Saarlooswolfhound's new additions *10/31 Prior fish and more!*

Thank you everyone. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], I am more than happy to "sacrifice" for the better good of TAW.

My Safari order came. MBA models I am sure are retiring and the dinosaurs confirmed to be retiring from a source on DTF. I also snagged the okapi, estemmenosuchus, and arctic fox.
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The MBA serie is phantastic

Really lovely new additions! Really sad to see the MBA collection go… Luckily I have the whole series. Happy to see the okapi! I feel that model was overlooked.

More and more Nice animals.
The Koalas, rhino and dinos...are splendid.
Congratulations.

Thank you Andreas, Taylor, Jolie, and Fernando!

Augh! So much to talk about! But most excitingly, my collection has FINALLY been moved to a place of accessibility and I am THRILLED. A little over a year ago when I moved my huge collection went from a large display room to being in storage. For the last year it has been in a loft type of area that was difficult to keep organized and get stuff out of. That put projects on hold or at least drastically slowed (like renovating my website). Now it has been moved and I hope to get back to it all and get back up to speed!

Finally got my Toymany sharks and I adore them! some appendages need to be adjusted from their trip but these are really nice models, I thought I liked them from others' photos but boy they are handsome sculpts. Some paint mistakes on 2 of mine but otherwise the application is really well done too!

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Then after "reading" (listening to audiobooks) on my commute to work I have been on a turn for nonfiction dinosaur books. This in turn got me appreciating our history of understanding prehistory and knowing what we do now. I came across this listing a while ago (years?) on ebay for a Crystal Palace inspired iguanodon. The maker wasn't making any more sadly. Then coincidently they just picked it up again and I snagged one right up! From a 3D printing artist called Relics of Gaia if I remember correctly. Its a lovely and unique piece for my ranks now.

With my only other iguanodon model.
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Good to read that you can get to your collection more easily again. Can you display it on shelves now too or is that still something for the future?

Indeed, the sharks look good. I just checked and they are relatively cheap too.

Wow, Toymny sharks. Can you please tell me the species and do you have a link please?

Wonder additions and love the old style Iguanadon. .When I lived in London I went to see these models and it was great to see them and how much has changed in our understanding of Dinosaurs!

Congratulations on getting your collection somewhere more handy! Very excited for you to be able to interact with it more and hopefully get it somewhere you can see and enjoy it again. :)

The iguanodon models are crazy as a look at understanding prehistory timeline! Very cool!

Those Toymany sharks look awesome. They seem to have a huge variety in quality of their sets. There is a horse set that leaves much to be desired.

I'm so happy for you that you can enjoy back your collection.

Thank you Roger, Andreas, Jill, and Roger!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], sadly they are not on display and are still in storage boxes. Hopefully in a year or so (fingers crossed) they can be on display again! But for now I am satisfied that I don't have to climb a ladder 10 feet into the air to a loft ledge to access any of them. My knees are most grateful!

@Andreas, someone identified them on the ATF in the Toymany topic there. I will try to find the IDs (I haven't added them to my collection list yet) for you. Here they are Amazon for you if you haven't found them already.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], the Toymany sets are still all over the place in sculpting/bootlegging quality. BUT I have enjoyed their sets that are unique and can say they are really well done!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], me too my friend, me too. I didn't realize until this move how much my collection means to me. Not necessarily in worldly ownership means, but its a hobby that truly brings me joy and passes time.

Ok! I indulged myself a bit with prehistorics and new discoveries... Lets get down to it!

My new additions!
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Got the painted Bully mammoth and its calf (love them!), the reproductions (?) of the gomphotherium and andrewsarchus, FINALLY got the TNG smilodon and it was sooooo worth the wait!, the baby maiasaura to the Mom I got a few months back, I almost have a complete Schleich  junior dino line (only missing the quetzalcoatlus model and I would like the blue variant spino too), found a small nayab copy(?) raccoon that may turn into a custom, and then the Kinto Favorite T rex keychain and Safari Ltd. Sue the T rex skull keychain!

As a quick aside, a lot of these are models I have dreamed about for some time since I began collecting as a kid in 2009 but Sue the T rex holds a special place in my heart. I got to see her ad a traveling exhibit as a child and she amazed me then. I still have the small stuffed T rex from that first visit.  The exhibit returned when I was a young adult and I enjoyed just as much then. I would love to find the other Sue Safari items from back in the day but this keychain, as silly as it may be, thrills me to have in hand anyhow.

THEN I made a new friend from a store online and he was incredibly kind. Without boring you all, I was suler excited to see these catalogues for sale online for about 1$ a piece! This has filled so many holes in my catalogue collection and I am so excited to thumb through the pages and enjoy the material. I even was able to buy a small booklet produced by the Korbach museum for the Procynosuchus exhibit! Its all in German so I can't read it but I don't care. :) I also got a brochure thing advertising Bullys prehistoric mammals line which I now know I nearly have completed also. :)

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And now humor me in my excitement... some group photos outside!
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My TNG prehistoric mammals collection together at last!
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My flock of smilodons.
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Working on my mammoth herd.
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Then I am really proud of my prehistoric elephant family tree. I have another on the way as I type!
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Alright, this is all for now!

Superb additions!!!!The TNG models looking stunning.With regards to the catalogues let me know if you still are missing some as I may be able to help.

I fixed the first photo as I accidently copied the amazon link from before.

Thank you Taylor! I will definitely hit you up with more info soon. Thank you my dear friend!

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Wow, Toymny sharks. Can you please tell me the species and do you have a link please?

If the set is this one, here are the species.

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The shark species identified on ATF are the bonnethead, brown banded bamboo juvenile (though it incorrectly has claspers), black tip, lemon, pelagic thresher, shortfin mako, white, and saw sharks.

I got a fantastic package from my good friend Taylor the other day! And as usual he spoiled me.

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This flamingo is missing its feet sadly but I haven't seen this color variation before. The elephant is my new show piece for my collection as my childhood model was overly loved. I got the rest of the 2023 Schleich and some Papo, collectA, and other fun things like crustaceans!

He was so kind as to include some Kinders; most notably the white wolf. The others in this group will custom projects so keep an eye out for them!

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I am thrilled to have another spanish bull from Papo AND Toros Bravos! The papo young smilodon, Invicta Plesiosaur... Taylor was so kind as to grab a BRAND NEW in bag and with tag Ambelodon! Now I nearly have all the elephant ancestors I would like.

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And of course... DOGS! I adore the AAA, lots of fun MEG, a couple really nice small unkown brand dogs, and even a pack of made in china type cats! They have slightly goofy faces but otherwise are lovely figures.

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And as if that wasn't enough, he sent me a lovely card and another book!

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THANK YOU THANK YOU Taylor! Now I hope yours arrives soon.

that was wonderful and kind of Taylor! Congratulations on all your new figures Paige!

I was looking at your wolves the other day and thought to myself that you were missing that Kinder white wolf! I was going to look thru my figures to put one aside for you, but here you go - Taylor gave you one:D excellent!

Glad that your prehistoric ele collection is growing!

Great to see them all in their new home!

Taylor has many powers and it is wonderful to see all these figures in your collection. Maybe the one I'm most excited about is the Safari Amebelodon.

Very delayed thank you my friends. :)

I have more to share but am waiting on one more package. I had simultaneously great luck and terrible luck this week. First of the week I had wonderful luck finding lots of canids on my wishlist for rather reasonable prkces!!! Then later on in the week things got terrible because my poor car is having issues again and I am almost at my wits end with it.... So sadly my collection may need a bit of a break which always saddens me.

Anywho, I am too excited to show off my new canine friends I wanted to just go ahead and do it. :)

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First, a couple of white GSDs from a Schleich advent calendar sold by WhiteLightningWolf. Then after YEARS of searching I found a Breyer stablemates Haunted Hayride set for a price that wouldn't kill my wallet! And I *think* that also came from a forum member too... Lastly, all the rest conveniently came from the same seller in Japan that I have gotten other treasures from before; and they only took like 3 days to reach me! Various brands here including Eikoh, Kaiyodo, Colorata; Raccoon dogs, a Japanese fox, gray wolf, Japanese Kai Ken dog, dhole, and bat eared fox. 

Most of them came to me on the same day my car broke down! My consolation prize for my misfortune I guess.