A Starlux mystery... any further info?

I received from DutchBear a fox that looks exactly like Starlux one but in a color that I have never seen before. Size is the same, both weigh 5g, material looks the same, however the mould looks like an mold at the end of its life. I have checked some other Starlux foxes from other collectors and all look like the left one that I received from Susanne. What could it be the right one?


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I don't know Rogério, it's the first time I see such a fox. Is it hard plastic ? You already answered...

I'd say it's a resin home-cast, it's slightly bigger all round and smoother in sculpting yet with a grainy/bitty texture all over. That would suggest someone has taken a mould off of an original?

Thanks for your replies. It doesn't look a resin figure once I can see seams, it is almost surely hard plasticSeams are identical in both figures what show that parts were assembled alike. Maybe it confirms that it is a Starlux figure definitively?
. The only difference I can tell is the less textured surfaces. Maybe it is only a home repaint that removed the texture because of the extra layer of paint. Though, it also doesn't look repainted at all! Was there any later set or series where they reused the mold with a different painting? Well, I have a Starlux mistery indeed.

Hurray for mysteries

They are both beautyful

Congrats Roger, hope someone will have the answer.
The pose of the foxes is very playful, I like it ^^

SUSANNE wrote:

Hurray for mysteries

They are both beautyful

I agree :)

Thanks everyone, I also find them very playful, like the owner is sending a ball and foxes are ready to get it.
I hope some additional information can be found but until better information, I'll keep it as a Starlux variation.

I used a better scale and figured that in fact foxes have different weights, enough to conclude that unlikely it is just a painting variation.
Original Starlux is 5,4 g and misterious fox is 4,2 g, 25% lighter than the original. Also, I searched in an exaustive way for Starlux foxes and I am not able of finding any other looking like the misterious one.
Some examples:

Susanne's
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Thierry's
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Kiki's picture
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and mine too!

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(I just got it recently and am too pleased not to share. I've been wanting this model for a long long time.)

scot(t) wrote:

and mine too!

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(I just got it recently and am too pleased not to share. I've been wanting this model for a long long time.)

CONGRATIOLATIONS, Scott
For lovers of Starlux, this is a must-have , - IMHO

Scott, thanks for sharing picture of yours. It is really a special Starlux figure... full oof joy! Congratulations! I just hope someday to have the luck of getting the fennec!

It is an old topic but with @Caracal and other experts around, maybe I can find an answer to it.
I should have added here also the same fox with a fir on a base I received in the meantime from Kosta!

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AHHHHH! There it is !!! Such a wonderful mini- diorama .

I think I remember that it was Starlux who made souvenirs for sale in the Alps ( And perhaps other places) .
I have a Chamois
Perhps I should try to take a photo with my mobile phone, - even if I always make terrible pictures with the thing

Here it is

I am sure I showed him before, but it is a loooong time since  

He is hollow, and very light.Only 20 grammes.
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And large ! Here with the standard size chamois :
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See...my camera CAN take pictures.
I just have to learn how to focus

There was also a BIG flamingo sold in Camargue

The book "Les feuillets de l'association Starlux génération Beffara" shows Susanne's chamois on the rock. It was released in 1963. It was indeed made as a souvenir. The original Starlux fox was released in 1962. Strangely, it is missing in TAW. I don't see the other fox in the book. I am not a Starlux expert, but I believe you can usually guess from the way they are painted whether it is a (post-1959) Starlux. The painting of the other fox doesn't look very Starlux-like to me, but who knows.

Susanne, your phone camera can make wonderful photos ..you should use it :)
And wow ... this bigger chamois is so beautiful . I am seeing it for the first time.
Now I want one ..

But I think, the Fox mini- diorama is different ..at least it is with a not real Starlux model...it is a copy.

rogerpgvg wrote:

The book "Les feuillets de l'association Starlux génération Beffara" shows Susanne's chamois on the rock. It was released in 1963. It was indeed made as a souvenir. The original Starlux fox was released in 1962. Strangely, it is missing in TAW. I don't see the other fox in the book. I am not a Starlux expert, but I believe you can usually guess from the way they are painted whether it is a (post-1959) Starlux. The painting of the other fox doesn't look very Starlux-like to me, but who knows.

OHHH! SO great to know ! Thankyou, RogerP

And you are right ! The starlux fox is not in TAI
That is horrible

Please, when was the fox made ? Can you see that in your book ?

Kosta, thankyou !!
I am happy you like the telephone-photos

It is extremely difficult to hold that telephone quiet, and touch the screen to take pictures.
I think I took 25 pictures where 22 were either shaken or had pictures of my fingers in them
My shoulders are completely cramped ! Auch, auch
I have never really used it before, - perhaps if I train a bit

The Starlux fox is from 1962. How can the TAW head editor have missed it?

We missed a lot of things the first years... But TAW was born

Yes, TAW is such a great source of information. I now realise there are at least 3 head editors posting in this topic who may all feel addressed. One is particularly into foxes

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Kosta, thankyou !!
I am happy you like the telephone-photos

It is extremely difficult to hold that telephone quiet, and touch the screen to take pictures.
I think I took 25 pictures where 22 were either shaken or had pictures of my fingers in them
My shoulders are completely cramped ! Auch, auch  
I have never really used it before, - perhaps if I train a bit

I am also taking my photos with my phone .
Maybe you can try to fix the phone, to stay stable on the table when you take photos ...I am doing the same :)