Papo 2023 Overview & Comparisons

The last batch of 2023 figures from Papo just arrived today and I'm excited to present them! Now that I have everything I wanted from Papo this year, I decided to do another comparison topic/overview.

I'm once again very happy with Papo's releases this year. I ended up getting more than I originally planned on I think Papo had the best releases this year but I'm still waiting on Safari before I can make that decision

So here is the group of 2023 figures that joined my collection!

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Cephalopods:

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The cephalopods look great in my opinion, although they are not without flaw. The octopus has 2 ciphons (Kikimalou brought this to my attention), and the squid has suckers on the long arms. The nautilus looks great although a bit bigger than I hoped.

Insects:

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I never really had any insects in my collection, but after seeing how beautiful Papo's were, I now have almost all of them These 3 are more amazing additions.

Sealife:

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I really love all 3 of these. They all have beautiful details and sculpts. The whale is very small but makes for a good calf. I love the seahorse although again it has 2 fins under the pouch instead of 1. The ray is beautiful too and I'm glad to finally have a good representative of this species.

Land mammals:

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Didn't expect to get some farm animals but the pig was nicely sculpted and detailed so I had it join my other pot-bellied pigs. The flying squirrel is really a great figure and I like that it is small.

Reptiles:

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Papo has not been impressing me with their latest prehistoric figures, but the kronosaurus was a nice surprise. It is beautifully detailed and in an interesting pose. It even has little barnacles sculpted on it! A+ marine reptile for me. The common lizard I was anxious to see since the stock image looked odd and there wasn't a real photo of it that I could find. I was shocked when I opened it! It is so detailed it actually looks real. It was hard for my camera to pick up the details and zoom in close enough. I will post a walkaround later



And now for the birds. I always liked Papo's birds but in these past years they have blown me away. Birds are probably my favorite group to collect and I couldn't be more happy with Papo these past 3 years. So here are all the birds from Papo in 2021-2023!

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2021: An amazing lineup, the European robin won figure of the year here on the forum  

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2022: Another great group, yet again a Papo bird won.. The great tit!

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2023: 4 this year instead of 5 but still a great group nonetheless. The pigeon is probably my favorite. I don't have any outdoor photos of these yet but I hope to get some soon!

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The Papo kiwi with Safari's Toob & Good Luck Mini Kiwi and CollectA's

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Papo muscovy duck with Papo's mallard and mandarin ducks

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Then the Papo nautilus with Schleich's octopus

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With the Nature Technicolor dumbo octopus & Safari Toob giant isopod

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Papo lizard with the Papo horned lizard & panther chameleon

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I'm very happy with Papo this year and I can't wait to see what they will make next year!

Great and useful comparisons, Jolie. Perfect overview of what has been the last years about Papo and birds. I love their birds too and recently I also acquired one of the new ones. Love the ducks comparison, I have the mandarin and I will get the Muscovy. That mallard looks very realistic, I think I've never noticed how good it is.

Pretty, happy with your new arrivals; I congratulate you for these splendid and informative comparison photos.
nice job congratulations
Thanks again to Papo for these wonders

Wonderful photos and comparisons! Thanks for showing. I find the Papo European birds very tempting, even though they are very different from anything else that I collect.

rogerpgvg wrote:

Wonderful photos and comparisons! Thanks for showing. I find the Papo European birds very tempting, even though they are very different from anything else that I collect.

I think you won't find songbirds at your favorite scale so maybe these Papo (little) birds are a good complement for your collection acting like a different one. They're not many, they do not fit into a certain scale but they act as part of a collection. Sorry for not explaining it better.

Nice overview Jolie It's great to watch them all together !

I already own two of the 2023 tribe (Condor and Rose chafer).Inknow I will go for the lizard, moth and kiwi.

I'm not a Papo enthusiast for dinos and prehistory stuff but this outdated is still very tempting, a lot of charm and class with an irresistible vintage touch.

I like very much the small octopus (always attached to CollectA one), could you tell me if it has one or two funnels ?

Kikimalou wrote:

Nice overview Jolie It's great to watch them all together !

I already own two of the 2023 tribe (Condor and Rose chafer).Inknow I will go for the lizard, moth and kiwi.

I'm not a Papo enthusiast for dinos and prehistory stuff but this outdated is still very tempting, a lot of charm and class with an irresistible vintage touch.

I like very much the small octopus (always attached to CollectA one), could you tell me if it has one or two funnels ?

Thanks! The octopus has 2 ciphons unfortunately

Too bad

Phantastic figures of interesting species :)

Thank you very much for making these good lighting and good set-up photos.