Prehistoric Elephants

[Lanthanotus]

Great display for a nice slection of figures... love the individual bases

[Shonisaurus]

M @Melekh Prehistoric elephants with custom bases are beautifully put together. I congratulate you.

[Andanna]

Great thread. Extremely informative. What a collection and what a presentation.

[ceratopsian]

M @Melekh - these are beautifully displayed.

[Bokisaurus]

Those are some beautiful models and great way to display them. I love the bases, did you make them all?

[Melekh]

Thank you all.
Yes, I made the displays by myself.

[Melekh]

A newcomer (Phiomia) and the rearranged group.

I know the steppe mammoth is 1/40, but only for the biggest ever ound example, a huge animal with 4.6 m shoulder height.
For an average example with 4m, it's fine for 1/35.

From top left to bottom right:
- Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Straight-tusked elephant / European forest elephant)
- Elephas maximus (Asian elephant)
- Mammuthus primigenius (Wooly mammoth)
- Loxodont africana (African bush elephant)
- Amebelodon
- Stegodon zdanski
- Deinotherium bozasi
- Phiomia serridens
- Mammuthus trogontherii (Steppe mammoth)

[EarthboundEiniosaurus]

M @Melekh , what company produces (or produced) the woolly mammoth in your collection?

[Andanna]

This is fantastic, collection and display.

[Melekh]

M @Melekh , what company produces (or produced) the woolly mammoth in your collection?

It's from Shapeways and available in many different scales

[Loon]

Who makes the best Woolly Mammoth? I'm not sure how accurate each are, and would love to add a figure of one of my favorite prehistoric mammals to me collection. Or, should I just wait for the inevitable Eofauna version?

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Who makes the best Woolly Mammoth? I'm not sure how accurate each are, and would love to add a figure of one of my favorite prehistoric mammals to me collection. Or, should I just wait for the inevitable Eofauna version?

My favorite is easily the Carnegie mammoth. Although it lacks the classic brown coloration, it succeeds where others fail. It's both accurate and a solid sculpt. The WS woolly mammoth and the Invicta mammoth are both good as well , though I prefer Carnegie.

[Loon]

My favorite is easily the Carnegie mammoth. Although it lacks the classic brown coloration, it succeeds where others fail. It's both accurate and a solid sculpt. The WS woolly mammoth and the Invicta mammoth are both good as well , though I prefer Carnegie.

Yeah, I really love the Carnegie, but it's a bit expensive these days. But it might be worth it, it really reminds me of the iconic model at the Royal BC Museum.

[Duna]

Who makes the best Woolly Mammoth? I'm not sure how accurate each are, and would love to add a figure of one of my favorite prehistoric mammals to me collection. Or, should I just wait for the inevitable Eofauna version?

I AM waiting for the Eofauna version . As I have very little room for displaying, I don't get mammals normally, without the exception of Deinotherium (my favourite prehistoric mammal), paraceratherium (my second favourite) and woolly mammoth - all collections must have a woolly mammoth. So I'll will wait for them both from Eofauna.

[suspsy]

The Safari woolly mammoth strikes me as the best overall, except it's pretty small.

[bmathison1972]

My favorite is easily the Carnegie mammoth. Although it lacks the classic brown coloration, it succeeds where others fail. It's both accurate and a solid sculpt. The WS woolly mammoth and the Invicta mammoth are both good as well , though I prefer Carnegie.

Yeah, I really love the Carnegie, but it's a bit expensive these days. But it might be worth it, it really reminds me of the iconic model at the Royal BC Museum.

I agree. When I was purchasing elephants for my Synoptic Collection, I went with CollectA, as it was the best at the size I wanted. The Carnegie figure was on eBay here in the US at about $80, which I wasn't about to pay just to have a representative species. I like their Wild Safari figure, but as suspsy noted, it's a bit small. I felt CollectA was the best overall compromise for size, quality, and cost.

[Pachyrhinosaurus]

Wow, I just checked eBay and had no idea they go for so much now. I bought all but one of mine at retail, and the fourth came from a thrift store.

[Halichoeres]

I recently learned that Trendmasters made a mastodon for a line of bendable Gumby figures.

[Ostafrikasaurus]

I recently learned that Trendmasters made a mastodon for a line of bendable Gumby figures.

Oh my gosh, I have those three figures! I picked it up at a KB Toys when I was a kid. As a matter of fact, I bought it specifically for the mammoth/mastodon figure, but I enjoyed playing with Lowbelly (the weiner dog) and the chicken as well. Ahh Trendmasters, good times.

[bmathison1972]

I recently learned that Trendmasters made a mastodon for a line of bendable Gumby figures.

What an unusual grouping LOL