2022 Woodland Figure of the Year - Papo Great Tit

Hello Friends
Today you can vote for your favorite Woodland figurine of the year 2022. You have seven days to vote, and you can change your vote for as long as the poll is open.
The future winner will be included in the final poll for the STS Figure of The Year!

The finalists are:

Papo Eurasian magpie

Papo Eurasian spoonbill

Papo Great Tit

CollectA Plains bison

Safari LTD Crested Gecko

Mojo Barn owl

Safari Ltd Mississippi alligator baby

Papo Grove snail


And Naturalism Bald Eagle

I'm not sure this year the cake goes to a bird. It is good to recall that the previous winner for this category won the grand final for the 2021 STS Animal Figure of the Year. It was surprising in my opinion. I knew the figure was very popular but being just a little bird, I was not expecting it to win.The great tit is performing well but the Bison is leading so far.

Last winner, Papo European robin!

I share the same thoughts Roger. Performing well but I half expected the little bird to win again this year.

I also thought for sure one of Papo's birds would win this year, I thought they were even better than last year. I think the bison is a very nice model, although I didn't vote for it because I personally like both of Safari's bison more. Hard for me to choose between the great tit and magpie

I forgot where my vote is but I'm sure it was not tthe alligator.

With 5 different birds on the list the votes of bird lovers are probably spread out too thinly. I agree the new papo birds are lovely, perhaps as lovely as their Robin. The bison stands out though, one big mammal in this list of smaller creatures.

Personally, I voted for a bird.

One can say the winner is "Papo birds"...
If you delete the magpie or spoonbill, all those votes will, presumibably, go to the tit.

What I don't understand is why the magpie is performing so bad.

Honestly, and this is shared with the wildlife choice, I cannot see why a bison and an elephant are gaining so much attention. Then we will complaint about companies doing all the models all the time because they are for children and not for collectors etc etc

And, yes, the bison is quite good, but the elephant is not so. Tue head proportions are weird (the trunk is way too long, for example).

Unfortunately I have to agree in part with the last comment... an elephant and a bison, really?

I respect, of course, the votes that have gone to these two figures but, in the end, we should not be surprised that every year the big brands bet on the most common and most loved animals by children... elephants, giraffes, Lions, tigers....

At the moment I'm posting, the difference between the elephant and the tit is just 2 votes. I know the last days of these polls are often quite calm but I also know some people change their choices during the last days so I wouldn't be surprised to see some votes moving from the other birds to the tit.
I also don't understand why a 2010 repainted horse is leading the horses poll when there are superb new models competing but it is our community choice, we only have to accept and try to learn with it. I might write about it tomorrow in the correct topic.

Virtem wrote:

What I don't understand is why the magpie is performing so bad.

Maybe because they are so disturbing, chase the cats and eat the dog food in our yards.

Anyway, a rare model for sure, but a very common animal to most. I don't know how I'd vote if I had elephants screaming in my yard from 6 AM in the morning..

I think this yard post is ruining the bison. Who wants a bison in the yard? It seems a great tit is more acceptable, no?

I would take a bison in my yard. That sounds like a great childrens story book idea.

Papo makes great garden birds, i voted for the magpie. The tit is also nice, it was a hard choice for me. ^^

Thank you, everyone, for voting in our polls! The winner of the Woodland category is, again, a little bird! Congratulations to Papo Great Tit

This model will be included in our final poll for the STS animal figure of the year 2022    

Papo Great Tit

Who's better than you to announce a bird as a winner?
I got completely surprised when the European robin won last year and I assume I was not expecting these Papo birds to be so popular.
They're considered too big to the traditional collector but apparently they're very well accepted.
It was fun since the bison lead most of the time and I personally was expecting the magpie to be the most popular among the birds but I was wrong. Thanks Anna for taking this category and I believe that you're also happy with the winner.

Yes, I am, actually!
I love all the new Papo birds. They are detailed, cute and show rarely replicated species. What's not to love?

I would love to see a model of a Bullfinch and a Golden Oriole in the future, but I think that's unlikely. A Hoopoe would be amazing, too .

The winner is not my voted figure but also one of my favourites figures last year.

Ahhh, such a wonderful winner and so well-deserved! My vote went to this beautiful bird too! I'd love to see them make a Goldfinch, they're also stunning little birds!