Blaine's Synoptic Animal Collection

bmathison1972 wrote:

Finally! Finally found this guy on eBay!!!!

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Wonderful! Congratulations

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Biiiiig congrats! It is such a nice figure and quite unique! You'd think this american marsupial would have more attention...

I agree to every word

Just a few fishies for July, and two are replacements:

1. spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari (Safari Ltd.)
This retired Safari figure replaces the Mojo one in my collection. I prefer the color of the Mojo, but the Safari figure has a better sculpt and is a better size.
2. dog-faced puffer, Arothron nigropunctatus (Epoch)
This figure replaces the Yowie version, which is a bit cartoonish
3. Mekong giant catfish, Pangasainodon gigas (Colorata)
This is from the 2004 Fossil Fishes Box; my box is from 2015 and did not include this beauty.

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Those are great. The catfish is a really strange inclusion for the Fossil Fishes box, but a beautiful figure.

Wonderful new fish you have. I agree with you, this Eagle Ray looks much better.

Beautyful and strange creatures

Time for some 'on shelves' shots. Starting with the fish. They are displayed 'evolutionarily' from bottom to top.

Bottom row are cartilaginous fish and some extinct bony fish (sharks, rays, skates).

The next row up are the bony fish outside of the broad concept 'Perciformes', including gars, sturgeons, true eels, carp and relatives, catfish, gobies, and trout and salmon. There are a few broad perciform fish, namely random deep-sea fish

Third row are the broad Perciformes, including many familiar pelagic and coral reef fish, such as anglerfish and kin, angelfish, sea horses, marlins and kin, tuna, wolffish, stonefish, porcupinefish, sea bass, and others

The 'tetrapod fish' are displayed with the amphibians on the next shelf up and not covered here.

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I love it :)

Really spectacular, many variety. many brands .

Big congratulations.

This is the good stuff. Really nice assortment. Kind of amazing how few figures there are of ostariophysan fishes, considering there are 9 or 10 thousand species.

This is truely amazing

Wonderful collection!!

Beautiful collection AND displays!

Wonderful collection, a real masterpiece

Wow, so many beautiful fish, excellent display of them

Beautiful collection and display Blaine

I love all the fish!

Moving up the evolutionary tree with 'herpatiles'.

The bottom row is tetrapod fish and amphibiams.

The middle row up are lizards and snakes.

The top row are crocodilians and turtles and kin, with Shringasaurus too :-)

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Stunning displays again!

Your displays are just fabulous

Everything is perfectly sorted, a pleasure to the eye!

Wonderful reptiles and crocodiles. Your collection is a masterpiece.

Delightful

Yes, I noticed Mr. Shringasaurus immediately, and the little red frog from Schleich is also in good compagny here

Wow, many good stuff