Hausser Elastolin 1972 Catalogue (Zoo series)

Here is the rest of the Hausser Elastolin 1972 Catalogue  

Thanks Christophe! I love catalogues!

So interesting, thank you for uploading Christophe. I especially like the store displays in the last images.

You are welcome

Thanks for posting - especially all those buildings/enclosures.

Thankyou VERY much for sharing

They are absolutely wonderful

You're welcome too

Thank you so much, that is very interesting! And i want nr 5557!!

Wow! Many, many thanks Christophe for these great photos from main catalogue!
Now I have better view which animals I still miss for my collection.

Ok , I am really upset that I joined this forum ! All of the Elastolin zoo figures and cages are over the top for me ! I want them all ! : ) Thank You so much for all this Elastolin Info ! I have always been a Britains zoo guy , But my eyes have been opened today ! Coop

Wow, what a great looking animal range! I wish there were still animals available in the 54mm scale.

Coop wrote:

Ok , I am really upset that I joined this forum !  All of the Elastolin zoo figures and cages are over the top for me ! I want them all !  : )  Thank You so much for all this Elastolin Info ! I have always been a Britains zoo guy , But my eyes have been opened today !    Coop

Yes, most of these Elastolin are excellent additions to a Britains collector although some do not work perfectly in scale. Though, you'll feel amased with many of them.

Roger , if I may , please tell me about the crocodilian on your profile photo . Thank You !

Coop wrote:

Ok , I am really upset that I joined this forum !  All of the Elastolin zoo figures and cages are over the top for me ! I want them all !  : )  Thank You so much for all this Elastolin Info ! I have always been a Britains zoo guy , But my eyes have been opened today !    Coop

Coop wrote:

Roger , if I may , please tell me about the crocodilian on your profile photo . Thank You !  

Of course, the crocodilian in my avatar is the CollectA sarcosuchus and you can read more about it here!

Thank You ! I almost think you would be able to get away with using it as a Gavial ( also known as Gharial ) from India , as they can , but hardly can you find them today getting to 20 feet long like they used to reach . Poaching and water pollution , and loss of habitat , have put them in peril in the wild . What scale is is your figure in ?

Coop wrote:

Thank You ! I almost think you would be able to get away with using it as a Gavial ( also known as Gharial )  from India , as they can , but hardly can you find them today getting to 20 feet long like they   used to reach . Poaching and water pollution , and loss of habitat , have put them in peril in the wild .    What scale is is your figure in ?

Yes, it almost looks like an Indian gharial, mainly from the angle of that picture once from top we can see that sarcosuchus has a flatened snout. It is about 9 inches long (measured as it was stretched) what makes a scale arround 1:50 for a 11,5 m sarcosuchus. If you want to use it in 1:32 scale, it works for a specimen of around 7,5 metters what seems plausible, that's the size of a huge saltwatter crocodile. For gharial I am using the excellent Papo gharial

If you need a 1/32 gharial,  you should search the K&M gharial, or for a smaller one the Starlux one

But we are from from the Elastolin catalogue

Hi Christophe  

How did I miss this post first time round. What a fabulous range of animals. Never seen this series at any time in the UK.
My particular favourite range would be the 56mm one which is a close as can be to Britains 54mm (1:32nd scale).

Kikimalou wrote:

The 54mm Zoo series

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Bottom line I need to find some - hopefully in 2016!  

Thanks

Chris Sweetman wrote:

Hi Christophe  

How did I miss this post first time round. What a fabulous range of animals. Never seen this series at any time in the UK.
My particular favourite range would be the 56mm one which is a close as can be to Britains 54mm (1:32nd scale).

Kikimalou wrote:

The 54mm Zoo series

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Bottom line I need to find some - hopefully in 2016!  

Thanks

Search for Elastolin Weichplastik :) in german websites like ebay.de