Pipsxlch's Finds

That nautilus is really cool! I have been trying to find the 4D famemaster one for years. The arowana is really cool too. Great finds all together and congrats!

Thanks Paige! The shell and operculum are hard plastic, the body and tentacles are rubbery. I don't care for rubber figures, but in this case it's unobtrusive and hopefully will prove durable. I've also been on nautilus quest. The 2 fish I thought might be bubble containers, with the rings being the handles of the wands... but no. They're just rings in the mouths. Maybe they came from a fishing game? With the rings removed and repaints, they may be nice- the arowana especially is not bad.

Marvellous nautilus of course...

A cool nautilus.

Another impressed with the nautilus, what a great find!

So many interesting discoveries and wonderful models- it must be so fun to drive into a thrift store and each time come out with so many treasures! The Nautilus is so realistic!

I wonder if it's regional or local luck - I've never found model animals in charity shops, which are our version of thrift stores. And pre-covid I was in them regularly, for books and dvds and check work shirts, and always had a hopeful scan of the toys and collectables kinds of areas just in case. Lots of china shire horses, and occasional really bad plastic dinosaurs, but never a single thing of 'our' kind of brands!

I think luck has a fair bit to do with it, in if the shops in your area even bother selling toys. Until recently, the chain thrift Goodwill which are the most common thrift shops around discarded their toys except for plushes and larger items. Fortunately that's changed! A couple small charity run shops and flea markets are where I get most of my items.

Wonderful new figures Kelly, the nautilus is just splendid!

Great additions,congrats!
With regard to the charity shops in the UK,they are very hit and miss and also would agree that it can be vary regional or even vary from town to town.I have found quite a lot of models in charity shops but I think there are less of them, it would seem,than in USA thrift shops.I also find that certain chains of charity shops are better than others.

I found a handful more things, didn't photograph everything yet though- most of it common or probably not of real interest here.
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Chinamal Corgi, the horse is also unmarked but looks like the Funrise models Jill likes, I really want to like the catfish- cool model!- but it's made of rubber and I really DON'T like rubber models. I have a big black AAA lioness too, and a rather cute unmarksd polar bear cub.
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This neat K&M African bullfrog too- unfortunately it's also rubber sigh. You can see some peeling paint on the face.

Great models! Too bad the rubber ones are of that material. That catfish is quite neat otherwise.

I especially like the frog

Nice finds-I especially like the Corgi and the African bullfrog.

That frog is really cool, a shame it's a material you don't like. I can't blame you there, though.

That horse looks like a combination of both the Funrise and the little Play Visions/Club Earth/Papo minis I love, ha! Very cute!

what a beautiful detailed arowana !

and the goby (mudskipper ?) above is so cute. And the custom of your dog is really very nice !

I wish I could find an African bullfrog like yours and if it was one of these rubbery salamanders, it would even be better.
Though, from all your last additions I missed, Paige's portrait of your dog is the absolute star! Paige is surely one of the fairies of this forum. Our blue fairy with magical powers.

So many wonderful new additions, especially that lovely Corgi! I had never seen this Chinamal before, he's very sweet with those bat ears they have and little legs! I also love the sculpting of the fur on his chest, such a sweet dog! That Bullfrog is very realistic too!

Thank you all!

I had a good day today, the Safari scutosaurus from a trade arrived, thank you so much Valerie- love it! And while out, not even looking or expecting to find models, I came across the AAA cuttlefish. I've been wanting this model since I found out about it, and have been eyeballing one online for almost $30- more than I'm comfortable spending. I'd almost talked myself into it when I stumbled across this one locally for $1!

Sorry can't post photos at this time, my computer is in the hospital. I don't know how to do photos on this tablet.

Oh wow! BIG congrats kelly! What a good day for you. Hope your computers gets well soon so we can see them!

Congrats!! What an awesome series of events. That kind of find is always an adrenaline rush! So glad you hadn't spent the $30 yet, that's a different kind of rush when you find it for a $1 later, haha.

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The cuttlefish I found is just like the one here. I would have bought the lot for just the 1 model, so it would have been roughly $28 for it and some models I'd probably have given away. Yes, quite the rush! My husband and the saleslady looked at me rather oddly when I exclaimed "Oh my God, it's the cuttlefish!" lol

That's exactly how I do math with lots, haha. If I only want one of them, really, then the cost of the lot is the cost of that single figure . . .

That cuttlefish is really cool!! Love the colors on it!

(My mom still talks about the way I reacted to finding some old My Little Pony at a yard sale, how she thought the person running it was kind of afraid of how excited I was. Same energy.)

He really is neat! I'm very happy to have him, he's on my bedstand for the night lol.

Are you still into MLP? My daughter doesn't want her old G1/3 models, one more thing for me to dig up and sell or give away before maybe moving. She had dozens.

The avatar switch worked- high five!

pipsxlch wrote:

Are you still into MLP? My daughter doesn't want her old G1/3 models, one more thing for me to dig up and sell or give away before maybe moving. She had dozens.

I definitely am! I collect the G1 (and 2)! Please let me know if you decide to sell them, I'd gladly take a look and if all else fails, I may be able to help you find some buyers!

EDIT: Yes I am still failing to recognize myself!!