Mojo 2019 Coral Snake

It is curious Mojö's propensity to snakes. Coral snakes are really wonderful creatures and the features of these animals seem correctly represented in this figure. However, I'd love to know the opinion of people more snake oriented than I am. One of the things I'd love to know is that if it is an Arizona coral snake once the white bands seem more common in these. The figure bears a pleasant look with its wavy pose and textured feel on it. Thanks for sharing Zé!

Hello Rogério!
You are very welcome, my friend.
Well, the moment I laid eyes in the miniature, I went to Google, and, in fact, it seems like an arizona coral to me. There 65 species of coral snakes, some in hinterland brazil are quite similar, but is is obvious that they opted for a more well-known US-specie. Nothing wrong with that.
I like the model, the colors, but I'm not sure about the pose. COral snakes seems to be very discreet animals, not exactly prone to lift their heads. But I understand that as a poetic license, took for marketing reasons. So, it is a beautiful animal. Um grande abraço!

Roger wrote:

It is curious Mojö's propensity to snakes. Coral snakes are really wonderful creatures and the features of these animals seem correctly represented in this figure. However, I'd love to know the opinion of people more snake oriented than I am. One of the things I'd love to know is that if it is an Arizona coral snake once the white bands seem more common in these. The figure bears a pleasant look with its wavy pose and textured feel on it. Thanks for sharing Zé!

A very interesting snake and a next must have for me :)

Wonderful snake. I need this one, too.

Lovely snake!!

it's nice to see companies doing smaller reptiles in their Wildlife lines. They will not be in scale with larger animals, but sometimes it's nice to have a small snake or lizard, rather than the life-sized versions you usually see with reptile lines (e.g., Safari's Incredible Creatures).

I think this will become my first Mojo-Newcomer :)

ze_neto wrote:

Hello Rogério!
You are very welcome, my friend.
Well, the moment I laid eyes in the miniature, I went to Google, and, in fact, it seems like an arizona coral to me. There 65 species of coral snakes, some in hinterland brazil are quite similar, but is is obvious that they opted for a more well-known US-specie. Nothing wrong with that.
I like the model, the colors, but I'm not sure about the pose. COral snakes seems to be very discreet animals, not exactly prone to lift their heads. But I understand that as a poetic license, took for marketing reasons. So, it is a beautiful animal. Um grande abraço!

Mojö Fun confirmed in their Facebook page that it is an Arizona coral snake indeed. It is the first step to make these figures in a competent way, doing it based in a certain species to avoid mixing features. The main traits of a coral snake are correctly represented, with the black on head extending behind the eyes and the bands being complete as we can see on ventral part. Also correct to the species is that the red never touches the black and their option for the white variant is aestetically more interesting in my opinion.
About the pose, it is an interesting point, I have no idea it can olift the head, despite not exagerated in this figure, obviouslyy you are right and it also contributes to the appealingness of the figure, it will also display nicely in our shelves. I will surely want to get it! Um abraço!

Having grown up in Arizona and seeing this critter in person, I think it looks great. The pose is probably a little unrealistic but that doesn't distract much from it being a good figure.

I think this is an awesome unique species choice. I'm not a fan of the pose since this isn't a species that does this behavior (I'm sure it's capable of it, it just doesn't do it) but oh well. I'm excited to get it.

bmathison1972 wrote:

Having grown up in Arizona and seeing this critter in person, I think it looks great. The pose is probably a little unrealistic but that doesn't distract much from it being a good figure.

Great to hear see this from somebody who actully know what this sbake looks like. I can't wait to get one

Unnatural Pose and odd scales