Roger's Arrivals! updated 17th October 2015

Wonderful additions to your collection Roger! And so great STS friendly spirit I adore these Lineols and Elastolin figures, amazing!

Thanks Florian, Julie and Anna!

Impressive new additions And loads of snakes! I think the CollectA one looks to be very well made.

Carola wrote:

Impressive new additions And loads of snakes! I think the CollectA one looks to be very well made.

Thanks Carola! The CollectA is my favorite among all these snakes. It is impressive, it has presence, it is detailed, have a good pose for a shelf toy, is massive and well done!

So so so so so many great figures there. But I have to congratulate you on the postosuchus! That is one of my favorite "pre-dinos," and is an excellent figure from Safari.

A lot of great additions Roger, the Lineol dromedary and camel stand out as very good models.

Roger wrote:

Carola wrote:

Impressive new additions And loads of snakes! I think the CollectA one looks to be very well made.

Thanks Carola! The CollectA is my favorite among all these snakes. It is impressive, it has presence, it is detailed, have a good pose for a shelf toy, is massive and well done!

Really? I didn't imagine that. The S&N brown snake was so impressive for me and the Schleich rattle snake looked also very good. Knowing your taste i have to reconsider my view on the CollectA.

My collection keeps growing, slowly, thanks to our community.
With Susanne's help I acquired 3 CollectA figures:
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CollectA Amur Leopard
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CollectA long-tailed chinchilla
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CollectA Woodland caribou

As usual with Susanne, some gifts were included, the lovely Bullyland otter and the fabulous Eikoh fennec:
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Bullyland otter

Also with the precious help of Julie, I was able of getting all 6 Play Visions bat that I adore!
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Play Visions Bats
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Play Visions Egyptian fruit bat

Also some foxes from Susanne, Julie, Laura, Sandor and Taylor. Individual pictures can be seen [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Great additions,  especially the bats and the 2015 CollectAs

Beautiful pictures of beautiful figurines!

Amazing fennec Congrats for your new acquisitions :)

Congrats, Roger!

Big congratulations for all these great models Roger :)
Wonderful Collecta models, foxes, bats...and other presents from very generous people :)
I adore this Eikoh fennec ...it is realy fabulous model :)
One of the best Collecta 2015 models- Woodland caribou...
It will be interesting for me, to know your opinion about the Collecta Amur leopard...and your feelings, watching the model in real :)

Rogério congratulation, wonderful addition Collecta, otter and fenec!
and all your foxes!

Wonderful additions!

New CollectA animals in your colection

And big congrats to all the new foxes

congrats my friend. I received all six pv bats from Julie as well.

Thanks Andreas, Tove, Florian, Anasta, Kosta, Jean-Luc, Jessica, Karin and Lance!

Kikimalou wrote:

Roger wrote:

Carola wrote:

Impressive new additions And loads of snakes! I think the CollectA one looks to be very well made.

Thanks Carola! The CollectA is my favorite among all these snakes. It is impressive, it has presence, it is detailed, have a good pose for a shelf toy, is massive and well done!

Really? I didn't imagine that. The S&N brown snake was so impressive for me and the Schleich rattle snake looked also very good. Knowing your taste i have to reconsider my view on the CollectA.

Christophe, I'm sorry, I missed your post!
Don't trust too much in my snakes knowledge, S&N figures are made in a very efficient way and they are excellent replicas. My feelings about the CollectA anaconda are more or less like seeing a Papo dinosaur, we feel a huge enthusiasm watching it even before we check if things are really correct. It is a figure that gives me a special pleasure even if I am not able of judging it correctly.

costicuba wrote:

Big congratulations for all these great models Roger :)
Wonderful Collecta models, foxes, bats...and other presents from very generous people :)
I adore this Eikoh fennec ...it is realy fabulous model :)
One of the best Collecta 2015 models- Woodland caribou...
It will be interesting for me, to know your opinion about the Collecta Amur leopard...and your feelings, watching the model in real :)

Kosta, I used to give my impressions about figures in my topic and I'll remember doing it again. :) I also appreciate that my opinions are interesting for you.
I don't want to disappoint you but my enthusiasm about this figure is all about the represented subspecies. There was no Amur leopard before.
The figure, in my opinion, is under the average of what CollectA is giving us these last years. There's a big difference in quality between this feline and the caribou. CollectA turned in a reference with ungulates, they are often brilliant, but in terms of big cats the company still needs to give a step forward to rivals with Papo or even Mojö. The sculpt is expressiveless, the head doesn't look right to me, even shoulders look plain. Texture is rich but it gives the impression of falling down long hairs while in pictures it looks somewhat more to the fluffy side.
Walking pose is not feline at all, The painting is disturbing being almost not recognizable for the subspecies, large rosets are quite artifitial. I even miss the dark lacrimal strip on face, it has a row of spots instead, paw pads are not painted. Despite all, I don't regret getting it. Figure is not terrible and I notice a big effort of the company to give the best possible in terms of painting. These figures are not easy to mass produce. I would get it again if needed.

Congrats Roger!

Splendid collecta animals.

Many variety of bats ,congratulations.

Thank you , for the very good explanation of your opinion Roger ..and that you shared with me/us :)
I also like the fact, that this the first model of amur leopard :)
Maybe with better paint job will look better.... not perfect, but more nice :)

Thanks Donny and Fernando!
You're welcome Kosta, surely, if you repaint it, it will look much better, mainly if your option is one of these denser patterns. Not being excellent, I think the mould is good enough to receive the atention of your brushes. :

Congratulations with your additions, Roger So nice to see these foxes together in your wonderful collection!

Roger wrote:

Christophe, I'm sorry, I missed your post!
Don't trust too much in my snakes knowledge, S&N figures are made in a very efficient way and they are excellent replicas. My feelings about the CollectA anaconda are more or less like seeing a Papo dinosaur, we feel a huge enthusiasm watching it even before we check if things are really correct. It is a figure that gives me a special pleasure even if I am not able of judging it correctly.

Rogério, I missed also your post .

Even if you don't believe in your own snakes knowledge, I think you are right about the anaconda. It is an impressive toy, which comes straight from an "adventure in jungle" movie and it is an excellent reason to enjoy it and collect. I missed this important thing because I was too obsessed by the accuracy... Thank you for rescuing me

The CollectA Woodland caribou is simply stunning! I understand your choise