*trows mobile phone away and grabs the photo camera* I have tried over 10 times to film a decent, well English spoken (it is not my native language) not to shaken film for this blog. To show you all my new Hobbyroom. But my mobile phone and some uploading sites (including this blogs uploading capacity) prevents me to even upload a decent film... So, instead of me talking and moving and showing the room in upper detail, I have taken some photos to show you this room. I really hope the photos can translate the model animals and the atmosphere that is in here. I shall try to describe every photo with as much info, as I can possibly add to it without being it too long and boring to read. So lets begin! The first things you will see when you enter my room and you turn to the left, are two white Lidl cabinets and two shelves on the wall. In the first Lidl cabinet you can see my predators (Not all of them, as my bears, small predators like otters and weasels, and my dolphins and whales are in the big white cabinet I will show you later.) The second Lidl cabinet is filled with birds, reptiles, amphibians, spiders and fishes. On top of the Lidle cabinets are my Dinosaurs and my bigger animals like the Safari LTD Vanishing Wild animals and Wildlife Wonders coyote, Papo big wolf and the Invicta blue whale. The first shelf on the wall contains my Border Collie collection and the second, most upper shelf, contains my bigger animals like AAA and ELC. I did not collect the AAA and ELC animals as much in the past as I do now. All because of me lacking the space to display them in a proper manor. This is the part in de middle of the room. Looks a bit messy, I know. The room is almost finished, but I still have to find some places to store and to display things. But after this was taken, I already cleaned up the chair and the books on the ground XD (Chii, our female cat, is lying on the chair the moment I type this <3) LOVE my feather curtains <3 It gives the room a certain light but natural feel to it. Behind the chair, is my book corner. I will share this when it is completely finished. This is the other side of the room. My desk with my computer and some other things. It is also my place when I work on crafty things. Above my desk you can see my main white cabinet. Handmade by Tijn and me. It displays all my other animals that I own. Every section has his won habitat/theme. And this is the other half of my desk and my white cabinet. In the corner you can see a cabinet filled with plush animals. Hanging on the wall there is a deer plate. And on the ground you can see a little plush kitty. This was a overall view of my Hobbyroom. Lets continue with some close up photos of the cabinets and shelves and all the animal in/on them <3 I try to give a short description with every photo. Left cabinet contains, from top to bottom: Seals/sea lions/walruses, house dogs, bigger canines, smaller canines, house cats, lions, jaguars/leopards/cheetahs, snow leopards/cougars/clouded leopards/lynxes/bobcats/servals/caracals/Irriomote cats, tigers. Right cabinet contains, from top to bottom: Sharks/rays, fishes/spiders/amphibians, turtles/tortoises/snakes, crocodiles/gavials/alligators, lizards/crocodiles/alligators/geckos, waterfowl/penguins, chickens and other poultry/pigeons, flightless birds/storks/flamingos/herons/shore and sea birds, garden/native birds, birds of prey. Some closeup photos of the shelves: Above the two Lidl cabinets are my Border Collie collection and on an other shelf above them are my AAA and ELC animals. I only got some close ups of my Border Collie collection, as I am not content with the arrangement of the AAA/ELC animals. Have to rearrange them in order to make some good photos. Next is my big white main cabinet. I let the first photos do the talking, they are a broader view of the whole cabinet. After those there will be some close ups of al the different sections with their animals in it. I will give a short description of the theme and animals in each section. Forests Animals Deer, bears, bats, wolverines, hares and rabbits, badgers, weasels, otters, skunks, raccoons, mice, marmots, boars, ibexes, mouflons etc. Smaller whales and dolphins (My bigger whales and dolphins are on top on the length of the cabinet.) Orcas, humpback whales, white sided dolphins, belugas, bottlenose dolphins, blue whales, sperm whales, commerson's dolphins, porpoises, etc. African Animals Elephants, zebras, rhinos, hippos, buffalo, giraffes, oryxes, gazelles, meerkats, anteaters etc. Farm Animals and some Fantasy Cows, sheep, goats, rabbits, people, pigs, llamas, etc. Special Animals Made by Horse and Bird and Noémi D. Soós Creations. Horses! Rain forest Animals Okapis, elephants, tapirs, gorillas, orangutans, bats, tamanduas, etc. Arctic and Desert Animals Kangaroos, platypuses, polar bears, gerbils, dromedary, etc. And these are all my stuffed animals. This cabinet, also handmade, originally was my bookcase. But now my books have and other place to stand, so I though this would be a good cabinet for all my beloved stuffed animals who have been stored in a box for so long. Many of them I already had when I was a child, so they are precious to me <3 So this is it! I really hope you enjoyed watching all the photos, instead of a video.
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Lets see. My birthday was last week, my hobbyroom is 99% finished and I got a lot of new additions! So lets begin with my hobbyroom. Now, I can't tell you much about how it looks and I don't have any photos (yet) to show here. Reason why, is because Julie is coming over this weekend and I want it to be a surprise XD So photos, and maybe even a video, coming up next week! I can tell you that the animals are doing fine. No broken ones, as I was really careful with them during the whole move! Such a nerveracking experience with over 850 animal to move o.0 They all have their own place to stand now, so that part is done a 100%. The third of November is my birthday. The day before we went to a restaurant with some family. I got some presents there and the food was delicious :3 The day of my birthday was quiet, not a problem as I could spend some time in my hobbyroom then. Saturday a friend came by and spend the evening here :3 Before all of my birthday presents, Tijn and I went to an local antique store. I never ever have been there before, first time! The things in there made me drool so bad XD But I had to contain myself, because the prices where high. But when I saw this beauty, I had to have him! But Tijn was first and bought it as a BD present <3 The friend on Saturday also bought some presents for me. I love presents :3 And she has a good taste, let me tell you that! She knows me good ans therefor the presents where spot on <3 I got a TY black cat named Shadow with a pumpkin, Halloween kitty! A Pusheen stationary set <3 And a National Geographic photo book form a series. I have now two books from that series <3 Thank you sweets <3 Julie also had sent a wonderful package my way and it arrived on my BD. Again, she knows stuff that I like or that I can use in other hobby projects as well <3 Shall show the animals one by one, as they are really great. Especially one figure, who made my heart stopped for a moment when I unwrapped it. She misses it already. (I take good care of it, I promise!) But she found it would be better suited in my collection. You are such a sweetheart!! <3 This package also contained two pluches, a McDonald snow leopard and a WNF monkey. A very nice owl card for on my pin board. A leaf apron that I can use for hobby projects and a bag of small whale erasers (I love me some small and cute animal erasers <3) And look at the Border Collie card! Thank you Julie!! Lets begin with the biggest treasure out of the package; the Invicta blue whale. The company made a line of Dinosaurs for a British Museum. But also made this blue whale for the same line. Some models are painted, others are not. I got the unpainted version and I LOVE it! Classic solid whale figure. <3 Next one is a Schleich! One of their full breed cats, they made a series of full breed cats back in 1997. It is the white lying Persian kitty <3 Now I have 4 cats from that series. Not collecting them all, just the ones I really like. Now my Papo Persian has a friend :3 Bullyland is not a brand that I have many from in my collection. But sometimes there are some cute animals that I can't say no to. That goes for this little black sheep. Love the horns and the details in the wool. (No, you don't see a little pink piece of sponge near his behind from cleaning him, that I forgot to take of during the photo-shoot :')) My reptile shelf got a new addition with this Safari LTD alligator. Never expected it to be so good. So I was very happy to hold him in my own hands and see what beauty it is. Love the golden eyes and the colors of his scales. Also his striking pose fits this model very well. Chap Mei made some really awesome play sets with wild life and dinosaurs. (Still need to adjust my WL on STS with some Chap Mei figures.) And recently some dinosaurs made it into my collection. (For the ones not knowing me, I can be very picky with my animals... very picky.) So I was very happy to see an other Chap Mei dinosaur in this package. Triceratops are one of my favorite dinosaurs, so that is an extra win! <3 Giggled when I saw this little fur seal from Yowies as I did not knew it was a real puzzle animal. Little harder to set than Kaiyodo ones, but when finally assembles, it looks very cute!It can rotate his head, and by doing so his from flippers move along XD He is standing on my desk, watching over my pens ans such. The last one from this package is a very cute little tiger with no brand known. I think I will repaint it, although I really like it as it is now. So that was all that was in the package <3 Julie is a great fan of small and cute animals and slowly but surely she gets me over the line of also collecting those cute little figures, like Fereno Natoons and others. So I am planning to search for a small cabinet with lots of places to put all the cute and cartoon like critters in. So that my big collection stays realistic, but still can collect cuties like Ferero Natoons and Animals In My Pocket. Many new AAA animals have arrived! So many that I seriously don't have the energy nor the inspiration to talk about them all individually. These many AAA additions come from several big packages bought on Marktplaats from 3 or 4 different sellers. People who just bulk up a big lot of plastic animals and sell then all at once. Leaving me with choosing out the ones I want to keep and sell the rest again when the packages arrives. It is a lot of fun to buy such a big plastic animal lot and see what they are when they arrive. Most of the time I can see a few interesting animals that makes the lot worth a buy, on the photos on Marktplaats the sellers use to advertise the plastic animal lots. But some photos are blurry or taken from to far away to clearly see what the content is. So it is a bit of a surprise for me to open up such a package. Not only did I found many good AAA animals, also a PV jaguar, two Chap Mei dinosaurs, a Safari LTD cobra and sheep, four small dinosaurs on a base from Sega Sunrise (Dinosaur King) and a random Triceratops skeleton. I even found a very old Schleich cat in one of the big lots <3 Store bought and some internet findings now: I also found some other interesting animals during trips to second hand shops and searching online. First one is a cute little Bullyland brown chicken on a nest with some eggs. I love the scenery and decided to take it home with me. On Marktplaats I saw the old Papo deer family! Could not resist the temptation and bought the three deer. The stag has such a proud and majestic appearance and the female and fawn look like twins. Now they are one of the biggest deer I have in my collection <3 In a nice toyshop in Heerenveen I found a very cute little AAA dinosaur. This little one was the only one of its kind left in the box. His little open mouth made a sound in my head, little cute screaks. I felt so sorry for it (Yeah, i am weird like that...) and picked it up. Did not matter if it had a brand or not, this one was coming home with me. Such a cute little AAA dinosaur <3 Facebook has many opportunities for collectors. Groups, posts, likes, adding photos, posting links to this blog, etc. I am a member of several groups for collectors. But also for trading and selling random stuff in your own city kind of groups. I got an idea to post a search post on one of those groups, and I got lucky with a trade! A nice girl had some model horses that she did not collect, she wanted to trade them for some paprika ships. It was a deal! I got three horses, I kept one and took the other two for trading purposes. The one I kept is a very beautiful Papo lying horse <3 I a nice toyshop in Groningen I found two Papo models. One was the ring-tailed lemur with baby on back. Gosh, wat a cute pair! I always enjoy watching ring-tailed lemurs and their offspring when I am in zoos where they have them running loose in their enclosures. Papo did a very good job on this one <3 The second one was a Papo roaring lion. Now I already have this model on my shelf, but this one was different. It looked darker and had other details and such. So I took the gamble and bought it. When I was home, I immediately took it to my collection to compare the two with each other. And the new one was different, and how! It had indeed a darker skin and mane color and it had some changes in his face and tail position. I am very happy that I bought him, as store bought variations are hard to find. Last additions for this blog entry! Recently there is a new store in Groningen called: Terrarium Imaginarium. It has many insects, stones and minerals, old scientific plates, shells, everything taxidermy and curiosity actually. I really wanted to go there, but the first time I went it was closed. Luckily the second time it was open and I got all 'ooh' and 'aah' in that store XD I did not left empty handed of course... Got the fantastic anatomical model of an orca (I already had the dolphin from the same series.) and I got an fantastic book about Albertus Seba and his curiosa cabinet of natural history and taxidermy <3
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