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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:08 pm | |
| I grabbed these guys off of ebay recently as I just had a feeling they were unique... I guess I was right. On our wiki these aren't listed, and as they are marked 1994 and with a letter they must be from this set here:https://toyanimal.info/wiki/Toy_Major_Reptiles Unfortunately there's not much info there. So I ask, does anyone have any information on this set in particular? Or at least take a stab at species identification (I am hopeless in this department). If additional photos are required I can easily provide more. All 3 are quite small, only a few centimeters/around 2 inches long. Marked 1994 G [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Marked 1994 F [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Marked 1994 A [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]_________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Jul 16, 2020 3:48 am | |
| Here are some results of a quick google search... not much information though. This set has the green figure and a different color of my yellow one I think. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]_________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:57 am | |
| Very interesting and very cute turtles |
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 45810
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:14 am | |
| I have seen that figures by different Chinese companies, but never by Toy Major |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35850
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:25 pm | |
| The blister you linked is very interesting, it is not supposed that I do it but I will post it on forum, I am not selling them, just showing the picture. It shows the product number and we can see Toy Major's logo. I think they are 8 but sold in sets of 4, at least you have one marked G that corresponds to the 7th figure of a set. I will post them on TAW as generic turtles and as it often happens, joining all the pieces of the puzzle, someday we will find how many and what they are. |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:18 am | |
| Excellent idea Roger! I really hoped to find something more about them, but I am happy I decided to buy them after all to contribute to this mystery. Hopefully someday we can get more answers! _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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pipsxlch
Country/State : US/Florida Age : 56 Joined : 2015-03-13 Posts : 2849
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:49 am | |
| What timing- I just received a batch of Safari Carnegie dinosaurs I ordered off Shopgoodwill a few weeks back, and there was a small sea turtle hiding in with the dinos. It would like to come stay with you when everything is cleared at my end. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The letter on it looks like a 'G' to me, could be a C or??? |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:12 am | |
| It is welcome to my menagerie! What timing indeed. _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:39 am | |
| So I never got around to documenting Kelly's sea turtle here but that was actually in good luck as he welcomed a new friend. The red-brown tortoise looking one is marked F also, and the sea turtle is marked C. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]And the family all together so far. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]_________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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landrover
Country/State : colombia Age : 66 Joined : 2010-11-04 Posts : 5897
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
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Bonnie
Country/State : UK Age : 19 Joined : 2020-10-14 Posts : 5584
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Fri Jan 29, 2021 4:01 pm | |
| Thank you everyone! This isn't the most important mystery but I enjoy my lucky happenstance sleuthing. It looks like I have 3 from the set pictured above. _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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Duck-Anch-Amun
Country/State : Luxembourg Age : 35 Joined : 2010-12-29 Posts : 1081
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:41 pm | |
| I have two of these models in a more great size Will post them when I have acess to my collection again |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:26 pm | |
| Oh please do! I'd be very interested in seeing them. _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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pipsxlch
Country/State : US/Florida Age : 56 Joined : 2015-03-13 Posts : 2849
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:47 am | |
| I found a variant of 'A'. Interested in him? Paint is duller, and markings lighter. |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:00 am | |
| Can you PM or post a photo for me? _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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pipsxlch
Country/State : US/Florida Age : 56 Joined : 2015-03-13 Posts : 2849
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:22 am | |
| Will do ASAP. Probably Friday. |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:28 am | |
| Thanks Kelly. _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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pipsxlch
Country/State : US/Florida Age : 56 Joined : 2015-03-13 Posts : 2849
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Sat Feb 13, 2021 4:32 am | |
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Duck-Anch-Amun
Country/State : Luxembourg Age : 35 Joined : 2010-12-29 Posts : 1081
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:32 pm | |
| Better late than never. I´ve found my 2 Toy Major turtles. They are bigger and with more details than your figures, but marked the same: "1994 T.M.". The land tortoise is A, the sea turtle C. Has anyone an idea for the identification of the land tortoise? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35850
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Dec 23, 2021 7:44 pm | |
| Strange, the same turtle looks two different species depending of each picture we use. I'd suggest a keeled box turtle but I am not that positive about it. Identification of these turtles were never easy but I truly believe they intend to represent anything plausible. |
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Duck-Anch-Amun
Country/State : Luxembourg Age : 35 Joined : 2010-12-29 Posts : 1081
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:43 pm | |
| - Roger wrote:
- Strange, the same turtle looks two different species depending of each picture we use.
I'd suggest a keeled box turtle but I am not that positive about it. Identification of these turtles were never easy but I truly believe they intend to represent anything plausible. Thanks for your suggestion. I think "keeled box turtle" works for my figure for the moment, until someone can say something more accurate :) Thank you! |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35850
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Thu Dec 30, 2021 1:32 pm | |
| - Duck-Anch-Amun wrote:
- Roger wrote:
- Strange, the same turtle looks two different species depending of each picture we use.
I'd suggest a keeled box turtle but I am not that positive about it. Identification of these turtles were never easy but I truly believe they intend to represent anything plausible. Thanks for your suggestion. I think "keeled box turtle" works for my figure for the moment, until someone can say something more accurate :) Thank you! You're welcome! I think [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] may be able of finding a much better identification. Let's hope he finds this topic. |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12079
| Subject: Re: Toy Major Turtles help! Another 2 makes 8! Sat Jan 22, 2022 3:02 am | |
| Thanks Duck-Anch-Amun for your update! Your larger turtles are lovely. And another 2 makes 7! The yellow is marked D and the other F. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]And given the slow idiot I am... I finally realized that the two pairs on the far right are the same sculpt but different paint. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]_________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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