Schleich Accessories "Death Valley Set" 42251 from 2015 .

As far as I know, the only insects that Schleich has made for their animal series, were the mini-insects, which stopped in 1995 .
But this year they launced a "Death Valey set", containing three nice desert insecs, and the scull which is also in the "bones" set  

I like the little hangers that they sell them in, - well, they would be even better if it was possible to close them again...a question of price, I suppose  
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Cozy and safe from little, sticky fingers in the shop
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Out in the dangerous world...stay away, vacuumcleanersaurus !!!!
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Well, this is about the insects, - here they are       :
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The spider :
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The scorpion :
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The centipede ! Isn't he great ?    
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Here they meet two of the old mini insects , the fly and the Scarabaeidae
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Very nice set Susanne! Thank you for the walk around!
I think the scorpion, spider and centipede are nicely made and they are in very nice small size. I especially like the skull, it looks very realistic!

Bloodrayne wrote:

eeew

That's really a not very Schleichy set. It is very interesting that you point the fact of Schleich never released an Insect series.
Actually, none of these are insects in oposition to the minis presented that are insects in fact.
Though, that's just a detail, brands use to put lots of non insects in insect series. :)
As it has an evident geographic reference "Detah Valley", I'd love to know if these figures represent real species from that region. Someone knows? I cannot even identify the skull.
Thanks for great pictures and Hurray for new Schleich sets!

I'm impressed. For their size they are very detailled and the scull ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: I think, it is from a cow, nothing special) looks very good.

Interesting set, congratulations Susanne :)

SUSANNE wrote:

Bloodrayne wrote:

eeew

Hahaha!
Thank you for the walkaround Susanne.

Congratulations!
They look great. I like the centipede, it's creepy... and the skull looks also very nice.

Nice walkaround Susanne. I'm so happy it solved a great mystery for me: Why Safari Ltd began to make white or green variations now... Schleich stole the Black paint's barrel

Thankyou, friends

Roger, - good that you remind me - again - that these are not insects but Arthropods.
But aren't we we many who call all kinds of cribly-crawly insects, - I never heard an layman talk about Arthropods

Kikimalou wrote:

Nice walkaround Susanne.  I'm so happy it solved a great mystery for me: Why Safari Ltd began to make white or green variations now... Schleich stole the Black paint's barrel

Very cool set, something new and different for Schleich

Bonobo wrote:

I'm impressed. For their size they are very detailled and the scull ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: I think, it is from a cow, nothing special) looks very good.

Thanks Bonobo, just a cow? I thought it was the Devil itself.

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou, friends

Roger, - good that you remind me - again - that these are not insects but Arthropods.
But aren't we we many who call all kinds of cribly-crawly insects, - I never heard an layman talk about Arthropods

Kikimalou wrote:

Nice walkaround Susanne. I'm so happy it solved a great mystery for me: Why Safari Ltd began to make white or green variations now... Schleich stole the Black paint's barrel

:lol!!:

Yes, nobody call them like that. It is like dinos, we call everything that is prehistoric a dino and then there is someone saying: - pterosaurs are not dinos... neither mosasaurs, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, not even the famous saltoposuchus. So what are they... arthropods?

Exactly

I hadn't paid much attention to this set, but your pictures show just how small and thin the sculptures are, for Schleich. This is a promising sign of what could be done in sets like this (the little gerbils are, too). I think some small songbirds at a bird bath or feeder would be perfect in this format and work with both the woodland and horse/domestic lines.

I like the skull- it looks like it would make a good bison skull, at about the right scale to the live bison figures.

I didn't realize this set had been reviewed. I do want to make one correction, that is not a centipede but rather a millipede (which are so very rarely made in toy form!).