Bandai Galapagos set walkaround

Hello friends :) This month I bought quite interesting set of animals, birds and reptiles from Galapagos island. Islands are unique places of our planet, because of isolation, they are often homes for unique species. Fauna on Galapagos islands is fascinating example of that rule.

I think, if I would ever start diorama, it would be diorama of one island, perhaps one of Galapagos islands

In Bandai set each animal came with additional natural elements like rocks or plants. They are, in most cases not attached to animal but some of the animals can't stand on flat ground. Whenever it was possible I display animals without these elements because I prefer animals alone :)

Here are reptiles from this set grouped together :)
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And here birds all together:
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Review of each of the reptiles first :)

Land Galapagos Iguana, species is endemic for Galapagos islands, You can read more on wikipedia [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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In the set are two figures of marine iguanas, one swimming and one heating itself on the rock :) They are only modern lizards that search food in the ocean These reptiles exist in in number of subspecies but I don't know which of them are represented in Bandai figures. More info can be also found on wikipedia [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

First goes swimming one, I think it's my favorite from this pair

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And here the one that sits on the rock :)

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And last reptile from this set is Galapagos tortoise :) He came with Opuntia too, his food haha

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Even though it is representation of the biggest specie of tortoise on the World, it is quite small figure, here size comparison with baby tortoise by Schleich
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In next post I will send also review of each birds from the set

My favorite bird from this set is Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor). Figure show male sitting on the nest, showing his red gular sac, iconic element of this beautiful bird More info here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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Frigetebird is not attached to the nest, however he looks strange when put on the flat ground.

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Another lovely and colorful bird from the set is Blue Footed Booby with chick. Strange fact about this bird is in Polish language it's name sounds Głuptak what means "stupid bird", the name doesn't suit this fascinating species with unique hunting technique in my opinion :) More info to read here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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And here compared with Kaiyodo Blue Footed Booby

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And now the bird which no one could call stupid, in fact it's very intelligent bird which uses tools to catch food: Woodpecker finch. Here shown with sticks, searching food in the fallen tree :) Here more info [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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There was also penguin in the set, Galapagos penguin (no surpise ) he came with rock but he can easily stand without it too :) The only penguin species that lives North to the Equator in the wild Perhaps the only figure of this species More to read [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

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The animals came with card:

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and here it is scanned

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I must say it's very easy to get fascinated by Galapagos fauna, it's absolutely unique. This set remind me how amazing treasure is life on our planet

OMG !!!!! They are AWESOME      

Thankyou for wonderful walkarounds

Thank you Anna

Wow congratulations, Anna! That set is wonderful!

And.. it brings some memories to me.
When I was a kid in the 80s, our family has just gotten a VCR player and my first recorded tape was a document about the Galapagos Islands. I used to watch it over and over again...
I regocnize most of the species in this Bandai set from that document :)

That swimming marine iguana is probably my favourite! But I like the frigate bird a lot too. They are all amazing. :)

They are phantastic Anna!! Thank you for all the pics

Thank You for all comments friends! I'm glad You lie photos and set

Krista, that's wonderful to hear it brings some memories back I like movies about Galapagos, and after watching I always think I would love to travel there one day

That is a fantastic contribution to our forum, Ana!
It is a pleasure to watch your beautiful pictures of these interesting figures.
Safari Ltd released some time ago a Galapagos toob with, among others, a Galapagos penguin. Thanks!!!

Thank You Roger! And I didn't know about this penguin in Safari tube :) What other species were there? :)

ana wrote:

Thank You Roger! And I didn't know about this penguin in Safari tube :) What other species were there? :)

I don't have the toob but I've found this info googling:
blue footed boobie, red footed boobie, Galapagos penguin, Galapagos fur seal, Galapagos hawk, frigate bird, sea turtle, land iguana, tortoise,
water iguana,
crab and shark.

The Nice Set Anna! (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)): (o)):

These are lovely models, all of them, and great pictures Anna! Thank you for sharing!

Very nice set, I didn't know it!
thank you for that beautiful walkaround. Where can we find that beautiful set?

Thank You friends It's very nice to hear You like these figures

Joan I found it on ebay but now I don't see this set anymore for the reasonable price Maybe it will appear again later

Roger wrote:

ana wrote:

Thank You Roger! And I didn't know about this penguin in Safari tube :) What other species were there? :)

I don't have the toob but I've found this info googling:
blue footed boobie, red footed boobie, Galapagos penguin, Galapagos fur seal, Galapagos hawk, frigate bird, sea turtle, land iguana, tortoise,
water iguana,
crab and shark.

Thank You Rogerio, it sounds very interesting

ana wrote:

Thank You friends It's very nice to hear You like these figures

Joan I found it on ebay but now I don't see this set anymore for the reasonable price Maybe it will appear again later

Thank you Anna

Great review and great set! You are so lucky!

ana wrote:

Thank You Roger! And I didn't know about this penguin in Safari tube :) What other species were there? :)

A pic of the SAFARI Ltd ?

Christophe and Ana, a famous member of our forum has it. You can see easily that it is very small.
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Which famous ? The Lille macaque or the Zwolle macaque ?

Thank You for sharing Kiki and Roger!! That's lovely Galapagos penguin

Anna Fantastic series from Bandai! (o)): (o)):
I love them all!
I'm working on a series of picture last week with the giant tortoise of Pinta island of Safari and Collecta Tube Series Galapagos.
To believe that it is time to unveil my images picture!

This series shook welcome to my collection!

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Wonderful pictures Jean Luc!!! I love them (o)): (o)): (o)): Thank You for sharing!!!

Thank you very much Ana

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Here are the actors of these images

Kikimalou wrote:

Which famous ? The Lille macaque or the Zwolle macaque ?

You're both famous and macaques, now I am confused. Maybe both?