Willybacoman's 2011 additions

Yes it is, as it seems...
I stumbled on them only 2 times, and i bought both lots!

Thanks Ana, K, and Sergey!
Well, the Schleich whales are not bad, and besides the Minke whale, the northern right whale is not bad either, only to bad it is in the smaller marine series...
But the quality of the Safari MBC is awesome.
They are better in scale, and when you have an adult in your fingers, you know what i mean, big and heavy, and full of detail!
Yes, the story with that Schleich tigershark was funny, of course it is ugly, why lie about it?
It looks very toyish, and not realistic at all!
On which forum that was again...? Haha

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Thanks Ana, K, and Sergey!
Well, the Schleich whales are not bad, and besides the Minke whale, the northern right whale is not bad either, only to bad it is in the smaller marine series...
But the quality of the Safari MBC is awesome.
They are better in scale, and when you have an adult in your fingers, you know what i mean, big and heavy, and full of detail!
Yes, the story with that Schleich tigershark was funny, of course it is ugly, why lie about it?
It looks very toyish, and not realistic at all!
On which forum that was again...? Haha

Haha it was on LG. I too think its ugly and I was like "Are you kidding me?"

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Yes it is, as it seems...
I stumbled on them only 2 times, and i bought both lots!

This is the secret?

Yes Andreas, but you have to stumble around a lot, haha...
And on and in places where you don't aspect to find your animals...

I found another lot, this time with fish, made in China, so the quality is not so good obvious, and the species are hard to determinate...
There were 11 animals in the set, including 2 the same.

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The complete lot.

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Blue and black koi, i believe it was ment to be...

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Because it was there in yellow to...

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Deepsea fish, can anybody tell me which species this should be?

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I think, this was ment to be a jumping trout.

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At least, this one is clear, a Mahi-Mahi, or goldmackerel.

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I am pretty sure this is a goldfish.

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Another unknown tropical corall/seafish for me...

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I know very well, that this is a common treshershark.

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Two nice seahorses.

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And a reasonable Powder Blue Tang, or PB Surgeonfish.

No high quality here, but finally some more fish in the collection.

Again we see some species that others don`t make, in these humble Chinese figueres, -that gold macrel is great.
The green fish are surely meant to be something specific, I wonder what

Congratulations

Willy, the green fish is actually a prehistoric fish sometimes found in China lots! I have been searching for one a looooong time!
Do you want to trade it?

A lot of interesting fishes!!!

Thanks Susanne, Mihnea and Andreas!
I had this fishmodel that you mean before in my youth Mihnea, but it was greyish black and white as far as i can remember.
You are asking me to trade it, and just when it came in, me as a fishman?
When i find a double one, i am happy to give it to you, but not now, as it is my only one, sorry...
I am wondering if this is a deepsea fish, or a pre-historic one, i really don't know, it could be both...

This is now the third time i had to put a new tread again here, because when i am uploading pictures, this site suddenly goes back to the part of the forum where this should go eventually, so i have to put all of the pics again here, including text, pffft...

But ok, back to business...
Like i said, i had a lot in, with many different brands, including 2 Bullylands, which are in that section of the forum already.
Here is the rest:

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01724 VEB Plaho wild Boar...

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01752 VEB Plaho Brown Bear...

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...which was a variation to, the most lightbrown for me so far.

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This funny China made little dragon was in the lot also...

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As this little Britains copy of the vintage walrus was...

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Here with the original Britans vintage model in the back, and another black Hong Kong copy, the newest little one in front.

The brand Ja-Ru is made in the USA, making originals and copies of other USA brands mainly, producing in the 1950's and 1960's.

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JA-RU Stegosaurus, a Marx copy by the way.

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JA-RU Uintatherium, a pre-historic rhino ancestor is believed so far.

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A China made goldfish, mad ein green...

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...which i found recently in yellow to.

The next part will be interesting for our forum-croc...

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Hong Kong made brown croc...

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...which was my 5th variation on this model.

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This Hong Kong model was my 3rd variation on this model.

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These 2 little Britains copies were in the lot to, but i had these variations already.

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Hong Kong made black panther/leopard, a new colour variation for me...

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...here together with the spotted version, and the smaller Prior Hong Kong version.
I love those mixed lots, with so much different stuff and brands!

What an exciting lot,congratulations! I also have one lot in a post office waiting for me,I',m picking it today,can't wait,more than 50 different figures I love everything from your lot,expecially wild boars and the bear(never saw them before)I have the same walrus,crocodiles,lions and dinos.I actually hate and love those lions and dinos,they are so ugly but interesting also
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If i see this pics i look at my second collection-animals!!! But you wasnt here Willy!!!


Congratulation!!!

Like Nina I just LOVE this kind of link, with different brands and models, - thanks, Willy, and congratulations with your finds that fit so well in your interesting collection.
I just LOVE that Uintatherium, - and the green goldfish

Nina, your stegosaurusses are wonderful. They make me think of my little theory that perhaps the chinese dragons stem from somebody in china having found fossiles and thinking they were bones from a real creature

Thank you guys!
Well Nina, your lions are all copies of the vintage Britains model to, only bigger, from which i have a lot to.
Between them, is one of my oldest animal figurines ever.
The original Britains model has its right paw upwards, same as in some copies.
Later on, some manufacturers made the same model with all the paws down, as it would stand better.
The 2 i showed here, are smaller 1:64 scaled copies.

Your Stegosaurus is the same model as mine, but it is possible, that they are copies to, because some USA companies made copies of the original Marx models, even mine could is a copy, but made by JA-RU USA...

The wild boar and brown bear are made bu the VEB Plaho company from the former DDR.
This company was Marolin before WW2, and Marolin bought the Lineol company in the far past(early 1900's), so a lot of the Lineol moulds were used for the Marolin/VEB Plaho models.
After the fall of the wall, Marolin started up again, and the state companies like VEB Plaho were gone of course...

I bought a few Starlux lots in E-Bay France from time to time, and when the sellers are making troubles about the sending to other countries then France i tell them, that they can send the package to France, ...Tourcoing!
I could never do this without my big friend Christoph(Kikimalou), because he is living there, and most importantly in France!
He is willing to take my packages, and even sending them to me in the Netherlands!
Next to that, he always sended me some special items which i probably need for my collection...
Besides the 6 fantastic Starlux items he saved for me, he gave me 8 of the fantastic Colorata Marine Life Mammals box, so he kept the last 4 of them for his own collection, which is normal i think, i am very happy with every animal i get on this particular scale and this brand!
These are the both brands:

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1733 Starlux Reindeer

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1776 Bottlenose Dolphin

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1801 Starlux Striped Hyena

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PH!! Starlux Paleotherium

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WWF Blister no. 4, with okapi and Jentinks duiker

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WF4 Starlux WWF Okapi

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WF6 Starlux WWF Jentinks Ducker

These were my hidden Starlux models for the last months...

The rest, but very nice are the Colorata Marine Life made by them...

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Colorata Beluga

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Californian Sealion

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Colorata Commersons Dolphin

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Colorata Common Seal, spotted

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Colorata Pacific White Sided Dolphin

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Stellers Sealion, a bit blurry...

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Colorata Bottlenose Dolphin

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Colorata Seaotter

Very nice package Willy

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Besides the 6 fantastic Starlux items he saved for me, he gave me 8 of the fantastic Colorata Marine Life Mammals box, so he kept the last 4 of them for his own collection, which is normal i think, i am very happy with every animal i get on this particular scale and this brand!

At last Willy this "menagerie" reached Zwolle

About the mammal box, there was some double and I already have some of the models... And I saw a topic about your seals and sealions not so long ago

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

Next to that, he always sended me some special items which i probably need for my collection...

Next to that, you gave me so much model I love my generous friend

Oh I love the Okapi! Congratulations Willy and Hurray for Christophe

Congratulation Willy!!!! I love all!!! Nice animals!!! You need the colorata animals again (you have this also reserved by me)?

I just love this Seaotter!!Congrats Willy!!

Holy Moses ! What a lot of goodies

Congratulations, Willy !
SO many nice models in one go, it is fantastic

I adore that reindeer. And the okapi, and..... They are wonderful

Hurray for Christophe

Thank you all Guys!
Specially Christophe of course for his wonderfull gifts!
No Andreas, i don't need them twice of course, i couldn't know this of course, i hope you don't mind...
Two groups of favourite animals are dolphins/ceateceans and apes, so Christophe hit me there, and the wonderfull Colorata models will hit me always anyway, because the quality is so nice.

I didn't go on the forum to much the last weeks, i am to busy with my tropical fishbusiness at home, with more than 40 fishtanks, it is really getting busy to keep everything clean and tidy...
I do this with a good friend of mine, who is happingly living in the same appartment-block, and we are still expanding, and everything we make in money is still invested, but slowly we are coming through...
But the work stays, it is at least 3 days work for about 4-6 hours to keep everything in order, and in between the costumers come to, so busy busy busy...
Since i don't have work, i can spend my time well spend right now...
I did send the thnak you mail to Christophe today, but i don't even know if i did it already before, my head runs through, haha.

On the same day as a package from poland, came this very nice surprise box from Portugal, from my big friend Crocobert!
Inside was a nice older Miniland seal, and a great CollectA orca, which i can proudly present to you all now.

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Both items

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Miniland Common Seal

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CollectA Orca

Thank you very much Rogerio!

Nice, I have never seen that seal.