1/32 scale animals

Roger, I will try to help you with one of these 3 models.
The WWF Gorilla, which I have as a gift from Kiki , a very special gift, which I love very much.
It is unpainted version, which makes it even more special to me.

Here it is :

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I am not good with scales, so I hope these sizes helps you :)

And the model, with others which you also have.
With the Starlux Okapi :

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And with Eikoh Elephant :

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rogerpgvg wrote:

Sorry, I have my collection spread out between two different places and I don't have a Papo elephant here. I have a shelf comparison photo that may help:
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While you are here Christophe, do you know whether the Starlux WWF okapi, gorilla and hartebeest are 1:32 scale? When I find them, they will probably be expensive so I'd only buy them if they are in this scale.

I can’t tell before I come back home, i will measure them then except the wwf okapi which I don’t have

Roger, your elephant pictures are missing on page two. I don't use to ask people to reupload missing pictures but this topic is really special. Is there any chance that you fix it?

Thank you very much, Kosta, your measurements are very useful even though the gorilla is a bit too large, unfortunately. This unpainted gorilla is very interesting. I would have thought that Starlux used black plastic for the painted model; did they use white plastic and then paint them completely? In the 1990s, Starlux made unpainted animal figures. I have a copy of what is called Starlux's final model list that lists many unpainted figures. However, none of the WWF models is amongst them, as they were no longer made by then. Your gorilla must be much rarer, perhaps one that Starlux forgot to paint or one that a worker took home from the factory.

I have reuploaded the photos with elephants and Schleich sea life. I had stored them in Google, but for some reason, Google no longer shares them with people on the forum. Perhaps check whether I have re-uploaded the right photos.

Thanks, Christophe. There is no hurry. I hope that if I am patient, I'll be able to get the WWF figures for a decent price one day.

Thanks Roger for reuploading the photos. Google is not the traditional photo sharing service so I think it is not very recomendable in this regard.

You are welcome Roger :)
I was sure, that you will find this gorilla model a bit bigger for your collection.
But it is such a nice model ... actually all WWF models are so good sculpted.
Thank you for the information about the unpainted Starlux models.
As you also said, it look`s like my gorilla is very rare .. I have that feeling too :) It is one of the most precious models in my collection.

Except for sharks, not many 1:32 scale fish in my collection. Partly because most fish are small and companies tend not to make small figures, and partly because I often don’t know what the real-life size of fish is. Here we have two very large fish, two groupers:
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Both are very beautiful. On the left is a potato grouper from Kaiyodo Kurosio Komekko 1 and on the right is a giant grouper from FOR/Aquameridian “Light up figure another aquarium”. The potato grouper has a total length of 5.7/182 cm. Wikipedia and Fishbase say they can be up to 2 m, so this is a large one, but possible as 1:32 scale. The giant grouper has a total length of 6.5/208 cm and a standard length (without caudal fin) of 5.9/189 cm. Wikipedia says that the maximum recorded standard length is 270 cm, but that they are more commonly around 180 cm. Does anyone know what the black-striped yellow fish are?
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The giant grouper is the most decadent figure I have. Apart from the fact that it is very ornate, it also has a light:
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This photo was taken underexposed in normal daylight. The light is an interesting idea, but it isn’t very functional in the dark:
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Some wonderful fish and the light makes them look even more beautiful!
The one on the right is very unique with the two little fish at the top as well!

Two very detailed figures. Congratulations.

Wonderful groupers

I missed the lightning Giant grouper, it could be a very nice recruit for my "around 1/30" shelves.

Two great newcomers, I'm very happy for you

You also have remoras, I guess. Not only sharks.
Groppers are fantastic creatures and I particularly enjoy gropper with potatos.
I googled for yellow fish with black strips and I’ve obtained so many results that I got lost among them. I hope someone can help you identifying it.

Two fantastic groupers and that I would not mind to include in my own collection :)
Answering your question, the two little yellow and black striped fishes are juveniles of golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus. As they grow (they're large fishes too) they lose gradually the yellow colour and the stripes and as fully adults they're plain silvery grey fishes.

Thank you all for your comments. Yes, I have remoras. A few other fish too, but that's for another time. Thanks especially for the information about the golden trevally, Isidro. Another new species in my collection!

If you have been following my 'Museum of Natural History' post, I am adding sizes and scales. Today was the first in the 1:32 scale, the 2016 great white shark by Safari (figure 15 cm long for a scale of 1:30-1:33).

I'll cross-post pics of 1:32 animals here, in case they offer up something new.

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Thank you, Blaine. I went for the Safari 1997 great white. I can't remember why, perhaps I thought it was smaller, but the 2016 shark is a similar size. Is 15 cm the total length?

I am hoping you'll show us the first insect in this topic

rogerpgvg wrote:

Thank you, Blaine. I went for the Safari 1997 great white. I can't remember why, perhaps I thought it was smaller, but the 2016 shark is a similar size. Is 15 cm the total length?

I am hoping you'll show us the first insect in this topic

15 cm is the body length, not the length to the end of the caudal fins (however, even if you added the caudal fins in, it would still be in the 1:32 range).

The only arthropods that might be in the 1:32 range are some of the Kaiyodo crabs. We'll see when they come up...

There is always the Meganeura.

Alas the Kaiyodo one is too big for the 1/32 scale.

Ah, that's a shame, it would have been great to have an animal that isn't a mammal, bird or fish.

Now something different, let’s see how the Britains and Hausser Elastolin riding horses measure up. Are they really 1:32 scale? Both brands made many horses, often in a variety of colours.

First a selection of Britains horses. These later, post 1970 horses represented specific breeds. From left to right, we have the Percheron horse, Arabian horse, Holstein horse, Thoroughbred horse and Hackney horse:
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The Percheron horse has a shoulder height of 4.4/141 cm. Their size varies, but in France (where they accept the largest size range), they are between 155 and 185 cm. The Britains clearly doesn’t make this standard. The Britains Arabian is 4.6/147 cm at the shoulder. According to the United States Equestrian Federation, they should be 145-155 cm, so this one is OK. The Holstein horse is 4.5/144 cm, but Wikipedia says that approved stallions must be a minimum of 163 cm and mares a minimum of 157 cm, so this one isn’t approved! The thoroughbred is Britains largest horse (5.1/163 cm). I used to think it was too large for 1:32 scale, but I now realise the other horses are rather small. Wikipedia says that thoroughbreds are typically between 157 and 173 cm. Finally, the Hackney horse. I am not 100% certain that Britains ever referred to it as a Hackney, but Britains collectors often do. Wikipedia says that Hackneys are 147-168 cm; the Britains is 4.6/147 cm, so it just makes 1:32 scale. A score of 3 out of 5 for the Britains horses; could be better, but I suppose one could use them as generic horses.

How about the Hausser Elastolin horses? I don’t have all of them, just these three:
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As far as I am aware, they aren’t specific breeds, which makes it easier to get them within 1:32 scale. According to Wikipedia, the minimum shoulder height of a horse is 147 cm, anything below is a pony. The standing horse and feeding horse make this with 4.6/147 and 5.0/160 cm. The running horse doesn’t with 4.2/134 cm, so it may be a pony. I don’t know whether Elastolin ever said whether it is a horse or a pony, as the catalogues I have seen only have numbers, no species or breed information.

Ignoring whether they are exactly 1:32 scale, the Britains and Elastolins look good together:
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Some lovely vintage horses!

Nice to see horses here and very beautiful models. You surely know, the Breyer stablemates are also in 1/32 scale although they tend to be slightly larger than Britains, maybe closer to 1/30 scale. If you ever introduce these Breyer in your collection, don’t try to collect them all.
New-Ray also have many horse figures at this scale and they work nicely with the Britains. Of course there are many more from vintage brands and this size was widely explored also for modern companies, not exactly the called major brands but some from the boom of the North American brands at the end of XX - begining of XXI.

You are right, there are lots of horses in 1/32 scale and lots of domestic animals in general. Collecting them all would go a bit too far, even for me , but I like Hausser Elastolin and I found them for a good price. I suppose that I should collect at least a few Breyer horses because of my interest in the history of 1/32 scale, but I find them a bit overpriced, shiny and exaggerated. I have never seen any NewRay horses, but in the NewRay catalogue topic, Taos points to a website that has them.

Great set of photos and comparisons.The only thing is I think your Hackney is a Hunter and they vary a lot depending of their ancestry.