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Discussion in 'Zoo Memorabilia' started by ollielloyd, 3 Oct 2009.

  1. Jungle Man

    Jungle Man Well-Known Member

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    Pretty big collection, @HungarianBison , I have wanted to make a collection that big but currently I don't have any figures.
     
  2. Kakapo

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    What are the first tragelaphines? Homemade?
     
  3. AdrianW1963

    AdrianW1963 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Anyone know where I could get a list of all model animals made by Schleich please?
     
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    Great Argus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Interesting, a few older species I wish were better done and still available! Many of their figures seem to have rather short production runs compared to other brands.
     
  7. AdrianW1963

    AdrianW1963 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Great information both many thanks
     
  8. Andrew Swales

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    They appear to flit from one Chinese factory to another, 'retiring' lines as they go. This results in an inconsistent quality (one of the reasons we dropped them) but also nurtures a lucrative collectors market in the short-life items.

    Schleich - ToyAnimalWiki does not appear to list two Schleich zoo buildings produced in late 90s. We have the zoo buildings (40160) in the collection, but are keen to acquire the entrance kiosks (40151), if anyone has any leads...
     
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  9. AdrianW1963

    AdrianW1963 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I have started a small collection of animals to start mine and my nephews collection
    please don’t forget these are my first few to list –

    Artic fox – Schleich 2011
    White-tailed deer buck – Schleich
    White-tailed deer doe – Schleich
    White-tailed deer Fawn – Schleich
    White-tailed deer Doe – Schleich
    White-tailed deer Doe – Schleich
    White-tailed deer Fawn – Schleich 14253
    Great Kudu – Papo
    Okapi – Schleich
    Marabou Stork – Papo
    Snow Leopard – Papo 50160
    Gemsbok Oryx – Mojo 387242
    Duck Billed Platypus – Mojo 387106
    Cape Buffalo – Schleich
    American Bison – Schleich
    Quokka – Schleich 14823
    Wildlife starter pack – Schleich (1x Lion, 1x Zebra, 1x African Elephant Calf & 1x Chimpanzee young)
    Assorted Wild Life Animal pack – Schleich (1x cheetah cub, 1x giant pangolin, 1x Flamingo, 1x Giraffe Calf & 1x African Elephant Calf
    Black Panther – Schleich 14774

    Will try and keep this going with more models over the next couple of months before our birding and zoo visits start again
     
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  10. Kakapo

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    It's a very big quantity of models for starting! :) Congrats :)
     
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  11. groundskeeper24

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    I have a few of Anna Dobrowolska Oczko's models. I bought the original bongo, the takin, the eland, and a gaur that sadly has a broken leg (cat knocked it off the shelf and onto the tile floor). They are all pretty outstanding.
     
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    They were no-name Chinese figures, but I was repaint them. The bigger figures are Giant elands, the lesser is a Bongo.
     
  13. Andrew Swales

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    We have some remnant Papo on our stand in the gift shop here, from last year. If there is anything you would like I can put it to one side for you, either for later or by post now if you could pay the postage and a small donation...

    We also have some Plaho (from the DDR), and other old brands bought in low volume, which will be sold in the shop if/when we re-open. It is in storage, so I cant tell you exactly what the lines will be.
     
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    I have about 20 Papos and tons of other smaller figures, but they are in France atm :)
     
  15. boro745

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    I have over 100 figures in my collecton, mostly old Schleich figures, but I also have some Papo and Collecta :)
     
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  16. AdrianW1963

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    Hi I was wondering what models you have if you can send me a list I would like to place a order and will pay p&p
     
  17. Kakapo

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    Thanks, I asked about the brand/manufacturer rather than the species, sorry for not being explicit. Sometimes "chinamals" are good subjects for customizing and a little repaint can give us realistic models, tough in majority of them this is not possible. For example, it's clear that the paintjob of these are or Giant Elands, but the horns are Kudu ones.
     
  18. Andrew Swales

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    Will do, thank you -
    All Papo - I guess from 2019 and 2018 catalogues, a few singles, mostly 2-6 of each on the shelf:
    Bull Giraffe
    Indian and African Elephants
    Indian Rhino calf - 1
    Lion - 1
    Stalking Lioness
    Lioness carrying cub
    Tigress carrying cub
    Black Leopard - 1
    Jaguar
    Lynx
    Cheetah with cub
    Running Cheetah
    White Tiger cub
    Zebra
    Zebra foal
    Brown Bear
    Giant Tortoise
    Alpaca
    Moose - 1
    Reindeer - 1
    Sitting Meerkat
    Baby Gorilla
    Sitting Sloth
    R/T Lemur with baby
    B+G Macaw - 1
    Brown Oviraptor with egg
    Triceratops - 1
     
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  19. AdrianW1963

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    Just ordered the following after my Nephew spotted them on e-bay

    Striped hyena
    Baird's tapir
    Capybara
    Springbok
    Musk ox
    Malayan tapir

    These models are from Collecta if they are OK then may order more species from this range
     
  20. AdrianW1963

    AdrianW1963 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Just ordered one of my most favourite mammals a Maned Wolf

    will shortly update with the models that have arrived by monday Xavier will take the photographs so maybe a little out of focus but we'll see
     
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