Alvin's collection

Hi all, just to share what animals I currently have on my shelves. It is only a tiny fraction compared to the amazing collections of everyone here.

Here's where I put them.

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Some of these toys are previously on a different shelf at my parents' home before I moved them on to the new ones.

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My dino collection, all Collecta except for one Schleich...

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Thanks for viewing :)

Lovely collection and so nicely displayed! You have many rare ones, beautiful turtles and tortoises (I love Alligator snapping turtle figure) and wonderful repaints Congratulations and thank You for sharing!

I think I've seen this gemsbok, it's repainted by You but what brand? Is it available figure or retired/old one? :)

Beautiful collection! Thanks for sharing! :)

-Kristie

Many thanks for the comments Anna and Kristie! Really appreciate it! :)

Anna, the brand of the gemsbok is Nine Products based on what info I've retrieved by digging online. I bought it as a pack with the Baboon, Kudu, Flamingo, Ostrich and few other assorted animals. I have no idea about the origin of the pack as I bought it in a local toy store filled with other China-made animals, but the label has Japanese written all over. I suspect the gemsbok along with the others is a remold of the original Nine Products version, as the finished items were poorly sculpted and with limbs warped beyond rescue. The only animals worth salvaging are the gemsbok, flamingo, baboon, kudu, ostrich and a squirrel. I gave the rest away to my nephew who is still too young to collect figures but well, at least give him a start on learning about animals

Did you repaint the Schleich wolf yourself? You have a wonderful collection.

Thanks Paige, yes I repainted the wolf as the colours are worn off :)

Its a fantastic repaint, I am really impressed! Again great collection. :)

Great collection Alvin (o)): I like very much the YUJIN turtles and the Kitan club. Your bird models are wonderful too !

WOW! Such a beautyful collection, and so neat and orderly and a joy to watch !!! (o)):

Those beautyful, large birds, they look so real, are they stuffed birds ?

Wonderful collection!!! The gemsbok is phantastic and the birds absolutly wow!!! (but too big for my zoo )

Very nice collection Alvin! Could you pls tell me what brand the bigger alligator turtle is? And the big birds? Where did you find them?

great collection! what brand is the gemsbok?

Congrats you have a very good collection.
Your models have variations of colours :)

pm64 wrote:

And the big birds? Where did you find them?

Ditto that, they look fabulous!
Beautiful collection Alvin, I love the gemsbok too

Wow pretty :) I like the repainted Deinocheirus, did you paint that? And the turtles and big birds are lovely too.

I love the repainted Miragaia! It looks so niiiice!!!!! Some more pics of that one would be very welcome too!

You indeed have a beautiful collection there for that matter!

Thank you everyone for the kind comments!

Christophe: I am still looking for the Kitan Animals of Africa series, missed the boat on that one during the group purchase here where I live

Susanne: These birds are carved out of albesia wood, they were crafted/painted by a great Balinese artist in Ubud. He has produced a lot of bird species in the past but when I got to learn of them many had already been sold out!

Andreas: The birds are taking up a lot of space on the shelves too, will find another place to display them if (hopefully) new figures keep coming in the future!

pm64: The brand of the ally snapper is 4D Fame Master Puzzle or something like that, I got it from another local collector with the Galapagos tortoise.

weaselfan93: The brand is supposedly Nine Products but it may be a remake, I'm not too sure. Anyone knows?

Alvaro: Yes, but not colourful enough. I have lousy taste in colouring especially when it comes to dinos

Harriet: Thanks! I may be viewing a new batch of birds soon from the artist. Will keep posted on the photos when I see them yea!

Tyrantqueen: Yeah I repainted it, I got it second hand with scratches and warped beak, which thank goodness I managed to fix with a hair dryer

Tylo: Yep I will put up a 'walkabout' pic sometime later, I still think the colours are somewhat dull

very nice collection. the life-sized bird figures are beautiful.

Thanks sauroid!

Well it's way better than it it now And oh I sent you a friend request It doesn't look that dull to me, it';s different and it has your original touch to it

Tylosaurus wrote:

Well it's way better than it it now And oh I sent you a friend request It doesn't look that dull to me, it';s different and it has your original touch to it

Thanks man! Added you already

I actually repainted it twice before I stopped at this one. The previous one was a bit too colourful so I thought I'd settle for a museum specimen colouration, if you get what I mean...

Tylo here the pics of the Miragaia. Apologies for the lousy shots

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and here's a few of the other dinos I've repainted.

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Alvin, it is so nice that you shared your collection with us!
It is wonderfully displayed and some of your repaints are really nice! I specially love the Miragaia. Thanks also for close up pictures.

Beautiful collection! Thanks for sharing! (o)):

Roger wrote:

Alvin, it is so nice that you shared your collection with us!
It is wonderfully displayed and some of your repaints are really nice! I specially love the Miragaia. Thanks also for close up pictures.

Thank you Roger, glad you like them! Here where I live nobody yet I have come across that has same interest in figurine collection, the culture here not very supportive of education through toy collecting!

carlysulli wrote:

Beautiful collection! Thanks for sharing! (o)):

Thank you Carly!