Tennessee Aquarium Salamander Collection by Safari Ltd.

To Tennessee Salamander Collection by Safari Ltd. belongs seven models. You can see them of course at TAI with great photos made by Christophe.
In my own collection I had so far only the Red Salamander. But recently I have found some more models.
Again a Red Salamander but also the, the Great Crested newt and the Fire Salamander.
So now I have three models from this wonderful series and also hope to find the rest sometime.  


Topic at TAI

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The RED SALAMANDER

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Fire Salamander

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   Now Fire Salamander by Safari Ltd. together with Salamander by Bullyland


First the Fire Salamander by Bullyland 2003

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Both models - Safari and Bullyland

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The Great Crested Newt

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  Maybe someone can shows the other Salamanders from this series here in my topic! .

That's a fantastic presentation, Yvette! Thanks for refreshing this subject on forum. This is one of these remarkable series from this hobby. I wished more Aquaria started this kind of cooperations with companies to release other real sized figures like these. ... and thanks to you, someone in Portugal will really enjoy its first salamander!
An interesting point, your first 3 salamanders are the exact same 3 as Christophe acquired before completing is collection. On the other hand, the mudpupy, the only released in 1997, is the hardest of them. As I told you personally, the red-cheeked salamander from the Great Smoky Mountains Association is an excellent addition to this series.
The moulds of the yonahlossee salamander and mudpuppy were used also as translucents, the former as green and red and the latter as gold. The first was still used as glow-in-the-dark.
About the red-cheeked salamander it remains still a mistery for me, it seems the figure is marked 2004 but I think the cooperation with the GSM Associations was much later than that. Another curious fact is that I've never heard about salamander figures in Safari's Incredible Creatures line. So, if anyone have more information, i'd appreciate it.

Beautieful models :)

Fantastic presentation and great models!

Congratulations, Yvette !!! They are just fantastic models

Thankyou for the beautyful photos, - and for comparing with the Bullyland one !

Thankyou , Roger, for telling about the salamanders of Safari  

Amazing figures. I have never seen these before, which is a shame. Put one on a piece of moss and it will be difficult to tell if it is a figure or a real one.

Hey Yvette,

you can find several threads on them already on sts,...
E.g. this:
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If anyone knows where I can find the mudpuppy figure, please let me know. I will pay top dollar, so pm me if you are willing to sell.

Absolutely beautiful photographs of some amazing figures

They remind me of the Playvisions Salamanders set... many of the species represented by both companies are the same.

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They remind me of the Playvisions Salamanders set... many of the species represented by both companies are the same.

I have (had?) both versions of the marbled salamander--they are miles apart in quality and design. The Safari ones look like real animals. The PV ones have the same slightly-stylized appearance that many PV figures have.

Again, I'd like to reiterate that anyone interested in selling a Tennessee Aquarium mudpuppy, please PM me. Thanks!