Widukinds zoo news - Part 3 - 02/05/2024 A harbour porpoise, a new hornbill specie from China a old interesting bird and any more

Yeah the whale!

Thank you

So many super and interesting additions here!

Bonnie wrote:

So many super and interesting additions here!

Thank you so much dear Bonnie :)

Newcomers may 2023 - many thanks to Roger for his help.

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Great additions, especially the pheasants

Thank you so much :)

Great newcomers Andreas, the two pheasants are they from Erzgebirge /Thüringen ? Can you show a closer photo please ?

Die beiden Vögel ganz rechts mit dem Zinkfüßen (Fasane ?) und der Vogel mit dem blauen Kopf/Gefieder rechts daneben sehen interessant aus - könnten die aus dem Erzgebirge, bzw. aus dem Raum Thüringen stammen ? Ich glaube, ich habe davon sehr ähnliche Modelle, das Bild kann aber auch täuschen.

75senta75 wrote:

Great newcomers Andreas, the two pheasants are they from Erzgebirge /Thüringen ? Can you show a closer photo please ?

Die beiden Vögel ganz rechts mit dem Zinkfüßen (Fasane ?) und der Vogel mit dem blauen Kopf/Gefieder rechts daneben sehen interessant aus - könnten die aus dem Erzgebirge, bzw. aus dem Raum Thüringen stammen ? Ich glaube, ich habe davon sehr ähnliche Modelle, das Bild kann aber auch täuschen.

Yes, i think so. I bought these as Elastolin but i am sure Erzgebirge. I have also a few similar pheasants. Do you have more birds except pheasants? And a few more are now listed in my shop

Thank you for the reference to your homepage. I found the birds there.
It looks like they are really figures from the Erzgebirge or Thüringen. Age is around 1930 - 1950 ?
The are definitely not by Elastolin. These Elastolin birds have a base and are also more massive.
For the Erzgebirge animals, there is often no manufacturer with a "brand name".
They were often made by very small "family businesses" and then sold to larger traders or at markets, again without a known "company."
Nowadays these bird figurines are hard to find.
We could start a topic only with these Erzgebirge birds, what do you think?

Do you know the brand for the diplocaulus? Those pheasants are simply gorgeous...

Very interesting group, the two pheasants are very beautiful, I want the dove too.

Congratulations

75senta75 wrote:

Thank you for the reference to your homepage. I found the birds there.
It looks like they are really figures from the Erzgebirge or Thüringen. Age is around 1930 - 1950 ?
The are definitely not by Elastolin. These Elastolin birds have a base and are also more massive.
For the Erzgebirge animals, there is often no manufacturer with a "brand name".
They were often made by very small "family businesses" and then sold to larger traders or at markets, again without a known "company."
Nowadays these bird figurines are hard to find.
We could start a topic only with these Erzgebirge birds, what do you think?

Ys, i am sure too. That is true, informations are very hard to find. That is the reason for my first Sammlerjournal. But only a pic with less informations. I work in the Area Vorerzgebirge and on Christmas markets are many , also old, companies. But nobody have more informations. I also asked sometimes in there too. My local collector friends, really experts with longtime experiences, dont know the figures. In the book "Massefiguren aus dem Erzgebirge" - nothing. I think i will went to the toy museum Erzgebirge soon, but i heard there are no bird figures. It is really strange. The only new old bird is made by Marolin.

Here is my Erzgebirge topic :)

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I like the idea of a bigger Erzgebirge topic :)

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Do you know the brand for the diplocaulus? Those pheasants are simply gorgeous...

Thank you and sorry no. I got this hardplastic figure from Mexico, tha t is all that i knows

landrover wrote:

Very interesting group, the two pheasants are very beautiful, I want the dove too.

Congratulations  

Thank you my friend.

Wonderful pheasants!

What is the little reddish canid and from which brand please?

Caracal wrote:

Wonderful pheasants!    

What is the little reddish canid and from which brand please?

Thank you, i think you mean the Nayab bat eared fox. But i am not sure for that

Here are the small zoo news with big figures for JUne 2023 - many thanks to Ralf (Yurumi)

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this figure i got any months ago but my local friend restored the beak
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Wonderful additions especially the deer and the Doberman.

Congratulations and give a hug to Ralf.

Great batch again Andreas Funny croc !

A big hug to Ralf

congratulations on all of these Andreas!
the tortoise looks really nice! and so does the nyala. What brand is that?

and is that a green and yellow bird in the centre? I can't make out the species, do you know what it is?
I like the pretty colours.

That was nice of your friend to restore the beak for you! It looks really good :)

Many thanks friends, i will hug Ralf next time

sunny wrote:

congratulations on all of these Andreas!
the tortoise looks really nice! and so does the nyala. What brand is that?

and is that a green and yellow bird in the centre? I can't make out the species, do you know what it is?
I like the pretty colours.

That was nice of your friend to restore the beak for you! It looks really good :)

Thank you. The Kudu is by Lineol. The little bird is a hardplastic roadrunner by a unknown brand.

widukind wrote:

sunny wrote:

congratulations on all of these Andreas!
the tortoise looks really nice! and so does the nyala. What brand is that?

and is that a green and yellow bird in the centre? I can't make out the species, do you know what it is?
I like the pretty colours.

That was nice of your friend to restore the beak for you! It looks really good :)

Thank you. The Kudu is by Lineol. The little bird is a hardplastic roadrunner by a unknown brand.

thank you