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widukind wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

What you think are the new wild cat species?

Southeast Asia: clouded leopard
Eurasia + North America: Amur leopard (?) and Iberian (?) lynx.
South America: jaguar

Thank you :)

I am working off of tiny images so don't hold me to these :)

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

What you think are the new wild cat species?

Southeast Asia: clouded leopard
Eurasia + North America: Amur leopard (?) and Iberian (?) lynx.
South America: jaguar

Thank you :)

I am working off of tiny images so don't hold me to these :)

Hard to see indeed. Aren't the six figures on top right all North America? American bison, elk, prairie dog, polar bear, mouflon (looks an European mouflon but maybe intends to represent a bighorn) and a bobcat.

Roger wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

widukind wrote:

What you think are the new wild cat species?

Southeast Asia: clouded leopard
Eurasia + North America: Amur leopard (?) and Iberian (?) lynx.
South America: jaguar

Thank you :)

I am working off of tiny images so don't hold me to these :)

Hard to see indeed. Aren't the six figures on top right all North America? American bison, elk, prairie dog, polar bear, mouflon (looks an European mouflon but maybe intends to represent a bighorn) and a bobcat.

that was my initial thought. I am not sure if it is 6 from each continent of a mix of local and Holarctic species. Since these figures tend to be smaller, I might want a prairie dog.

bmathison1972 wrote:

that was my initial thought. I am not sure if it is 6 from each continent of a mix of local and Holarctic species. Since these figures tend to be smaller, I might want a prairie dog.

For a prairie dog I already have the Eikoh figure.

It seems these are sets of 12 figures each, being the right side ones divided in two groups of 6 each, I guess. At least it seems consistent.
However, my mobile phone translates the symbols under the red panda as "Old Northern Ward" only the first symbol is different in the other group. I don't know why ward but maybe it is a reference to Northern hemishphere of the old world.

The bottom right group is very consistente:
Kangaroo, Koala, platypus, cassowary, wombat and Tasmanian devil are all Australian while giant anteater, jaguar, capybara, Brazilian tapir, maned wolf and sloth are all South American.

Roger wrote:

bmathison1972 wrote:

that was my initial thought. I am not sure if it is 6 from each continent of a mix of local and Holarctic species. Since these figures tend to be smaller, I might want a prairie dog.

For a prairie dog I already have the Eikoh figure.

It seems these are sets of 12  figures each, being the right side ones divided in two groups of 6 each, I guess. At least it seems consistent.
However, my mobile phone translates the symbols under the red panda as "Old Northern Ward" only the first symbol is different in the other group. I don't know why ward but maybe it is a reference to Northern hemishphere of the old world.  

The bottom right group is very consistente:
Kangaroo, Koala, platypus, cassowary, wombat and Tasmanian devil are all Australian while giant anteater, jaguar, capybara, Brazilian tapir, maned wolf and sloth are all South American.

But it could be a interesting subspecie :)

These boxes look very interesting. Does anyone know how to buy them? The Colorata website says that they do not deliver overseas

rogerpgvg wrote:

These boxes look very interesting. Does anyone know how to buy them? The Colorata website says that they do not deliver overseas

Ask Brettnj :)

Thanks, I have some on order now. I'll report back when they arrive

Here are the Colorata Ethiopian and Oriental region boxes. For anyone who is unfamiliar with Colorata: The figures are quite small (African elephant height: 5.5 cm; Asian elephant: 4.5 cm). Good looking animals – I think Colorata has found a good middle ground between cuteness and realism. Both boxes come with a small booklet that contains some information about the animals.
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Great pics :)

Very eloquent pictures. I think we can see easily how they look like and their sizes. The measurements provided are very useful too. Getting Japanese sets may always represent a big investment and it may result disappointing when someone unfamiliar with Colorata, gets disappointed with their small sizes. I am really interested in that dhole and eventually two or three more look interesting to me but getting a complete set just because of a few figures is really inadvisable.

Yeah I won't be pursuing any of these for my Synoptic Collection; they are all a bit small for the species and for the non-unique species, there are better examples elsewhere.

bmathison1972 wrote:

Yeah I won't be pursuing any of these for my Synoptic Collection; they are all a bit small for the species and for the non-unique species, there are better examples elsewhere.

Except for the Dhole :) This is the first figure made of a Dhole

I was mainly after the 1:32 scale animals, but I actually like the collections as a whole. The fact that they come in a box and have an information booklet makes it feel as if you have a bit of a collector's item. Unfortunately for me, the dhole is a bit too large for 1:32 scale, but there are several other good ones (Wild dog, hyena, clouded leopard).

I agree, if individually these pieces are not the top of the cake, the whole collection looks wonderful. I am however surprised with the species you told that can fit on 1:32 scale. I thought these were too big and the tiger and similar sized creatures could match better the scale mentioned. If these are good for you, that is excellent once those were not common species in vintage brands.

I need that dhole, I need that dohle, I need that dhole

WOW !!!!

Because he is a unique animal figure, here are two close-ups of the dhole. He looks sly!

His shoulder height is 2.2 cm, ear height 3.1 cm. Given his size, the painting of his face is very detailed.

If you were just interested in the sly dhole, you could buy the whole set and sell the other animals individually on Ebay. I don't think you'd make a loss.

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wonderful pictures of one of my most wanted figures.
The pose and expression reminds me a lot the composition Elastolin fox you can see in my collection.
That's almost a legendary release. We obviously don't know every single animal figure made in this world but we already know thousands of them... and it seems to be the first time a dhole is released.

rogerpgvg wrote:

I was mainly after the 1:32 scale animals, but I actually like the collections as a whole. The fact that they come in a box and have an information booklet makes it feel as if you have a bit of a collector's item. Unfortunately for me, the dhole is a bit too large for 1:32 scale, but there are several other good ones (Wild dog, hyena, clouded leopard).

Indeed the dhole is between 1/25 and 1/20 scale, it is too bad for Britains and relatives collector but I guess 1/20 specialists would be very happy with it

I would still like to get that hyena and dhole, but the cost of the Colorata set is prohibitive, and it's not always possible to find individuals (and, let's be honest, those are figures that people are buying the sets for!)

thanks to your sharing and good pictures, I know I wont try to get this so cartoonist replica!.. I hope CollectA or Mojo fun Will release one very soon..

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Well that's one to get!

man I agree but I think they'll all be too small for me.