2021年9月27日 星期一

94.環尾狐猴(2018)



品牌 (Brand):CollectA
出品年份 (Release Year):2018
產品編號 (Item Number):88831
尺寸 (Size):8.1 x 8.4 cm
喜愛程度(10為滿分):♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥


看過動畫馬達加斯加的大小朋友們。應該對調皮搗蛋的狐猴留下了深刻印象,狐猴是靈長類中我最喜歡的一種,有著突出的外型及特殊的叫聲。各大家都有出過狐猴模型,這隻狐猴有做出腳掌內側的指頭。尾巴的塗裝則以暈染方式表現,讓其看起來更加柔軟自然。

環尾狐猴 (資料來自於Wiki百科)
環尾狐猴(學名:Lemur catta)又名節尾狐猴,是狐猴屬的唯一一個種,屬靈長目狐猴科。分布於南馬達加斯加,生活於乾旱多岩石地區。身體總長約95-110公分。白天活動,喜歡在地面上。好鬥,常常為了領地而爭鬥。主要吃素,但是有時也吃昆蟲、鳥蛋甚至幼鳥。每年11~12月發情交配,經常爭鬥。懷孕5個月,每胎2—3仔,2歲性成熟。壽命18—20年。

環尾狐猴在IUCN紅色名錄內被列入「易危」級別,即在中期內可能有比較高的滅絕威脅。而在瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約中亦被列入《附錄I》中,禁止在國際間的交易。雖然在世界各地的動物園內,環尾狐猴十分常見,但是因為盜獵和森林破壞,在野外僅存約2000隻。自從2000年以來數量下降了95%






Ring-Tailed Lemur (information from wikipedia)
The ring-tailed lemur is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs it is endemic to the island of Madagascar. Known locally in Malagasy as maky (About this soundlisten), spelled maki in French) or hira, it inhabits gallery forests to spiny scrub in the southern regions of the island. It is omnivorous and the most terrestrial of extant lemurs. The animal is diurnal, being active exclusively in daylight hours.

The ring-tailed lemur is highly social, living in groups of up to 30 individuals. It is also female dominant, a trait common among lemurs. To keep warm and reaffirm social bonds, groups will huddle together. The ring-tailed lemur will also sunbathe, sitting upright facing its underside, with its thinner white fur towards the sun. Like other lemurs, this species relies strongly on its sense of smell and marks its territory with scent glands. The males perform a unique scent marking behavior called spur marking and will participate in stink fights by marking their tail with their scent and wafting it at opponents.

2021年9月18日 星期六

Kay Bojesen 木河馬 (Kay Bojesen Hippo, Denmark)



購買時間 (Date):2011
材質 (Material):橡木(Oak wood)
國籍 (Country):丹麥 (Denmark)
喜愛程度 (10為滿分):♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥

一般台灣人多半不認識Kay Bojesen,少數文青或設計系相關工作者可能聽過他的大名,這隻木河馬是我在好幾年前買的收藏品,採購於台灣代理商網站(當時做海外代購的人還不多),雖然蝦拍也有販售,但千萬別傻傻的去買啊,因為蝦拍的價格遠比台灣代理商要貴多了,這幾年除了原本就有的橡木色河馬之外,還新增了黑色阿河,用色上有點突兀(以往Bojesen的塗裝作品多會保留木紋質感),不如原色來的有味道,當然這點就見人見智啦!如果不嫌麻煩的話,找代購處理的費用比向代理商購買還更加划算喔!





Kay Bojesen(1886年至1958年)在1955年設計了這隻會夾筆的木頭河馬,最初他是Georg Jensen的學徒,在1910年的時候接受了作為一個銀匠的訓練。他在德國和法國待了幾年之後在哥本哈根找到了一個銀匠的工作。基於對木頭材質的親近感,在20世紀30年代,他成為丹麥木材藝術設計的的偉大先驅之一。1922年他開始設計四肢可移動的木製玩具,其中包括柚木和林巴猴 (1951)、橡木大象、橡木和楓木製成的熊、山毛櫸木搖馬、鸚鵡、臘腸犬以及丹麥皇家衛隊的玩具士兵,包括鼓手、步槍和旗手。 1990 年丹麥設計公司 Rosendahl 購買了這些玩具的使用權。





Kay Bojesen (資料來自於Wiki百科)
Kay Bojesen (15 August 1886 – 28 August 1958) was a Danish silversmith and designer. He is best known for creating wooden animals, especially his wooden monkey which was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert museum in London in the nineteen-fifties, and which today is considered a design classic. Bojesen was born on 15 August 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He first trained to be a grocer, but in 1906 began working for Danish silversmith Georg Jensen. The Danish Museum of Art & Design describes his early work as being in an Art Nouveau style, likely due to Jensen's influence.

In 1922, Bojesen began designing wooden toys, typically about six to ten inches tall, with moveable limbs. These included a teak and limba monkey (1951), an oak elephant, a bear made of oak and maple, a rocking horse of beech, a parrot, a dachshund, and toy soldiers of the Danish Royal Guard including a drummer, a private with rifle and a standard-bearer. In 1990, Danish design house Rosendahl bought the rights to the toys. In 1931, Bojesen was one of the key founders of the design exhibition gallery and shop called "Den Permanente" (The Permanent), a collective which aimed to exhibit the best of Danish design.

93. 德國牧羊犬




產品全名 (product):Mr.Z 1/6 模擬動物德國牧羊犬 (Mr.Z Animal Series 1/6 Resin K9 German Shepherd Dog)
模型師 (Sculptor):Mr.Z
國籍 (Country):香港 (Hong Kong)
尺寸 (Size):16cm x 20cm
重量 (weight):320 g
喜愛程度(10為滿分):♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥
產地 (Original):香港(HK)

德國牧羊犬在台灣又簡稱為德國狼犬或黑背狼犬,是Mr.Z比較早期的作品,對愛狗的收藏者來說,德牧是ㄧ定要入手的經典品種,這隻德牧是我入手的第3組Mr.Z狗模,下標前考慮許久,因為網路無論國內外查到的開箱文都不多,而開箱文中犬臉黑色塗裝的部份差異挺大,有些黑糊成一片看不清五官,讓園主擔心會不會拿到實品後和官圖相差甚多?再來就是毛色選擇部份,我在狼青和黑黃兩種毛色間考慮許久,最終還是選了傳統色。




還好收到實品後的塗裝和官圖差不多,小小的褐色眼睛搭配面部黑紋給人一種精悍感,犬體後半部下滑式的骨盆架構亦忠實呈現。德牧是一種廣為人知的帥氣犬種,電影出鏡率高,最有名的就是老片K9。然而近年來警犬界的新寵是比利時馬利諾犬,也就是俗稱的馬犬,最早普及運用馬犬作為警犬的也是德國,馬犬可訓性都勝過其它工作犬動作敏捷,再就是彈跳力驚人,很會上樹上牆,但是能做出這種動作,必定體重較輕,就意味著殺傷力變小,警犬在面對悍匪時需要體重/力量才能控制住悍匪。

德國牧羊犬最大的特點就是智商高,服從性也高,神經系統比較穩定,訓練成本低,德國牧羊犬也有其劣勢,比如說,德牧的體力,和速度都跟不上馬犬,搜山就導致了個別德牧中暑而死,每一種警犬都有它的優勢和適應的環境,各自在擅長的領域為人類服務,並且警犬的種類在不斷的增加。







德國牧羊犬 (資料來自於Wiki百科)
德國牧羊犬原產於德國。於1880年,德國牧羊犬已經在德國各地固定下來,並作為牧羊犬使用。在第一次世界大戰期間被德軍募集,作為軍犬隨軍。由德軍取長補短培育後,基本定型。因為體型高大,外觀威猛,並且具備極強的工作能力,因此在世界多處範圍以警犬、搜救犬、導盲犬、牧羊犬、觀賞犬以及家養寵物犬等身份活躍。因台灣在日治時期大量使用德國牧羊犬為軍犬,所以德國牧羊犬在台灣使用的閩南語名稱為「軍用犬」。

目前常見的德國牧羊犬有經過進一步改良的「西德德牧」以及較為原始的「東德德牧」。兩者體型有顯著區別,「西德德牧」為加強其觀賞性,因此背部背弓弧度較「東德德牧」大。通常比較常見的為「西德德牧」。「東德德牧」則活躍於東德、蘇聯和中國等社會主義國家的工作犬行列,通常以軍犬為主。

目前的德國牧羊犬的血統基本都可以追溯到同一祖先,一隻名為霍蘭德·格拉夫拉特的德國牧羊犬,這可能也是目前德國牧羊犬出現退化的原因。霍蘭德·格拉夫拉特的三個兒子則成為了目前德國牧羊犬三大血統的源頭,一條名貴的純種德國牧羊犬是可以排家譜的,一百年的家譜排上去,一般都會是這三個血統之一。

German Shepherd Dog (資料來自於Wiki百科)
The German Shepherd is a breed of medium to large-sized working dog that originated in Germany. According to the FCI, the breed's English language name is German Shepherd Dog. The breed name was officially known as the "Alsatian Wolf Dog" in the UK from after the First World War until 1977 when its name was changed back to German Shepherd.Despite its wolf-like appearance, the German Shepherd is a relatively modern breed of dog, with its origin dating to 1899.

As a herding dog, German Shepherds are working dogs developed originally for herding sheep. Since that time, however, because of their strength, intelligence, trainability, and obedience, German Shepherds around the world are often the preferred breed for many types of work, including disability assistance, search-and-rescue, police and military roles and acting. The German Shepherd was the third-most registered breed by the American Kennel Club in 2020, and seventh-most registered breed by The Kennel Club in the United Kingdom in 2016.

2021年9月11日 星期六

92.無尾熊(2021)



品牌 (Brand):CollectA
出品年份 (Release Year):2021
產品編號 (Item Number):88940
尺寸 (Size):6 x 4.3 x 6 cm
喜愛程度(10為滿分):♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥


2021年CollectA發佈了一組新的無尾熊模型,以取代2009年的兩個原始版本(攀爬和進食)。雖然一直以來我並沒有特別鍾情於小動物模型,在採購這組新模型前,最優先考慮入手的是S家的無尾熊,自從看到2021年新品的照片後,瞬時改變初衷。由於是今年新品,網路上相關評測也不多,收到這款從包裝中取出它時,尺寸比原先預期的大。大小讓父母在收拾玩具時更容易找到(雖然我是覺得再縮小一點比例更漂亮)!

新款無尾熊的材質比舊款玩具柔軟得多。擠壓時身體會稍微彎曲,耳朵和四肢很容易彎曲。不知是為了減少成本還是考慮到安全措施的結果 (C家很多模型的材質都偏軟)?反之而言,更柔軟的材質代表幼兒在把玩的過程中,更不容易損毀掉色,或戳傷自己。





這款無尾熊皮毛看起來柔軟蓬鬆,帶有點黃灰水洗色感,在耳朵內側、深棕色眼睛周圍、下頜以及手掌和腳底都有薄薄一層的粉紅色噴漆。尤其是胸部和耳朵,手掌和腳底有皺紋,胸部噴繪的深棕色條紋代表氣味腺 (標記它們生活和覓食的尤加利樹)。隱約可見陰囊,這是隻標準的雄性無尾熊模型(雄性的體型是雌性的兩倍),爪子數量也符合真實無尾熊,寬大的眼睛和閃亮的黑色瞳孔使牠顯得警覺和警覺。矛盾的是,無尾熊其實是現存最不聰明的哺乳動物之一XDXDXD(脾氣也不太好)。

雄性無尾熊在保衛家園時非常具有侵略性,甚至會咬人、摔跤或將對手趕出屬於自己勢力範圍的樹。但在大多數情況下,牠們每天睡20小時,並在夜間上覓食,從而限制了它們的活動(就像大熊貓一樣,它們從飲食中獲取的能量很少)。

無尾熊 (資料來自於Wiki百科)
無尾熊(學名:Phascolarctos cinereus),中國大陸叫樹袋熊、考拉(英語:Koala),香港叫樹熊,是澳洲的特有種有袋類動物,全世界僅分布在澳洲的東部昆士蘭州、新南威爾斯、南澳州和維多利亞地區低海拔、不密集的桉樹林中。關於「Koala」 是源自澳洲原住民的方言(達拉格族和歐拉族的達拉格語「gula」),意指「不喝水」。中文音譯成「考拉」或「夸剌」。

1798年一位探險家約翰·杭特[7]在澳洲藍山首次發現,在19世紀初無尾熊遭到捕殺出口,數量由百萬隻銳減至一千多隻,於是澳洲政府立法保護。無尾熊身體長約70至80厘米左右,成年體重8至15公斤,性情溫馴,體態憨厚,長相很像小熊,有一身又厚又軟的濃密灰褐色短毛,胸部、腹部、四肢內側和內耳皮毛呈白色,生有一對大耳朵,耳有茸毛,鼻子裸露且扁平,無尾熊有尾巴,但屬尾椎殘餘,只有約3.5公分長 ,這是因為它順的尾巴經過漫長的歲月已經退化成一個「座墊」,因而能長時間舒適地坐在樹上。

因為每天不停的咀嚼,無尾熊到了晚年會因為牙齒的磨損導致無法進食而餓死。為消化尤加利樹樹葉中的毒素,無尾熊的消化道達6.5英寸(170公釐),佔整個消化系統的20%,也因為尤加利樹樹葉有毒,使無尾熊沒有爭食上的對手,剛出生的無尾熊因為沒有牙齒無法咀嚼尤加利樹樹葉,因此會吞食母親糞便直到牙齒長出來為止。


Koala (information from wikipedia)
The koala or, inaccurately, koala bear[a] (Phascolarctos cinereus), is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae and its closest living relatives are the wombats, which are members of the family Vombatidae. The koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is easily recognisable by its stout, tailless body and large head with round, fluffy ears and large, spoon-shaped nose. The koala has a body length of 60–85 cm (24–33 in) and weighs 4–15 kg (9–33 lb). Fur colour ranges from silver grey to chocolate brown. Koalas from the northern populations are typically smaller and lighter in colour than their counterparts further south. These populations possibly are separate subspecies, but this is disputed.

Koalas typically inhabit open eucalypt woodlands, and the leaves of these trees make up most of their diet. Because this eucalypt diet has limited nutritional and caloric content, koalas are largely sedentary and sleep up to 20 hours a day. They are asocial animals, and bonding exists only between mothers and dependent offspring. Adult males communicate with loud bellows that intimidate rivals and attract mates. Males mark their presence with secretions from scent glands located on their chests. Being marsupials, koalas give birth to underdeveloped young that crawl into their mothers' pouches, where they stay for the first six to seven months of their lives. These young koalas, known as joeys, are fully weaned around a year old. Koalas have few natural predators and parasites, but are threatened by various pathogens, such as Chlamydiaceae bacteria and the koala retrovirus.

91.白犀牛(2019)



品牌 (Brand):CollectA
出品年份 (Release Year):2019
產品編號 (Item Number):88852
尺寸 (Size):17 x 7.5cm
喜愛程度(10為滿分):♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥


上星期園主將故障已久的相機拿去維修,終於將它帶回家,未來將陸緒分享小動物開箱文。CollecrA在2019出品的新版雄性白犀牛,用來取代舊版,新版犀牛特色在於尖尖長長的角,實品牛角尖端的粗度比網站型錄要更厚實點,比例有做過微調,外國網友普遍覺得這樣的比例有點奇特。因為現實生活中的白犀角不可能長這麼長,園主個人倒是很喜歡這種獨樹一格的特色。




大傢伙拿在手上份量十足,存在感超出MOJO白犀,塗裝層次也更為立體。和MOJO白犀比起來,個人更中意這款,眼睛周遭的塗色處理皺折相當細膩,還帶有點粉色,給人一種不可言欲的滄桑感。




同場上映:和M家的白犀牛擺放在一起,感覺C家較為自然(明明都是站姿),細節處理更好,連肋骨質感都刻劃出來了。





白犀 (資料來自於Wiki百科)
白犀(學名:Ceratotherium simum)又稱方吻犀,是現存體型最大的犀牛之一,分為北白犀和南白犀兩個亞種,分別產自非洲中部和南部的草原。2018年3月19日,最後一頭雄性北白犀「蘇丹」死亡,目前仍確認存活的北白犀僅剩「納金」(Najin)與「法圖」(Fatu)兩頭雌性,被飼養於肯亞的奧佩傑塔自然保護區內。南白犀現存約1.8萬頭,是數量最多的犀牛。

白犀是陸地上體型第四大的動物,僅次於三種大象,與印度犀相當(印度犀更高而白犀更長)。北白犀重1.4–1.6噸,南白犀重1.5–2.4噸。角長可達1.5公尺。白犀並不好鬥,受威脅時能用每小時50多公里的速度飛奔,奔跑時會將重心放在後肢的三趾間,並利用臀部穩住前身。



White Rhinoceros (information from wikipedia)
The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 19,682–21,077 wild-living animals in the year 2015, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies has very few remaining individuals, with only two confirmed left in 2018 (two females; Fatu, 18 and Najin, 29), both in captivity. Sudan, the world's last known male northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya on 19 March 2018.

A popular albeit widely discredited theory of the origins of the name "white rhinoceros" is a mistranslation from Dutch to English. The English word "white" is said to have been derived by mistranslation of the Dutch word "wijd", which means "wide" in English. The word "wide" refers to the width of the rhinoceros's mouth. So early English-speaking settlers in South Africa misinterpreted the "wijd" for "white" and the rhino with the wide mouth ended up being called the white rhino and the other one, with the narrow pointed mouth, was called the black rhinoceros. Ironically, Dutch (and Afrikaans) later used a calque of the English word, and now also call it a white rhino. This suggests the origin of the word was before codification by Dutch writers. A review of Dutch and Afrikaans literature about the rhinoceros has failed to produce any evidence that the word wijd was ever used to describe the rhino outside of oral use.

品牌介紹 - jxk studio



最後更新日期:2021/09/11
品牌 (Brand):jxk studio
年份 (Year):
產地 (Original):香港 (HongKong)

jxk studio是一個主打1/6人物可動模型的公司,近年來因順應市場潮流,出品了許多貓狗等動物,其中柴犬就出了好幾款不同姿態,物種與Mr.z雷同,水準目測兩家亦差不多,不過如果要挑選狗狗模型的話,首選我應該還是會優先考慮Mr.z(鑒於其專業背景),並不是覺得jxk不夠好喔!純粹個人偏好罷了,有趣的是,他們家的狗狗模型分為1/6標準尺寸和1/12迷你尺寸,迷你尺寸用來搭配小場景相當不錯。話說回來:柴犬真的好大家受歡迎啊!狗種模型中賣得最好的也是柴犬。

jxk的貓科動物們都有做出鬍鬚,風格又以獅子間差異最大,曾出過誇式版(PANTHERA LEO 非洲雄獅,2018)、電影寫實版( 愷澤聯名款,獅子王 辛,2019)、鬃毛版(植毛獅子,2021),這種多方嚐試的製作方式也讓客戶有了更多選擇。






參考資料JxK.Studio/JxK.Studio FB

2021年9月5日 星期日

品牌介紹 - 萬蘢堂




品牌 (Brand):萬蘢堂 (W-Dragon)
年份 (Year):2018(2018時就已經開始發行作品,但正式登錄年份是2020年)
產地 (Original):中 (CN)

萬蘢堂是對岸近年來成立的模型公司,專門出品恐龍模型。因成立沒多久,台灣市面開箱文並不多,而對岸已經有不少獸友們分享實品照,可以參考看看這幾篇文章:

萬蘢堂的鯊齒龍到了,細節大愛
萬蘢堂暴龍,真香
萬蘢堂1/35侏羅紀公園母暴龍

喜歡侏羅紀電影系列的龍友們,可以多關注他們家的產品,萬蘢堂有環球影城電影方的授權,但缺點在於品控不穩定,時好時壞,個人覺得他們家的塗裝相較於市面上的模型,用色較為鮮豔大膽。


 



建議大家買東西之前三思而後行,因為市面上五花八門的恐龍模型品牌,官圖和實品照往往差異挺大,不看實品開箱翻車率還挺高的。




 
照片來自於 (photos from 万茏堂微博)