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Hi, friends! This is details of landskape "Jungle animals"... And what you think about nice Papo,s tiger?


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Thanks for your pics! You have a nice collection and someone showing pandas!
Some days ago I was asking about the nicest tiger of 5 main brands and people in this forum told me that the Papo walking tiger is actually the best of the market. I'm still waiting form mine!!!

I have the Schleich Jaguar and I think that in general is good. But I think the sculpting is correct in proportions but poor in details, without muscles look at the legs, mainly back legs! I know that jags are massive but it is some fat... the Papos seems to have a long tail like a leopard and shouldn't have but the body sculpting looks nice... but I need to have one in my hands...
About Schleich Asian elephants I think they are outdated and it's some strange the brown colouring in the African... or maybe I'm wrong!

Christophe, painting ideas are nice for painters but in this jaguar we had to rebuilt it, again the tail... and scale!
The painting of the Papo jaguar is of a jaguar, the sculpting looks really very near of a leopard, longer legs, smaller head but I only know it from catalogue and web!

There's still the Safari Jaguar, in catalogue looks very massive and with a similar shape to Schleich one. The pose is slightly different, is more dynamic because it's a walking pose. But, like Papo one I never had it in my hands. Maybe Christophe could help us in this question with its fabulous pics

Here one more with Safari Jaguar.

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Thanks Christophe and Ken!!!
This pics are very helpful! For me the general shape of a figurine is the most important point. I have no doubt that Papo has not a jaguar sculpting but I don't know why it is very beautifull! I'm confused but first is the shape. When I look at a pig with a zebra painting what I see is a pig and not a zebra!
And Ken... what about your oppinion???

My wife saw the pics with the jags faces and said... "you are comparing a toy (Schleich) with a collectible (Papo)!!!"
Maybe like Sergey is saying we have a nice toy of a Jaguar and a very graceful leopard!!!

Again, since the Papo jaguar is smaller than the leopard it could do a fantastic repainted clouded leopard [/quote]

Well! I have an idea for a clouded leopard.
The 100 users from this forum change the age for about 8 or ten years old and as most of us want a clouded, maybe Schleich will pay atention because children is its market!

I was about to start a new topic complaining a little about the Papo Jaguar. However, I decided to wait and start by searching past STS threads in case my complaint had been raised and discussed already. And as it turns it out, it has. (It's been discussed several places in fact, but primarily here on this thread.) So instead of creating a new thread, I'll just tack my complaints onto this one, so that most of the discussion about this issue is contained in one place. Unfortunately for me, that means that most everything I'm about to say has already been said earlier in this thread. Even the photos I prepared are repetitive. Oh well...(indulge me).

The complaint is basically that the Papo Jaguar -- despite how absolutely beautiful a figure it is -- does not seem to possess the physical traits characteristic of a jaguar. I'm thinking, in particular, about its physical proportions: compared with a leopard, the jaguar has a larger head relative to its body, a shorter tail, and is more stocky and compact. The Papo Jaguar (again, while a lovely sculpt) is basically, to my eyes, a Leopard painted to look like a Jaguar.

A picture of the Papo Jaguar, with pictures of Leopards after:

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leopards:
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now some JAGUARS.

first jaguar

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another jaguar
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and finally, notice how much better Schleich and Safari's Jaguars capture the correct proportions.

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I think the Papo Leopard (the stalking sculpt not pictured here) is possibly the best Leopard on the market. But if they re-painted their Jaguar as a Leopard, and did it right, they'd have an even better Leopard figure and by far the best I've seen. That would also open up a space in their catalog for a new Jaguar and it would be wonderful to see what they would come up with. Papo, are you listening?.... (sigh. I didn't think so.)

I agree with you Scott. I also raised this matter in the past and I refuse to have this incorrect figure in my collection.

Scott, that was also always my oppinion and there's no problem at all bringing it back again. :)
I also wished to see someone repainting it in a leopard. I don't know if it would turn in a perfect leopard but surely more close to reality than with a jaguar. Anytime I see this cat in a shop I think in how beautiful it is but never bought it just because of the reasons you told before. My jaguar is the Schleich one. Maybe the only thing I don't like in Schleich figure is the poor texture, in fur and also a lack of muscular expression. I believe the almost plain texture was to turn the painting easier in terms of manofacturing process.
Although it is an excelent idea and Papo loves to reuse their resources, I don't believe they will repaint it in a leopard to replace other version and later introduce a new jaguar. Safari jaguar looks also morphologically very good as well as Mojo's leopard have a good conformation.
Honestly, judging the fantastic work that Mojo and CollectA are making and seeing that a jaguar is not present in their ranges, my hope goes to these brands.

Probably it's time for Papo to make a more precise proportion on Jaguar. It there can make a tiger and lioness so success and just puzzle why Jaguar doesn't seen to fit the bill.

My point is still the same : Since this one is smaller than PAPO leopard, it could be a fine clouded leopard

Maybe it's a lepjag - that is, a leopard/jaguar hybrid? I'm only half kidding... odds are these crosses can be as morphologically diverse as ligers and tigons.

I've been thinking of repainting mine, but it's just so dang beautiful! (Plus spots are really hard to paint...)

I agree with you Scott!