Three more in the hands of the MUZA alliance

Fellow MUZA collector Justin (Weirdo Toys) scored another bunch of these slippery fellows tonight by winning an eBay auction for three mixed up zoo animals!


Justin scored Kangaboar, Giraphant and Ostraphant (complete with name/price tag!)

Justin had called "dibs," spotting the auction first, and since all of his competition (namely, me) was un-dibbed, he got them for a song! Congrats Justin!

Note to would be MUZA eBayers: email Justin or I before wasting your money on eBay fees. We're the only ones who care. Or at least give us a heads up about your upcoming auctions. That way we can coordinate based on the characters we still need in our individual collections. :)

Another One Bites the Dust!

Another eBay auction ended today for a lot of four Mixed Up Zoo Animals.

It included Chickow, Giraphant, Ostraphant, and Dachsheer.

These four sold for a modest, but still surprising amount, at about $30 with shipping.

I didn't bid high enough to win, but gladly a fellow blogger and Weirdo Toy lover appears to have been the high bidder! Congrats!

Goooo team!

The Complete Set (so far)

About a year or two ago a complete (to my current knowledge) set of Mixed Up Zoo Animals was sold individually on eBay. This auction brought up two points:

1) Contrary to what I was told by the employees at Steven's about a packaged assortment, I also recall purchasing the Rabbagator individually as a child. Each figure in this auction has a tag around it's neck suggesting they too may have been sold individually. No packaged images have yet surfaced.

2) The Kittiorse I have was molded in black plastic, however the one in this auction was molded in grey plastic. The Rabbagator is also apparently a lighter tan than the one I had obtained (and more in line with my memory of what color the figure from my youth was molded in.) This suggests possible multiple color combinations for all or most figures, which could have each been molded in different colored plastics.

NOTE: I did not win these auctions nor are these my animals, the images are borrowed from the (now long ended) auction. However, since the auctions borrowed my info to identify the toys, I think it a fair trade ;) ...and dig that funky wallpaper!

They are (from left to right, top to bottom)

Chickow
Dachsheer (note the "15 cent" price for the individual figure)
Catagator
Rabbagator (lighter plastic than the one I own, more in line with the one I remembered.)
Giraphant
Kangaboar
Sealag
Ostraphant
Liolope
Kittiorse (grey plastic, not black like the one I own)