14 Best Chameleon For Handling (2022 Updated)

This dragon-like creature is straight from Wonderland! As with most Folkmanis puppets, the workmanship is exquisite. And the makers have been true to the illustration by Tenniel from the original “Looking Glass” edition (only the waistcoat is missing–see attached photo).

But non-Alice fans will appreciate the delight this critter evokes. A bit of experimentation with him reveals that he can do all kinds of movements most puppets could only dream about. He can be worked one-handed in the usual style, but I have found that two hands really make him come alive.

Here’s how I do it, but you may find other ways: The left hand goes first into the body UPSIDE DOWN, connecting to the neck and the wings. This allows the neck to pull back and spring forward. Then slide the right hand into the opening to work one arm, letting the thumb wag the tail.

It is possible to work both arms and the tail, but it is a stretch. Alternately, omit the tail and do only the arms. The legs are not set up for hands, but someone truly ambitions might have another puppeteer work the legs by adding rods.

But this Jabber already does so much that it really isn’t necessary. If one had an EXTREMELY long finger, it is possible the mouth might work, but for us more usual folk, getting access through the long neck isn’t doable.

And with the hand in backward, it is very expressive as it is! One downside: My husband has larger hands and he couldn’t get the other hand inside and it was a tight fit for one hand. I love this puppet! Be aware it is going for a wide range of prices, so shop around.

Fur perfect & lovely size for baby sloth. Do wish magnet at the back was same size as front for hanging options but working it out. Beautiful puppet & very well designed. Photo is of Mango (name of puppet) giving a wink of appreciation for finding his home with me.

Loves his cuddles!.

Folkmanis Puppets are Always Beautifully Made But This One is BY FAR The Most Beautiful One I’be Ever Seen!! Peacocks have Been My Daughters Favorite Animal for Most of her Life. She and I Saw This Specific One at a Gift Shop a Few Years Ago While On a School Field Trip I Was Chaperoning and she Absolutely Fell In Love.

it was $75. Though it was Very Very Beautiful I Could Not Bring Myself to Buy Such an Expensive Stuffed Toy Much Less a Puppet. I Set Out to Find a Stuffed Peacock that Rivaled This One, I Never Did.

Three Years Now My Daughter has Mentioned That Puppet We Only Saw In Person the One Time “You Remember THAT Peacock??” Finally Bit the Bullet & Purchased It (at a much better price) and it’s Just as Beautiful as I Remember.

It’s a Great Size Neither Too Large or Too Small. It Has Beautiful Iridescent Stitching Around What would Be the Eye on its “Feathers”, Head Crest & Back. The Body Has Velvety Soft Short Plush Fur & the Tail Has a Longer Silky Soft String-Like Plush Covering that Mimics the Birds Natural Plumage Just Beautifully with Varigated Colors True to a Real Peacock.

The Tail Has Ribbing Inside Much Like a Corset Material Which Makes It Able to Be Positioned Up or Down Like a Real Peacock. The Head and Face are Beautifully Detailed with a Leather Like Beak that Gives It More Realistic Detail.

The Best Part for Me Is that It Doesn’t Function Only As a Puppet, Its a Gorgeous Stuffed Peacock. on Its Own. The MOST Beautiful I’ve Ever Seen. This Would be Beautiful in Many Different Collections-Puppets, Peacocks or just Stuffed Toys.

With its Unsurpassed Quality, Beauty & Detail it Truly Is an Unforgettable Must Have!.

This toy has been a lot of fun. My niece and daughter love having the Chameleon eat the little pieces. This toy keeps my daughter busy for quite a lot of time. I love that it has a remote to control the chameleon.

I would definitely recommend this toy to our friends and family.

it’s perfect. the pieces are intact and flawless. it was easy to build and fun too.

My 20 year old son requested some lego’s for Xmas. Knowing he loves planes this was my choice. He sat on the rug and put it together. Brought back good memories of when he was younger!

Good ad simple building of the three models each model looks good and functional is great

I rarely leave a review because, well, it is just one more distraction from my daily to-do list. But these guys are really worth it. I was very pleased to find MFRC when I was looking for some unpopular supplies.

They had exactly what I needed, at a great price and I loved the free shipping. By far the best deal I could find. Even better, it was shipped the same day and I got it fast. I really couldn’t ask for more and I will certainly use them again.

I fish freshwater for bass on a regular basis in both Florida (winter) and Maine (summer). I use spinning gear and have been doing so for 57 years. Some time ago I realized that, for a variety of reasons, monofilament is the best line for me.

From time to time I will try different brands to take advantage of any improvements resulting from new technology etc. I recently purchased two 660 yd. spools of the Maxima Ultra green – an 8lb and a 10lb.

I tried the 8lb on two bass trips over the last week and can only say I am very disappointed in this line. 1. I found it to be VERY stiff 2. It kinked very easily and I spent a fair amount of time working out backlashes 3.

Casting distance was significantly less than what I am used to 4. The line had a very strong memory. After just one week on the reel, the line came off looking like an old Slinky After two attempts with this line I have thrown out both the remainder of the 8lb spool and the entire 10lb spool.

I suppose I could have sold the 10lb spool since it was unopened, but why stick someone with a product you would not use yourself. In summary, I would suggest you use something other than this product.

Have used maxima chameleon for many many years now and wont fit anything to my reels, as a dedicated pike angler, i need a reliable mainline that i can rely on fullstop. Have used braid but its not for me, the for and against arguments will go on and on, but I’ll stick with what i know and trust, excellent product tried and tested.

job done STU.

Light weight, steady, solid construction, easy and fast to set up and store thanks to the quarter turn of the leg locks. I?m 6?2? tall and the extended height is just right for me. The ball head is a great addition for the price.

It?s also well built and easy to adjust. Not sure if the monopod leg is worth the effort to set up, since I haven?t had a need to use it as of yet. Wish there was another way to have the rubber leg tips installed.

They are very difficult to remove to expose the spikes. Maybe with time they will become easier to remove. I would definitely recommend this tripod.

I was skeptical by reading the reviews, like, how could it be that good? I’ll buy one to check it out. I am blown away! It is very well built, sturdy and lightweight tripod. It has well surpassed all of my expectations.

I have other carbon fiber tripods, and this is honestly amazing. The diameter of the legs are not widdled down to a wobbly, unstable diameters. When extended, it stays firm and retains a diameter to give the tripod a stable platform and base.

This also has a carbon fiber center column. The ball head that was included with this tripod is solid and well built. It is a solid platform for my cameras. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a great CF tripod!.

Coming from a $70 tripod, right out of the box I fell in love with the feeling, smoothness, looks, and how sturdy it was. Building great confidence already. I’ve been saving and looking for a long time now, with a great discount I didn’t hesitate on this.

I know I’ll be using this for many many years! Would I pay full for this? No. But at the discount, having a much sturdier, quicker setup is 100% worth the investment. 5/5!!.

Filled small baitcaster reel. Disappointed. very difficult to set up correctly. Thought would be better than braid. Fractured and broken easily with over runs etc. Removed and replaced with braid.

I purchased the bike unsure of what I wanted. After receiving the bike and slightly test riding, I decided I wanted a full suspension but was being charged minimum 15% restocking fee because there was dirt on the tires and not a single scratch anywhere.

I decided to keep the bike as I’m not wasting that much money. It’s hard to find a bike that’s right for you and not being able to test ride it first makes ot difficult. I think the 15% restock fee is excessive and is stopping people from finding their right bike.

This little guy is keeping watch on a shelf to make sure the pool is filled with plenty of water. He is a very handsome fellow ( at least to me) and beautifully colored….

Looks great in with my desert succulent plants. He came well packaged, unbroken, and adds whimsical charm to my garden. I have already gotten several compliments and am thinking of ordering more lizards!.

Photo is very accurate. Looks like a real lizard and adds a fun element to my garden. Very pleased with this purchase. Haven’t had it long enough to see how it will hold up outside in the sun and rain, but it appears to be well made and I think it will hold up well.

Pros: Adorable!Cons: None.

I have a 6 year old daughter. When said daughter was 5, we rescued a trio of sick turkey poults. They were so rough that one didn’t even make it home, and the other passed that night. The sole surviving turkey was my 6 year old’s, who she had promptly named Busy Bee.

Busy Bee grew fast. He grew as tall as my daughter, and the were inseparable– she’d squat in the backyard, arm over his back like a human friend, and just jabber away to him. While we have chickens, the neighbors were not excited about Busy Bee singing the song of his particular people.

So we found a farm sanctuary, and we get occasional updates about him, happily living his life there. But my 6 year old, she has been devastated. So when she saw this weird turkey toy, her eyes welled up, and she informed me that she would like it.

Couldn’t say no obviously, so we brought it home. This dang turkey goes in the bath, to bed, in her backpack, EVERYWHERE, and a month in it’s still holding up. I would never have imagined myself being grateful to a toy company for making a flipping turkey, but here we are.

Parenthood is wild. But this turkey is legit. Super realistic, doesn’t make the neighbors mad, and comforts an odd 6 year old.

Deinonychus antihropus was named in 1969 by John Ostrom and ushered the great Dinosaur Renaissance which raised dragging tails and elevated them from the swamps and unto dry land. Deinonychus reinforces the dinosaur-bird connection with an amazing new figure from Safari Ltd for their 2020 catalogue.

The sculpt is sleek, even statuesque, the figure boasts a look that so resembles a modern raptor one expects to see a beak. Odd to not see the sinewy muscled limbs from other representations but it is a much welcomed change of form, and gone are the dangling arms ubiquitously present amongst all the figures of dromaeosauridae.

The details are subdued, with the tuberculate scales limited to the feet and face, and a first for any “raptor” is the presence of lips in keeping with the latest scientific research. The sculpted feathers are well done, especially on the primary-secondary wing feathers and the tail.

I do like the taloned fingers on the wings just visible under the wings. The pose can also be described as statuesque, evoking the virtues we bestow upon birds of prey. Power, speed, grace, even nobility.

The figure is frozen in step, head turned left, muzzle raised upward which I interpreted as testing the air for scent. The wings tucked tightly against the body. The tail is sculpted down providing support making the figure a classic tripod yet, it works in tandem as a whole.

Think of an actress’s long flowing gown on a red carpet event. Stately, and grateful. The colours again draws inspiration from modern raptors resembling a Hawk, chocolate and cinnamon browns with white markings.

Yellow for the face and feet and a crimson eye completes the pallet. Again, drawn from modern nature, spectacularly subdued. This figure boasts a look consistent with scientific research, and modern aesthetics.

Deinonychus is a prime figure for the dinosaur renaissance, beautifully sculpted, expertly painted, and highly collectible.

Safari Ltd adds Uintatherium to their prehistoric lineup for 2018. This early ungulate that lived during the Eocene was discovered in 1871 by O. C. Marsh in the Uinta Mountains in what is now Utah and may have been the largest mammal in the Americas during that time.

Although somewhat resembling a rhinoceros, Uintatherium anseps was not related to any rhino, being from the extinct order Dinocerata that flourished from the late Paleocene until the Miocene. The sculpt resembles classic paleoart.

The figure is represented without a fur covering opting for a wrinkled hide, from deep lines along the flanks to delicate ones on the face they crisscross the entire figure up to the tail which ends in a tuft of hair.

The details on the head include the distinctive horns, mandible flanges, and long recurved canine tusks. The pose is quite neutral, head high turned slightly to the right, mouth closed, with the left fore paw raised just ever so.

Not dramatic but natural, organic just as nature should be. The colours are consistent with modern large herbivores, pale grey with a light taupe markings. Slate grey hooves, and black for the tail tuft round out the limited hues.

Again, plausible for large grazers that persist to this day. Previous figures have been made in the 60’s and 70’s by Starlux and Ja-Ru but, forty years or so have passed since Uintatherium was released as a figure despite it being an iconic creature from the early Cenozoic and included in so many murals and classic paintings there are woefully few representations available to the collector.

Thankfully now, Uintatherium has been released by GeoWorld, Playvisions, CollectA, and now Safari Ltd. which is recommended for collectors and enthusiasts of prehistoric fauna.