Leyster's Collection

Binomial name: Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758
Classification:Placentalia->Boreoeutheria->Laurasiatheria->Scrotifera->Ferungulata->Ferae->Carnivora->Caniformia->Canoidea->Arctoidea->Ursida->Ursoidea->Ursidae
Time: Calabrian (Pleistocene)-Recent
Formation: historically much of the northern hemisphere, including the Atlas Mountains of North Africa. Nowadays their range is much more restricted.
Manifacturer and date of release: Kitan Club, 2013
Sculptor: KOW
Scale: 1:32 for an Hokkaido bear (which this figure represent, being part of the "Nature of Japan" series)
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Never though I'd find a brand with perhaps better quality than Kaiyodo, but happy to be corrected

A comparison with one of the biggest theropods around (one sadly very underrated and poorly known) in the same scale, just to emphasize the difference between the size dinosaurs can attain thanks to their adaptations.
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Of course inspired by this picture, which aged like milk:
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I'm afraid that "cunning and long-lasting energy" are not enough  >
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Binomial name: Ornithomimus edmontonicus (Russell, 1972)
Classification: Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Coelurosauria->Tyrannoraptora->Maniraptoromorpha->Neocoelurosauria->Maniraptoriformes->Ornithomimosauria->Ornithomimidae
Time: Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Horseshoe Canyon Formation (present day Canada)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2022
Sculptor: Sugaya Naka?
Scale: 1:30
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Binomial name: Equus quagga (Boddaert, 1785)
Classification: Placentalia->Boreoeutheria->Laurasiatheria->Scrotifera->Ferungulata->Paneuungulata->Ungulata->Perissodactyla->Hippomorpha->Equoidea->Equidae->Equinae->Equini->Equina
Time: Pleistocene-Recent
Formation: South and eastern Africa
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2018
Sculptor: Naka Sugaya
Scale: 1:32 for a smallish specimen

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A nice zebra, mine is on my 1/35 shelves

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A nice zebra, mine is on my 1/35 shelves

Yes it had to be a small specimen to be 1/32, but since I regroup most of my modern animals in the closest available scate, I supposed it would somehow fit.



Binomial name: Nannopterygius enthekiodon (Hulke, 1871)
Classification: Ichthyosauromorpha->Ichthyosauriformes->Ichthyopterygia->Eoichthyosauria->Ichthyosauria->Hueneosauria->Longipinnati->Merriamosauria->Neoichthyosauria->Thunnosauria->Ophthalmosauridae->Ophthalmosaurinae
Time: Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Kimmeridge Clay Formation (present-day UK)
Manifacturer and date of release: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Sculptor: PNSO, 2016
Scale: 1:38
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Despite being identified as Ophthalmosaurus, to me the proportions of the PNSO mini look more closely matching Nannopterygius, expecially in flipper size.

Binomial name: Mapusaurus roseae Coria and Currie, 2006
Classification:Dinosauria->Theropoda->Neotheropoda->Averostra->Tetanurae->Carnosauria->Allosauroidea->Allosauria->Carcharodontosauria->Carcharodontosauridae->Carcharodontosaurinae->Giganotosaurini
Time: Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Huincul Formation (present day Argentina)
Manifacturer and date of release: PNSO, 2023
Sculptor: somebody in the atelier of Zhao Chuang
Scale: 1:30 for the largest specimen

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Binomial name: Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Classification: Placentalia->Boreoeutheria->Laurasiatheria->Scrotifera->Ferungulata->Ferae->Carnivora->Feliformia->Felidae->Pantherinae
Time: Pleistocene - Recent
Formation: historically from Turkey to Russia, now restricted to eastern Russia, India, south-east Asia and Sumatra.
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2019
Sculptor: Shinobu Matsumura
Scale: 1:27 for an average specimen. It miiigh be 1:32 for an exceptionally large specimen (Brander, 1923).
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The size is extimated after a discussion on [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 's [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Lovely tiger

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] I agree!


Binomial name: Apatosaurus louisae Holland, 1916
Classification: Dinosauria->Sauropodomorpha->Bagualosauria->Massopoda->Sauropodiformes->Sauropoda->Eusauropoda->Neosauropoda->Diplodocoidea->Diplodocimorpha->Flagellicaudata->Diplodocidae->Apatosaurinae
Time: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian (Late Jurassic)
Formation: Carnegie Quarry, Dinosaur National Monument Quarry, Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation
Manifacturer and date of release: Haolonggood, 2023
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:33 based on CM 3018 (holotype)
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And my review of this model

Beautiful thing, I will probably stay with my Safari Ltd because of lack of place and money but it is very tempting.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the Safari is another really nice model, I haven't got one myself only because it's like 1/50 and at that time it would've looked lonely next to bigger 1/40 models.

Binomial name: Polyptychoceras pseudogaultinum Yokoyama, 1890
Classification: Ammonoidea->Ammonitida->Ancyloceratina or Turrilitina->Diplomoceratidae->Polyptychoceratinae
Time: Santonian-Campanian (Late Cretaceous)
Formation: Haborogawa Formation (present-day Japan), Benguela basin (present-day Angola), Gmunden (present-day Austria), Naibuchi Area (present-day Russia)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2006
Sculptor: Eiichiro Matsumoto
Scale: 1/4
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A paperclip

Interesting figure. When I saw the top part first, I thought it looked like a drinking straw. What is its function?

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] it's still up to debate but probably it has something to do with changing the orientation of the animal to the surface or the sea floor.

Here are some papers on the matter:
Hoffmann et al. 2021
Kakabadze, 2016
Monks & Young, 1998

Binomial name: Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)
Classification: Placentalia->Atlantogenata->Afrotheria->Paenungulata->Tethytheria->Proboscidea->Elephantiformes->Elephantimorpha->Elephantidae->Elephantinae
Time: Chibanian(Late Pleistocene) - Recent
Formation: sub-Saharian Africa
Manifacturer and date of release: Eikoh, 2019
Sculptor: ?
Scale: 1:32
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I wholeheartedly agree with [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] about this being the nicest 1/32 african elephant figure

Very nice!

It's a great model. I think I like it because it reminds me of the old Britains model.

Really nice

A nice one, one of my favorite

Binomial name: Protoceratops andrewsi Granger & Gregory, 1923
Classification: Dinosauria->Ornithischia->Genasauria->Neornithischia->Marginocephalia->Ceratopsia->Neoceratopsia->Coronosauria->Protoceratopsidae
Time: Santonian- Campanian? Might even be Maastrichtian* (late Cretaceous)
Formation: Djadochta Formation (present day China)
Manifacturer and date of release: Kaiyodo, 2004
Sculptor: Seishi Yamamoto
Scale: 1:28
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*recent studies suggest that the entire Nemegt, Barun Goyot and Djadochta might be more or less contemporaneous habitats instead of diachronous formations as preoviously suggested.

This is still the nicest looking Protoceratops around, if you ask me. Amazing paintjob for such a small figure.

so colourful!