cheeta from K&M ..


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 .. at an unusual scale, here with old Starlux and Ougen ones


Here the very little tiger without any mark that I took because I had never seen it before:

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 .. here with one Omo one (big size)

 For me the big catch was the Blue shark from Schleich, the mako one from Safari (50c each), the Chap mei caracal copy and very Dire wolf, the old 92 UKRD Apatosaurus.. and also the vegetation! :)

The Pannini models are really nice.The Cheetah is from the K&M baby animals tube hence the odd scale!