The new Bullyland Okapis

Hi friends,

here are pics of the new Okapis. These figurines are beautiful.

nice, but i expected more....! is a large okapi , like the schleich,s one...the calf is so cute...

Admin wrote:

Hi friends,

here are pics of the new Okapis. These figurines are beautiful.

...Poor Martin! He will know no rest!

Congratulations for this new addition, the calf is very good and the female love her pose for pictures thank you.
I look forward to receiving my package

Congrats, but I hate the way they made animals ribcage...

Congratulation Torben .

I agree with you Robert, the pose is fantastic but I don't understand the ribs ?

Gratuliere Torben!
I agree on the sculpting...
The pose is so nice, and then the strange sculpt on the ribcage, as the ribs are seldom to be seen with okapi's, because herbivores have full belly's...
The calf is nice to, but his head is to big...
I think i have to write Bullyland about this, because when they wanted to follow up the other big brands in okapi's, then they didn't do a good job!

Admin wrote:

Hi friends,

here are pics of the new Okapis. These figurines are beautiful.

I KNOW THAT FEMALE OKAPI'S ARE LARGER THAN MALE OKAPI'S SO, THAT'S MAKES IT POSSIBLE.
TOO, HAVE THE FEMALE BIGGER THAN THE MALE.
THA BABY IT'S SO, CUTE.

Too red...

Wow, she is quite big! I was hoping they'd be the same scale as Papo - don't like the ribcage at all. They both need a repaint - so I think I get them, sand down the funny lines and repaint them, as the actual sculpt is beautiful.

HKHollinstone wrote:

...sand down the funny lines and repaint them...

That's our girl

+1 Harriet!

I'm just afraid the texture will be lost on places where ribs used to be. Can it be rebuilt?

Congratulations for your new figures!
They are nice but not my okapi for sure! :)

Congrats Torben on the new okapis. I like the figures but do not like the red colors. Okapis are known for their dark dark brown velvet coats. The red coats look like they are sun bleached. Okapis live in very dense forest cover and the red would definately help predators find them.

remrock02 wrote:

Congrats Torben on the new okapis. I like the figures but do not like the red colors. Okapis are known for their dark dark brown velvet coats. The red coats look like they are sun bleached. Okapis live in very dense forest cover and the red would definately help predators find them.

I agree okapis are darker than this one. Nevertheless, a red color is not definately a problem in the jungle. The Bongo lived in dense jungle too, they are reddish and they survive the same predators

Too red...nothing a little dark brown repaint can't take care of : )

Tahnks for the pictures, Christoph , - rib cages and colour and all, it is very nice to see them in cuch perfect pictures

SUSANNE wrote:

Tahnks for the pictures, Christoph , - rib cages and colour and all, it is very nice to see them in cuch perfect pictures

Susann, please... The pics and models are Torben's pics and models

Never mind, Torben is lucky she didn't called him Roger

remrock02 wrote:

Congrats Torben on the new okapis. I like the figures but do not like the red colors. Okapis are known for their dark dark brown velvet coats. The red coats look like they are sun bleached. Okapis live in very dense forest cover and the red would definately help predators find them.

... The predators see everything in white-black colours! Let,s study an encyclopaedia!

skysthelimit wrote:

Never mind, Torben is lucky she didn't called him Roger

Torbe is lucky because Susann call him Cristoph??? I'm not sure of it Rober! :)

skysthelimit wrote:

I'm just afraid the texture will be lost on places where ribs used to be. Can it be rebuilt?

Yes, I think I could fix that - with a sharp knife you could put the texture back, once it's all repainted you wouldn't be able to tell. Judging by the Bullyland models I have the rubber/plastic they're made out of is quite soft, so it wouldn't be so difficult to make indentations.

Excellent, keep us updated

Sorry to disagree with you Sergey, but the latest studies of the rod and cone structure of the retina of many members of the animal kingdom show that many animals including birds, insects, aquatic creatures, most primates, and probably many feline species can see different amounts of color hues. The old adage that animals only see black and white is no longer true. Research is showing that color plays a wider role in food gathering, mating and defense.
large role in