Snow Hare made by McDonalds?

Subject: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:23 pm

I saw this on ebay and bought it recently and it arrived today. It is absolutely stunning but a little too big than the usual schleich sized models. I did not know McDonald's made animals back in 1198 which is when this model was made. The big question is, why was it made and are there other animals in the series? If anyone has any more info then great!

Model is 6.5cm high

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Subject: Re: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Sun Nov 29, 2015 1:13 am

Numaan, don-t you know yet our great Toy Animal Wiki?
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Subject: Re: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:07 am

A great find !!! I love these old McDonalds-models Very Happy

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Subject: Re: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Sun Nov 29, 2015 1:29 pm

Nice catch :)

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Subject: Re: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:22 pm

Roger wrote:: Numaan, don-t you know yet our great Toy Animal Wiki?
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My goodness yes Roger I did not check that site, thank you for reminding me.

Whilst all the other animals are cute only the hare seems to be the most realistic sculptwise. It is strange to know McDonald's made these but I do like them. Thanks again :-)

Subject: Re: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:25 pm

Wow, he's very nice for being made in 1198! affraid

Great find, congrats Numaan! Very Happy

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Subject: Re: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:08 pm

LeeAnn wrote:: Wow, he's very nice for being made in 1198!

Great find, congrats Numaan!

I was going to say that,it must be worth a fortune being an antique Cool

Subject: Re: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:57 am

Thanks for sharing....very nice. Applause

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Subject: Re: Snow Hare made by McDonalds? Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:59 am

Numaan wrote:

Roger wrote:: Numaan, don-t you know yet our great Toy Animal Wiki?
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My goodness yes Roger I did not check that site, thank you for reminding me.

Whilst all the other animals are cute only the hare seems to be the most realistic sculptwise. It is strange to know McDonald's made these but I do like them. Thanks again :-)

Leporids always work nicely in a somewhat cute style. They are generally in line with the kind of design animal brands in these years. Actually there's no other McDonald's line of animals more interesting than this one and the most interesting part is that I asked a collector of hundreds of MCDonald's gifts and he didn't know about those. I suspect that there are more than those presented on TAI. The big cats series misses clearly a lion or lioness for instance. scratch

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