Questions about Papo

Rio wrote:

Still waiting for mine, the rest of my order came but not the Oryx.

The "zorse" ?

No, I did not order the Zorse. I got the two new dogs and the Reindeer, which I was happy with :)

Congratulations!

I have emailed online toy stores in the US (ie TGF TOYS) and they are expecting it to come in...soon...it was supposed to come in on june 25th at TGF toys. I am assuming there is an issue with the manufacturer??

SeanieP wrote:

I have emailed online toy stores in the US (ie TGF TOYS) and they are expecting it to come in...soon...it was supposed to come in on june 25th at TGF toys. I am assuming there is an issue with the manufacturer??

I thought that I will able to get it during my stay over here and TGF TOYS told me that it is delay and don't know when?

Papo is playing with us a weird game

MartinH wrote:

Papo is playing with us a weird game

I think Papo does not like that game either

SUSANNE wrote:

MartinH wrote:

Papo is playing with us a weird game

I think Papo does not like that game either

You think? No news on shelves, no catalogues... I don´t know how in other countries but Czech Republic is frozen

Be patient! It is exciting to see long horns in the market but is not easy to work with them!
CollectA and Papo antelopes are delaying a lot, they are surely having troubles making them correctly. That's not a game for the brands but a big trouble. It could mean that it will be hard to see more antelopes soon. If we complain too much they will regret their decision of making these kind of figures. Then we will have more and more chubby animals and not another fantastic year like this one. Be cool, longer the wait, better the taste.

Roger wrote:

Be patient! It is exciting to see long horns in the market but is not easy to work with them!
CollectA and Papo antelopes are delaying a lot, they are surely having troubles making them correctly. That's not a game for the brands but a big trouble. It could mean that it will be hard to see more antelopes soon. If we complain too much they will regret their decision of making these kind of figures. Then we will have more and more chubby animals and not another fantastic year like this one. Be cool, longer the wait, better the taste.

I believe is not that difficult to make them with todays technology. I think it just being delay and we just let them know we are serious wanting to have it. Perhaps more new antelope will be made.

ken yeo wrote:

Roger wrote:

Be patient! It is exciting to see long horns in the market but is not easy to work with them!
CollectA and Papo antelopes are delaying a lot, they are surely having troubles making them correctly. That's not a game for the brands but a big trouble. It could mean that it will be hard to see more antelopes soon. If we complain too much they will regret their decision of making these kind of figures. Then we will have more and more chubby animals and not another fantastic year like this one. Be cool, longer the wait, better the taste.

I believe is not that difficult to make them with todays technology. I think it just being delay and we just let them know we are serious wanting to have it. Perhaps more new antelope will be made.

That's also not a question of technology. First condition is the safety. So, you need to make them in a softer pvc and this material is very vicious. Easily it bends while packaging and if it is shipped bent the figure will arrive the shops in a bad condition. So, you must also be very careful packaging, sometimes using protection for the horns, like Safari makes with the oryx. It means that you need to produce a piece of plastic that fits and protects the figure correctly. More work in packaging process and it is not always warranty that the figure will arrive safely.
Also not telling that it also turns harder to make the moulds, etc., etc.
At the end we have a figure that is much harder to produce than a hippo and the price need to be the same or lower to turn the figure enough competitive.
The delays don't hurt me, I have new figures all the year, I have time to save some money to buy them and I have a year with a lot of long horned and exciting figures, 4 sables, a eland, a waterbuck, Thomson's gazelle and oryx

Roger wrote:

The delays don't hurt me, I have new figures all the year, I have time to save some money to buy them...

And when you finally raise the money for animals you want, M&B drops an unexpected bomb with 8 new birds in it

skysthelimit wrote:

Roger wrote:

The delays don't hurt me, I have new figures all the year, I have time to save some money to buy them...

And when you finally raise the money for animals you want, M&B drops an unexpected bomb with 8 new birds in it

That's a cruel and delicious truth!
I was reading the e-mail of my CollectA local shopsaying about the arrival of some new 2012 figures when Stitch posted here the bomb!
As a smart guy I think I am I bought the birds immediatly once they are harder to find than the other brands. Now no money!
... and I suspect that there are more bombs!

Roger wrote:

skysthelimit wrote:

Roger wrote:

The delays don't hurt me, I have new figures all the year, I have time to save some money to buy them...

And when you finally raise the money for animals you want, M&B drops an unexpected bomb with 8 new birds in it

That's a cruel and delicious truth!

So true

Roger wrote:

... and I suspect that there are more bombs!

Please Doctor Roger I need more than suspicion... I need the truth... Or at last the truth about your suspicion

Kikimalou wrote:

Roger wrote:

skysthelimit wrote:

Roger wrote:

The delays don't hurt me, I have new figures all the year, I have time to save some money to buy them...

And when you finally raise the money for animals you want, M&B drops an unexpected bomb with 8 new birds in it

That's a cruel and delicious truth!

So true

Roger wrote:

... and I suspect that there are more bombs!

Please Doctor Roger I need more than suspicion... I need the truth... Or at last the truth about your suspicion

Hoping that not too many bombs appear in Sep till Dec.

Kikimalou wrote:

Roger wrote:

skysthelimit wrote:

Roger wrote:

The delays don't hurt me, I have new figures all the year, I have time to save some money to buy them...

And when you finally raise the money for animals you want, M&B drops an unexpected bomb with 8 new birds in it

That's a cruel and delicious truth!

So true

Roger wrote:

... and I suspect that there are more bombs!

Please Doctor Roger I need more than suspicion... I need the truth... Or at last the truth about your suspicion

Do you want some medicine from Doctor Roger?
OK, I understand, my suspense comments are irritating, maybe! But... perhhaps.... I never disappointed you! I'll stop with it.
I know more than I told once I also know 2013 releases. Good surprises and some new species!
For sure I can tell that we will have a new figure in 2012 that is not a new species in the market. Anyway looks promissing. STS will be the first place knowing about it.

skysthelimit wrote:

Roger wrote:

The delays don't hurt me, I have new figures all the year, I have time to save some money to buy them...

And when you finally raise the money for animals you want, M&B drops an unexpected bomb with 8 new birds in it

What's M&B? And where can I see these birds?

Metallisuchus wrote:

skysthelimit wrote:

Roger wrote:

The delays don't hurt me, I have new figures all the year, I have time to save some money to buy them...

And when you finally raise the money for animals you want, M&B drops an unexpected bomb with 8 new birds in it

What's M&B? And where can I see these birds?

M&B stands for Maia & Borges, if you scroll down a little way you will see the birds that were released [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Oh okay. Thanks Harriet!

Hi all,

For those living in the US, this is the email I just got from my source in the US ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]hotalinginc.com) who distributes Papo animals.

"HI Shawn,
Papo will not be releasing that item (Oryx) until Aug now. There was some
production problems which delayed the release date. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
will be selling the item once we receive it in."


whaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Thanks for the info Shawn, probably horns giving them hard time

Thankyou for the info, Shawn

Hmmm, with the luck and speed of this year, it will probably be christmas before the oryx is on the market

Which would be great if it's a Reindeer, not an Oryx

I have no problems waiting...after all I have survived without it for over 20 years

I'm just frustrated with this seller who says they have sent it and have proof of postage etc which must be a lie. Simply resolved though with my money back and negative feedback

We might all be extra happy with the antelope when it arrives because we have waited longer than we thought

Thanks for the information Shawn! Very helpful.

So sorry about your bad experience Steve. That really stinks. I'm glad it's resolved.