CollectA Temnodontosaurus, new for 2015

Please let me introduce the new Temnodontosaurus and her completely new baby  
Isn' t  this the first toy model of an animal giving birth ?  

The Temnodontosaurus was an Ichthyosaur , which  were viviparous, meaning that they did not lay eggs like other reptiles.

From Wikipedia :
Ichthyosaurs were viviparous, i.e. bore live young instead of laying eggs. Although they were reptiles and descended from egg-laying, oviparous, ancestors, viviparity is not as unexpected as it first appears. Air-breathing marine creatures must either come ashore to lay eggs, like turtles and some sea snakes, or else give birth to live young in surface waters, like whales and dolphins. Given their streamlined and transversely flattened bodies, heavily adapted for fast swimming, it would have been difficult if not impossible for ichthyosaurs to move far enough on land to lay eggs.

Isn't this amazing ? I never thought of that, even if it is so eternally obvious

Well, let's see pictures

Here she is outdoors so we can see the colour as correctly as possible
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Here comes the baby !!!!  
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Giving birth is not easy  
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Almost out !!!  
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Mother or not, - she is a beautyful, streamlined killer !!!
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But as any mother can tell you, - even when the baby is out, your favourite jeans won't fit round your waist for a long time  
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Great It is on my wishlist for sure although it is not the first toy model of an animal giving birth, Kaiyodo made one last year (an Ichthyosaur too).

This animal is the first Ichthyosaur found in 1811 and I'm so happy to see a figurine made more than two centuries later.

Thank you for the nice walkaround Susanne

Sure looks like a wonderful figurine! I love the fact that the mother is giving birth. Thanks for sharing

Interesting and nice model! Thanks for the pics :)

Great model and choice for it.
And great walkaround as always Susanne.
Thank you :)

SUSANNE wrote:

But as any mother can tell you, - even when the baby is out, your favourite jeans won't fit round your waist for a long time  

costicuba wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

But as any mother can tell you, - even when the baby is out, your favourite jeans won't fit round your waist for a long time  

I missed that

Regardeless the Jeans , I find this figure fabulous. The idea, the realism and I hope also the accuracy. Great pictures and thanks for showing!

Thankyou, dear friends   ( The one with the long nose is a tapir   )

Meowww

Thanks for the walk around, Susanne

What an amazing figure. Congrats! Thanks for the nice photos.

Congrats Susanne.

Thankyou, Laura, Donny and Florian

costicuba wrote:

Meowww  

Ha, great narration for a great figure. Congrats!

Thanks, dear Paige