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Geospiza fortis
Country/State : United States Age : 27 Joined : 2013-01-12 Posts : 465
| Subject: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:29 am | |
| I bought this orangutan at the Philadelphia Zoo today. It looks exactly like the Papo orangutan except it has no mark and is with a different brand on the tag. I don't think it is a knock-off just because the paint matches almost exactly. There was a Safari African Penguin like this as well but I didn't buy it because I already have one. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]My guess is that the molds were bought by Papo from another company and this company bought theirs from the same one, sort of like the Walrus and manatee, but I'm not entirely sure. |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:55 am | |
| WOW ! That is interesting !!! What a fantastic find My first thought was that Papo has made it for them, because we have not seen this orangutan with other names before, and the paintwork is very "Papo'ish"...but your guess is probably the same as mine Is there any information on the tag ? |
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 45779
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:50 am | |
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Kikimalou Admin
Country/State : Lille, FRANCE Age : 60 Joined : 2010-04-01 Posts : 21190
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:15 am | |
| Another mystery |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35845
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:37 am | |
| That's strange to see a figure of that quality without any markings. Could you share with us the information provided in that tag? Maybe that's a Philadelphia Zoo collection and they just bought directly from the brands non marked figures to be sold as belonging to their collection. |
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Geospiza fortis
Country/State : United States Age : 27 Joined : 2013-01-12 Posts : 465
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:13 pm | |
| The inside of the tag has a picture of an orangutan on the left and on the right says: Orangutans are found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo , where they spend most of their time high in the treetops." On the back there are the usual warnings and "Made in China". I just took the price sticker off to reveal "Carlisle Co. Mound House, NV 89706". and underneath that: 10311310552ST. |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:17 pm | |
| GREAT !!! Here is a bit of information, - they are wholesellers based in Nevada , so they must have gotten a deal with Papo [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] |
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costicuba
Country/State : Bulgaria Age : 43 Joined : 2014-06-14 Posts : 4221
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:34 pm | |
| This is interesting.. For shure is made it by Papo ...at least the paint work is the same.. I also have one mystery Papo model... and I hope, Geospiza fortis doesn`t mind if I show it here.. :) I have the Papo Werewolf, present form Susane. She bought it for me from MPV.. I love it ! It is great made it. This is the model : [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The strange thing is , that there is no mark on the model... nothing. Like this Orangutan.. And I wanted to ask for that, the friends here from long time... That`s why I`m taking this opportunity now :) It is trange , one Papo model to be with no mark, isn`t it ? Oh..and I just wanted to share something else with you guys :) Maybe some of you already watched the ``Jurassic world`` movie .. ?!? The Papo walking T-rex model is famous there It participate in the movie :) I was happy to see that.. |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:56 pm | |
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Geospiza fortis
Country/State : United States Age : 27 Joined : 2013-01-12 Posts : 465
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:29 pm | |
| Thanks for the help, Susanne! Jurassic World is a movie well worth seeing, but I don't think that is the Papo T. rex. It looks different and from what I heard it was made of fragile resin (one reportedly shattered on-set), but there are lots of Schleich dinosaurs, especially in the beginning.
Last edited by Geospiza fortis on Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:30 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Typo :\) |
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costicuba
Country/State : Bulgaria Age : 43 Joined : 2014-06-14 Posts : 4221
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:56 pm | |
| Perhaps this is true.. :) To me, it look`s very similar to Papo T-rex... I tried to make one screenshot from the movie, it is not good, but is the best one, becouse the camera goes very fast. This is the photo : [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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Geospiza fortis
Country/State : United States Age : 27 Joined : 2013-01-12 Posts : 465
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:30 pm | |
| - costicuba wrote:
- Perhaps this is true.. :)
To me, it look`s very similar to Papo T-rex... I tried to make one screenshot from the movie, it is not good, but is the best one, becouse the camera goes very fast. This is the photo :
I wish the Papo T. rex looked like that Here's a close up picture. I saw a better one somewhere but I can't seem to find it now: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]There's also an ankylosaurus/euoplocephalus that looks like the Papo and Hasbro ones. The T. rex jaw snapper is from Safari LTD I think. |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35845
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:04 am | |
| Thanks for checking what is written in that tag. Carlisle is just a reseller, the Zoo surely got the orangutan through Carlisle but it is strange anyway that it is not branded as Papo. |
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LeeAnn
Country/State : United States Age : 25 Joined : 2013-01-20 Posts : 10339
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:43 am | |
| A strange find, congratulations! |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Papo Orangutan? Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:16 am | |
| Perhaps it is a new niche-market for papo ? Selling for wholeseller's own tag ? |
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