Lakeshore Resources Ocean Set

At a thrift store yesterday, I found a boxed set of marine creatures from the US educational company Lakeshore Resources. Sadly the set isn't complete, but as it sells for $40+ at their stores, I'm not complaining. I thought it might be interesting for people who wonder about the distribution of some brands what I found in it. There is a mix of brands and quality; most are Chinamals but the right whale is AAA and the whale shark Toy Major, both older figures. (I have seen this set being sold within the last few years; it probably still is). Note that the unbranded top whale, which looks like a copy of the AAA whale, did not come with the set. I just happened to find it also. Some of the figures are nice; the 'manatee' looks more like a deformed seal.
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Very interesting. the seahorse and the medusa are marvellous.

Thanks for sharing.

Neat! Love the invertebrates! :)

Thanks! I think the sea cucumber is my favorite from the set. The manta is AAA also; I'm guessing from the photo that the humpback whale, great white shark and dolphins - didn't get any of them- were AAA or Toy Major. The fish (darn would have liked it), turtle, lobster and crab didn't make it either. The jelly looks like a Chinamal one I got in a cheap set, and I've seen the sea dragon sold in cheap sets also. The seal, 'manatee', and otters are hollowcast figures that look like dollar store offerings.

pipsxlch wrote:

Thanks! I think the sea cucumber is my favorite from the set.  The manta is AAA also; I'm guessing from the photo that the humpback whale, great white shark and dolphins - didn't get any of them- were AAA or Toy Major. The fish (darn would have liked it), turtle, lobster and crab didn't make it either. The jelly looks like a Chinamal one I got in a cheap set, and I've seen the sea dragon sold in cheap sets also. The seal, 'manatee', and otters are hollowcast figures that look like dollar store offerings.

The sea cucumber is also a 'Chinamal' - I have seen them in cheap sets (just can't remember where off-hand at the moment)

Nice set of different brands.

That's an effect of the globalization or are these products from the same Chinese manufacturer? A repackaging of random figures in stock? Well, whatever is it, it shows some very interesting figures and I am glad you decided to share it with us.

Roger, I think it's a repackaging of items from various manufacturers. From the photo on front and the inventory sheet inside, I think everything in here is as it was sold except for the whale I mentioned.

I definitely recognize those smaller figures as available as bin and small sets in many places.

Not sure on the bigger figures.

Some of the whales look like the old small AAAs , ( the ones Schleich also sold), and the otter is much like the papo otter, isn't it ?

However for some strange reason I can only see the first picture, the one with the box

sbell wrote:

I definitely recognize those smaller figures as available as bin and small sets in many places.

Not sure on the bigger figures.

The little ones are definitely Nayab.

Very nice new additions.