Albert Heijn WWF Animal Series

I've noticed that some of you are interested in the Albert Heijn WWF animal series. They made special WWF desserts with in every dessert one animal figurine. It's a pity they stopped doing this; it's quite a while ago they made these series, but I still love them. I have lots of them myself but I'm still not done collecting them!  

So I just found a website with (all?) the booklets of the series on it and wanted to share them with you! Here are the booklets:

Random series 1 - 2000

Including: brown bear, giant panda, elephant, tiger, gorilla, parrot, (sea) turtle, rhinoceros

Random series 2 - 2001

Including: wolf, shark, kangaroo, red panda, crocodile, leopard, penguin, walrus

Random series 3 - 2001

Including: bison, cobra, dolphin, giraffe, octopus, toucan, warthog, zebra

Australian Desert series - 2002

Including: thorny dragon, dingo, emu, laughing kookaburra, perentie, kangaroo, koala, rose-breasted Cockatoo

Random series 4 - 2002

Including: beaver, polar bear, lion, killer whale, koala, orangutan, hippopotamus, osprey

Holland's 'Jungle' series - 2003

Including: stork, beaver, barn owl, frog, red fox, roe deer, wild boar, seal

Indonesia's Jungle series - 2003

Including: Asian black bear, orangutan, Asian elephant, mouse-deer, white-handed gibbon, bat, hornbill, proboscis monkey

Extinct Animals series - 2004

Including: dodo, thylacine, mammoth, quagga, Steller's sea cow, brachiosaurus, stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus

Arctic Animals series - 2004

Including: beluga, snowy owl, polar bear, polar hare, wandering albatross, elephant seal, whale, penguin

African Animals series - 2005

Including: lion, ostrich, giraffe, gorilla, African buffalo, flamingo, mandrill, scorpion

I think these are all the series: I can't find anymore. I hope this is interesting for you guys ^^

Thanks Julie, that's an excelent and very interesting contribution!

Thank you, this is very interesting. I will add a few more in my search list:)

Thanks for your comments! I still love these figurines and I think it's a pity they stopped this series. I would love to see it continue.

That would be great!

Here are my sets









If somebody has doubles to trade, I will check what doubles I have     

Nice collection, Susanne! I shall make some new photographs of my own Albert Heijn WWF figurines (I'm still waiting for 11 new ones) and than I'll look which doubles I have. My collection isn't complete yet, so maybe we can trade some

Is that a quagga? Love it!

Animal_Figures_4U wrote:

Is that a quagga? Love it!

Yes, the horse-like figurine in Susanne's last series is a quagga. It's a very nice model ^^ I also really like the thylacine, but unfortunately I don't have that one myself.

If you have any for trade please let me know:)

Do you sell ore trade them?
I'm still missing some of the animals in my collection and i would love to have them compleet! :)

They are wonderful Susanne!

I'll try to look at them tomorrow to let you know which are my doubles. I'm still waiting for some new animals, which I ordered last Sunday. They should have been there last Thursday our today, but unfortunately I still don't have them. If I have them, I'll also let you know my wishlist: I still need some animals to complete my collection as well!

The stupid thing is that I let them sent to my own house because I expected them to arrive Thursday/today, but they didn't. Now I travelled to my mother's house and I'll probably be here for a while, so it will take some longer before I can see them. But I'll ask my housemate to open the packet and take pictures of the animals so I can see if it are the right ones xD Long story. I just have to wait a little longer

Look what I just found out! As I already thought, the lion in the 2005 African Animals series is indeed different from the older lion from the 2002 Random series!

This is the old lion (2002)(not my picture):


While this is the later lion (2005)(not my picture either):


The posture is quite the same, but what really strikes, are the ears; the old lion has brown ears, the same colour as his manes, while the later lion has yellow ears (the same colour as his coat)! Besides they look a bit different, especially in their face and on top of their heads. Fortunately I already found a later lion online, so I hope I can buy it from the seller!

Love the Hollandes Jungle-animals   

Okay I'm not making it easy for myself.. Looks like I found another animal they used in more than one series but which are different models.. I thought I figured everything out by now, but alas.. This time it's the orangutan. They used it in the fourth Random series (2002) and later in the Indonesian series (2003). Here are their pictures, coming from the leaflets from both series:



As you can see, the later orangutan (biggest picture) is one solid figurine, while the older orangutan has a hole between its body and arm. Unfortunately I've never seen this model besides on the leaflet, so I have no idea if there are any other differences. If someone has the older model, please show me!

It is great that you're researching ahrdly about these figures and sharing the information with us.

Guys, I need your help!!


Is this a King penguin or an Emperor penguin??

Julie, seeing again your question, now from my pc and not from my mobile. :)
Emperor and King penguins are not easy to identify in toy shape. Companies seem to not care too much about their differences and they often mix their features. Seeing how bright colored this figure is, I am tempted in thinking that it is based in a king penguin, though, the ear patch shape, opened to the chest area, looks much more like an Emperor. Also, the bill seems relatively short, Emperors have shorter bills than Kings and the difference is noticiable. This is the figure I usually call just a penguin. I know it is already in TAI as a king penguin but that's not a problem. You can see there also the famous Schleich chicks that are, without doubts, emperors, other very ambiguous, specially the SOL90 penguin, you can see that even paws are wrong colored. One of the Schleich adultes is quite acceptable and the Colorata is the only that doesn't show any kind of ambiguousity, it is a perfect king!

Roger wrote:

Julie, seeing again your question, now from my pc and not from my mobile. :)
Emperor and King penguins are not easy to identify in toy shape. Companies seem to not care too much about their differences and they often mix their features. Seeing how bright colored this figure is, I am tempted in thinking that it is based in a king penguin, though, the ear patch shape, opened to the chest area, looks much more like an Emperor. Also, the bill seems relatively short, Emperors have shorter bills than Kings and the difference is noticiable. This is the figure I usually call just a penguin. I know it is already in TAI as a king penguin but that's not a problem. You can see there also the famous Schleich chicks that are, without doubts, emperors, other very ambiguous, specially the SOL90 penguin, you can see that even paws are wrong colored. One of the Schleich adultes is quite acceptable and the Colorata is the only that doesn't show any kind of ambiguousity, it is a perfect king!

Roger, thanks again for your professional insight - I'm always delighted to read your knowledge!

Such a shame that models from companies such as Schleich lack the details to clearly identify a particular (sub)species. I think Japanese brands (such as Colorata) did a very good job on this

Tarunyada wrote:

Okay I'm not making it easy for myself.. Looks like I found another animal they used in more than one series but which are different models.. I thought I figured everything out by now, but alas.. This time it's the orangutan. They used it in the fourth Random series (2002) and later in the Indonesian series (2003). Here are their pictures, coming from the leaflets from both series:



As you can see, the later orangutan (biggest picture) is one solid figurine, while the older orangutan has a hole between its body and arm. Unfortunately I've never seen this model besides on the leaflet, so I have no idea if there are any other differences. If someone has the older model, please show me!

I have no better pic now but maybe it helps

Kikimalou wrote:

Tarunyada wrote:

Okay I'm not making it easy for myself.. Looks like I found another animal they used in more than one series but which are different models.. I thought I figured everything out by now, but alas.. This time it's the orangutan. They used it in the fourth Random series (2002) and later in the Indonesian series (2003). Here are their pictures, coming from the leaflets from both series:



As you can see, the later orangutan (biggest picture) is one solid figurine, while the older orangutan has a hole between its body and arm. Unfortunately I've never seen this model besides on the leaflet, so I have no idea if there are any other differences. If someone has the older model, please show me!

I have no better pic now but maybe it helps  

Thank you, Christophe I have this figure myself as well. The problem is just that this orangutan is in two series of the Albert Heijn animals. On the leaflet you can see two different models (as can be seen on the small pictures in my earlier reply), yet I haven't found the old figurine (the one with the gap between his arm and body) anywhere :\

Tarunyada wrote:

Roger wrote:

Julie, seeing again your question, now from my pc and not from my mobile. :)
Emperor and King penguins are not easy to identify in toy shape. Companies seem to not care too much about their differences and they often mix their features. Seeing how bright colored this figure is, I am tempted in thinking that it is based in a king penguin, though, the ear patch shape, opened to the chest area, looks much more like an Emperor. Also, the bill seems relatively short, Emperors have shorter bills than Kings and the difference is noticiable. This is the figure I usually call just a penguin. I know it is already in TAI as a king penguin but that's not a problem. You can see there also the famous Schleich chicks that are, without doubts, emperors, other very ambiguous, specially the SOL90 penguin, you can see that even paws are wrong colored. One of the Schleich adultes is quite acceptable and the Colorata is the only that doesn't show any kind of ambiguousity, it is a perfect king!

Roger, thanks again for your professional insight - I'm always delighted to read your knowledge!

Such a shame that models from companies such as Schleich lack the details to clearly identify a particular (sub)species. I think Japanese brands (such as Colorata) did a very good job on this

Thanks Julie for your very kind words but no professional insight here.
Colorata is quite accurate scientifically, it seems it is one of their goals. Schleich is more children oriented, so figures, although nicely painted, not always follow the correct features that identify a certain species. Schleich figures have other advantages, always richer texture, a certain toy charm and are easily accessible. Colorata goes more towards my taste but fortunately we can find many very decent Schleich too.

Roger wrote:

Tarunyada wrote:

Roger wrote:

Julie, seeing again your question, now from my pc and not from my mobile. :)
Emperor and King penguins are not easy to identify in toy shape. Companies seem to not care too much about their differences and they often mix their features. Seeing how bright colored this figure is, I am tempted in thinking that it is based in a king penguin, though, the ear patch shape, opened to the chest area, looks much more like an Emperor. Also, the bill seems relatively short, Emperors have shorter bills than Kings and the difference is noticiable. This is the figure I usually call just a penguin. I know it is already in TAI as a king penguin but that's not a problem. You can see there also the famous Schleich chicks that are, without doubts, emperors, other very ambiguous, specially the SOL90 penguin, you can see that even paws are wrong colored. One of the Schleich adultes is quite acceptable and the Colorata is the only that doesn't show any kind of ambiguousity, it is a perfect king!

Roger, thanks again for your professional insight - I'm always delighted to read your knowledge!

Such a shame that models from companies such as Schleich lack the details to clearly identify a particular (sub)species. I think Japanese brands (such as Colorata) did a very good job on this

Thanks Julie for your very kind words but no professional insight here.
Colorata is quite accurate scientifically, it seems it is one of their goals. Schleich is more children oriented, so figures, although nicely painted, not always follow the correct features that identify a certain species.  Schleich figures have other advantages, always richer texture, a certain toy charm and are easily accessible. Colorata goes more towards my taste but fortunately we can find many very decent Schleich too.

I totally agree Schleich-S are great for their texture and so much fun for children (and collectors, of course ), yet I really like the details of (sub)species with the Japanese brands. It makes it quite difficult for me to collect, because I do like the charm of the Schleich-S, but I like the details of the Japanese brands as well, which makes me want everything

I see some of these figures so often for sale at fleamarkets. I have all bears ofcourse.
But are the two polarbears from Random series 4 - 2002 and Arctic Animals series - 2004 the same?