The Curious Compendium: The New Frontier...hit a speed bump :(

Lemurs! So many ringtails there, I love them in particular (happy memories of sharing food and sunshine with my best lemur friend at work), so that photo really made me smile.

Incredible primates collection, so many to look at! I didn't know that there were so many models of each of these species!

Very beautiful family pictures!

The cats and dogs are very impressive for just a niche collection. Amazing variety of breeds.

Nice primates too

Impressive kitties army and your African planet of the apes (and monkeys) is nice 

Impressive primates! I would love to see more than just ring-tailed lemurs in the toy market, there are so many other beautiful species.. I would love a good-looking fossa! The baboon troop is very cool, I just realized I don't have any

Great selection of primates .The large grey/green lemur in the last picture is that by Nayab/Wild Republic?

Thanks everyone!

Taylor, that is the nayab model. The set I bought it in was labelled Mr.NiceToys or something similar.

the expression on each bloodhound is just superb! they really got the eyes right in all of them

and I love all those lemur mums with their tiny babies by them. They are so cuuute

what a phenomenal collection you have ! it is impressive AND huge

Thank you Sunny. :)

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I love all the beautiful leopards!

Since your collection is actually a great representative of modern animal replicas history, I think it's clear that one of the weakest point of this hobby is the leopards. Not many good models are produced, which is a shame for such a beautiful animal.
Zebras and Giraffes look amazing all together, especially that big one is wonderful (I guess it's Safari's vanishing wild?)

Thanks Jolie and Kostas! Jaguars are quite neglected too... two popular big cats deserve better attention. Although I would prefer releases of smaller cousins like fishing cats, sand cats, pallas cats etc. And yes, that is the VW male giraffe (just need to grab the female sometime).

Lovely collection, lots of spots and stripes! The zebras and giraffes are particularly striking!

The zebras are mesmerizing to look at. What brand is the zebra in the top right?

Are the ELC adult elephants (in particular the one on the right with short tusks) the same size as the elephants of other major brands?

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Thanks Jolie and Kostas! Jaguars are quite neglected too... two popular big cats deserve better attention. Although I would prefer releases of smaller cousins like fishing cats, sand cats, pallas cats etc. And yes, that is the VW male giraffe (just need to grab the female sometime).

I completely agree. I really love wild felines and I have about 100 of them but only a handful of them really jump out as great for me. I think that Safari and Schleich do the best with felines.

I may just be biased towards Safari but I absolutely love their Jaguar, leopard cub & black leopard cub, lions, Canada lynx, bobcat, and their clouded leopard especially. I honestly think the clouded leopard and jaguar are the best major brand felines in my collection.

The Schleich 2008 white & Bengal tigers I think are the best tigers. I love the poses and sculpts of Papo's but their paint jobs just look unfinished and I haven't been that happy with the one I have. I also think Schleich did a good job with their lions from the 2006-2010 era. The Schleich leopards I also love and their 2010 cheetah is one of my favorites. Their 2007 jaguar is also really nice.

Papo has my favorite snow leopard and I think they did a good job on their two mountain lions and the leopards and black leopards. CollectA I have the least amount of figures from, but from what I have I really like their snow leopard cubs and that's about it.

I really pick and choose from each brand when it comes to felines just because I have too many lol, but I really think Safari has the best track record and would be great for some more unique/smaller species of felines.

I would LOVE to see more unique felines like you mentioned. I am really happy that I found out about Qingyu's BeautyofBeasts figures because her work is astounding and she has almost every species. Although expensive for me, I think they are definitely worth saving up for and I can't wait to do a walkaround of the figure I have coming in the mail from her

Thanks Lilias, Roger, and Jolie!

The AAA/ELC elephants are pretty comparable to major brands (though I only really have Schleich and a few Safari...)

Next batch.
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Lovely pride of lions and herd of buffalo! I only have a few hippos and rhinos so your photos are really great for comparisons! Definitely love the safari rhinos and the Papo hippos.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Thank you Sunny. :)

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What brand is the large giraffe in this photo ? please

Thats the Safari Vanishing Wild male giraffe.

What a collection :O

It's agreat pleasure to look at your so huge herds and packs because of their special mass and pictural effect and because of their usefull help!

 Looking at your elephants herd, I think I still prefer the Schleich one (just before the last version model)

Very pleasant and useful photos, great comparison topic for all species-oriented hunters, thank you!