Show us Yours: Rhinos! (Aug 2012)

Reisler and clairet (I think), Westie shows the size :
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Reisler`s rhino is app 55 years old :
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Clairet`s is old also :
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Brunnen, - not so old
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Lovely to see so many interesting rhino models!

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There are a lot of Rhinos lurking in the dark corners of the Ark. We have dragged out the Great Indians and will post pics of the Africans in a few days time when we have rounded them all up.

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Old metal Rhinos. Left to right: Timpo; Charbens; Britains Young Rhino; Britains Baby Rhino.

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Britains Ltd. made a bigger Great Indian Rhino in metal. They used the same mould when they started up plastic production. This is the plastic version.

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Pfeiffer were selling composition Rhinos from this mould in their Tipple-Topple Zoo range as long ago as 1914.

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Hausser's Elastolin composition Rhino was, as usual, bigger than the Tipple-Topple specimen, and to make it more impressive, they gave it two horns!

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More composition Rhinos. Lineol made the warty one on the left in the 1920's. The other was made by a firm called Apel.

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Plastic Rhinos. AAA made this big, brutal-looking adult and baby, painted in a shade of dirty green. (This baby has been repainted brown.)

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The Schleich family is much more attractive!

Sue & Lesley
castlerigg

So many treasures, - as always you have gorgeous oldies "en masse" ! WOW!!!

I LOVE them all,
- the Pfeiffer rhino keeps calling my name, - Look at me! Look at me ! Am I gorgeous or... ???

After all these beautiful pictures of very interesting figures here goes Roger's nightmare!

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White rhinos from Mojo, Sol90, Papo and CollectA calf

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Papo black rhino and Bullyland woolly rhino

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Two brands that know what is an Indian rhino: Safari and Britains

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Two brands that are not very interested in knowing what an Indian rhino is: China and Schleich!

The only rhinos I have are the Schleich black rhinos. And we all know what they look like so I'll spare you the photos. lol.

I must say that I am now in love with the Britains Indian Rhino. I must find one!

I love everyones photos! :)

-Kristie

Wow Wow Wow Wow. seriously. So many awesome models.

Susanne, I love the Reisler and the Clairet. Beautiful.

Sue and Lesley, what an amazing amazing collection. The Pfeiffer is gorgeous, as are all the others.

Roger (and Sue and Lesley too), like Kristie I absolutely love the Britains Indian Rhino. I've been wanting to find one for a while.

Thank you for the photos and congratulations on these fantastic collections.

scot(t) wrote:

Wow Wow Wow Wow. seriously. So many awesome models.

Susanne, I love the Reisler and the Clairet. Beautiful.

Sue and Lesley, what an amazing amazing collection. The Pfeiffer is gorgeous, as are all the others.

Roger (and Sue and Lesley too), like Kristie I absolutely love the Britains Indian Rhino. I've been wanting to find one for a while.

Thank you for the photos and congratulations on these fantastic collections.

I started collecting Britains because of the quality of the Indian rhino!
In this very interesting topic we see that the brands gave very different solutions, styles, sculptings, colors, for many rhinos. Among Indian rhinos there's even one with 2 horns as Sue and Lesley pointed. It is very enjoyable to see all these different figures, mainly Reisler alien and, suddenly, among all these vintages, an Indian rhino that looks like a real Indian rhino. Sue and Lesley picture gives it a lot of justice! I must say that the top and the bottom of the figure are also very nicely sculpted, I love the skin folding, general proportions and even the size once it is a 1:32 scale figure! I must also say that Safari Indian rhino is a very dignified successor!

Many rhinoes here:

SUSANNE: Safari indian rhino is splendid.

SCOTT: very nice collection specially the starlux Rhino or wooly rhino, his color is very rare.

HARRIET: Your pictures are always very striking, I like very much your first picture.

75SENTA75:Congratulations,great lots and you have big Bullyland, he is in my list for a long time.

castlerigg wrote:

Lovely to see so many interesting rhino models!


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Old metal Rhinos. Left to right: Timpo; Charbens; Britains Young Rhino; Britains Baby Rhino.

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Britains Ltd. made a bigger Great Indian Rhino in metal. They used the same mould when they started up plastic production. This is the plastic version.


Sue & Lesley
castlerigg

Thanks for sharing and gift us,The history of rhinos. near of one hundred years of this figures.

Everyone's Rhino collections are amazing! So many lovely models and some I'd never seen before.

scot(t) wrote:

Harriet, those are lovely pictures and I love the collection. The Britains are wonderful!! I also like the Bullyland Dulexe a lot and love the Lineol! Marvelous collection!

Thank you Scott! The Bullyland Deluxe is a great model and a nice size for for instance Schleich zebras, they're roughly in scale with one another.

SeanieP wrote:

Harriet, I am suprised you do not have any white rhinos!

I know! Safari ltd is out of my reach here and I haven't come to buy the Mojo one yet.

scot(t) wrote:

Harriet, would it be possible to see a picture of the Lineol by itself? (You probably have one on your blog; I should look there first I guess. UPDATE: I just went and re-discovered the post on your restoring that model. You did such a wonderful job!! It looks amazing!).

Thank you Scott
Did you use the search box to find the rhino? I added it quite recently and I'm interested to know if it works.

landrover wrote:

HARRIET: Your pictures are always very striking, I like very much your first picture.

Thank you very much Fernando

castlerigg wrote:

Lovely to see so many interesting rhino models!

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I have the same wooden box as you have! Isn't that funny. I have a small obsession with old wooden boxes and chests.

I love the older Schleich indian rhino, he's wonderful! He's nicer than the new version I think, the new version looks a bit stiff.

SUSANNE wrote:

Roger wrote:

Susanne, aren't the old and new Papo rhino calves the same?

Here they are, - an example of Papo`s famous recycling of moulds
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Thanks Susanne, African rhino calves are indeed similar so they didn't wanted to make a new sculpt. If they make an Indian rhino in future I hope they donnot use the same figure once differences are more noticiable. :) Great pic!

Roger wrote:

Thanks Susanne, African rhino calves are indeed similar so they didn't wanted to make a new sculpt. If they make an Indian rhino in future I hope they donnot use the same figure once differences are more noticiable. :) Great pic!

It would not surprise me if they DID use the calf a 3rd time
They could perhaps glue some folds on the skin ?

Some more

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Schleich, the large Classics 14005 from 1982 - 88
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The cutest little much-loved Safari baby that I got with some other stuff. I hope to find her mom some day
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The newer version of the Safari Authentics, - again, I hope - to get the old version some day
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A beautyful little CHINA fellow, which I got from a dear friend
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my rhinos:

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Here are mine:

Diceros bicornis (schleich)

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Diceros bicornis (papo)

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Rhinoceros unicornis

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Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

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Oooooh !!!!
How could I forget the WONDERFUL Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Joansuperus ?
He stands here right next to me on my VIP-shelf

Beautyful pictures, Joan

I also nearly forgot Corky

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SUSANNE wrote:

Oooooh !!!!
How could I forget the WONDERFUL Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Joansuperus ?
He stands here right next to me on my VIP-shelf

Beautyful pictures, Joan

thank you Susanne :)

We love this topic! Roger is right; with everyone's pics, we can look at a whole century of model Rhinos. Some are sculpted to the highest standard, even though they were made to be used as toys.

Here are our African Rhinos.

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By the 1950's, Lineol and Pfeiffer had deleted their Great Indian Rhinos and replaced them with Africans. Lineol's were magnificent ...

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... but Pfeiffer's were fat and grumpy.

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And now the plastics:- Britains on the left, and Papo on the right.

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Safari Black Rhinos.

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Schleich White Rhino family.

Sue & Lesley
castlerigg

BTW I repainted the eyes of my Papo rhino, the red-orange ones looks strange to me :)

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Abu Rai wrote:

Here are mine:


Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

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Who made this figure? Sumatran rhinos are my fav!

Seijun wrote:

Abu Rai wrote:

Here are mine:


Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

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Who made this figure? Sumatran rhinos are my fav!

Joan alias Abu Rai is the artist

Very nice!

Here is my Rhino collection:
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The little Indian rhino is made by Funrise.

The Missing Link wooly rhino