Papo 2014!

I think it is not important that snow leopard is a repainted and customed puma. The snow leopard is good, that's a fact.

I found this year very nice cause in new relises there are many interesting replicas for me. For example, wolves and the raven from Safari. Maybe CollectA make a lot of different animals but I think some of that lack quality. And so the leader for me is Papo.
And in this year, I would purchase the wolf cub, the husky and the weimaraner :)

arafan wrote:

Yes your right Christophe, but for me it's stolen

Who stole who, Bryan?
As Christophe correctly explained, it is originally a Maia&Borges figure released in 1998, Schleich bought it and added to their range in 2002 and 2003. In 2012 Maia & Borges relaunched their sea life and in 2014 Papo bought the mold and introduced it this year in their range.
We can agree it is a boring thing but no stealing at all.

Roger wrote:

arafan wrote:

Yes your right Christophe, but for me it's stolen

Who stole who, Bryan?
As Christophe correctly explained, it is originally a Maia&Borges figure released in 1998, Schleich bought it and added to their range in 2002 and 2003. In 2012 Maia & Borges relaunched their sea life and in 2014 Papo bought the mold and introduced it this year in their range.
We can agree it is a boring thing but no stealing at all.

Yes your right Roger!
I just do not really explained well, Papo has indeed bought by M & B and not stolen, sorry.

arafan wrote:

Roger wrote:

arafan wrote:

Yes your right Christophe, but for me it's stolen

Who stole who, Bryan?
As Christophe correctly explained, it is originally a Maia&Borges figure released in 1998, Schleich bought it and added to their range in 2002 and 2003. In 2012 Maia & Borges relaunched their sea life and in 2014 Papo bought the mold and introduced it this year in their range.
We can agree it is a boring thing but no stealing at all.

Yes your right Roger!
I just do not really explained well, Papo has indeed bought by M & B and not stolen, sorry.

You don't have to feel sorry Bryan, we know you and we know you didn't want to say bad things. However, if someone from a company reads it, it can sound not good. Now everyone will know that you only don't agree with brands bringing back already used molds what I don't agree too. :)
Though, I am happy seeing that M&B molds keep being interesting to these major companies. Also, it is the surprise of the year for me, seeing a company that competes directly with Schleich, bringing a mold that the German brand used before. They could use other sea life molds never used before be Schleich or even the water and lake birds instead.
Well, now it is my turn to say something that Papo can dislike.... why don't they ask Maia & Borges to make new zebras?

Has anyone here bought papo animals online? I'm thinking of buying some papo lions cause I can't find them in any store here.. I'm wondering if anyone has bought them online were you satisfied with the animals you got? I mean the paintwork etc, cause from my experience that varies alot sometimes   

Roger wrote:

arafan wrote:

Roger wrote:

arafan wrote:

Yes your right Christophe, but for me it's stolen

Who stole who, Bryan?
As Christophe correctly explained, it is originally a Maia&Borges figure released in 1998, Schleich bought it and added to their range in 2002 and 2003. In 2012 Maia & Borges relaunched their sea life and in 2014 Papo bought the mold and introduced it this year in their range.
We can agree it is a boring thing but no stealing at all.

Yes your right Roger!
I just do not really explained well, Papo has indeed bought by M & B and not stolen, sorry.

You don't have to feel sorry Bryan, we know you and we know you didn't want to say bad things. However, if someone from a company reads it, it can sound not good. Now everyone will know that you only don't agree with brands bringing back already used molds what I don't agree too. :)
Though, I am happy seeing that M&B molds keep being interesting to these major companies. Also, it is the surprise of the year for me, seeing a company that competes directly with Schleich, bringing a mold that the German brand used before. :shock:They could use other sea life molds never used before be Schleich or even the water and lake birds instead.
Well, now it is my turn to say something that Papo can dislike.... why don't they ask Maia & Borges to make new zebras?

Can be honest the Papo read this.
Stolen is for me a figure that has never existed, that does not mean that the species or the pose was already there, just so special to need an old figure back is uninspired to me. And nobody needs. Well I think it's not at all definitely great.

Welcome Here Princesslion!
Yes when you buy figures online they have the same quality how when you buy them on a local toy store

princesslion wrote:

Has anyone here bought papo animals online? I'm thinking of buying some papo lions cause I can't find them in any store here.. I'm wondering if anyone has bought them online were you satisfied with the animals you got? I mean the paintwork etc, cause from my experience that varies alot sometimes   

Welcome here   

Thanks arafan and Animal_Figures :) I'm glad I found this forum, its awesome

princesslion wrote:

Thanks arafan and Animal_Figures :) I'm glad I found this forum, its awesome

Welcome here   

princesslion wrote:

Has anyone here bought papo animals online? I'm thinking of buying some papo lions cause I can't find them in any store here.. I'm wondering if anyone has bought them online were you satisfied with the animals you got? I mean the paintwork etc, cause from my experience that varies alot sometimes   

Welcome on forum!
Of course when buying online, you don't have the chance of choosing the best sample. Though, it is not easy to find a local shop with many Papo figures to choose. There is always the risk of getting a not very well painted figure but most part of our experiences are good.
We use mainly these two German online shops and they are excelent. :)
SG.DE and MPV

Welcome on STS Princess   

Thank you all! :)

I guess I'll have to take that risk then cause those papo lions look great!

Just saw this at minizoo website
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Omg I want that lion!  

welcome here

Bloodrayne wrote:

Mangalarga wrote:

I really like that Percheron too, too bad he's not very detailed.
Most Papo horses have a lot of personality and interesting poses, as well as decent proportions. But they lack details, and that makes them boring for most people, I think.

Could you please explain what details they are lacking?
I know you are a very good expert when it comes to horses, so I'm sure you are right and I would value your opinion on this.
I have only 2 Papo horses (both draft horses) and the only thing wrong with them is that I think the paintjob is lacking.
Very simple and shiny.
But when you start to look at those horses upclose, you can see they do have subtle sculpted body hair and horse shoes and I love how they turn their ears in different directions sometimes to make it more lifelike.

I agree with Carola however.
Their horse sculpts are always very bulky.
But that's okay for draft horses I guess?

I think Magda is referring to some lack of texture present in some Papo figures. Contrarily to some other brands, Papo uses a much smoother texture to figures that doesn't represent furry animals like it happens often with horses. Collectors of modern figures like usually best a deeply carved texture instead but as you say, when we look well, we can see that they're really detailed but in a much more subtle way. In fact, a delicate texture, often represents with more realism the real fur effect. Though, the smoother surfaces are not compatible with glossy finish and figures end often shiny. I hope Magda sees it and give her real opinion once I am only conjecturing.
I love Papo horses, they have very different textures, poses, conformations, personalities and doesn't have the uniforme looking we see often in many Schleich horses.
Here is a Papo horse that looks to have a furry like texture.
Breton from Susanne.
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Roger wrote:

I think Magda is referring to some lack of texture present in some Papo figures.

I was referring to lack of details, such as marked muscles, veins or tendons visible under the skin. As I mentioned earlier, their general proportions and poses are very good and convincing (and they do have personality!). If they had as much details as the recent Collecta horses, or Papo's own big cats, they would be simply amazing models! I really hope that one they Papo horses will be on the same level as their current wildlife models!
I'm referring to the newest moulds, introduced in 2010 and later, as the older ones generally have more flaws in general shape.

As for the texture, personally I prefer when horses in this scale are smooth - unless they are supposed to portrait a horse in thick winter coat In summer (or when clipped) horses have very smooth coat, and hair texture shouldn't be visible in this scale. But that's my personal taste, some prefer textured models

EDIT: I have a bold plan of buying a few Papo horses and improving their details and minor flaws they have. I really think these horses have great customizing potential. Keep your fingers crossed! I want to start very soon! 

NandO wrote:

wow great Papo 2014 !!!

I only wish the painting will be as good as in this pics... But I have some doubts   

Kikimalou wrote:

NandO wrote:

wow great Papo 2014 !!!

I only wish the painting will be as good as in this pics... But I have some doubts   

Reasonable doubts! Look at the grizzly, tigress, and Texas bull.   

Mangalarga wrote:

Roger wrote:

I think Magda is referring to some lack of texture present in some Papo figures.

I was referring to lack of details, such as marked muscles, veins or tendons visible under the skin. As I mentioned earlier, their general proportions and poses are very good and convincing (and they do have personality!). If they had as much details as the recent Collecta horses, or Papo's own big cats, they would be simply amazing models! I really hope that one they Papo horses will be on the same level as their current wildlife models!
I'm referring to the newest moulds, introduced in 2010 and later, as the older ones generally have more flaws in general shape.

As for the texture, personally I prefer when horses in this scale are smooth - unless they are supposed to portrait a horse in thick winter coat ;)In summer (or when clipped) horses have very smooth coat, and hair texture shouldn't be visible in this scale. But that's my personal taste, some prefer textured models

EDIT: I have a bold plan of buying a few Papo horses and improving their details and minor flaws they have. I really think these horses have great customizing potential. Keep your fingers crossed! I want to start very soon! 

Thank you Magda.
CollectA made a great choice hiring Deborah McDermott.
Next to her horses, Papo horses look indeed a bit crude.

Hopefully Papo will hire a new, better horse sculpter now their old one obviously went to work for the Schleich's 2014 horse line.
  

Mangalarga wrote:

EDIT: I have a bold plan of buying a few Papo horses and improving their details and minor flaws they have. I really think these horses have great customizing potential. Keep your fingers crossed! I want to start very soon! 

Magda, thanks for clearing it up! Fingers crossed and looking forward to see your new projects.

donny ong wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

NandO wrote:

wow great Papo 2014 !!!

I only wish the painting will be as good as in this pics... But I have some doubts   

Reasonable doubts! Look at the grizzly, tigress, and Texas bull.   

Yes sir   

On SG are the new items

Kikimalou wrote:

NandO wrote:

wow great Papo 2014 !!!

I only wish the painting will be as good as in this pics... But I have some doubts   

Papo have amazing painting skills,so I wouldn't worry about that at all.
For the prehistoric collectors there,these are the release dates:
March:
Archaeopteryx

late May/June:
Dilophosaurus

July:
Baby Triceratops