Joliezac's New Additions: Papo & Haolonggood *Oct. 7th*

The hoofstock and pachyderms are absolute must haves and the best representants of each species in the market! (the rhino and hippo are, indeed, and for the others there is not much more to choose) I have all of them except the kob, buffalo and oryx - but the latter is in my wishlist.

What a fabulous, wonderful lot you got there !!!

Your great photos make it a joy to look at them here. It is like seing old friends who have grown more beautyful and loveable since I saw them last time

Wow, getting home to such a fantastic selection of parcels to open must've been almost as exciting as going on the trip!

I really like all the CollectA antelope, they'd be my favourite part of your new arrivals batch, but everything is nice to look at - and your puffin collection is great!

Amazing new models, so many interesting species, especially the antelopes! That must have been wonderful to open!

Same comment as Rogério!

Congrats

Another great batch! Congrats!

I got Safari's Incredible Creatures marble ray today and it is just so gorgeous I HAVE to show photos!

I knew it would be on the larger side so I was planning on using it for a coral reef shelf swimming over all my tropical fish that are just a bit too unbelievably big for my other reef dwellers. And WOW! The detail on this ray is incredible!

The way the 'fins?' curve up in the front makes it look just like its swimming through the reef   The spots are really beautiful with some being painted in sharp spots while larger blotches underneath fade into the black body.

The eyes are my favorite part of the whole model, they look real! If this model was in a shallow water I would think it was a real animal  

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The tail and all the flaps underneath are sculpted really beautifully, you can tell a lot of effort went into this model.

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The underside is just as detailed!

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Here it is with some of my other rays for an idea of size. About the same size as the cownose ray

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And of course I had to take a quick photo inspired by my favorite childhood movie Finding Nemo  

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I like that ray

Beautiful and very tempting, how long and wide it is please ?

The last photo is fantastic! Looks like there is also merchandise of this scene :)
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Really beautiful model. The ondulating shape and the rich painting make it looks like a gate to a different galaxy.

I really like that ray; wish it was smaller in their Sealife line though. It's too big for me (I assume you have it photographed next to the IC cownose ray and not the Sealife cownose).

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The ray is 20.5 cm from the tip of the tail to the mouth and 13 cm wide.

or 8 inches long and 5 wide

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I always have an inner struggle with IC. Some of their models are such great species and detailed so wonderfully that I HAVE to get them, but they unfortunately just don't fit with my other models size wise. I have 3 separate shelves dedicated to extremely "oversized" models though and I love them.

Also, I didn't know there was a cownose ray in the Sealife collection! I don't know how I could of missed that as I have almost all of their sealife, I'll have to grab that one now!

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Now I'm tempted to make a display of Nemo's reef

Joliezac wrote:

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The ray is 20.5 cm from the tip of the tail to the mouth and 13 cm wide.

or 8 inches long and 5 wide

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I always have an inner struggle with IC. Some of their models are such great species and detailed so wonderfully that I HAVE to get them, but they unfortunately just don't fit with my other models size wise. I have 3 separate shelves dedicated to extremely "oversized" models though and I love them.

Also, I didn't know there was a cownose ray in the Sealife collection! I don't know how I could of missed that as I have almost all of their sealife, I'll have to grab that one now!

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Now I'm tempted to make a display of Nemo's reef

I know what you mean; I did get their IC sting ray. It's big but not overwhelmingly so.

Oh wow. I've never paid much attention to the incredible creatures line, but I'm starting to think I may have to get a few. This one is just so nice, arguably one of the nicer rays I've seen. I love the movement it captures.

Wonderful, great photos

I have this beauty also, and agree that it is a gem !

Routinely I was checking TAW and was surprised that I got no result, but for some reason it is there as a Round ribbontail ray
Perhaps I should try to change that

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Wonderful, great photos

I have this beauty also, and agree that it is a gem !

Routinely I was checking TAW and was surprised that I got no result, but for some reason it is there as a Round ribbontail ray  
Perhaps I should try to change that  

Safari official information:

"This stingray is known by many names, including Black-blotched Stingray, Black-spotted Stingray, Round Ribbontail Ray, Speckled Stingray, and - when its coloration is dark with lighter gray and white speckling - the Marble Ray. This large ray can grow up to six feet across and is found in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Scientific Name: Taeniura meyeni"

It is the same as Taeniurops meyeni and we use the Wikipedia page name that is round ribbontail ray, Fishbase uses the same common name in their entry. I believe you don't need to change it.

After Safari's elusive Pacific white-sided dolphin, the Safari queen triggerfish from their "flippers, fins, and fun" set was my most wanted figure. I had the complete set when I was younger but I sadly lost the triggerfish and green sea turtle years ago. Because those figures were really sentimental to me, I was determined to at least find the triggerfish again, if not the whole set.

After years of waiting and searching, I was very grateful to get the complete set from WhiteLightningWolf!!

I am so happy to finally have these figures again and in brand new condition! My grouper, diver, and coral were pretty faded, and although I still love the figures, Its always nice to have new ones to really show off how lovely the figure is.


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The new figures next to my original ones:

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This grouper has always been one of my favorite figures, its the size of a TOOB figure but more detailed and overall just a wonderful model! I'm very happy to now have a new one

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The green sea turtle is nothing extraordinary but I'm very happy to have it back in my collection

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Then the whole reason for the set, the beautiful queen triggerfish!!! It's even nicer than I remember and I am so happy and grateful to have found another one after all these years, I didn't think I'd ever get one again.

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These are perhaps my 2 favorite figures ever.. Having to replace both was a long search but now that they are back in my collection I am absolutely overjoyed! This triggerfish was my most wanted figure after the dolphin, I can't wait to add them to my displays  

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This is an amazing set Jolie - so glad you were able to obtain a brand new one.

Oh man, I've wanted that set for years for the grouper and triggerfish! I didn't realize Paige had one all this time LOL

EDIT: Sorry, Fallon, not Paige (I get my 'wolves' mixed up from time to time )

The flippers, fins and fun queen triggerfish!!!! One of my very very very very wished figures, and probably my most wished of all Safari LTD animals! (as you know I'm unable to accept the Incredible Creatures version of it, due to size). Congrats for get it :)

It's great to be able to share your joy, there are models that have a particular importance and that we despair of finding and then one fine day, we are fulfilled beyond our expectations. Congratulations Jolie 

Big congratulations. I dont know before that the triggerfish is so rare.

They're really beautiful and it is so nice when figures give us such a big joy as those are giving to you.
I confess I am impressed with that grouper, what an extraordinary model considering how small it is.