Introducing Tamu & Chai

The Third Edition in the Breyer Wild Animal Series.
For this special Wild Animal Series set, artist Lauren Hoeffer creatively reimagined two beloved Breyer foals as a young bongo and tapir!

Considered the most primitive large mammal in the world, the tapir is born with spots and stripes that act as natural camouflage against the jungle floor while mom forages.  Chair features a shaded brown coat with tan stripes.

Much like the tapir, forest-dwelling bongos also have stripes for camouflage, but their stripes remain for their whole life.  Tamu has a white basecoat that's shaded the bongo's trademark reddish-brown hue, and completed with white stripes and markings.  Both have "Wild Animal Series, Limited Edition" on their belly. 

Limited to just 300 pieces, Tamu & Chai are priced at $150.00 for the set, including free domestic group shipping.

Bongo:

Young Tapir:

Color-wise, an adult tapir looks quite a bit of different from a baby, but a bongo doesn't.

Anyway, when I first saw the set, I thought it was a mother and baby and wondered why they'd be using two different species, but then I realized it was two foals, just quite a bit of size difference.  The models are definitely interesting-looking, but $150 for a  pair of foals?  I don't think so.  I won't be entering for them.  Plus, I don't have any of the other models from the Wild Animal Series.  I do give Breyer an "A" for using animals many people may not have heard of before rather than just the obvious of big cats.

Well, that's it for now.  I know this was short, but...<shrugs>  hahaha.  Til next time!