CollectA Ginkgo Biloba: a gorgeous tree for an Asian display

As I’ve [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], my friend from St. Petersburg sent me the Ginkgo tree by CollectA (in exchange of Safari dinosaurs :) In particular, Carnegie-series Spinosaurus went off for this tree).
What can I say, friends?.. I’m really high on this tree!!! It became one of the most precious gems of my collection!

Now in details. Ginkgo has much more canopy parts than Schleich acacia or fir, and that’s why assembling it was more time consuming:
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It was a challenge but I did it
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Here it is in its full splendor:
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The Ginkgo makes my Asian display significantly more spectacular:
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By the way, I found two interesting things concerning the tree’s box. First, the box is totally localized for the Russian market: the text is translated into Russian and one can see a logo of Collecta’s distributor in Russia – Gulliver (it is even larger than Collecta’s logo itself).
Second, as we all know, there are only two trees which Collecta offers at its website - Ginkgo and Cycad. But there is a picture and even the model number (88367) of the third tree! Here it is:
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Has anyone ever seen this third tree anywhere except Collecta boxes?

[quote="Kiryuha"]As I’ve [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], my friend from St. Petersburg sent me the Ginkgo tree by CollectA (in exchange of Safari dinosaurs :) In particular, Carnegie-series Spinosaurus went off for this tree).
What can I say, friends?.. I’m really high on this tree!!! It became one of the most precious gems of my collection!


...It,s very nice! I,m happy that I help you, old friend! By the way - the third tree is Pine.? Is it right? And it looks beautiful too.

that's is a very good catch! Congratulation Kiryuha!

Congratulations Kirill it truly is a lovely tree, goes so wonderfully in your diorama!
That's very interesting about the third tree; I've never seen it before. It's not a pine tree I don't think, looks more like a Yew Tree, but I could be wrong.

HKHollinstone wrote:

Congratulations Kirill it truly is a lovely tree, goes so wonderfully in your diorama!
That's very interesting about the third tree; I've never seen it before. It's not a pine tree I don't think, looks more like a Yew Tree, but I could be wrong.

...Maybe Yew Tree (yes it,s not look as pine)... There was,nt name of third tree on the box. And on the official site the "third tree" is absent...

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That's a great tree, Kirill. Thanks for sharing. Maybe the same or even better than the Schleich Beech Tree? Well, anyway I will definitely add this tree into my collections by next year.

Thank you for appreciation, girls and boys!
And special thanks to Sergey for sending me this wonderful tree. Have you bought one for yourself, by the way?
As to the thirtd tree, that's a real riddle for me. Maybe it's a new model to be introduced in 2011? Or, vice versa, a discontinued model which is left only in the boxes' design???

Lasersword1973 wrote:

That's a great tree, Kirill. Thanks for sharing. Maybe the same or even better than the Schleich Beech Tree?..

I haven't held the beech tree myself yet - it's not available in Kiev shops.

Kiryuha wrote:

Thank you for appreciation, girls and boys!
And special thanks to Sergey for sending me this wonderful tree. Have you bought one for yourself, by the way?
As to the thirtd tree, that's a real riddle for me. Maybe it's a new model to be introduced in 2011? Or, vice versa, a discontinued model which is left only in the boxes' design???

Lasersword1973 wrote:

That's a great tree, Kirill. Thanks for sharing. Maybe the same or even better than the Schleich Beech Tree?..

I haven't held the beech tree myself yet - it's not available in Kiev shops.

...By the way - there are only Cicad-tree and Ginkgo Biloba by Collecta in the Petersburg,s shops (I,ll buy it of course some later)... I think Schleich Beech Tree (#30658) nice too. By the way - it,s some bigger as Ginkgo and it,s very beautiful tree (more better as Schleich,s oaks), but it cost about 60-70$!!

I cant find the Ginkgo or Cycad tress for sale anywhere in the UK. anyone have any idea and prices too?

It is a fantastic tree !
I have never seen it on the net

Thanks for the pictures, too

Sergey wrote:

...By the way - there are only Cicad-tree and Ginkgo Biloba by Collecta in the Petersburg,s shops (I,ll buy it of course some later)... I think Schleich Beech Tree (#30658) nice too. By the way - it,s some bigger as Ginkgo and it,s very beautiful tree (more better as Schleich,s oaks), but it cost about 60-70$!!

Beech looks wonderful indeed, but I've never seen it here in Kiev - maybe our distributor thinks it's tooo expensive to be popular in Ukraine? Anyway, I wouldn't buy it now cause it's too high for my shelves.

Kiryuha wrote:

Sergey wrote:

...By the way - there are only Cicad-tree and Ginkgo Biloba by Collecta in the Petersburg,s shops (I,ll buy it of course some later)... I think Schleich Beech Tree (#30658) nice too. By the way - it,s some bigger as Ginkgo and it,s very beautiful tree (more better as Schleich,s oaks), but it cost about 60-70$!!

Beech looks wonderful indeed, but I've never seen it here in Kiev - maybe our distributor thinks it's tooo expensive to be popular in Ukraine? Anyway, I wouldn't buy it now cause it's too high for my shelves.

according to the specs about 14inch tall. It is also too tall for most cabinet.

I've heard from HyenaSean on LG Forum that Collecta is goin' to discontinue all its trees. If that's true - that's a great pity.

Kiryuha wrote:

I've heard from HyenaSean on LG Forum that Collecta is goin' to discontinue all its trees. If that's true - that's a great pity.

What a shame!

Can anyone recommend UK/European companies and websites that are selling the CollectA trees? Let me know thanks

Schleichzoo wrote:

Can anyone recommend UK/European companies and websites that are selling the CollectA trees? Let me know thanks

The only place I have found it is here, - in Australia :

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It is a very good shop in my experience, and they aren´t that expensive shipping, - anyway it would not jharm to ask

SUSANNE wrote:

The only place I have found it is here, - in Australia :

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It is a very good shop in my experience, and they aren´t that expensive shipping, - anyway it would not jharm to ask

Thanks Susanne! Your a star! :-)

Hi, i found here in our shop the ciclide tree. it a mall shop (they don,t have a website) and it cost 17 euro. they have today a ginko ,which i buy it for us , and three ciclide trees.if you are intrested think about a payement mode and give me a sign

alexmotoc wrote:

Hi, i found here in our shop the ciclide tree. it a mall shop (they don,t have a website) and it cost 17 euro. they have today a ginko ,which i buy it for us , and three ciclide trees.if you are intrested think about a payement mode and give me a sign

I'm interested! Do you use PayPal?
By the way, what city do you reside in?

Kiryuha wrote:

alexmotoc wrote:

Hi, i found here in our shop the ciclide tree. it a mall shop (they don,t have a website) and it cost 17 euro. they have today a ginko ,which i buy it for us , and three ciclide trees.if you are intrested think about a payement mode and give me a sign

I'm interested! Do you use PayPal?
By the way, what city do you reside in?

I am interested too (possibly, depending on fnances!)

do let us know how much each tree is and when they will be in stock if only one is in stock and also the postage rate to send to the uk.

thanks

Kiryuha wrote:

I've heard from HyenaSean on LG Forum that Collecta is goin' to discontinue all its trees. If that's true - that's a great pity.

I cna confirm that CollectA will NOT discontinue its trees. They will continue in 2011. I have had confirmation from a CollectA rep.

phew!!!

Kiryuha wrote:

By the way, I found two interesting things concerning the tree’s box. First, the box is totally localized for the Russian market: the text is translated into Russian and one can see a logo of Collecta’s distributor in Russia – Gulliver (it is even larger than Collecta’s logo itself).
Second, as we all know, there are only two trees which Collecta offers at its website - Ginkgo and Cycad. But there is a picture and even the model number (88367) of the third tree!

Has anyone ever seen this third tree anywhere except Collecta boxes?

Hi I have some new news regarding this third tree. CollectA have indeed produced a third tree which is the one printed on the box BUT it is a prototype which has been created and there are no plans to release it in 2011. It will actually be released in 2012 depending on how well the current Ginkgo and Cycad trees sell. CollectA are going to wait and see how popular their current trees are throughout 2010 and 2011 before deciding to release this third model. so if we want to see it released we need to encourage more sales of these trees.

It is an awesome model and different to standard trees by Schleich. It will only be released if the current two trees do really well so it may or may not even be produced. I suppose they eagerly pictured it on the Russian boxes which is naughty really because they havent even mass produced it! Now I bet you want to know what species it is? Well it is a Metasequoia tree!

Here is another photo given to me by a special rep:
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Schleichzoo wrote:

Hi I have some new news regarding this third tree. CollectA have indeed produced a third tree which is the one printed on the box BUT it is a prototype which has been created and there are no plans to release it in 2011. It will actually be released in 2012 depending on how well the current Ginkgo and Cycad trees sell. CollectA are going to wait and see how popular their current trees are throughout 2010 and 2011 before deciding to release this third model. so if we want to see it released we need to encourage more sales of these trees.
It is an awesome model and different to standard trees by Schleich. It will only be released if the current two trees do really well so it may or may not even be produced. I suppose they eagerly pictured it on the Russian boxes which is naughty really because they havent even mass produced it! Now I bet you want to know what species it is? Well it is a Metasequoia tree!

Many thanks for the info and good news, Numaan!!!
Metasequoia, you say? Another relict that survived only in China. I don't even know which zoogeographic display might it theoretically fit

Hi I have some new news regarding this third tree. CollectA have indeed produced a third tree which is the one printed on the box BUT it is a prototype which has been created and there are no plans to release it in 2011. It will actually be released in 2012 depending on how well the current Ginkgo and Cycad trees sell. CollectA are going to wait and see how popular their current trees are throughout 2010 and 2011 before deciding to release this third model. so if we want to see it released we need to encourage more sales of these trees.

It is an awesome model and different to standard trees by Schleich. It will only be released if the current two trees do really well so it may or may not even be produced. I suppose they eagerly pictured it on the Russian boxes which is naughty really because they havent even mass produced it! Now I bet you want to know what species it is? Well it is a Metasequoia tree!

...Ou, thank,s Numaan! The Metasequoia tree? Hm... interesting... By the way in my opinion this tree-model is most beautiful and interesting... I think the all three Collecta,s tree-models very unusual and can decorate any our displays!

Sergey wrote:

...Ou, thank,s Numaan! The Metasequoia tree? Hm... interesting... By the way in my opinion this tree-model is most beautiful and interesting... I think the all three Collecta,s tree-models very unusual and can decorate any our displays!

CollectA are making more exotic and unusual trees that are applicable to the days of the Dinosaur. You see then a CollectA dinosaur Collecta has tree models which is really for sure with the dinosaura and of course wildlife but it is the dino collector that these trees are aimed at.

I dont mind. Schleich makes great trees around today and at least with the CollectA ones we have something different.