Recent Acquisitions

[Shonisaurus]

@ceratopsian I hope to develop many more photos. One of them will be the paraceratherium. Thank you for your words!

[Kapitaenosavrvs]

Maybe i am wrong, but as far as i know, CollectA are from Hong Kong

As far as I know CollectA are from the U.K. .

Only Anthony Beeson as a consultant. But they're headquartered in Hong Kong. Safari brought a lawsuit against them a few years ago in part for representing themselves as a European brand: https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/news/antitrust-law-daily/default-judgment-vacated-in-false-advertising-case-against-hong-kong-company/22786/

  Oh! Thank you for this info. I didn't know about this lawsuit.
  A British consultant, a German sculptor - there is at least a strong European connection. But what the hey?
  For my tastes Safari was getting carried away a bit here. It clearly shows how much they stand in awe of CollectA as a competitor.
  Brilliant companies like those two should rather join forces in these times.
  But that's just another thing mankind will never understand ....... and probably a subject for another thread .

Oh! I did not know about the lawsuit aswell. So we both learned something new :-D
I share your thoughs.
And thank you very much for telling @BlueKrono.

Wow, @Shonisaurus! Congrats on your Aquisition and the first Pictures. It made me really happy to see this yesterday. You are always calm and positive. You are a really important Person in this Forum :-)

[Shonisaurus]

@Kapitaenosavrvs Thank you for your words, I am certainly positive, because you have to always be positive in this world. A person is a mirror in which each of your actions is reflected mimetically.

If you are sad, you transmit sadness, if you are happy, you transmit joy and if you are positive you transmit and infect or try to spread your positivity.

On the other hand, thanks Duna, the UKRD protoceratops reached me in record time. Here I pass you some of my somewhat "sloppy" photos and the last one with my "love of my life" the ITOY paraceratherium together with the UKRD protoceratops to compare size. I hope you like it.

On the other hand, I show in my photos parts of the image of my old mobile phone until very recently, as you can see, it is primitive. One of my human characteristics is my sincerity, as you can see, that phone is not lying, it was incapable of taking photos and I could not, nor was I enthusiastic about buying another mobile phone for 100 euros or more. I preferred to spend it on dinosaurs or other necessities regardless of the fact that I have a "war economy" and I only live for collecting but with common sense especially when one already has gray hairs like me.

The one that my cousin has given me has come to me like a glove.


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[Halichoeres]

It begins.... 

[Duna]

I'm so glad the Protoceratops arrived so quickly. By the way, it looks dwarfed next to that magnificent beast ... 

[Faelrin]

Probably my last post here for the night, and I go to bed soon, but I got quite the haul while out today. Went to three different Targets, etc. Also had an unexpected surprise waiting for me at home.

First up is all the Mattel mini figures (all 10% off) and the Amber Collection Echo (50% off). And the Banjo Kazooie amiibo I found at a Gamestop. Don't mind our cat who has to claim everything of mine the day it arrives, lol.



Now for the real nice surprise waiting for me at home, was all the Takara Tomy figures that came from Japan. I was so stoked to have these arrive. I practically squealed in delight. Major thanks to @brettnj and his sources for helping me get these. Everything arrived safe and sound as well. Assembling them was a little challenge, but all good. Note the only thing not on display is the extremely tiny mouse that came with the snake that I really don't want to get lost, so will stay in its bag, and inside the capsule it came in.





And a quick size comparison with some of the new Mattel minis I got today:



@Shonisaurus Wonderful displays, and great acquisitions. That Paraceratherium is such a glorious and majestic beast. One I am sadly behind on. Glad to see you have acquired it though. And in regards to one of your previous posts, about living frugal (I think is the term), with one purchase at a time, is a great idea. Something I should do more of (today was not a good day for that huh?) in the future. On the contrary I also like hauls because I don't have to get things for a long time either. My thoughts are a bit of a mixed bag I guess, but perhaps both methods could have their time.

[Shonisaurus]

@Duna Thanks to you that beauty came to me, thank you very much. I know that for reasons of space, that iToy paraceratherium is too much for you but without a doubt I recommend it to all lovers of that rare prehistoric mammal in the toy market, although honestly the price and size is prohibitive.

@Faelrin I'm glad you like these photos, the paraceratherium is beautiful and the same can be said about the vintage protoceratops from UKRD, I sincerely recommend it, on the other hand it is true, being austere in buying is generating much greater economic stability than what I had in the life of my parents. I will continue to post many more photos in my personal collection. You can be sure of that. My congratulations on all your new acquisitions. Your photographs and acquisitions are always beautiful.

[Roselaar]

A few more new JW releases found in Dutch stores:



Never saw Bumpy before in a local store. Unlikely I will again.

[Duna]

I decided to start on another vintage collection. And the culprit of this has been the Starlux Saltoposuchus. I absolutely fall in love with it. It's the worst most charming retro figure in the world. I fall in love with other Starlux figures, too: the pink megalosaurus, the shantungosaurus, the tyrannosaurus, the iguanodon, the white styracosaurus ... So I decided to hunt for those but the oportunity come and I bought a lot of  from a German seller I've bought other times from.

So I got these and I'm not disappointed: it's my favourite vintage collection by now (along with Marx which I adore, too). The material has surprised me a lot. I thought they were made of quite soft material but it's a very hard totally inflexible plastic that almost bounces when you drop them. A very interesting surprise. I'll post better pictures on other day.

[stoneage]

Starlux is kind of brittle an will break.  I have an Iguanodon without a tongue.

[Libraraptor]

I definitely need more Starlux!

[Kapitaenosavrvs]

Oh no. Pls stop posting Images of interesting Retrosaurs. I am getting more and more interested in wanting a few. I know where this ends and i cant afford it :-D

[Halichoeres]

I decided to start on another vintage collection. And the culprit of this has been the Starlux Saltoposuchus. I absolutely fall in love with it. It's the worst most charming retro figure in the world. I fall in love with other Starlux figures, too: the pink megalosaurus, the shantungosaurus, the tyrannosaurus, the iguanodon, the white styracosaurus ... So I decided to hunt for those but the oportunity come and I bought a lot of  from a German seller I've bought other times from.

So I got these and I'm not disappointed: it's my favourite vintage collection by now (along with Marx which I adore, too). The material has surprised me a lot. I thought they were made of quite soft material but it's a very hard totally inflexible plastic that almost bounces when you drop them. A very interesting surprise. I'll post better pictures on other day.

I've seen many broken ones and I gasped a little when I read about bouncing! I love the variety in the Starlux line. So many interesting creatures, some still have never been made by anyone else.

@Faelrin what an exciting day! And of course I'm always grateful for photos of your cat.

[Roselaar]

I decided to start on another vintage collection. And the culprit of this has been the Starlux Saltoposuchus. I absolutely fall in love with it. It's the worst most charming retro figure in the world. I fall in love with other Starlux figures, too: the pink megalosaurus, the shantungosaurus, the tyrannosaurus, the iguanodon, the white styracosaurus ... So I decided to hunt for those but the oportunity come and I bought a lot of  from a German seller I've bought other times from.

So I got these and I'm not disappointed: it's my favourite vintage collection by now (along with Marx which I adore, too). The material has surprised me a lot. I thought they were made of quite soft material but it's a very hard totally inflexible plastic that almost bounces when you drop them. A very interesting surprise. I'll post better pictures on other day.

Lovely purchase, aren't they adorable?

For those wanting to get their Starlux on, I recommend the French eBay. Most all figures can be found there by themselves for varying prices, but also the occasional lots of lotsa figures for the completists.
And in rare lucku instances (like mine  ), a complete collection. Saved me a lot of time and effort (and probably even money too).
(Self promotion: I also have some doubles left for sale.)

[Faelrin]

@Duna Congrats on obtaining all of those. One of these days I may try to go for some of their mammals like the Synthetoceras, and their early jawless fish Drepanaspis. I love the assortment of animals they made, some still haven't had any figures of since.

@Halichoeres Thanks. Now I'm just waiting for my haul sent from my friend in Germany to arrive, as it has the Favorite Cambrian Mini set on its way among other things. Finally expanding my Paleozoic (plastic) collection. Still leaves the Colorata set, some Kaiyodo, Favorite, and CollectA to catch up on, and obviously all the Life stuff coming later as well. Glad you like seeing her too.

[Leyster]

Just received a pack of Vitae (plus the Dino Hazard Irritator). I'll post them in my thread.

[Libraraptor]

Hinstar Andrewsarchus.

[Carnoking]

Got the King Rex by REBOR off eBay. In all honesty, it's a pretty ugly model but fun to have in its own way.











Also, follow up on my recent acquisition of the X-Plus Albertosaurus. Managed to put him back together and cobble together a pretty quick base. It's nothing special, but I'm glad to see him standing again. Might add some foliage and what not now that we've at least got him on his own two feet again.

[Faelrin]

L @Leyster Congrats on getting those, especially the beautiful Irritator.

@Libraraptor Very interesting find there. Does that or did that company have more mammals other then this one? First I've heard of them.

Edit: Saw the info you shared in your collection thread. Very interesting. The Eusmilus looks like a Thylacosmilus.

@Carnoking Good to see you got that fixed up. Looks great. Congrats on getting that T. rex as well.


Now I have something very special to show you all today, and it is of ultimate special thanks to @Duna for helping me obtain this in the first place. See the thread here for more information: http://dinotoyblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=378.msg286590#msg286590

I think I am very lucky to have this in my collection as well. In my case mine will be staying in the box, hung on my wall, and I will probably get a case for it as well. I am so glad I can share this with you all though.

Edit: In a way this also feels like an early birthday gift, perfect to mark the occasion that I turn 30 this year in another month and a half.

[Loon]

That's a fantastic get. Congrats @Faelrin