Susannes new models 2021 and 2022 Update June 26th : Unexpected gifts from Lillias :D

Wonderful additions, Susanne Diplodocus looks magnificent! And the Konobelodon is such a unique species in the world of miniature figures, and is a very beautiful model too!
The Papos are both very nice also

Thankyou Jolie, Andreas and Anna

Four wonderful musketeers  I wish I will add them soon too 

I also love all four
The beautiful Papo eagle and the charming beatle are wonderful.
But the Eofauna models ... OMG , I adore them !
Congratulations dear Susanne

This Eofauna Diplodocus is unbelievable! It looks like a walking bridges. Such a huge and detailed figure for the Price Eofauna is offering it, turns this model into a mandatory figure for dino collectors. I surely love the Konobelodon and I hope Eofauna continues healthy because it is surely not easy to be successful with a little series where most of the models are extinct proboscidians.
It is also great to see the agle, it will be a very popular model among us. I think I was not expecting you to get the beetle but, if it is as good as the spider and the scorpion, it is surely a worthy model.

Thankyou guys

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] : Yes, that diplodocus is fantastic !
But I think perhaps the e-shops will hate it, because it is so long and heavy in the middle, and the end of the tail is so thin (vulnerable) !
It takes an enormous box to send it, and it is too wide for an ordinary tube
However it was sold out at Spielzeugguenstig only a few days after it arrived

It is a surprise to me also, but I really, really love that beetle

Wow, that IS a big model, I hope you have somewhere he'll fit! It always seems a shame when the largest dinosaurs are made just a bit bigger than the other species, not enough bigger to look remotely to-scale when displayed together.
I know they do it for practicality, and to keep the cost down, but it's great to see some companies which aren't afraid to just go ahead and make these massive models to show us the sheer size of the real animal (like the Kaiyodo blue whale Jolie showed us the other day, that works in a collection in a way the other blue whales don't - they're nice enough sculpts but don't capture the hugeness)

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] : Yes, that diplodocus is fantastic !
But I think perhaps the e-shops will hate it, because it is so long and heavy in the middle, and the end of the tail is so thin (vulnerable) !
It takes an enormous box to send it, and it is too wide for an ordinary  tube
However it was sold out at Spielzeugguenstig only a few days after it arrived

Maybe it explains why many dinosaur series use their own boxes even if some collectors think it is useless and increases the final price. I think boxes like the PNSO ones give a good service.

4 beautiful models with an impressive diplo!

For ages I have wished for the black panther from Britains , but at prices of 45 £ or more + at least 10 £ shipping I had actually totally given up  

THEN UK-Roger came to the rescue  
He sent me a link to an Ebay site, where there were one for sale, + THREE spotted leopards !!
The seller would not sell internationally, but long story short : Roger got them for me, - even at a price that was almost ridiculously low, and sent them to me for 3 £  
Well, he also checked that the black panther was not a repaint, which seems to be quite common, and which I am not able to spot  

So now I am the happy owner of this gorgeous, tiny model  
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And a whole litter of spotted siblings  
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Here you see two of them with the only leopard I had before  
The extra fun is, that my tail-less kitty has "Britains" stamped under his belly, while the new arrivals all has "ENGLAND" .
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A few pictures of the newcommers :
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As you can see one of the leopards is different from the other two :
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These two seem to be twins ( except for the colour) .
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Seing what happened to my old leopard, I keep these three safe in a lovely, little box, Kostave gave to me  
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While one is standing in my small-models-showcase.
See how little she is next to Starlux and Clairet  
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Dear Roger(UK), how can I ever thank you ?
You are a true STS-friend , and that is no small thing to be  

Interesting (G)oldies

You really have gotten a famous rarity for a bargain. The problem of some rarities are not the fact they are rare but especially the fact they are famous and it increases their prices. It is really wonderful when people like Roger joins our community and shares the best side of the collecting hobby. Surely our hobby is much nicer when there are good friends around. I am very happy for you Susanne, you really deserve to have this black panther in your collection.

Congrats! What a great find with such great help! It's so exciting to add a long-looked for, very expensive thing to the collection - especially at a good price. And the spotted ones are really lovely as well. I don't know much about Britains and their rarity, but I know how it feels to nearly give up on something that is pricey, and then to finally have one!

Roger wrote:

The problem of some rarities are not the fact they are rare but especially the fact they are famous and it increases their prices.

This is quite true for several things I have been looking for in my other collections. There's actually quite a few of them available out there - but the reputation is that they are scarce!

Big congrats  Susanne for this rare newcomer and your beautiful pictures! 

What a nice story! Not only you got these fabulous panthers but also this nice happening!! Congratulations!!

Great additions to your collection. This is also one that I am looking for.

Thankyou, dear friends

Wonderful additions!!!!!

Hurray for Roger and for you Susanne! Lovely old felines.

THE Black panther !!!
Big BRAVO to Roger
I am so happy for you dear Susanne !
Big congratulations dear friend
Haha , the pinky box is just perfect for these 3

wonderful for you to get these leopards and panther to join your collection Susanne! Congratulations!
I remember that it was not that long ago that you mentioned this very desired panther on your wishlist! - and now! voila, it is here
excellent work from Roger, that is so very kind :)

Thankyou, friends

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Haha , the pinky box is just perfect for these 3

Yes ! Good planning, Kosta
The lion and the donkey have to share the other box now, but they get along fine

Congratulations, you have finally found the figures. What a nice story! Even the packaging is extraordinary. Big hurray to UK-Roger.

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Congratulations, you have finally found the figures. What a nice story! Even the packaging is extraordinary.  Big hurray to UK-Roger.

Yes, WONDERFUL
And I have more great news to show, you know

It's interesting that they are all a bit different. One of the spotted panthers has a slightly different, darker plastic too. Britains changed the plastic of their zoo range in about 1993 or so. The fun of collecting Britains is that there are so many different versions.