Kikimalou's "Scale" collection - 1/4 shelves - updated March 25 2023

After visiting floors [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]of my collection, I invite you to discover something different.
We are going to leave the ”standard scales” which are between 1/10 and 1/40 to land at the 1/4 floor.
Here my collection is much smaller, it only counts 40 individuals.
In the toys realm, we are on the scale of classic dolls.
The problems here are no longer the same as in the scales presented previously.
At 1/18 a human of 1m80 measures 10 cm, at 1/20 he measures 9cm and at 1/15 he reaches 12cm. Between 1/15 and 1/20, the difference is only 3cm.
At 1/4, he measures 45cm, at the next higher scale, the 1/3, he would measure 60cm and at 1/5 he would not rise higher than 30cm. Between 1/3 and 1/5 we go from simple to double.
the consequence of all this is, for most miniatures, I have no choice between several scales, rare are the species with a size disparity of such magnitude.

With 40 residents, the geographical presentation is less significant as we will see, it is still possible but no more than a more taxonomic presentation or of the "joyful organized mess" type.
Indeed, there is no longer any question of showing different biotopes of the same continent, the geography is much more basic.

Africa, two species only: Yujin Jackson's chameleon female and K&M Fischer’s chameleon.
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North America: Ikimon Axolotl, Schleich Eastern chipmunk, Safari Ltd Bonytail chub, Kaiyodo Eastern Coral Snake and Yujin Black-knobbed map turtle.
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South America: Yujin Common Surinam toad, Famemaster Toco toucan and CollectA Long-tailed chinchilla.
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Asia: Furuta White-bellied green pigeon, Kaiyodo Siberian Flying Squirrel, CollectA Green tree python, Kaiyodo Pika and Fairy pitta.
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Australia: S&N Eastern brown snake, CollectA Bearded dragon and Safari Ltd Platypus.
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Europe: Kaiyodo Great spotted woodpecker and a female Least weasel in white coat.
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Japan: Kaiyodo Muennink's spiny rat, Japanese striped snake, Colorata Okinawa woodpecker, Kaiyodo Mamushi and Yujin Japanese common toad.
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Japan rivers and lakes: Kaiyodo Fourspine sculpin and Black Kokanee
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Madagascar loneliness: Yujin Panther chameleon.
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Octopus garden: CollectA common octopus, Papo Common starfish, Kaiyodo Blotchy swellshark young, Yujin Yellow tang, Yellow longnose butterflyfish and Kaiyodo Red-streaked Box Crab.
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Palaeozoic: CollectA Redlichia rex (Cambrian) and Kaiyodo Bothriolepis (Devonian).
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For Rogério, even here you will find some dinosaurs !

Jurassic and Triassic: Kaiyodo Sinemys gamera, PNSO Tianyulong, Anchiornis and Odontochelys.
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A few more pics

Birds
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Mammals
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Reptiles and frogs
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Snakes
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Swimmers
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Lovely figures. Good old STS memories

Great to see such a small scale. Lots of beautiful models here too. I really like the Kaiyodo crab. No elephants?

Wonderful pics, but the Yujin Jackson's chameleon isn't a female, it's a baby/hatchling

I was not expecting to see so many figures at this large scale.
Again, it surprises me to see how some creatures are much smaller or larger than I ever thought, especially the chipmunk.
To give an idea,the most popular Barbie dolls are at 1:6 scale, so all of these are too large to the fashion doll although recently even Barbie received larger pieces at 1:4 scale to accommodate more detailed clothes.
Wonderful to see extinct dinosaurs also at this scale and I enjoy so much the last pictures.

Okinawa woodpecker, Pigeon and other birds are splendid,

Congratulations

It is just so neat scroll past a photo of birds, once past you realize it had something strange, scroll back up, and concede it was correct all along.

Fantastic photos as always my friend!

widukind wrote:

Lovely figures. Good old STS memories

Indeed

Taos wrote:

rogerpgvg wrote:

Great to see such a small scale. Lots of beautiful models here too. I really like the Kaiyodo crab. No elephants?

Not even an elephant shrew

bmathison1972 wrote:

Wonderful pics, but the Yujin Jackson's chameleon isn't a female, it's a baby/hatchling

Of course you're right, when I bought him in the 2000s, he had been sold to me as a female, it was a little wrong but I told myself that I doubted for lack of knowledge. At that time the web was much less provided than today. There, reading your comment: but damn it, it's obvious

Roger wrote:

I was not expecting to see so many figures at this large scale.
Again, it surprises me to see how some creatures are much smaller or larger than I ever thought, especially the chipmunk.
To give an idea,the most popular Barbie dolls are at 1:6 scale, so all of these are too large to the fashion doll although recently even Barbie received larger pieces at 1:4 scale to accommodate more detailed clothes.
Wonderful to see extinct dinosaurs also at this scale and I enjoy so much the last pictures.

Eastern chipmunks are around 30cm long including tail, the Schleich one is 1/4.3 scale but I don't have a display for that scale so I let this poor animal here as a 28cm long Eastern chipmunk.

Indeed 1/4 is the scale of 45cm dolls. As for the last photo, I'm suspicious, I know how Portuguese people often want to find a box with oil to put fish in.

landrover wrote:

Okinawa woodpecker, Pigeon and other birds are splendid,

Congratulations

Thank you Fernando

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

It is just so neat scroll past a photo of birds, once past you realize it had something strange, scroll back up, and concede it was correct all along.

Fantastic photos as always my friend!

Something strange, you mean the Anchiornis ?

I love how many reptiles and amphibians are in this scale collection. Really nice models, many I have never seen before. I really need to look in Japanese models someday, but I am afraid I will not ever make it back out again once I do.

Yes Kiki, your dino bird fits right in with his descendants whom have inherited the earth.

Jill wrote:

I love how many reptiles and amphibians are in this scale collection. Really nice models, many I have never seen before. I really need to look in Japanese models someday, but I am afraid I will not ever make it back out again once I do.

Yes, the way of Japan is very dangerous, some never come back. If you like amphibians I guess my 1/1 collection will delight you

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Yes Kiki, your dino bird fits right in with his descendants whom have inherited the earth.

I really like the Okinawa woodpecker, the toad, as well as the adult chameleon

lucky luke wrote:

I really like the Okinawa woodpecker, the toad, as well as the adult chameleon        

Et c'est tout ? Thank you Jean-Luc

interesting to see the group photos sizes, especially the mammals.
I really love this piece - Kaiyodo Bothriolepis

sunny wrote:

interesting to see the group photos sizes, especially the mammals.
I really love this piece - Kaiyodo Bothriolepis

At last someone likes my mammals... and the Bothriolepis Too many reptiles, fish and birds addicts here

Very interesting to see different species at the same scale!

I am tempted by this Mojo green python!

Fantastic collection! I love the group photos of all the birds together and all the mammals together
I wasn't familiar with the Ikimon Axolotl model. It looks amazing

Kikimalou wrote:

sunny wrote:

interesting to see the group photos sizes, especially the mammals.
I really love this piece - Kaiyodo Bothriolepis

At last someone likes my mammals... and the Bothriolepis  Too many reptiles, fish and birds addicts here

I like the mammals too. I always like mammals, but I just thought the Kaiyodo crab was particularly good.

Indeed it is, the whole crab series is great, even if they aren't at the same scale.