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PostSubject: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich?   Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? EmptyThu Apr 23, 2015 10:41 pm

Hi, as a child in the 1970s I would buy these little 1/2" (up to 3/4") rubber animals that we called "Little Rubber Animals". I believe they were US$0.05 or US$0.10 each and were sold in big clear bins at a local museum. There seemed to be many dozens of different ones. We played with them for years, later using them to play soccer on a glass coffee table. The soccer ball was a small ball of tin foil. These flexible figures, when pushed upon the glass, could "kick" the ball out quite successfully.

I only had about four of them left until I found this lot on eBay recently, but I believe somewhere I once saw they were made by Schleich. Is that true? Does anyone know how many they made in total?

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PostSubject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich?   Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? EmptyThu Apr 23, 2015 10:44 pm

Yes ! They are Schleich minis Very Happy

The ladybird is very rare, especially with spots painted on bounce

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PostSubject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich?   Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? EmptyThu Apr 23, 2015 10:56 pm

Terrific, thank you! You can imagine how hard it was for me to find these on eBay and elsewhere by searching for "little rubber animals" only. Wink My step-brother collected so many of these he had an entire Pringles potato chip can filled with them. We were very envious.
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PostSubject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich?   Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? EmptyThu Apr 23, 2015 11:03 pm

Nice lot you got there Very Happy As Susanne already showed you, they are Schleich indeed, and they made quite a bunch of them. Schleich started producing them around 1965, I believe, but they were all discontinued around 2005.
I have quite a lot myself as well. My brother and I used to play with them as well, when we were children. We got them at our dentist; we got one each everytime we went there.

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PostSubject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich?   Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? EmptyThu Apr 23, 2015 11:14 pm

Ahhh the mini's! Very Happy bounce Normally I wouldn't go for non-realistic figures but these are just so endearing! Very charming Very Happy
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I had no idea they were made as late as 2005. Must have been outside the USA as I've never seen them anywhere since the 1970s and I did not stop going to toy stores, ever.

I've searched eBay without luck recently. What are the chances I could find a big lot of these without breaking the bank? I don't mind if they're newer so long as they remind me of my childhood.
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PostSubject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich?   Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? EmptyFri Apr 24, 2015 9:46 am

Congratulations,  nice lot. On ebay.de you can find a lot of Schleich Minis :)

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That's a great lot as long as they're priced well! cheers Too bad the rabbit's ear are broken off.

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