endogenylove's new arrivals!

Great additions!!!

Yesterday I visited the Oglebay Good Zoo in West Virginia, and although not many figurines were available in the gift shop I did pick up one Safari LTD bird that I have been missing:

1. Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
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You're in an Australian fever. That's a simple but cool model.

I am! Before these additions my Australia section was woefully incomplete. I may calm down on the Australian species soon :)

How fortunate we are these days !
Just a few years ago we had red kangaroo, Koala, , red kangaroo, koala, -wow! a platypus! , red kangaroo etc etc ....and then came S&N , and now Southlands, and even some from the bigger brands tentatively follow with wombats

Southland brings the models of  Australian animals to a quite new level
Not to forget that Jason also made some great models for S&N  

Advicot wrote:

Southlands are such amazing figures but there's only one problem... they don't have enough figures!

Great Additions :)

It is a very lovely bird, that I acquired on Xmas 2018 and it's also very light a meagre 8 grams

Four new Safari figures have just arrived at my house, However unfortunately I recently broke my camera and so I can not take pictures right now. A replacement is on the way and when I get it I’ll upload the next set of images!

congrats for these wonderful australian species!

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Finally my replacement camera has arrived and I can show off the 8 new species I've acquired in it's absence!

Starting off with the four previously mentioned Safari LTD Figures:
1. Carabao (Bubalis bubalis carabensis)- This is not it's own species, but a subspecies of the Asian Water Buffalo. However, despite the fact that my collection is synoptic, I like to get as specific as possible to represent the diversity of animals. I will still be looking into getting the CollectA Asian Water Buffalo to compliment, not replace, this figure.
2. American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
3. Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
4. Sumatran Rhinoceros ( Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)- By far my favorite of the four figures :)
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And Now, I am proud to present my first four yowies! I was aware of the existence of this brand, but not aware that they were sold in the U.S, and so when I found out I absolutely had to go out and try my luck as soon as I could. Unfortunately, quarantine was enacted, and so I had to wait a few months but when I was finally able to go to my local Sheetz convenience store, I bought their entire stock (6 yowies) and opened all of them. I recieved four animals, including one of the yowies I have always been most eager to get! All in all, I am quite pleased with the quality, and even the size is not as small as I had anticipated. I will be looking into more yowies in the future.
1. Saimaa Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida saimensis)
2. Bigeye Tuna (Thunnus obesus)
3. Cape Seahorse (Hippocampus capensis)
4. Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)- This is the much anticipated figure I have been wanting! So lucky to get it on my first try.
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Very marvellous newcomers. I have all the Safari (my pelican is the old mould) but I have 3 of these Yowies on my wishlist, and now I see the seal I'm adding it

The seal is very nice in quality along with the others and you will not be disappointed:)

Wonderful newcomers !
Congratulations !

I really like the pelican, might have to get it. I have the anhinga, since they're locally a common bird.

Adam, do you want me to add the seal to your lot? I do have one.

Endogeny, do you have a Walmarts, Walgreens Drugs or Targets around? They're my go-tos.

I do have all of those around. I went to target first and though online I found that they were supposed to have them, I couldn’t find any in the whole store. I’ll check Walmart and Walgreens in my next outing though. Thanks for the advice!

Beautieful additions.

Yes Kelly please do :)

Lovely additions!

I have to think about that carabao, I don't see any reason to ignore it. Nobody did it before and it is an interesting animal. My favourite is also the Sumatran rhino and I am really glad you could get the giant otter so early.

It’s that time again, recording all of my additions since the last part of June and early July!

First, something I picked up at my local Michaels:
1. Elk (Cervus canadensis)- This figure replaces an old 1999 Safari Elk from my childhood.
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Here he is with the model that formerly held his spot:
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Next up, 2 CollectA eBay finds. My collection is hugely lacking in CollectA models, as they are not widely available in person where I live. Up until this point, my only CollectA models were the Okarito Kiwi, Striped Hyena, and Red River Hog. These were my first look at the hoofstock models I’ve admired for so long.
1. Hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
2. Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
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Then, three more figures from the Yowies Wild Water series. Along with these models, I also got two zebra sharks and a hammerhead, but none of those models are acceptable for my synoptic collection.
1. Yellow eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
2. Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso)
3. Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus)
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And lastly, two figures of different brands picked up from the Erie Zoo gift shop. Safari LTD and Papo respectively.
1. Hoffman’s Two Toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
2. Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)
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And that’s all for the moment!

Nice! I have every one of these (except the older Safari elk) LOL :)

Great additions

Congratulations, all are must haves