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Here's another toy I plan to repurpose and rebase -- two mammoths I found at the animal toys section of my local department store. I picked up two of these megafauna and up close, they look pretty good with a very decent paint job. It seems I'll be saving some time painting and could pour the hobby time instead on developing a suitable howdah. The pictures show the toy with a 28mm GW LOTR Elvish spearman as well as two 1/72 Ancient Spanish from Hat Industrie. These guys could stand for Mumaks in my 1/72 Middle Earth project!



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  1. JohnMNovember 18, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    That is REALLY cool, just what I need for my 1/72 pulp adventures. Does it have a brand name ?

    TIA, John

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  2. cooey2phDecember 2, 2009 at 5:06 AM

    Hi, been looking over the model and cant find a brand name though, sorry.

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  3. AndrewJanuary 30, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    I want one too! I have a plastic Marx Mammoth and another one made by the British Museum in the 70s. What department store was this from?

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