Safari bird NOT EXISTING caught in official picture !

Hi guys, if you buy the Backyard Birds Toob from Safari ltd you'll have 7 birds: cardinal, blue jay, robin, indigo buting, woodpecker, oriole and warbler. But if you look to this official picture you'll see 8 birds in the toob: on the bottom of the toob there is a Gold Finch wich doesn't exist in the real set !
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What's that ? Was it a Safari prototype accidentally caught in the picture ?

That's strange :scratch:they picture it in the toob but don't have it listed in the second picture on their website or in the description:

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If you count the birds in the toob, there's 8, plus maybe one more if there's one hiding behind the label and under the warbler but the description says there's only 7 pieces  

You could send them an e-mail and ask them about it to see what they say.

Yes, that is very interesting. As Orcagirl is saying, you can contact them. Safari is a very communicative brand.

There are onlyt 7 in the toob  

So it must be a picture from a prototype or such, - shame, isn't it ?  

WHY SAFARI DID YOU NOT INCLUDE THE OFFICIAL BIRD OF IOWA IN THAT TOOB  

Wow, weird! Interesting discovery!

orcagirl26 wrote:

That's strange :scratch:they picture it in the toob but don't have it listed in the second picture on their website or in the description:

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If you count the birds in the toob, there's 8, plus maybe one more if there's one hiding behind the label and under the warbler but the description says there's only 7 pieces  

You could send them an e-mail and ask them about it to see what they say.

How can I contact them? The customer service mail is only for orders in their shop ! Should I contact them on twitter ?

Interesting

LorenzoItaly wrote:

How can I contact them? The customer service mail is only for orders in their shop ! Should I contact them on twitter ?

You could try on their facebook, or here : [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  

SUSANNE wrote:

There are  onlyt 7 in the toob  

So it must be a picture from a prototype or such, - shame, isn't it ?  

Wow!  Surprising! But indeed, it's shame, 8 would be better than 7 in this case for sure!  

In fact I bought the tube and there was, Sept birds inside!  
On your picture there are at least eight??  
Suspect that's happened!!    

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Very nice repaints Lucky Luke! They're so much more realistic now. I love your repainted pileated woodpecker.

LorenzoItaly wrote:

orcagirl26 wrote:

That's strange :scratch:they picture it in the toob but don't have it listed in the second picture on their website or in the description:

If you count the birds in the toob, there's 8, plus maybe one more if there's one hiding behind the label and under the warbler but the description says there's only 7 pieces  

You could send them an e-mail and ask them about it to see what they say.

How can I contact them? The customer service mail is only for orders in their shop ! Should I contact them on twitter ?

In Susanne's reply, she put their email: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  If you have Facebook: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

SUSANNE wrote:

LorenzoItaly wrote:

How can I contact them? The customer service mail is only for orders in their shop ! Should I contact them on twitter ?

You could try on their facebook, or here : [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  

Thank you Susanne!

Amazing repainted versions, Luke!

Good repaint Jean-Luc:-)

Safari Ltd's answer on missing birdie:
"We had to drop one of the yellow birds in this TOOB so we choose the yellow finch"

skysthelimit wrote:

Safari Ltd's answer on missing birdie:
"We had to drop one of the yellow birds in this TOOB so we choose the yellow finch"

Then they should have updated the stock photo   

Noooo, that's just too much work

The most curious thing - they had to drop "one of the yellow birds". Couldn't they just paint it differently, since most of those smaller birds look almost the same except the color. The figure was completed, they could just paint it as Evening Grosbeak, for example

skysthelimit wrote:

Noooo, that's just too much work

The most curious thing - they had to drop "one of the yellow birds". Couldn't they just paint it differently, since most of those smaller birds look almost the same except the color. The figure was completed, they could just paint it as Evening Grosbeak, for example

Good point. IMHO the warbler doesn't represent any species very easily - it's more of a "guess the yellow bird" contest.   It would probably have been easy to just repaint the warbler into a more recognizable species right off the bat, rather than removing a very nice one from the toob and leaving the odd one.  I'm sure it's all about the money.  

Schleich_Figures_4U wrote:

It would probably have been easy to just repaint the warbler into a more recognizable species right off the bat, rather than removing a very nice one from the toob and leaving the odd one.  I'm sure it's all about the money.  

Yes, like Golden-winged warbler, Black & White warbler, Hooded warbler and many, many others...
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It's always about the money but this was really dooable

Today I received the answer from Safari, here it is:
Dear Lorenzo, 
We apologize for any inconvenience; the image on our website has not been updated. Please note this Toob contains a total of seven pieces. Thank You, 
Patricia Rodriguez
I don't think this is helpful

LorenzoItaly wrote:

Today I received the answer from Safari, here it is:
 ...We apologize for any inconvenience; the image on our website has not been updated. Please note this Toob contains a total of seven pieces. Thank You, 
Patricia Rodriguez
I don't think this is helpful

I just got the exact same reply.

Schleich_Figures_4U wrote:

LorenzoItaly wrote:

Today I received the answer from Safari, here it is:
 ...We apologize for any inconvenience; the image on our website has not been updated. Please note this Toob contains a total of seven pieces. Thank You, 
Patricia Rodriguez
I don't think this is helpful

I just got the exact same reply.

I replied to this last response, and they told me the goldfinch was never produced.  Well, one version had to be made if it's in the photo!  

Same thing happened with the new Deep Sea Toob: you'll notice that there's a Blob Fish in the toob picture, and eight figures. But only seven in the final photo, and there's no Blob.
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And, between ourselves, I really wanted that Blob.