Takara Tomy Primary color picture book series Japanese dragonfly

Primary color picture book series Japanese dragonfly will be released in August 2022. A total of 5 types.

01. Anotogaster sieboldii
02. Anax parthenope
03. Orthetrum albistylum speciosum
04. Rhyothemis fuliginosa
05. Sympetrum frequens

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Beautiful

Dragonflies are so extremely underrepresented in figure forms, that is a very refreshing new. Blaine will be happy. Maybe all of them can be new species in animal toy world?

Only # 05 is new; the other four species were produced by Yujin in the Insects of Japan series, and A. sieboldii has been made several times.

This appears to be follow-up to last year's 1:1 Primary Mimetic Insects Collection

One more very special set that we could hardly see in a Western company. Thanks for sharing!

The 1/1 scale is a good news for me, I would love to catch one at least especially Rhyothemis fuliginosa. 

Kikimalou wrote:

The 1/1 scale is a good news for me, I would love to catch one at least especially Rhyothemis fuliginosa. 

... and I am almost sure the Anax parthenope is the species I used to find constantly during my childhood.

Roger wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

The 1/1 scale is a good news for me, I would love to catch one at least especially Rhyothemis fuliginosa. 

... and I am almost sure the Anax parthenope is the species I used to find constantly during my childhood.

It can be maybe the commonest hawker dragonfly in Iberian peninsula, together with A. imperator and Aeshna mixta. But my impression is that the two latter are more restricted to natural habitats, while A. parthenope supports better the urban environments.

This nice specimen went to a light trap in a entomological trip I did previous year:
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Roger wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

The 1/1 scale is a good news for me, I would love to catch one at least especially Rhyothemis fuliginosa. 

... and I am almost sure the Anax parthenope is the species I used to find constantly during my childhood.

It can be maybe the commonest hawker dragonfly in Iberian peninsula, together with A. imperator and Aeshna mixta. But my impression is that the two latter are more restricted to natural habitats, while A. parthenope supports better the urban environments.

This nice specimen went to a light trap in a entomological trip I did previous year:
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entomological trap on a entomological trip.
I can't be 100% sure about the species. Those were creatures I used to watch 40 years ago and dragonflies were just dragonflies, I was not aware at the time about different species. I can't remember their colors, what I remember is seeing them flying like helicopters over watering holes and suddenly performing those vertiginous dives. I lived in a place in the suburbes of a village and close to a natural park. I probably watched more than one species but I don't think the usual ones were emperors.

They are available HERE

They look beautiful but the basis upset me, too present for my taste

Thanks for the nice information of these insects .

Kikimalou wrote:

They look beautiful but the basis upset me, too present for my taste

they are removable from the bases, just like the Yujin fish from a year or two ago

bmathison1972 wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

They look beautiful but the basis upset me, too present for my taste

they are removable from the bases, just like the Yujin fish from a year or two ago

I understand Blaine but these are flying and they will fly on the ground if I remove the base or I need to make another base