A small flock from France :-)

Sometimes I get an attack of Starlux-craving  ! Ebay.fr call out to me like the ladies at Loreli , and I just HAVE to do a little searching    

Last week I got one of those attacks, and look what I found :

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An armadillo  
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The seller wrote he is Starlux, but - hurraaay - in TAI I can see he is a Big Hairy Armadillo from Prior  
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A while ago Christophe gave me a bison and an eland from Prior, - it begins to look like a collection  
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And then :  My first Rhea/Nandu    
According to the seller it is  Starlux no 1746 , - and I am SO delighted to have got one      
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He is happy too, - here with some friends  
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Another delightful little feller , - the Starlux otter no 1811:
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So totally otter , isn't he ?  
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I adore him  
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Wonder what this pelican is thinking about ?  
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But perhaps the most amazing find, IMHO    
A very little zebu made from composition material  
Isn't he just wonderful ?  
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I was sure he is from the miniature series of Elastolin, - but he is not in Ulrich Raue's book   Yes he is ! Under wildlife  
Look at him together with the large Elastolin-zebu bull . They MUST be related  
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Here he is with friends from Starlux and Clairet...they fit better by size, and get along very well
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Life is beautyful, isn't it ?

Susanne, your collection never fails to impress me.

This armadillo is lovely, too the ñandú.
Good lot of additions.
Congrats

I love these French small vintage figures, Starlux style worked perfectly with the otter, the pose makes me think about the emblematic Miller Megatherium
Receiving a Prior armadillo instead of a Starlux is surely not a problem when you already have the STarlux one. By the way, the page of this armadillo was half-orphaned on TAI but it is fixed now. Starlux pages are from the begining when the wiki was slightly less protocolar than today. I really love also the pelican and rhea is really special. It is not a surprise that ...Nando loves ñadúes.
To finish in glory, that small zebu is apparently something very rare and how great it works in scale perfectly with the 54mm friends.

Beautieful additions for you Susanne :) and a hurray to France :)

Thankyou for your kind comments

Congratulations on your new finds, and thanks for introducing me to yet a new brand! I'm learning so much here on this forum! And apropos that, can I ask a stupid question, what dies composition mean in this context? I see you guys writing about conposition figures?

Anne from Norway wrote:

Congratulations on your new finds, and thanks for introducing me to yet a new brand! I'm learning so much here on this forum! And apropos that, can I ask a stupid question, what dies composition mean in this context? I see you guys writing about conposition figures?

On STS there aren't stupid questions and this particular question shows all your interest in this hobby. Tim [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], created a fantastic page on Toy Animal Wiki that describes the materials used for toy animal figures.
You can find a description about composition material too. Take a look here!

Thank you so much, Roger!

Wow, what beautifully detailed and charming models. Huge congrats on these lovely animals!

Starlux!!! I'll admit I go on eBay France from time to time too to oogle all the Starlux animals up for grabs. But those darned salty shipping costs keep me from buying much.

But oh...the otter has certainly stolen my heart. Endearing pose and wonderful details for such a tiny critter!

Congratulations on all these new additions!

Anne : Roger is right ! There are no stupid questions on STS ( and this is not at ALL stupid, - I asked it myself some years ago ) .
Thanks for the link, Roger, - imagine all the hours I spend on TAI, and I never saw it before

Thankyou, dear Paige

Fallon, - good to know I have fellow addicts ...both to Starlux and to the little otter

Truly superb additions to your collection Susanne.

Love the Starlux birds - they did a great variety.

Need to go Starlux hunting myself.

Thanks for the inspiration.

Chris Sweetman wrote:

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Need to go Starlux hunting myself.

Thanks for the inspiration.

Gosh ! it is contagious

You're welcome Anne and Susanne!
Susanne, I haven't noticed before but after checking on TAI, I think you haven't found your first rhea yet. It seems it is an emmu instead. Though, check what the catalogue tells and share with us, please.

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Starlux Emmu from Christophe's collection


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Starlux rhea from Tim's collection

No rhea

But I have also good news

I mailed the author of my Elastolin book, and the zebu IS elastolin !
I had looked for it amon farm animals, but itt is under wild animals, - post war miniature Elastolin Zebu bull

I think that the fact that it is not a rhea is not so disapointing. Now you have a very good reason to revisit EBAY France. Also, you love emus even if they turned more common during these days.
Very nice that the author of the book replied to you and that you now know for sure what you have in your hands. Zebus are those animals that we can find often in wild life series and also in farm series. They're farm animals for me but blue peafowls are probably wild animals and we see them always in farm collections.

Thankyou, Roger

This ``small flock`` from France looks like a gem
Wonderful models dear friend. Great catch !

Thankyou, dear Kosta

Lovely models-congrats!!!!