Safari Ltd 2017 new releases with pictures... complete!!!

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

From my understanding, it's kind of similar to the water buffalo and domesticated version(s). Someone who knows them better can probably explain better than me, but again google can help a little bit if you are interested.

Wow ! I was going to give the example of the water buffalo too ( cause I see them when traveling in the interior villages across India ) the wild water buffalo are now too few ( found mostly only in Eastern end of India-Bengal, I seen similar species of wild water buffalo in the Flores Isles in Indonesia) ( again like the Bengal Tiger and the Siberian Tiger , African Lion - Asiatic Lion) !

An impressive lineup of birds!
And hey, the request for monkey models have been heard widely, as I see

Oh my Darwin!!!
A Kermode bear??? Realy???
That is so cool.
I have never ever seen a figure of this subspecies.
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Again not sure about the moonbear, because of this single image.
As always i realy need to see both irl.

Just to point out:
My avatar is a Salish native American spirit bear, aka Kermode bear.

They have some interesting dragons, although they are of minimal interest to me. I'm not sure what to think of the more cartoony ones. They are cute and they do have a market, but they're not the kind of thing I'd ever buy. If I ever got one, it would be one of the large, scary, and detailed ones. Something very stereotypically "dragon" without a type attached.

I finally got to see the Einiosaurus silhouette and it looks amazing! He has a very dynamic pose. I still love the T rex and I like the look of the Kronosaurus and diplodocus as well. There are just too many good dinosaurs this year.

I think this topic is entirely updated now. If you notice anything missing just let me know. It worth to revisit all the figures this great company is releasing this year!

Dutch Bear wrote:

Just to point out:
My avatar is a Salish native American spirit bear, aka Kermode bear.

WOW !!! It is even more beautyful when we know what it is And next year you will have a model of one, I am sure

Roger wrote:

I think this topic is entirely updated now. If you notice anything missing just let me know. It worth to revisit all the figures this great company is releasing this year!

Thankyou, dear Roger

Just an idea, - is it possible to split the first pictures-part into two or more ?

It takes about 75 seconds for the pictures to appear with my slow connection, but it feels like hours
I can split them, but not make them re-appear at the top of the topic

Pictures need to be downloaded, resized and uploaded as usual. After it I believe the topic will load faster, though, it takes some time actually. I'll try to do it when possible, unless someone is patient enough to do it.

The Safari site is down.

Roger wrote:

Pictures need to be downloaded, resized and uploaded as usual. After it I believe the topic will load faster, though, it takes some time actually. I'll try to do it when possible, unless someone is patient enough to do it.

Ok, no , please don't bother then...it will take so much more time than waiting a little while to see the pictures

I believe now you can see all pictures. I reduced it to the essential and now only animal pictures are uploaded. Those are 25k pics, so I believe it won't be a problem to watch them now. About Fantasy lines, they're not forgoten. I'll upload them later or open a new topic for them.

I opened a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] to all dragons and other fantasy figures where you can see this Jungle Dragon below, presented today as the last of the dragons, together with all other fantasy figures.



10150 Jungle Dragon
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I kinda like that one. It's a unique idea at least.

Thankyou, Roger

And now I can see the pictures very fast !!!

Nice dragon.

All these dragons... And not even an Australian or a Chinese water dragon

Is it me or some pictures have a digital touch' like the Moon bear or the Unau ? nevertheless, I'm glad to see new species with new molds like the Sable antelope, the Orangutan and the frogs

Seriously, the howler, Hoffmann's Two-Toed Sloth and some birds will be very welcome on my shelves.

Kikimalou wrote:

All these dragons... And not even an Australian or a Chinese water dragon

Yes, some water dragons would be fantastic! However, we have to credit them for releasing a long time ago some sea dragons, komodo dragon, dragonflies, dragonfish and still a bearded dragon!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], I am so glad you can see pictures easily without waiting so long as before!

I want also a water dragon with a whale tail fin. ^^

When will we see the dinosaurs?

Exciting News from Safari :)
- For the Moon-Bear, I have to compare it with the one from Bullyland, that I already have. The Bullyland is a nice one, even it seems a little to big.
- Same with the new sloth. I´ve already the Mojo Sloth. I have to look if it is the same subspecies. And even when, will it be an expensive year when I try to make differences between the subspecies.
- The same for the Caribou, where I already have one from Bullyand. Still today, I thought that a Caribou=Reindeer. Have to check now the different figures
- For the howler monkey, I have to post a question in the: What is this please? thread^^

The Birds look really nice and the Harpye Eagle is a must have. The Cattle-Breed is also nice, I now learned that there are 74 different Waterbuffalo-Breeds :O For the toobs, I think a need the frogs :)

What is going on with Safari horses??? 2017 are... horrible

Why haven't they announced their dinosaurs already??

Duck-Anch-Amun wrote:

The Bullyland is a nice one, even it seems a little to big.
- Same with the new sloth. I´ve already the Mojo Sloth. I have to look if it is the same subspecies. And even when, will it be an expensive year when I try to make differences between the subspecies.
- The same for the Caribou, where I already have one from Bullyand. Still today, I thought that a Caribou=Reindeer. Have to check now the different figures
- For the howler monkey, I have to post a question in the: What is this please? thread^^

Mojö's and Safari's sloths intend to represent two different species from the same genus. I am not sure Safari is really taking correctly the typical markings of a Hoffmann's two-toed sloth but they are in terms of taxonomy classification as different as a tiger and a lion. For species collectors both are very interesting, two-toed-sloths are really rare in toy shape and it is even rarer that companies try to make it to the species level. I am personally glad that Safari was careful enough to release a different species from Mojö's.
Caribou and reindeers is a different question. F.i. All African lion subspecies are lions, though, an Asiatic lion is not obviously an African lion. However, they are all the same species. When a brand releases a lion to the species level, it is a Panthera leo and that's all we know, however, if a company makes an Asiatic lion, we have a Phantera leo persica, a lion but up to the subspecies level. Safari caribou is a Rangifer tarandus caribou a subspecies known as woodland caribou and that is referent to some populations of caribous found in Canada. It also represents the largest subspecies of caribou, thus, of all reindeers.
The old Safari reindeer is a generic figure representing Rangifer tarandus, we obviously
could make an effort to assign it to a certain subspecies but we can also use it as a Santa Claus reindeer. So, this 2017 figure is a step forward in Safari's range "speciation " and apparently, also a step forward in terms of sculpting quality.
On the other hand, we have the howler monkey that Safari assigns to Genus Alouatta but makes no reference to a particular species. I believe someone on forum is able of identifying it.

Roger wrote:

On the other hand, we have the howler monkey that Safari assigns to Genus Alouatta but makes no reference to a particular species. I believe someone on forum is able of identifying it.

Black howler (Alouatta caraya) or Guatemalan black howler (Alouatta pigra) I guess