Aeglil's modest collection

My latest acquisition: Safari's jumbo moose (Wildlife Wonders) Sorry for the bad quality of the picture, I used my phone, not my camera.

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I just love it. Moose are one of the most majestic ungulates, and mammals, ever created.
And at least, unlike my wapiti, his four legs are standing on the ground

Nice catch

My cetaceans (my vaquita and my blue whale are missing)

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Nice again

Thanks

Now, my three camelids (Collecta 2x + Papo)

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I love my figurines almost as much as my books

Nice collections, both animal and literary.

Nice collection!

I have those camels too. I like them a lot. That Safari moose is in my etternally belated plans. Beautiful rainbow shelf of books.

Thank you everybody.

My collection is still very humble, but slowly growing (around 150 toy models now). Since I'm not really a collector, I don't accumulate figurines, and I limit myself to the models still available in the market, most often cetaceans and ungulates, with a few exceptions as you will see.
Don't expect to find old and rare stuff, as my passion started only recently.

New World...

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...and Old World deer (all from Collecta except for the moose which is a Schleich)

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Whale shark & young (Papo), leatherback turtle (Papo).and basking shark (Collecta)

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A Pandinus imperator (Bullyland) faces an Androctonus australis (Papo). The little sculpted scorpion between them is lying on amber from the Baltic sea.

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Somewhere in Angola, a warthog family (Schleich) meets a couple of giant sable antelopes (Collecta)

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Very nice collection! Some very nice choices. I love the Papo whale shark so much. CollectA’s ungulates are a must

Great collection :) Cool book and movie collection too :)

Very good choices!

Nice collection Aeglil, I never noticed the Bullyland Scorpio was so nice

Thank you all

Kikimalou wrote:

Nice collection Aeglil, I never noticed the Bullyland Scorpio was so nice

Thanks. The Mojö Fun is not bad either. But I don't like Schleich's model at all.

I agree

That gint sable / warthog meeting is much probably in Cangandala. They're doing a great job t preserve the giant sable antelope.

Now another picture of my cetaceans , including the vaquita and the right whale.
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Nice again

widukind wrote:

Nice again

Danke schön

MySafari Ltd life-size galago/bush baby.

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I remember I saw one at night in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Two bright yellow spots glowing in the dark and hopping from tree to tree like a forest spirit.

a nice figure

When I started collecting animal toy figures six months ago only (I previously bought some whale and dolphin replicas in the 2000's and 2010's), I swore by Collecta only.
This brand comes second to none when it comes to create obscure species or even subspecies (well, on some occasions a bit too obscure, hello dead blobfish ) in toy shape. And their ungulates, especially those made in the last decade, are pure masterpieces with a meticulous paintjob.

In my humble opinion, models from Papo were too generic or common/mundane (as well as too European-centered). Schleich figurines were sometimes too toyish and aimed at kids (instead of adult collectors).
And to me, Safari's own creations were poorly painted compared to Collecta's (and also often North American-centered)

But that was before I developed a crush on their Toob, Wildlife Wonders and above all, Incredible Creatures lines.
That's how I began to adopt small critters too, sometimes at a 1.1 scale.
Six months ago, I decided to focus on cetaceans and ungulates, and now I am also surrounded by arthropods, molluscs, fish, reptiles, birds, eulipotyphia, rodents/lagomorphs, carnivores and primates.

Here are my last acquisitions:

American alligator (Wildlife Wonders)
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Anaconda and boa constrictor
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Albino Burmese python and emerald tree boa
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Eastern chipmunk and chinchilla
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Senegal bushbaby and squirrel monkey
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Leopard gecko, tuatara and crested gecko
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California spiny lobster and Maine lobster
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Coming soon: Atlantic goliath grouper and blue crab, four-toed hedgehog and red-eared slider.

It's a shame that the tokay gecko, the Nile monitor, the Gila monster and the Argentine horned (pacman) frog are nowhere to be found.

I honestly think that Safari Ltd should release some of their long discontinued figures which aged well, perhaps with a new, more accurate paintwork, provided that they kept the molds.
A new generation of kids would love playing with these realistic and educational toys. And collectors would be very thrilled to finally get their hands on these sought after models without getting broke.

Congrats on the new additions! I adore Safari’s IC line. I have the Safari Tokay gecko, Nile monitor, Pac-Man frog. They are really great figures but they were so hard to find and not cheap. I’m currently looking for the Gila monster but saw it sell for almost $400 on eBay recently! Really crazy what some of the older models go for. I’d also love to find the whites tree frog and mudpuppy, but again those are very rare too. I’m sure many would be happy to have them available again (maybe not the people who already own them!)

Beautieful giants