Many years ago when I was a small child, I thought all of the ancient mammoths where the Woolly Mammoth. I later learned that it was a diverse branch with many different members. The first mammoth bones I had ever seen in person were at the Mammoth Site in South Dakota, where a majority of the mammoth remains are of the Columbian variety, but there are also a few remains of the Woolly Mammoth as well.
Classification: Mammal
Review: Woolly Mammoth (TNG)
Review and photos by Kikimalou, edited by Suspsy
An emblematic figure of prehistory, almost as much as the Tyrannosaurus rex, the woolly mammoth has survived many extinctions in the toy world. The first versions are probably those cast in lead by CBG Mignot and in composition by Chilau.
Review: Woolly Mammoth (Wild Republic)
Review and images by PhilSauria, edited by Suspsy
Wild Republic, the makers of this mammoth figure, appear to be a US-based company established since 1979 and producing primarily plush toys and plastic realisations of extant animals. They also market a couple of dinosaur sets comprising the usual suspects and sold in polybags.
Review: Woolly Mammoth (“Winston” by Jellycat)
Review: Woolly Mammoth and Baby (Playmobil)
Review: Woolly Mammoth baby (Prehistoric Life by Wild Safari)
Review: Woolly Mammoth(Prehistoric Mammals, by Schleich)
Review: Woolly Rhino (Safari Missing Links)
Review: Woolly Rhinoceros (2019)(Wild Safari by Safari Ltd.)
Review and images by PhilSauria, edited by Suspsy
There are not too many of the major brands given to recreating prehistoric fauna in plastic that have not had a woolly mammoth in their range at one time or another, but the number of woolly rhino figures out there might be lucky to crack the double figure mark if a tally were taken.
Review: Woolly rhinoceros (AAA)
Review: Woolly rhinoceros (Papo)
Review: Woolly rhinoceros (Prehistoric World, by Bullyland)
It has been a unusually warm winter, but finally this week, winter has assuredly come to my neck of the woods in North America. I know this because the snow is finally falling, the temperature is freezing, the super bowl is done, and the Toronto Maple leafs are making trades to figure out how to improve their team.