Schleich 16701 Golden Eagle: A walkaround by Kikimalou

The Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle.
Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many areas which are now more heavily populated by humans. Despite being extirpated from or uncommon in some of its former range, the species is still fairly ubiquitous, being present in sizeable stretches of Eurasia, North America, and parts of North Africa.

But ok you can read many many things about Golden eagles on [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  

So what about the model? In the toy world, the Golden eagle is the only serious competitor of the Bald eagle, even if the Golden eagle was more produced by vintage brands than nowadays.

The Schleich 16701 Golden Eagle is a member of the well known 1999 to 2003 ”Birds of Prey” series by Schleich.

It is so famous that I never thought about making a walkaround. Who need this?  Nobody of course.!  

Nevertheless… It isn’t a good reason for avoiding a few pics

A great oldie! I am happy today that i bought this figurines in a time where i dont collect figurines really. :)

Gorgeous bird

Ohhhh! I remember when the mailman brought me the parcel with this from Germany, containing this gorgeous model

It will always be among the most beloved figurines of my collection, - thankyou very much for this walkaround, Christophe

Kikimalou wrote:

It is so famous that I never thought about making a walkaround. Who need this?  Nobody of course.!  

Me me me me me    
Thank you for this beautiful walkaround.
And it is very helpful for a person like me, I never see that model before..
It looks very very nice. :)
And now I see that this is the model from STS logo by Anna :)

Thank you to be here Andreas, Laura, Susanne and Kosta

Five good reasons for making this walkaround

I hope I am also a good reason.
I am sure it is very important to have walk arounds of known and popular figures. They bring the interest of several people and sometimes they can even be a good surprise to some collectors like it happened with Kosta.
I am also an enthusiast of this figure, I received it a long time ago from Susanne and I keep it proudly in my collection!
I find so interesting that contrast you mentioned about vintage and modern brands. Golden eagles were really much more popular in old times, now, by far, American bald eagles are more popular in toy shape, contrast is so evident while checking their respective pages at Toy Animal Wiki.
And from memory, we know that there are several more golden eagles made of composition material than those listed there at this moment.
There are surely good reasons to explain that but I don't know them.
What I can say is that most people in Portugal call both species "águia real" that is the Portuguese name to the golden eagle. Though, due to football reasons, the bald eagle turned more popular but most people keep calling it a golden eagle.

costicuba wrote:

.......
And now I see that this is the model from STS logo by Anna :)

Ahhh! Yes !!!! There he is

Roger wrote:

I hope I am also a good reason.
I am sure it is very important to have walk arounds of known and popular figures. They bring the interest of several people and sometimes they can even be a good surprise to some collectors like it happened with Kosta.
I am also an enthusiast of this figure, I received it a long time ago from Susanne and I keep it proudly in my collection!
I find so interesting that contrast you mentioned about vintage and modern brands. Golden eagles were really much more popular in old times, now, by far, American bald eagles are more popular in toy shape, contrast is so evident while checking their respective pages at Toy Animal Wiki.
And from memory, we know that there are several more golden eagles made of composition material than those listed there at this moment.
There are surely good reasons to explain that but I don't know them.
What I can say is that most people in Portugal call both species "águia real" that is the Portuguese name to the golden eagle. Though, due to football reasons, the bald eagle turned more popular but most people keep calling it a golden eagle.

A croc is always a good reason for a macaque

"águia real"? It's funny because in French Golden eagle is named "Aigle royal" despite some BBC earth series translators called it "Aigle doré"
In French the name of the Bald eagle is "Pygargue à tête blanche" so it is hard to confused.

Great walk around of a very nice model. A model from the very good times of Schleich I think it is very majestic eagles, the proud posture suit this bird very well.
And how nice are these excellent, clear photos with nice royal purple background. Thank you for this topic Christophe!

SUSANNE wrote:

costicuba wrote:

.......
And now I see that this is the model from STS logo by Anna :)

Ahhh! Yes !!!! There he is

Yes, it's this model indeed. And you know what I saw for a moment? The whitish nostrils of reindeer look a bit like a question mark above the head of that eagle I must be tired to see these silly things  

You made my day Ana

Kikimalou wrote:

 You made my day Ana

You're welcome

Ana wrote:

Yes, it's this model indeed. And you know what I saw for a moment? The whitish nostrils of reindeer look a bit like a question mark above the head of that eagle I must be tired to see these silly things  

Hahaaa
That was the joke of the day
I have to say, becouse of your great repainted reindeer Anna (I know both beautiful variations - yours and for Susanne),
I bought one Papo reindeer for me and I will repaint it one day :)
I hope I will make it as good, as yours are

Kikimalou wrote:

Roger wrote:

I hope I am also a good reason.
I am sure it is very important to have walk arounds of known and popular figures. They bring the interest of several people and sometimes they can even be a good surprise to some collectors like it happened with Kosta.
I am also an enthusiast of this figure, I received it a long time ago from Susanne and I keep it proudly in my collection!
I find so interesting that contrast you mentioned about vintage and modern brands. Golden eagles were really much more popular in old times, now, by far, American bald eagles are more popular in toy shape, contrast is so evident while checking their respective pages at Toy Animal Wiki.
And from memory, we know that there are several more golden eagles made of composition material than those listed there at this moment.
There are surely good reasons to explain that but I don't know them.
What I can say is that most people in Portugal call both species "águia real" that is the Portuguese name to the golden eagle. Though, due to football reasons, the bald eagle turned more popular but most people keep calling it a golden eagle.

 A croc is always a good reason for a macaque

"águia real"? It's funny because in French Golden eagle is named "Aigle royal" despite some BBC earth series translators called it "Aigle doré"
In French the name of the Bald eagle is "Pygargue à tête blanche" so it is hard to confused.

Portuguese names are also hard to mix, I was talking of common sense, whenever someone sees a big eagle, it is almost always called an "águia real". Bald eagle is called here "águia-de-cabeça-branca", that means the same as in French and translates to English as white-headed eagle. The other name of this eagle is "pigargo americano", so, again a close connection with the French language. :)

Well Rogério, I learned something today

costicuba wrote:

Ana wrote:

Yes, it's this model indeed. And you know what I saw for a moment? The whitish nostrils of reindeer look a bit like a question mark above the head of that eagle I must be tired to see these silly things  

Hahaaa
That was the joke of the day
I have to say, becouse of your great repainted reindeer Anna (I know both beautiful variations - yours and for Susanne),
I bought one Papo reindeer for me and I will repaint it one day :)
I hope I will make it as good, as yours are

Glad you found the reindeer remake inspiring! I can't wait to see how will you paint yours

Such a great model Congrats my friend

Thank you LeeAnn