Schleich 2014 retired complete list

❤District11❤ wrote:

Schleich_Figures_4U wrote:

WOW, that's a lot of retired items...

But... Doesn't that promise a lot more items in the coming years?

Not necessarily. They may be just trying to replace or get rid of bad selling figures altogether, although yes normally it does hint at more items being introduced the next year.   

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

❤District11❤ wrote:

Schleich_Figures_4U wrote:

WOW, that's a lot of retired items...

But... Doesn't that promise a lot more items in the coming years?

Not necessarily. They may be just trying to replace or get rid of bad selling figures altogether, although yes normally it does hint at more items being introduced the next year.   

Well said.   

 Thank you.  

Yes, very well said :)

Carola wrote:

And... Goodbye beautiful Quarter Horse  
One of the best Schleich horses in recent years IMHO.

Thank you for saying this about the Quarter Horse, Carola. I agree entirely. Lovely figure.

I'm a little surprised that Schleich will have no raccoon on the market. How can a respectable toy-animal company not sell a raccoon?

scot(t) wrote:

Carola wrote:

And... Goodbye beautiful Quarter Horse  
One of the best Schleich horses in recent years IMHO.

Thank you for saying this about the Quarter Horse, Carola. I agree entirely. Lovely figure.

I'm a little surprised that Schleich will have no raccoon on the market. How can a respectable toy-animal company not sell a raccoon?

Ask CollectA or Mojo.

They have no Raccoons yet

I guess they aren't respectable then, are they?

scot(t) wrote:

I guess they aren't respectable then, are they?

Let us study a little how important are raccoons in major brands, as always, I am not sure about Bully.
2003 - Bullyland releases a raccoon in its Woodland more than 20 years after the first line of woodland has started;
2009 - Safari releases a raccoon more than 10 years before starting with Wild Safari Forest collection;
2009 - Schleich releases its first raccoon in its 19th year of Forest animals;
2011 - Papo releases a raccoon in its 8th year after starting with wild animal figures;
CollectA is just opening its 9th year of animal figures and Mojö is almost completing the impressive age of 4 years old and incredibly no raccons yet!

Scott, they're only retiring one raccoon, the standing raccoon is in the 2014 catalogue!   

bojan wrote:

Scott, they're only retiring one raccoon, the standing raccoon is in the 2014 catalogue!   

how odd (that is, only odd because I have both raccoons listed as retired in my spreadsheet. I wonder why I thought that.)

Well thank goodness for that information. Thank you Bojan. I'm relieved that Schleich remains respectable. I'm still casting a stink eye in the direction of collectA and mojo for not having a raccoon, the noblest of all small hairy trash-can scavenging creatures.

And thank you Roger for that sad history of raccoon production. shame on them all. A raccoon should have been their first order of business.

I'm going to go now and lovingly inspect my raccoons, even the Safari monstrosity. (On a serious note, I do quite like the Schleich raccoons. They are very nice figures.)

(ah hah, my spreadsheet was correct. I just mistakenly read the dates for the schleich raccoon cubs (which retired last year I believe) as corresponding to the standing raccoon.)

scot(t) wrote:

bojan wrote:

Scott, they're only retiring one raccoon, the standing raccoon is in the 2014 catalogue!   

how odd (that is, only odd because I have both raccoons listed as retired in my spreadsheet. I wonder why I thought that.)

Well thank goodness for that information. Thank you Bojan. I'm relieved that Schleich remains respectable. I'm still casting a stink eye in the direction of collectA and mojo for not having a raccoon, the noblest of all small hairy trash-can scavenging creatures.

And thank you Roger for that sad history of raccoon production. shame on them all. A raccoon should have been their first order of business.

     

scot(t) wrote:

bojan wrote:

Scott, they're only retiring one raccoon, the standing raccoon is in the 2014 catalogue!   

how odd (that is, only odd because I have both raccoons listed as retired in my spreadsheet. I wonder why I thought that.)

Well thank goodness for that information. Thank you Bojan. I'm relieved that Schleich remains respectable. I'm still casting a stink eye in the direction of collectA and mojo for not having a raccoon, the noblest of all small hairy trash-can scavenging creatures.

And thank you Roger for that sad history of raccoon production. shame on them all. A raccoon should have been their first order of business.

I'm going to go now and lovingly inspect my raccoons, even the Safari monstrosity. (On a serious note, I do quite like the Schleich raccoons. They are very nice figures.)

I think raccoons deserve an enthusiast like you!
Actually, they are wonderful creatures, among others, before I deciding to collecto foxes, raccoons were a strong alternative. They are relatively small (except the Safari) and very beautiful creatures. I ended deciding foxes once I also love them and they are not misrepresented as raccoons. It means that I had already in my collection the several representatives from major brands but ended choosing one of them and this one is exactly the Schleich standing raccoon. Also my favorite. All others found a new owner except the little Safari tube raccoon that I also like very much.

Roger, I've never seen the Safari Toob raccoon! Now I'm really curious. Do you know where there might be a picture?

Scott, i'll be free of PC during these days. Let's see if it works from my banal Nokia.
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Thank you for posting that Roger! Great photo and lovely sculpt!

And Phil, hilarious photograph! hahaha. (there's no way I'd get off that bus.)