Plastic Fantastic!
Check out this AI recreation of the Wegkruip waterhole – NamibiaCam’s first and foremost webcam site – in the form of a “Gachapon” toy set!
Kudos to long-time and enthusiastic viewer Yoshida Mizuki for rendering a surprisingly accurate depiction of the “NC” livestream screen view using AI tools and programming.
All of the usual suspects are included: the “darkwood” and “lightwood” Camelthorn tree branches, a partition background screen depicting the former “Leaning Tree”, and of course our familiar wildlife visitors:
• Oryx
• Warthog
• Zebra (and foal)
• Giraffe
• Gnu (aka Blue Wildebeest)
• Spotted Hyena
• Ostrich (with juvenile)
• Black-backed Jackal
• Feral Horse (composite of “Thelma & Louise”)
Yoshida-san even included a sheaf of foldout mini-brochures in the style of those customarily included with popular Japanese gachapon (capsule toys), along with a selection of opened plastic capsules from which the characters and construction pieces were secreted... if these were actual toys.
As she explains in the comment with her posting at NamibiaCam’s public Facebook group page, some of the pieces are obviously too large to fit inside a capsule but practicality isn’t the point – the post was intended to amuse and intrigue, not to be a prototype.
What would I change or add (and absolutely NO criticism intended) if I could? Well, a Pied Crow perched on one of the ‘woods would be nice. Besides the Ostriches there are no birds at all, not even a single one of Lizzy’s beloved Speckled Pigeons.
I can also imagine a “Night Mode” version, with an Owl perched on one (or both) of the ‘woods. There might be a Leopard or Cheetah, placed rarely to match reality. Other nocturnal visitors that would complement the moonlit scene might include Bat-eared Foxes, an African Wildcat, maybe even a Brown Hyena or a Genet!
And we won’t mention our loved/hated outage gecko, “Gerald”, though the less he’s seen, the better! Well, it’s fun to imagine and dream, which is pretty much what Yoshida-san has done with this wonderful rendition.
(image via Yoshida Mizuki © 2026)