Insects from Collecta. Or how a collectors logic can work.

Spielzeugguenstig is one of my favorite net shops. The prices are good, and they have the four old, major brands.
But recently they changed their shipping policy to a flat rate of 13,50 E to Denmark, no matter how much you buy.
So I was in a terrible dilemma, as I saw how thir stock of the new Safari models on my wishlist, was shrinking rapidly !
From Papo there is only the polar bears, and none from Bullyland.
Buying only a couple of models there is simply silly

Well. Eventually they will be available again, I thought, and was browsing a bit around.
And the I saw them : *CollectA insects * for 2,50 Euros ! TGF charges 4,00 - 5,70 E !!

And here coms the late night logic of a crazy collector : If I got those, I would have saved the shipping
I compleatly forgot that I had decided they are too expensive, even if I would love to have them

But, hurraaay !!! I got the new deer, dogs and Percheron from Safari, and the polar bears from Papo !
( And a couple more from my wishlist ) - at a very great price

And four CollectA insects
I LOVE them

Westi proudly presents four new cribly-crawlies
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Mexican redknee tarantula :
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The beautyful, beautyful Rhinoceros Beatle :
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I LOVE this Golden-ringed dragon fly !!!
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Never could resits a praying mantis
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If anybody has the others, I would love to see pictures

Very nice animals Susanne Insects world is little bit like alien world for me Rhinoceros beatle is fascinating, it resemble rhino indeed

I remember one BBC documentary where sir Attenborough was showing this kind of beatle, he had rhino beatle in his hand and huge white rhino stand just behind him and he was touching his head (of course in the zoo, not wild one), what a lovely scene was that

Very unususal newcomers!! A little huge but very nice!! Big congrats Susanne

Susanne, I think the decision of collecting CollectA insects is very good. From all insect figures I had the chance of seeing personally, those are the ones that give me more eagerness of collecting them. I think they are enough good as replicas and also very manageable.
They are not many, the brand present some diversity and the line is continuing with new releases. All good things when we collect a series.
They are large for insects but insects are always large as toys when compared with other figures. I think they have a perfect size for shelves. It would be great to see your collection growing. More, the logic is very good, mainly when they are only 2,50 Euros, less than half the price here.

Very cheap and very nice big bugs! (You also have some good shipping costs, they charge almost double your price to my country)

Very nice additions! (o)): (o)): Congratulations!!

(Except spiders aren't insects but arachnids )

∴Worlds∴in∴Miniature∴ wrote:

Very nice additions! (o)): (o)): Congratulations!!

(Except spiders aren't insects but arachnids )

Yes, you're right. But the brand calls Insects Collection to that series and you can find a spider, a scorpion and surprisingly a frog!

HA ! HA ! They got you there, didn`t they ?

So you didn`t know that frogs are insects
Of course they are ! In Denmark all frogs ( and the local breed of penguins as well) are insects

SUSANNE wrote:

So you didn`t know that frogs are insects

A six-legged frog!

Like these!

Very nice and cheap pets Susanne

I love reading your posts Susanne! :) I was wondering, why are CollectA models so expensive in other countries. I think they are the only brand that is sold with a price scaled to match the economy of Romania. They are amusingly cheap here. I saw some Collectas on ebay for 10-15$ while they are only 2-5$ here[the small ones].
Schleich on the other hand has raised their prices and lost an incredible amount of clients :-P

Wildheart wrote:

I love reading your posts Susanne! :) I was wondering, why are CollectA models so expensive in other countries. I think they are the only brand that is sold with a price scaled to match the economy of Romania. They are amusingly cheap here. I saw some Collectas on ebay for 10-15$ while they are only 2-5$ here[the small ones].
Schleich on the other hand has raised their prices and lost an incredible amount of clients :-P

Wow! That is great to hear !!!!
Perhaps we should have you as our special CollectA -supplyer ?
Somebody makes a h... of a lot of money on CollectAs here

I would gladly help anyone interested in the older models, cause many of the 2012 ones haven.t arrived yet. Just sent me a pm if you need anything :)

Great big additions Susanne. Congratulations on them. They are really nice.