Play Visions: listing of sets, animals and scientific names

Congrats for all your finds, I really enjoy these arthropods.

my current frog collection:
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So still in needs for some

Congrats Philipp!!

Congratulation Beatrice and Phillip   

Here is a link to a large commerson dolphin

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Does anybody know from which set is the forest buffalo?

I can add from PV the Northern Red Salamander from 1995.

Froggie wrote:

Salamanders year??
- Red Salamander - Pseudotriton ruber
- Spotted Salamander - Ambystoma maculatum
- Long-toed Salamander - Ambystoma macrodactylum
- Marbled Salamander - Ambystoma opacum
- Longtail Salamander - Eurycea longicauda
- Mudpuppy - Necturus maculosus

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Here together with Salamander by Bullyland and red salamander by Safari Tennessee Aquarium.

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Oh, such a beauty!! Big congratulations to such a rare catch  

1995 is added now (and "northern" to the name).
So the salamanders seems to be one of the very first sets, together with geckos&chameleons, the lizards, water snakes&moray eels.
Obviously a reptile/amphibian year...

A very beautieful catch!!

Congrats! It seems as if PV is just as mysterious as Safari Ltd.! We seem to be finding figures and information we never knew existed from both companies.

Big Congratulation dear Yvette, it is an impressive catch   

sphyrna18 wrote:

WOW! How did I miss this topic?!  Anyway, back around 2003 I made a list of all the figures I could find at the time.  It's not all inclusive, but after a quick glance at the list on the first page, I can provide the following:

EXOTIC BEETLES - I have a picture of this set somewhere; once I find it, I'll post it w/ additonal info.
Carrion Beetle
Weevil (Eupholus sp.)
Fungus Beetle
Goliath Beetle (Goliathus sp.)
Jumnos ruckeri
Macrodontia cervicornis
South African Longhorn Beetle *without picture, I can't remember which one*
Woodboring Beetle - I belive a Buprestid (Metallic Woodboring Beetle / Jewel Beetle), but can't remember.

I'll try to find all the pictures I have (many came from PlayVisions original website or distributors) and I'll take a look over the list to see if I can add anything else.

I am not convinced there is a buprestid beetle in this set. The cerambycid with the wings spread is labeled 'South African longhorned beetle) and I think it's Tragocephala variegata (I know, the antennae are a bit short in the figure, but the color and location in South Africa are supportive). The figure marked 'wood boring beetle' is clearly a cerambycid and looks to be Rosenbergia straussi. The carrion beetle is genus Nicrophorus and the fungus beetle is family Erotylidae (looks akin to Megalodacninae but I dont know the tropical fauna)

By the way, the hard tick (which I recently acquired) is labeled 'deer tick' but this is not correct. Deer ticks implies the genus Ixodes, and the presence of eyes and festoons eliminated this as a possibility. I believe it is a wood tick (Dermacentor) or possibly Amblyomma maculatum. It appears to be a male, regardless :). Also, the dust mite might be better attributable to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus. I see you already caught the other error (soft tick identified as a chigger). To be so detailed to create ectoparasites, one would think they'd get the names better.

The names of the set with lemurs is "Lemurs and Prosimians" , indian animals set named "Chitwan National Park" , african animals with sitatunga is "Okavango national park" and south american animals set is "Manu National Park".

oh wow, thank you for that detailled information, that is wonderful!
manu I knew, but the other titles are new to me!

Froggie wrote:

oh wow, thank you for that detailled information, that is wonderful!
manu I knew, but the other titles are new to me!

I think i can find some more informations next time. And i really hope not only that. The problem is i get no answers for my emails.

widukind wrote:

The names of the set with lemurs is "Lemurs and Prosimians" , indian animals set named "Chitwan National Park" , african animals with sitatunga is "Okavango national park" and south american animals set is "Manu National Park".

Great work Andreas!
I will update Toy ANimal Wiki according with the information you obtained. Thanks for sharing the information here and also thanks to Blaine some other updates at the wiki were already made.

In the chitwan set is no orang utan, there is a tiger.

widukind wrote:

In the chitwan set is no orang utan, there is a tiger.

Yes, as soon as you revealed the name of the set, we started working on orangutan dismissal. Tiger was proposed originally and whoever did it, did it right.
Can you confirm all others? Especially the Javan rhino? Couldn't it be an Indian rhino instead? Thanks again for your good work.

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

In the chitwan set is no orang utan, there is a tiger.

Yes, as soon as you revealed the name of the set, we started working on orangutan dismissal.   Tiger was proposed originally and whoever did it, did it right.
Can you confirm all others? Especially the Javan rhino? Couldn't it be an Indian rhino instead? Thanks again for your good work.

Yes, the others are right. Yes, there is a javan rhino :)

What are also questions?

widukind wrote:

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

In the chitwan set is no orang utan, there is a tiger.

Yes, as soon as you revealed the name of the set, we started working on orangutan dismissal.   Tiger was proposed originally and whoever did it, did it right.
Can you confirm all others? Especially the Javan rhino? Couldn't it be an Indian rhino instead? Thanks again for your good work.

Yes, the others are right. Yes, there is a javan rhino :)

What are also questions?

Thanks, that's strange once as far as I could read, there's no Javan rhinos in this natural park, only Indian rhinos that are quite similar.
The question marks means that we still don't know the number marked in each figure. They are important to determine which figure belongs to which bulk because some sets have the same figures with different numbers. We also use to put the animal name marked on figures as always as it is known.

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

In the chitwan set is no orang utan, there is a tiger.

Yes, as soon as you revealed the name of the set, we started working on orangutan dismissal.   Tiger was proposed originally and whoever did it, did it right.
Can you confirm all others? Especially the Javan rhino? Couldn't it be an Indian rhino instead? Thanks again for your good work.

Yes, the others are right. Yes, there is a javan rhino :)

What are also questions?

Thanks, that's strange once as far as I could read, there's no Javan rhinos in this natural park, only Indian rhinos that are quite similar.
The question marks means that we still don't know the number marked in each figure. They are important to determine which figure belongs to which bulk because some sets have the same figures with different numbers. We also use to put the animal name marked on figures as always as it is known.

Of a small pic it looks more like a javan rhino (but the pic is small and my eyes more like a mole) but a indian rhino have a sense :)

widukind wrote:

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

In the chitwan set is no orang utan, there is a tiger.

Yes, as soon as you revealed the name of the set, we started working on orangutan dismissal.   Tiger was proposed originally and whoever did it, did it right.
Can you confirm all others? Especially the Javan rhino? Couldn't it be an Indian rhino instead? Thanks again for your good work.

Yes, the others are right. Yes, there is a javan rhino :)

What are also questions?

Thanks, that's strange once as far as I could read, there's no Javan rhinos in this natural park, only Indian rhinos that are quite similar.
The question marks means that we still don't know the number marked in each figure. They are important to determine which figure belongs to which bulk because some sets have the same figures with different numbers. We also use to put the animal name marked on figures as always as it is known.

Of a small pic it looks more like a javan rhino (but the pic is small and my eyes more like a mole) but a indian rhino have a sense :)

:lol:I think regarding these two species we are all moles. It is not easy to identify a Javan rhino from an Indian rhino, mainly when you're seeing toys.  As a point of curiousity, I am adding the two diagrams that AnimalCorner uses to their anatomy.
One of the most relevant differences is that skin folds are less evident in Javan rhinos. Hard to see indeed. So, I think it is safe to assume it is an Indian rhinoceros.  Will you get these figures?



Javan rhino and Indian rhino
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Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

In the chitwan set is no orang utan, there is a tiger.

Yes, as soon as you revealed the name of the set, we started working on orangutan dismissal.   Tiger was proposed originally and whoever did it, did it right.
Can you confirm all others? Especially the Javan rhino? Couldn't it be an Indian rhino instead? Thanks again for your good work.

Yes, the others are right. Yes, there is a javan rhino :)

What are also questions?

Thanks, that's strange once as far as I could read, there's no Javan rhinos in this natural park, only Indian rhinos that are quite similar.
The question marks means that we still don't know the number marked in each figure. They are important to determine which figure belongs to which bulk because some sets have the same figures with different numbers. We also use to put the animal name marked on figures as always as it is known.

Of a small pic it looks more like a javan rhino (but the pic is small and my eyes more like a mole) but a indian rhino have a sense :)

:lol:I think regarding these two species we are all moles. It is not easy to identify a Javan rhino from an Indian rhino, mainly when you're seeing toys.  As a point of curiousity, I am adding the two diagrams that AnimalCorner uses to their anatomy.
One of the most relevant differences is that skin folds are less evident in Javan rhinos. Hard to see indeed. So, I think it is safe to assume it is an Indian rhinoceros.  Will you get these figures?



Javan rhino and Indian rhino
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Yes i will get but i lost more and more my hope. I sent a lot of emails but i get no answer.

widukind wrote:

Yes i will get but i lost more and more my hope. I sent a lot of emails but i get no answer.

That's a pity! I hope you are lucky and you get them.
In any case save the pic of the sale, it may be useful.

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

Yes i will get but i lost more and more my hope. I sent a lot of emails but i get no answer.

That's a pity! I hope you are lucky and you get them.
In any case save the pic of the sale, it may be useful.

The pics are not a problem.