What's new on Kikimalou's diplays ? Season 2 ! updated May 10

The Pfeiffer miniature is really small, smaller than a Britains lion.
Yes, the Kaiyodos are very well sculpted, but the joints between each piece kind of ruin the work, and that's what's so frustrating. If the sculpting wasn't so good, it wouldn't be so bad.
As for the Platybelodon, I own the one that Kaiyodo produced in the early 2000s, and I'll take some photos to explain my point of view.

Here are the comparison pics

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The shape of the trunk is perhaps a bit unconventional, but otherwise, the new Kaiyodo looks good. Lively pose. What do you not like about it?

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: I love the birds too but they aren't on a manatee, it is a Steller's sea cow.  
I didn't know about the Happinet rhino either until Ricardo told me about it. I don't collect articulated figures like Playmobils but I do have two exceptions and they're Indian rhinos.
The Safari Ltd WW White rhino is big but it is great and there was a hole to fill on my 1/15 shelves  
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I will have to google the difference between them :)

Indeed, articulated figures are either a hit or miss between collectors.

Excellent 1/15 rhino Christophe! It is like an art sculpture instead of a toy.

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what wonderful models, this pic is my fav

the the one on the left has a little bump on the nose that the other one doesn't have, and very bright yellow intensely focused eyes which = cute

Many wonderful newcomers! A great diversity in species, brands and scales!

So many great new figures. Finally the remarkable Teixidó rinoceronte in your collection. What's MIC?

MIC ? Made In China

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MIC ? Made In China

Thanks!

I love this topic....with interesting animals.

It's been three months since I've had too little time to devote to my favourite village, and I've also been deprived of taking photos of beasts made of plastic, metal or composition.      
I plan to resume my Indian rhino topic very soon, but in the meantime I'll at least try to catch up and tell you about my newcomers.
Today I'll just tell you about August, the other months will follow in a few days.

So what's not so new in August?

As always during the holidays, at least in France, the local markets are full of stalls where incredible sellers offer us 'extraordinary' products for ridiculously low prices.  
This August I came across an offer you just can't pass up, a set of three Bandai ants for the price of one.  
This is how you clutter up your shelves in summertime.  
So let me show you Camponotus japonicus, Camponotus obscuripes and Paraponera clavata, the famous Bullet ant.
This set is part of the "The Diversity of Life on Earth" series that the brand has been developing over the last few years.  These models are quite large, very articulated and also very realistic.
I'm not a fan of highly articulated figures like "Beasts of the Mesozoic" but, in my opinion, that's not a problem when it comes to arthropods.
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I also bought the lion from CollectA because a Portuguese crocodile told me it might be perfect in 1/15 scale...  
Well it didn't, it's 1/15 compatible only for a very small lion ( between 1/14.7 and 1/18 ) so it joined the lion tribe at 1/18.  
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Then my Mojo 2023s, the Green Anaconda (my review on ATB), the Woolly Rhino and the Aardvark.
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Some Papo, Shrimp, Monarch butterfly and the impressive Common house spider.
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I also fell for a 'little' Kaiyodo gem, the Giant water bug and its prey the Lesser emperor larva. Japanese brands have already produced a few pretty models of this terrible predator, but this one surpasses them all in beauty... and in price, alas!    
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I'm known, I think, for my fondness of Indian rhinos, but I also have a big appetite for frogs and amphibians (To be froggie or not froggie?   ), so I had to get hold of this life-size So-Ta common rain frog.
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To fill my basket, I've also added the Art-Pla series from Kaiyodo ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.])
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As usual now, the family portrait of the month
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It seems August was a good month to you! So realistic ants and spider and vey beautiful non arthropods models. You now have the main brands lion I prefer and an anaconda I am drooling in front of! Your so beautiful pictures are tempting me about the whooly rhino but I already have 3..

The big size of these arthropods changes a lot the the watch we have on them, revealing their  wonderful anatomy details and complexity!.. but you'll have to find place on your shelves to set all these big jewels (above all for the water-bug! )

I love too this art-pla serie at scale!

Interesting catches again

Congratulations Christophe good addition,
I particularly like the anaconda

Very realistic ants, I hope you find a giant anteater at the same scale. I also love these Papo even if they're not in my cogitations.
You talk about a crocodile who is apparently cheating you but I don't see a single crocodile in your pictures. ;P
Mojö Fun Woolly rhino has a kind of wild boar personality.
Ihope someday to get the aardvark, that's something I can't miss.

Wonderful. I like how you have embraced the Bandai Diversity insects :)

August was indeed a good month for my collection!

The CollectA lion is nice but I still prefer the Papo roaring one and I still have a have a soft spot for the Bullyland 63570 Lion

The anaconda was a love at first feel affair and it doesn't disappoint me.  

I couldn't resist to the "Wild boar like" Wooly rhino, I'd already said goodbye to my Bullyland and I was getting ready to do the same with Papo. I was just going to keep only the Tams7prairie that I painted this year, due to lack of space, and here I am with the Mojo, which has already found its place next to the Megaloceros, two mammoths and other Cenozoic beasts on floor 1/25.  

Alain, having four different Wooly rhino isn't a probleme for a guy who has three Papo lynx with different paintings  

The 1/35 Artpla series are excellent for a 1/35 African shelf and I'm planning to start a painting workshop at the end of the year.

Yes Rogério, I will try to find two anteaters and a big laundry to send you one    and yes the Aardvark is awesome

The Bandai Diversity insects are real pests and invading species on my shelves indeed    I would love to catch some crabs too but they are really to big for the place I can find.

Always a joy to see your photos! I don't collect insects at all, but the more I see your and Blaine's photos, the more I wish they made some in 1/32 scale .  The Bandais are truly spectacular.

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Yes Rogério, I will try to find two anteaters and a big laundry to send you one    and yes the Aardvark is awesome

rogerpgvg wrote:

Always a joy to see your photos! I don't collect insects at all, but the more I see your and Blaine's photos, the more I wish they made some in 1/32 scale .  

rogerpgvg wrote:

Always a joy to see your photos! I don't collect insects at all, but the more I see your and Blaine's photos, the more I wish they made some in 1/32 scale .  The Bandais are truly spectacular.

You could always start a collection of 1/32 "scary movie monsters".

I adore the frog, congrats on all!

Before I present the new items for September, I'd like to tell you about a package that Cyril, a collector from Dunkerque, generously sent me. Inside were polar bears and a sled dog. All these models had been painted by collectors on the SP1/32 forum. I was very touched by this gesture and I would like to thank Cyril and all his friends who spent so much time and talent on this adventure.      

First, an AJAX/Tootsie toys bear repainted by Marsouin  
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Then a Beton Bergen by Jim,a British collector  
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A Husky and a Beton Bergen bear painted by The "Duc d'Alençon"  
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And at least one more Beton Bergen painted by our friend Caracal aka Lucterios  
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The traditional family portrait
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Once again I'm very happy and moved.    

What a fantastic present! Wonderful to have repaints in so many styles by your friends. I like them all, but I find the Beton Bergen by Jim especially artistic.