Kikimalou's "Scale" collection - the 1/5 shelf - updated September 28 2024

This week I'd like to take you on a tour of the 1/5 floor. This scale is sandwiched between the dolls (1/4) and the Barbie dolls (1/6). 70 animals are roaming around, much to my delight. There are quite a few birds here (23), followed by reptiles (16) and mammals (11).

East Africa: Kaiyodo Fischer's Turaco, Four-toed hedgehogs, Greater painted-snipe and Northern white-faced owl, Bandai Babcock leopard tortoise
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Madagascar: Herping Angonoka tortoise, Yujin Parson's Chameleon and AAA Ring-tailed lemur
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Gulf of Lion: Papo Edible crab, Bullyland Black-headed gull and Kaiyodo Little owl. The Edible crab is invited here since it is still not completely recognized as a Mediterranean species.
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Alps: Papo Red squirrel  and Eurasian magpie, Kaiyodo Least weasel, Little grebe, Rock Ptarmigan and Spotted nutcracker, Animal Kingdom Common cuckoo
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China: Yujin Chinese box turtle and Yellow pond turtle
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Japan: Kitan Club Bonin flying fox, Kaiyodo Japanese scops owl, Lidth's Jay, Okinawa rail and Ryukyu flying fox
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South-east Asia: Kinto Favorite Asian arowana, Custom Samar cobra, Yujin Spiny turtles, Yujin Boulenger's Asian tree toad, Play Visions Blood python and Kaiyodo Big-headed turtle
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Melanesia: SSS Australasian swamphen, Yujin Fiji Banded Iguana , Kaiyodo Reimann’s snake-necked turtle
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Australia and Tasmania: Bandai Blue-winged kookaburra, S&N Australian boobook, Australian magpie, Eastern barred bandicoot, Galah and Numbat, Safari Ltd Laughing kookaburra
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North America: Safari Ltd Red-crowned amazon, Schleich Prairie rattlesnake, CollectA Ivory-billed woodpecker, Kaiyodo Smallmouth bass and Yujin Gila Monster
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Central America: Safari ltd Nine-banded Armadillo and yujin Plumed Basilisk
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South America: Bullyland Toco toucan, Papo Red-bellied piranha and Golden lion tamarin, Fame Master Scarlet macaw
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Ocean: Takara Glowing sucker octopus and Predatory tunicate,  Colorata Ribbon eel, Safari Ltd Brownbanded bamboo shark juvenile, Kitan Club Wrought Iron Butterflyfish, Kaiyodo Sargassumfish and Epoch Roundbelly Cowfish
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Freshwater fish
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Mammals
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Birds
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Owls
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Reptiles
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Snakes
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Turtles
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Weirdos
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Magnificent Christophe, great animals and fantastic photos

Merci Jean-Luc

Wonderful models and collection!

Thank you to be here Taylor

In a world where the metric system rules, 1:5 scale should be a traditional one.
Ironically, it seems to be a quite alternative scale.
Though, considering the amount of figures you have gathered and their diversity, I think we could name it the Kiki scale... or turtle scale.
I love the weirdos, it's like their from another planet.

Indeed, many turtles here. This scale nicely shows the diversity in turtles. Common cuckoos are surprisingly rare as models, good that Kaiyodo made one (it's a Kaiyodo, isn't it?) The hedgehogs are cute and the flying fox with plant is a stunning sculpture. Looking forward to seeing the Barbie dolls on your 1/6 shelf next time.

Yay another scale topic! Seeing that large AAA lemur makes me want an IC one from Safari

Those freshwater and Kaiyodo fish are gorgeous, I love the colors and extra accessories on them.

Once again the Yujin reptiles are amazing.

I love the diversity and how you display your collection. Do you have photos of them grouped on your shelves in their respective places? I'd love to see that. I remember seeing pictures of your collection some time ago, but I'm sure it has grown much larger since then.

Roger wrote:

In a world where the metric system rules, 1:5 scale should be a traditional one.
Ironically, it seems to be a alternative scale.
Though, considering the amount of figures you have gathered and their diversity, I think we could name it the Kiki scale... or turtle scale.
I love the weirdos, it's like their from another planet.

Kiki scale... Weirdos deserves to be loves indeed

rogerpgvg wrote:

Indeed, many turtles here. This scale nicely shows the diversity in turtles. Common cuckoos are surprisingly rare as models, good that Kaiyodo made one (it's a Kaiyodo, isn't it?) The hedgehogs are cute and the flying fox with plant is a stunning sculpture. Looking forward to seeing the Barbie dolls on your 1/6 shelf next time.

The Common cuckoos is an Animal Kingdom, which copied the Kaiyodo. It isn't the same mould, the Kaiyodo is smaller. The Animal Kingdom isn't a puzzle.
The Barbie floor will be shown next week-end

Joliezac wrote:

Yay another scale topic! Seeing that large AAA lemur makes me want an IC one from Safari

Those freshwater and Kaiyodo fish are gorgeous, I love the colors and extra accessories on them.

Once again the Yujin reptiles are amazing.

I love the diversity and how you display your collection. Do you have photos of them grouped on your shelves in their respective places? I'd love to see that. I remember seeing pictures of your collection some time ago, but I'm sure it has grown much larger since then.

Thank you Jolie. Pictures of my displays are very old now. At the moment my displays are a bit of a work in progress. I've had a lot of work going on in my living room and I've had to turn my office upside down, where a good part of my collection is kept. I hope to be able to normalise the situation early next year, and I'll be taking photos as soon as I can. In the meantime, I intend to show all my scales before the end of the year.
This represents a good half of my collection. It's not really growing, I must be at just over 3,200 animals. There have been arrivals and departures over the years. The space available has shrunk in 2018 so I sometimes have to make choices if I want to continue with a collection out of boxes.

Kikimalou wrote:

Japan: Kitan Club Bonin flying fox, Kaiyodo Japanese scops owl, Lidth's Jay, Okinawa rail and Ryukyu flying fox
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Mammals
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Birds
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I really love the Bonin Flying Fox model, it's just so beautiful! That tiny little pink tongue out

I've never seen the other fying fox, Ryukyu, before. It's very pretty indeed with the yellow collar and tie.

It's good to see all these mammal together to make comparisons.
And the birds as well.

Excellent as always Christophe, thank you!

The Bonin Flying Fox is really cute, the Ryukyu flying fox is from the Kaiyodo Japanese Natural Treasures series which was a very prestigious series in the 2000's.

Mammals, birds At last someone who doesn't focuse on turtles

Beautieful figures again

Thank you Andreas

Amazing models and photos!

Thank you Andrea

Wow, beautiful pictures,

I want the Fame Master Scarlet macaw.

It’s a great macaw

Kikimalou wrote:

The Common cuckoos is an Animal Kingdom, which copied the Kaiyodo. It isn't the same mould, the Kaiyodo is smaller. The Animal Kingdom isn't a puzzle.

I see, I wondered why you said Animal Kingdom.