The STS 2021 Animal toy of the year - Papo European robin !

If this Longhorn bull is not able of winning the grand final poll, I believe we'll never have a Farm figure on top. We are surely a wildlife oriented forum. I remember in 2014 the fabulous CollectA Watusi bull having no chances against the Papo snow leopard.

.. against Papo Snow leopard the challenge was to difficult though this Wattusi bull model is great! :)

Yay, I cross my fingers for the little robin!

That waterbug had to be my vote, though, I'm wishing we had the option of ordered voting, arrange the finalists first to last sort of thing. Feels bad knowing you voted for something that stands no chance when your second pick is currently neck and neck with your last pick...

Since the poor Xiphactinus has no votes at the moment, let me share here two reviews where you can see how beautiful is this prehistoric fish figure.

stargatedalek wrote:

That waterbug had to be my vote, though, I'm wishing we had the option of ordered voting, arrange the finalists first to last sort of thing. Feels bad knowing you voted for something that stands no chance when your second pick is currently neck and neck with your last pick...

I think ordered voting would be an interesting option but also quite complicated. I would also prefer it that way but I don't think this forum format has such poll options at all.

By the way, it looks like the poll is open for the 7 days from now again, it must be a mistake? I thought it closes tomorrow?

Ana wrote:

stargatedalek wrote:

That waterbug had to be my vote, though, I'm wishing we had the option of ordered voting, arrange the finalists first to last sort of thing. Feels bad knowing you voted for something that stands no chance when your second pick is currently neck and neck with your last pick...

I think ordered voting would be an interesting option but also quite complicated. I would also prefer it that way but I don't think this forum format has such poll options at all.  

By the way, it looks like the poll is open for the 7 days from now again, it must be a mistake? I thought it closes tomorrow?

The only options we have are single vote mode and multiple choices that we don't like because we can't limit the number of choices. If it was multiple choice, I'd vote all of the figures in this list.
It is not a mistake, the poll was scheduled to finish tomorrow but we extended it for one more week.

All are great. My favourite won't win, but never mind, it's nice being able to cast a vote anyway. I tend to like the prehistoric models, and some of the more impressive modern-day "beasts". My guess is that the robin will win, because it is rather cute and appealing (although its legs are much thicker than in a real robin, of course).

With the extension... the bull from my topic still has a chance! This is the first time in my memory that a farmlife model has done anywhere near this well in a poll. Even if he doesn't win, the model itself is an achievement for sure.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

With the extension... the bull from my topic still has a chance! This is the first time in my memory that a farmlife model has done anywhere near this well in a poll. Even if he doesn't win, the model itself is an achievement for sure.

Votes will be quite slow from now, chances are low but the performance of this bull is already remarkable.
We already knew very good models of longhorn cattle in the past. Schleich, Mojö Fun and a few others. Despite of it, CollectA was able of releasing a next level longhorn. The figure is absolutely spectacular. It ruined completely the very nice new donkey from the same company on the Farm poll. Though, those birds are very attractive and very good models too.

The Texas Longhorn Bull performance is indeed remarkable but it is nothing compared to a small bird performance.  
I love this contest because every year we know what is STS 

Robin, robin, robin!
What an exciting poll this year!

Since CollectA is failing to win lately however good their models are, a good idea for next season would be a European Bison with Robins on his back.

spacelab wrote:

Since CollectA is failing to win lately however good their models are, a good idea for next season would be a European Bison with Robins on his back.

I don't think it works, at least American robins are not as cute as the European ones.
CollectA won almost all categories, not bad at all.

Roger wrote:

spacelab wrote:

Since CollectA is failing to win lately however good their models are, a good idea for next season would be a European Bison with Robins on his back.

I don't think it works, at least American robins are not as cute as the European ones.
CollectA won almost all categories, not bad at all.

I think a sparrow figurine with a bison just below would make even more sense. 

A bison as a base? It is not so uncommon to see birds on American bison backs. We are more used with the Cape buffalos and oxpeckers but here is an American bison with lots of birds.
They look like blackbirds but they're surely brown-headed cowbirds. Though, I'd surely enjoy the idea of blackbirds using a bison as a tuk tuk.

Those are introduced European starlings.

stargatedalek wrote:

Those are introduced European starlings.

yes they are!

By the way, I think this pic sums up this poll

stargatedalek wrote:

Those are introduced European starlings.

Oh, thanks, I haven't considered them because I had no idea they're so common there but it makes sense.

As a random aside... I raised 2 baby starlings before they got eaten/killed in my neighborhood. Very smart birds but most people here hate them.

bmathison1972 wrote:

stargatedalek wrote:

Those are introduced European starlings.

yes they are!

By the way, I think this pic sums up this poll

absolutely love this pic!

Doesn't hurt that the robin was my #2 choice, but it's a bit of a shock to see so many non-mammals performing so well. I love to see it.

I can't help but smile at every picture I see of this incredible waterbug, I can't wait for mine to arrive.

Glad to see the Beagle has 5 votes!

Hurray for the robin!!

I couldn’t decide this year if l liked the Papo heron or robin more and I’m so glad to see this little bird win!

The robin is quite happy too  

What a fantastic photo !!!! At first glance I thought it was a real robin