Tarunyada's General Additions [Updated 24.02]

Thanks Andreas and Anna!

NightLioness wrote:

Tarunyada wrote:

Thank you all so much, Roger, LeeAnn, Karin, Susanne, Lance, Laura, Paige and Andrea!

I'm already into a trade with Lance and I've just bought a few animals from a Dutch auction site, so it looks like I'm back in business

BEESTJES!!!!!

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I received a parcel with various animal figurines about a week ago:


I find the Safari Ltd replicas very interesting. I'm not sure if I've ever seen such good fakes. They are really good quality, great paintwork and quite heavy.

Expecting another parcel and a trade with Lance!

Great newcomers Julie .
Congratulations for all new friends :)

Beautyful additions, dear Julie
All look great ! What especially catches my eye is that little horse in the first picture, - very elegant !
And the Safaris are wonderful

I have that seal also and like it very much ! It feels like an AAA model, but can't be - I wonder if somebody can tell something about it ?

Those 'Safari' animals really do look good! Defiantly copies, but what are they doing here XD

NightLioness wrote:

Those 'Safari' animals really do look good! Defiantly copies, but what are they doing here XD

Gosh ! I missed that !!! Are the others COPIES

SUSANNE wrote:

NightLioness wrote:

Those 'Safari' animals really do look good! Defiantly copies, but what are they doing here XD

Gosh ! I missed that !!! Are the others COPIES

She can't find any mark that says Safari at all.
And if you look at, for example the corgi dog, they aren't exactly the same.
But they have a good quality, heavy and good painting.

Compare her Corgi to the TAI one: Corgi dog TAI

Strange and a mystery to us both XD

Thanks Kosta, Susanne and Karin!

SUSANNE wrote:

What especially catches my eye is that little horse in the first picture, - very elegant!

You mean this one?


It indeed is a very elegant horse figurine. This horse is only marked with 'Made in China', but again, looks really good for a China model, just as the Safari Ltd copies.

SUSANNE wrote:

NightLioness wrote:

Those 'Safari' animals really do look good! Defiantly copies, but what are they doing here XD

Gosh ! I missed that !!! Are the others COPIES

Yes, they're all copies They are all marked just as the harp seal, 'Species name | Made in China'. But again, they are so well made that they indeed look almost exactly as the real figurines!

Congratulations Julie for your new figures! It is nice to see that your collection keeps growing and always with so many interesting and misterious figures.
About Safari copies, someone posted here a link of some white-boxed sets that Safari is already aware of them, they may be from the same collection. If those have foxes, I have to get them. Is the unknown fox for me, those that you call AAA alike? It is very interesting and the mold looks more like it was made for an Arctic fox. Have you acquired it in a random lot or do you know where to get it?

Tarunyada wrote:

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Love the fox <3

Great models, the elephant is my favorite elephant, so much character. congrats!

Thanks, Roger and Paige! Today arrived another package with some lovely figurines, including Schleich and Papo animals (with the Schleich Minke whale ). I'll be able to make some pictures next week

Roger wrote:

Is the unknown fox  for me, those that you call AAA alike? It is very interesting and the mold looks more like it was made for an Arctic fox. Have you acquired it in a random lot or do you know where to get it?

The mold really looks like it was supposed to be an Arctic fox indeed. I wonder if they ever made one.. I bought this one in a lot of animals, including different figurines. I have no idea what it is. I called previous figurines AAA look-a-likes because I've seen the same molds produced by AAA before (I know there have been some strange exchange between molds and brands in the past, such as the Schleich/Safari Ltd/AAA lines). All these AAA look-a-likes were merely marked with 'CHINA' or 'MADE IN CHINA', while this fox looks a bit different. First of all, I've never seen an AAA fox with this mold before, and secondly, it's marked differently:


I have no idea what this 'M' means, but I know that this fox is already older than I am!

Thanks for additional information Julie! I think the way it is marked turns it even more interesting!
I like when figures are marked with a year and something misterious. I also don't remember seeing that mold used by AAA and that M is almost surely a brand indication. So, not AAA for sure.

Tarunyada wrote:

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Wow! Your horse looks like this guy [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] rather nice copy!
Also, lovely additions. I don't know why i haven't commented yet but I've been following this topic for a while now!

Roger wrote:

Thanks for additional information Julie! I think the way it is marked turns it even more interesting!
I like when figures are marked with a year and something misterious. I also don't remember seeing that mold used by AAA and that M is almost surely a brand indication. So, not AAA for sure.

You're welcome, Roger! It's always exciting to find 'new' brands like these, I hope we can find more information about it And maybe we even find an Arctic fox on the same mold once!

Drakulka wrote:

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Wow! Your horse looks like this guy [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] rather nice copy!
Also, lovely additions. I don't know why i haven't commented yet but I've been following this topic for a while now!

It sure looks like those Breyers! Thanks for the information, Stanislava! Only mine is just marked 'Made in China'. What material are those Breyer ones? Mine's just hard plastic, just as the major brand figurines.

Breyer Stablemates are hard plastic as well. I am not sure, but I do think they are Cellulose plastic. I've seen quite a lot of the G1 Stablemates being reproduced by China factories into cheaper copies

Fox M.  
Could it be Fox Mulder undercover ????

Tarunyada wrote:

Thanks Kosta, Susanne and Karin!

SUSANNE wrote:

What especially catches my eye is that little horse in the first picture, - very elegant!

You mean this one?

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It indeed is a very elegant horse figurine. This horse is only marked with 'Made in China', but again, looks really good for a China model, just as the Safari Ltd copies.

WOW ! An ancient Breyer-copy

Many copies are both charming and intersting

Drakulka wrote:

Breyer Stablemates are hard plastic as well. I am not sure, but I do think they are Cellulose plastic. I've seen quite a lot of the G1 Stablemates being reproduced by China factories into cheaper copies

Quite interesting, thank you for the information!

SUSANNE wrote:

Fox M.  
Could it be Fox Mulder undercover ????

Could be Wasn't someone on STS using X-Files action toys to match their larger scaled horses?

SUSANNE wrote:

WOW ! An ancient Breyer-copy

Many copies are both charming and intersting  

They sure are, Susanne!

Today I bought some new figurines! This time not from the internet, but in the city I'm living in. My local Schleich store cut the price from this year's collectors items, so I couldn't help myself but buying some cuties I wanted for quite some time..


In another shop I bought 7 from the existing 11 penguins from the Safari Ltd 683404 Penguins TOOB:


Better pictures next week! I also received a wonderful envelope from Lance, photographs next week as well. And still expecting something special coming week..

Congrats Julie! I can never resist when I see sales on models I really want

LeeAnn wrote:

Congrats Julie! I can never resist when I see sales on models I really want

Thanks, LeeAnn! I'm probably going back next week for the 14640 African buffalo and 14641 African buffalo calf.. I'll sure have a look at the other figurines as well, it's so tempting

Julie, do they sell Safari penguins individually? You have to get a Galapagos penguin for my collection!
Good idea getting these small Schleich. They're all nice and I also own some of them. Although I don't need more beavers or otters, I'll surely get these two if I find them cheap.
About buffalos, go for it, both are wonderful figures, I don't collect calves but cape buffalo calf from Schleich is one of the most interesting youngsters of ever, I also like the bison calf and kudu, for example.

See? Even Roger tells you to go and buy the little calf

V&D is now totally bankrupt! >.< Such a shame all V&D's are so far away XD

I seriously need to come to Deventer sometimes!!

Again, congrats on the beautiful little critters :3

Roger wrote:

Julie, do they sell Safari penguins individually? You have to get a Galapagos penguin for my collection!
Good idea getting these small Schleich. They're all nice and I also own some of them. Although I don't need more beavers or otters, I'll surely get these two if I find them cheap.
About buffalos, go for it, both are wonderful figures, I don't collect calves but cape buffalo calf from Schleich is one of the most interesting youngsters of ever, I also like the bison calf and kudu, for example.

Roger, I'll go and see if they still have a Galapagos penguin available! Any other penguins you need? The ones I have were the only ones still available.
Okay, I'll revisit the shop and get the African buffalo and calf for sure xD

NightLioness wrote:

See? Even Roger tells you to go and buy the little calf

V&D is now totally bankrupt! >.< Such a shame all V&D's are so far away XD

I seriously need to come to Deventer sometimes!!

Again, congrats on the beautiful little critters :3

Yes yes, I'll go and get them xD
Problem is that all the V&D stores are now completely closed. I was there only last week (bought the Schleich meerkat for only 1 euro), but I wanted to go back to see if they had more Schleich/Mojö for sale, but they're completely closed now.. Damn, there goes my Mojö source D:

And thank you! Can't wait to receive those dodos from MP

Good girl

So quick! Unbelievable! o.0 Yes, their goes our Mojo source
I really hope Mojo can find other shops here in the Netherlands who wants to sell their animals.

Oh yes, those dodos! *flap flap :')

NightLioness wrote:

Good girl

So quick! Unbelievable! o.0 Yes, their goes our Mojo source
I really hope Mojo can find other shops here in the Netherlands who wants to sell their animals.

Yes, such a pity.. Well, the Bart Smit webshop sells lots of different Mojö figurines, and there's no shipping above 25 euros. But still, I really liked the idea of going to V&D and check out all those lovely Mojö figurines in their gorgeous wooden stands..

NightLioness wrote:

Oh yes, those dodos! *flap flap :')

Nooooooo, not the Primeval one