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pru
Country/State : USA/California Age : 53 Joined : 2015-04-23 Posts : 9
| Subject: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? Thu 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? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:44 pm | |
| Yes ! They are Schleich minis The ladybird is very rare, especially with spots painted on You can see the minis here : [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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pru
Country/State : USA/California Age : 53 Joined : 2015-04-23 Posts : 9
| Subject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? Thu 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. 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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Tarunyada
Country/State : The Netherlands Age : 29 Joined : 2012-12-19 Posts : 3353
| Subject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:03 pm | |
| Nice lot you got there 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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pru
Country/State : USA/California Age : 53 Joined : 2015-04-23 Posts : 9
| Subject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:15 pm | |
| 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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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 45781
| Subject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:46 am | |
| Congratulations, nice lot. On ebay.de you can find a lot of Schleich Minis :) |
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LeeAnn
Country/State : United States Age : 25 Joined : 2013-01-20 Posts : 10339
| Subject: Re: Little rubber animals - are these Schleich? Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:06 pm | |
| That's a great lot as long as they're priced well! Too bad the rabbit's ear are broken off. |
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