Rarities ! The SUY for August 2014 !

Wonderful Chris:)

Chris Sweetman wrote:

Must try and get hold of at least one Jeol animal figure in 2015 and these hyenas Andrew look excellent.

Merten provided figures for model railways - mainly HO (1:87th scale) but also some excellent figures for O gauge (1:43.5 scale). The only Merten animals I have seen in the flesh were horses. They had riders so I passed on buying. These elephants are amazing Andrew and well worth looking out for.

Yes the Merten 1:87 scale models are much more common than these larger variations which is too bad because the bigger figures are nice.

Chris Sweetman wrote:

Must try and get hold of at least one Jeol animal figure in 2015 and these hyenas Andrew look excellent.

This has been one of my goals as well Chris! Those Jeol Hyenas are so dang hard to find, but I'm optimistic.

The PV lemurs

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Ohh my goodness ! They are so wonderful, Andreas

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

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It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

It is lovely !!! And surely excedingly rare

Here is NVF

SUSANNE wrote:

It is lovely !!! And surely excedingly rare

Here is NVF  

Interesting. I can't even remember if there is a date stamp. I believe the only other one I ever saw online was an alligator or crocodile from the same set (I think someone I knew bought it--about 8 years ago!).

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohh my goodness ! They are so wonderful, Andreas

Thank you Susanne :)

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

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It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

I've been doing this a very long time

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

I've been doing this a very long time

So no hope for me?

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

I've been doing this a very long time

So no hope for me?

The chances of hunting down another is pretty slim, because I think they were given out in the 80s. Sort of up there with Riccolino figures from Mexico--I saw some once (and got the hyena), in 2006, and never again. And that same friend got a lion or koala or something soon after.

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

I've been doing this a very long time

So no hope for me?

The chances of hunting down another is pretty slim, because I think they were given out in the 80s. Sort of up there with Riccolino figures from Mexico--I saw some once (and got the hyena), in 2006, and never again. And that same friend got a lion or koala or something soon after.

Arrrghhh have you pics? That sounds very very interesting. But i think they dont have so much special species for me :)

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

I've been doing this a very long time

So no hope for me?

The chances of hunting down another is pretty slim, because I think they were given out in the 80s. Sort of up there with Riccolino figures from Mexico--I saw some once (and got the hyena), in 2006, and never again. And that same friend got a lion or koala or something soon after.

Arrrghhh have you pics? That sounds very very interesting. But i think they dont have so much special species for me :)

Of the Ricolino figures? I do not. I can't even find anything online at all. If I didn't have one--with paper that doesn't say much--I would really be able to prove they exist at all. Same pretty much goes for the NWF-Dairy Queen models.

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

I've been doing this a very long time

So no hope for me?

The chances of hunting down another is pretty slim, because I think they were given out in the 80s. Sort of up there with Riccolino figures from Mexico--I saw some once (and got the hyena), in 2006, and never again. And that same friend got a lion or koala or something soon after.

Arrrghhh have you pics? That sounds very very interesting. But i think they dont have so much special species for me :)

Of the Ricolino figures? I do not. I can't even find anything online at all. If I didn't have one--with paper that doesn't say much--I would really be able to prove they exist at all. Same pretty much goes for the NWF-Dairy Queen models.

Thank you :)

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

I've been doing this a very long time

So no hope for me?

The chances of hunting down another is pretty slim, because I think they were given out in the 80s. Sort of up there with Riccolino figures from Mexico--I saw some once (and got the hyena), in 2006, and never again. And that same friend got a lion or koala or something soon after.

Arrrghhh have you pics? That sounds very very interesting. But i think they dont have so much special species for me :)

Of the Ricolino figures? I do not. I can't even find anything online at all. If I didn't have one--with paper that doesn't say much--I would really be able to prove they exist at all. Same pretty much goes for the NWF-Dairy Queen models.

I remember some years ago reading a Mexican blog about a collector of premium figures, among them, Ricolino.
mercadolibre, a kind of EBAY that is widely used in Latin America, is the best source to find these figures.
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Roger wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

widukind wrote:

sbell wrote:

I have a few odd things, but none may be stranger than this:

It's a wolverine from a National Wildlife Federation set given out by Dairy Queen! It might have originally had a base, but I don't have that (I found the figure at a garage sale).

I don't even know what the National Wildlife Federation is.

Oh my god- a very good looking unknown figurine and we have no more informations. Unbelievable! Congratulations for this catch!

I've been doing this a very long time

So no hope for me?

The chances of hunting down another is pretty slim, because I think they were given out in the 80s. Sort of up there with Riccolino figures from Mexico--I saw some once (and got the hyena), in 2006, and never again. And that same friend got a lion or koala or something soon after.

Arrrghhh have you pics? That sounds very very interesting. But i think they dont have so much special species for me :)

Of the Ricolino figures? I do not. I can't even find anything online at all. If I didn't have one--with paper that doesn't say much--I would really be able to prove they exist at all. Same pretty much goes for the NWF-Dairy Queen models.

I remember some years ago reading a Mexican blog about a collector of premium figures, among them, Ricolino.
mercadolibre, a kind of EBAY that is widely used in Latin America, is the best source to find these figures.
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You're going to drive Andreas crazy!

[quote="sbell"Of the Ricolino figures? I do not. I can't even find anything online at all. If I didn't have one--with paper that doesn't say much--I would really be able to prove they exist at all. Same pretty much goes for the NWF-Dairy Queen models.[/quote]

I remember some years ago reading a Mexican blog about a collector of premium figures, among them, Ricolino.
mercadolibre, a kind of EBAY that is widely used in Latin America, is the best source to find these figures.
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You're going to drive Andreas crazy![/quote]

Andreas only get crazy when there's nothing to look after. I am not sure these simple premium figures have anything missing in Andreas' collection. Though, in this link we can see a puffin and a bat, what is interesting. But, more interesting for Andreas is probably the macaw, I don't know if it features any species but if it does, it is surely not a common one. They also have a crazy fox for me but postages from Mexico to Portugal can be a big problem.

Roger wrote:

[quote="sbell"Of the Ricolino figures? I do not. I can't even find anything online at all. If I didn't have one--with paper that doesn't say much--I would really be able to prove they exist at all. Same pretty much goes for the NWF-Dairy Queen models.

I remember some years ago reading a Mexican blog about a collector of premium figures, among them, Ricolino.
mercadolibre, a kind of EBAY that is widely used in Latin America, is the best source to find these figures.
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You're going to drive Andreas crazy![/quote]

Andreas only get crazy when there's nothing to look after. I am not sure these simple premium figures have anything missing in Andreas' collection. Though, in this link we can see a puffin and a bat, what is interesting. But, more interesting for Andreas is probably the macaw, I don't know if it features any species but if it does, it is surely not a common one. They also have a crazy fox for me but postages from Mexico to Portugal can be a big problem.   [/quote]

And I just learned that 'zorro' in Spanish is Fox!

That are not so bad figurines- but like the Kaiyodos not solid. But the macaw, the bat, the fox and the sea puffin are interesting species/subspecies. I think the fox s a kit fox too and i am sure very interesting for a special fox collection :)

But the prices

And i hope too to get some more informations next time.

widukind wrote:

That are not so bad figurines- but like the Kaiyodos not solid. But the macaw, the bat, the fox and the sea puffin are interesting species/subspecies. I think the fox s a kit fox too and i am sure very interesting for a special fox collection :)

But the prices

And i hope too to get some more informations next time.

The price is quite affordable, $200 Mexican pesos are more or less 10 Euros and the price is for the complete lot. They use $, actually, it was used for the 1st time with the Mexican coin and not with US dolar. I agree that it is not surely a red fox and a kit fox makes sense in a Mexican collection.

Roger wrote:

widukind wrote:

That are not so bad figurines- but like the Kaiyodos not solid. But the macaw, the bat, the fox and the sea puffin are interesting species/subspecies. I think the fox s a kit fox too and i am sure very interesting for a special fox collection :)

But the prices

And i hope too to get some more informations next time.

The price is quite affordable, $200 Mexican pesos are more or less 10 Euros and the price is for the complete lot. They use $, actually, it was used for the 1st time with the Mexican coin and not with US dolar. I agree that it is not surely a red fox and a kit fox makes sense in a Mexican collection.

Thank you, that is a very good information and now interesting.

old silver pheasant (Lineol or Elastolin i think), Merten Elephant and K&M snowy egret

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Beautiful addition to your collection Andreas!
I particularly like the egret