Blaine's Synoptic Animal Collection

This group of dinosaurs has high quality .

I would like have the camarasaurus.

Great batch again. You cannot go wrong with Doug's models.

Dinosaurs too,? Nice choice

Wonderful dinosaurs. Especially the Spinosaurus is a must have.

Got this in the mail yesterday, the western capercaillie Tetrao urogallus by Schleich. It's amazing after 20 years, this is the best figure of this species available (and probably the only one you have a chance of acquiring, even though it is retired). This will probably be one of my next two blog reviews...

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Big congrats! It is a lovely model. Worthy of any collection.

Oh my you got one of my holy grail figures, congrats Blaine!

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Big congrats! It is a lovely model. Worthy of any collection.

Thanks Paige, I knew you would be excited to see it!

Advicot wrote:

Oh my you got one of my holy grail figures, congrats Blaine!

Yeah, there are a couple on US eBay now!!!

Yes, it is a wonderful model

Congratulations with getting it

I should have waited a few hours to post the pic of the capercallie, since I got two packages in the mail today LOL.

First are some CollectA figures:
1. †Lisowicia bojani
I was going to wait a while to get this, but the more pics of it posted to DTF and DTB, I couldn't wait LOL.
2. megalodon, †Carcharocles megalodon
This replaces the Safari figure in my collection. It is big, but not overwhelmingly so.
2. †Moropus sp.
3. Jacob sheep, Ovis aries
I have the Papo Merino sheep, but have wanted this one for a while. I don't mind multiple sheep breeds. I won't focus on them, but I don't mind getting more of this species if it is a good example of a cool or unusual breed.

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The second parcel was the remaining Wing Mau snakes collection. I bought these from NMR_Okapi!!! I am going to be lazy and not list all the Latin names now, but I will review the entire set for the ATF and STS with individual pics, later today or tomorrow:

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wonderful day full of packages! Congrats again.

Wonderful new models
I also have the capercaillie. But I got this one back in the 90ies.

Wonderful additions, especially the snakes

I just got the retired Schleich striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) to replace the one by CollectA. The paint of the Schleich model is a little more stylized, but I think it is more realistic (especially for the head). Also, the more I look at the CollectA model, the more it looks like a juvenile animal.

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Congratulations

I agree fully. This is the skunk that has been in my collection, and I will not be replacing it because in my opinion it is the finest modern skunk figure, especially in terms of painting (and the tail sculpting, which I particularly like).

Very nice, and one of my two striped skunks

Time to finish off the images on shelves (at least for the vertebrates). Only the hoofed mammals remain.

Bottom shelf are the perissodactyls (horses, rhinos, tapirs, and kin), prehistoric hoofed mammals without modern associates, and the start of the artiodactyls (pigs, hippos, peccaries, and some extinct taxa).

Next shelf up are more artiodactyls: deer, camels, giraffes, and the start of the bovids, with most Bovini, proper (cattle).

Next shelf up are remaining bovids, including oryx, antelops, sheep, goats, and kin.

The top shelf are the cetaceans

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very beautiful display which shows the figures very well, congrats Blaine!

Schleich capercailie is like The Famous Grouse, the older, the better.
Your striped skunk looks great! Is it the made in Germany version?
Your group pictures are absolutely impressive, choosing always the best according with your taste and the result is fabulous!

Very nice collection again! What brand is your kiang model? (I assume its an artists work rather) Very great displays.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Very nice collection again! What brand is your kiang model? (I assume its an artists work rather) Very great displays.

Hi Paige, yes the kiang is from Likaon Models.

Phantastic again

If I were going to get into extant tetrapods, it would definitely be via ungulates. This is a great display.

Very amazing, I always love looking at your collection photos