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Lava Children
Lava Children are often scorned as one of the absurd joke monsters from the Fiend Folio, and people have laughed at the illustration for bearing a striking resemblance to Alfred E. Neuman, but...
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4D Jeeps and M3A1 half-track
In this post, I present a couple more new offerings from 4D Models. The first model is a M3A1 half-tracked armored military vehicle (半履带武装甲车).The 4D M3A1 is largely the same as their "M3" (M21)...
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Mechatro WeGo
The MechatroWeGo is part of a toy line designed by Kazushi Kobayashi. The backstory of these machines describe them as being developed by CHUBU Mechatronics as personal transportation for children.I...
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Komatsu G40 & PC30E
Komatsu has been sending scale models of their heavy machinery as a thank you gift to long term shareholders since 2015.The models have typically been 1/87 scale, but for their 100th anniversary...
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Early modern humans
It is believed that Homo sapiens first appeared anywhere from 300,000 years to 800,000 years ago (depending upon whether morphological or cladistic definitions are used).These early humans are often...
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4D 8-Rad
The latest offerings from 4D Models consist of three 8-wheeled vehicles and one tracked vehicle.The first two kits are WWII German heavy armored cars. They are both referred to as "Cougar" armored cars...
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Lasciate ogni pensiero o voi ch'intrate
The Sacro Bosco is a 16th century garden commissioned by Vicino Orsini in Viterbo, Italy. The fantastical renaissance garden has inspired the likes of Salvador Dali and Jean Cocteau among others. An...
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Ohh Chuma chabela mitwe
The Ruga-ruga were mercenaries of East Africa who were used as armed guards along caravan trade routes, and later employed in various European colonial militaries. Members were typically displaced...
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Homo sapiens sensu lato
The classification of early humans has been complicated at best, and the taxonomy of specimens has been termed the "Muddle in the Middle [Pleistocene]" by paleoanthropologists.Advances in DNA...
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Speira Miniatures
I placed an order with Speira Miniatures back in April, and received the models from Sweden in July, after a lengthy stop in Illinois.Speira has a nice range of in-house historical miniatures, but...
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Froghemoth
The froghemoth’s 18‘ long, 10’ wide body is yellow-orange on the belly, shading to a medium green on its back and thick, bowed rear legs. From its shoulder area sprout four tentacles, two from each...
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Boggles and other Wizkids miniatures
This post will show some recent miniatures that I bought, and consists of various non-related things that I found interesting.The first groups of figures are Boggles. D&D Boggles take their name...
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The Wicker Man
The nation of all the Gauls is extremely devoted to superstitious rites; and on that account they who are troubled with unusually severe diseases and they who are engaged in battles and dangers, either...
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Caesar 三國演義
Though not born on the same day, same month, same year, we hope to meet our end on the same day, same month, same year.May Heaven and Earth attest to what is in our hearts. Should we betray our...
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Daruma-san ga koronda
The Daruma doll is a type of okiagari-koboshi which is said to have originated from Shorinzan Daruma-ji in Gunma prefecture in the mid-18th century. They are normally seen as symbols of good luck and...
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La Bocca della Verità
The Mouth of Truth is a 1300kg Pavonazzo [Phrygian] marble mask said variously to represent Oceanus, Tiberinus, Faun, Triton, Mercury, or Jupiter Ammon.It dates back to the 1st century AD [1] and is...
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The Temple of Debod
Due to having travel credits that were about to expire earlier this month, I took an unplanned vacation to Spain with the caveat that I was not allowed to bring anything other than carry-on luggage.I...
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Frost Salamander
The frost salamander first appears in the B/X edition of Dungeons & Dragons. It was illustrated by Erol Otus as being similar to a regular salamander, except with four arms.In the video game...
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Spelljammer Miniatures
I just received a few interesting pieces from last months release of Spelljammer miniatures in the mail today. These miniatures correspond to creatures found in the 5th edition rules for Spelljammer...
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The House of Ananse
Ananse is a folk hero and trickster figure from Akan mythology. He is also considered the god (abosom) of stories and wisdom due to events related in the story Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom.Adinkra for...
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