Safari Ltd. Smithsonian Giant Centipede

[therizinosaurus]

Just typed this post up for the STS forum, figured I'd share here as well

I recently came across the Smithsonian line of insects by Safari Ltd. in the late 1990s. I had very little recollection of the line at first, until I found a picture of the giant centipede--at $19.95, it was apparently the largest and most expensive figure in the line.
I had a vague memory of owning a giant centipede figure when I was younger--I showed the picture to my parents, and instantly they both remembered buying it for me at a museum when I was about 5 years old. I quickly raced to the garage, where I happened to have a large plastic bin marked "bugs", and as soon as I opened it I was greeted by this beauty I have quite a few figures in my collection (probably somewhere in the 1100+ range), and this is instantly my all-time favorite. I am so thrilled that I held on to this figure for the past 15 years, as it appears to be very rare today. So without further ado, I present you the Safari Ltd. Smithsonian Giant Centipede:




A head-on view.


A closeup of the head.


Another view of the head.


Left side.


Right side.


Top.


Bottom.


Back.


Text on the bottom. It's a shame I don't still have the tag for this figure.


And one last shot to show you how massive this figure is--that's a Collecta 1/40 scale man.

Hope you guys enjoy these pictures!

Charles

[David Phantomhive]

Nice figure!

[Gwangi]

Beautiful model and great story about how you found it. I remember having a large praying-mantis but I don't know if it was from that same line you mentioned.

[Jetoar]

Wonderful figure. I would like that Safari release again this figure  .

[Hynerpeton]

I never got to get one. maybe it will come back..