The 2012 COLLECTA pilotwhale walkaround

So COLLECTA is giving us this year the First Short-finned Pilot-whale toy ever... At least I still don't know another one  

The model is a little bit too grey, nevertheless it has IMHO most of the characteristics of the specie. It's scale is between 1:20 and 1:35. Tintin is 1:25 on the pic below.

The Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) is one of the two species of cetacean in the genus Globicephala. Their flippers are shorter than those of the Long-finned Pilot Whale, with a gentler curve on the edge. They have fewer teeth than the Long-finned Pilot Whale, with 14 to 18 on each jaw. Short-finned pilot whales are black or dark grey with a grey or white cape. They have grey or almost white patches on their bellies and throats and a grey or white stripe which goes diagonally upwards from behind each eye.
The short-finned whale has a stocky body, a bulbous forehead, no prominent beak, long flippers sharply pointed at the tip, black or dark grey color, fin set forward on body, fluke raised before deep dive, may float motionless at the surface, frequently seen in very large groups, prefers deep water, may be approached. Their diet is composed of fish, squid, and octopus.

Great walkaround and very nice figure! Hurray for CollectA for introducing this species (o)): Thank You for sharing Kiki!

Ana wrote:

Great walkaround and very nice figure! Hurray for CollectA for introducing this species (o)): Thank You for sharing Kiki!

(o)):

What a beautyful, beautyful creature , and great model

Thankyou for this walkaround ! (o)):

Thank you for the walkaround! I agree, he is a bit too grey but a very nice figure! (o)):

What a phantastic whale and must have !! Thank you for the pics Kiki

Thank you all It was for me very delicious to discover something new among the Majors prod and I think it is not the last time in 2013

Kikimalou wrote:

Thank you all It was for me very delicious to discover something new among the Majors prod and I think it is not the last time in 2013

I hope

Kikimalou wrote:

Thank you all It was for me very delicious to discover something new among the Majors prod and I think it is not the last time in 2013

You're welcome :)

Very nice pictures, thanks for showing!

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Yvette

As always Christophe, wonderful walk around! Thank you!

I like this model a lot and I plan to get it. But I admit, the first pictures that CollectA release made the surface texture of the figure seem a bit more attractive than it does now that I'm getting to have a slightly better look at it through your pictures. Hmm, I don't know. Perhaps I'm being absurdly fussy. It is a LOVELY sculpt and it is so exciting to have a model of the Pilot Whale.

Thank you for the great pictures!

Today

But i see the Kaiyodo is also named a short-finned pilot whale on his base (Globicephala macrorhynchus)

Thanks for your pictures and information!
I don't collect them but all my support to the brand while deciding to release it this year.
I know some collectors of sealife are tired of buying 10 different orcas, humpback whales, dolphins, white sharks, etc. Some new species are surely important to keep the interest in this subject.

Congrats Christophe!
Very nice pictures! Thank you!
And thank you CollectA!

Another beauty.
Christophe, I thought anyway than the one of Kaiyodo was a short finned too

A BIG thanks to everyone to be here and to comment my pics

scot(t) wrote:

I like this model a lot and I plan to get it. But I admit, the first pictures that CollectA release made the surface texture of the figure seem a bit more attractive than it does now that I'm getting to have a slightly better look at it through your pictures. Hmm, I don't know. Perhaps I'm being absurdly fussy. It is a LOVELY sculpt and it is so exciting to have a model of the Pilot Whale.

Scott, my pics are cruel for models, you will see things you should never see with your eyes only. I agree the skin could be better... This model have so much qualities, it is a new specie among non Japanese toys, it is true to life even if it is a bit grey and I forget to thanks COLLECTA because I rarely give my opinion before showing the pics. They did a great job. When I look at a well known German company 2013 quality, I even think COLLECTA is heroic this year (o)): Go for it

widukind wrote:

But i see the Kaiyodo is also named a short-finned pilot whale on his base (Globicephala macrorhynchus)

Abu Rai wrote:

Another beauty.
Christophe, I thought anyway than the one of Kaiyodo was a short finned too

what to tell you... Even Kikimalou in his website agreed with you Crazy macaque

Kikimalou wrote:

A BIG thanks to everyone to be here and to comment my pics

scot(t) wrote:

I like this model a lot and I plan to get it. But I admit, the first pictures that CollectA release made the surface texture of the figure seem a bit more attractive than it does now that I'm getting to have a slightly better look at it through your pictures. Hmm, I don't know. Perhaps I'm being absurdly fussy. It is a LOVELY sculpt and it is so exciting to have a model of the Pilot Whale.

Scott, my pics are cruel for models, you will see things you should never see with your eyes only. I agree the skin could be better... This model have so much qualities, it is a new specie among non Japanese toys, it is true to life even if it is a bit grey and I forget to thanks COLLECTA because I rarely give my opinion before showing the pics. They did a great job. When I look at a well known German company 2013 quality, I even think COLLECTA is heroic this year (o)): Go for it

I agree

i just received my copy. And i like and don't like it. It's bigger than expected, but there's something wrong with the proportions of head and face. In summary, it looks more like "princess smiling beluga", although the shape isn't entirely wrong,....
maybe because the eyes are too prominent and the eyelids look more like a pony is watching you?
I think it's less strange than the narwhal-face, but still weird,...
another problem:
when i look for pilotwhale pictures, i always find get stuck on pictures like this:
Beware! bloody content
I'm not against traditions but we aren't cavemen anymore and there's surely a supermarket around. but at least: no kid needs to learn to accept such a brutal and unnecessary treatment of animals!

PeGe wrote:

when i look for pilotwhale pictures, i always find get stuck on pictures like this:
Beware! bloody content
I'm not against traditions but we aren't cavemen anymore and there's surely a supermarket around. but at least: no kid needs to learn to accept such a brutal and unnecessary treatment of animals!

O.M.G.

PeGe wrote:

i just received my copy. And i like and don't like it. It's bigger than expected, but there's something wrong with the proportions of head and face. Below the line, it looks more like "princess smiling beluga", although the shape isn't entirely wrong,....
maybe because the eyes are too prominent and the eyelids look more like a pony is watching you?
I think it's less strange than the narwhal-face, but still weird,...

I can't tell about the narwhal face, but sincerely I don't understand your post Philipp. The shape isn't entirely wrong... it's true it looks like a Pilot whale, at least more to a pilot whale than anything else but the pony eyes... ... I will look more closely the next pony I willencounter if it don't look at me like a Pilot whale

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I know it's not aal the same species, i just needed some got portraits of representing the genus.
as i said, it's definitely a pilotwhale, but there's something odd with the head, i still try to figure out what's exactly irritating me. i think it's simply all i mentioned,...maybe someone else felels the same?

 I'm sorry I still think it is more a pilot whale than a little pony and I can't see what is wrong with the lower jaw.

Thanks!
I also don't know a problem about the lower jaw as i didn't mention one;-p
I can just repeat once more: the expression of the face looks too friendly and smiling to me, more than a mix of what i described before. Not entirely wrong but that tiny little mini small nearly not existing bit odd,...
check this:
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You were only talking about the "below the line"

Kikimalou wrote:

You were only talking about the "below the line"

---i corrected it,....
But: !!!