News in Susanne's collection 2016. Update December 27 th :-)

Its so good to those two models home. Quite the dangerous pack you have there, I hope Bodil stayed away. And the barb on my shelves gives thanks to the barb on yours now, he is back with his chestnut version companion and talking about old times (even if its embarrassing for me ) I'm glad that new Barb model is happy to have a real home now with now (goodness knows he's waited long enough on a shelf in france somewhere since he was produced).

Your velociraptors are clearly conspirating, they look like a group of kids ready to prank someone.
The Barb is a wonderful story and you were awarded. I don't know if this horse is from the tme when Safari was sold by Plastoy in Europe but the tag shows clearly that it was the European version of the product. Interesting to see Danish in it, Denmark seems to be a strategic point to USA toys industry, remember that Wild Republic Europe is based in your country. Greenland, Lego, whatever is the reason behind it, it is interesting for such a small country.

excellent raptor team !!

I love VelociRaptor team~~~ Especially for golden one. It's very rare now and the price is unbelievable high.

Congratulations Susanne :)

Thankyou friends

And especially THANKYOU Paige ... Paige has done me one more fantastic, very, very special favour, which I can't wait to show you

Roger wrote:

Your velociraptors are clearly conspirating, they look like a group of kids ready to prank someone.
The Barb is a wonderful story and you were awarded. I don't know if this horse is from the tme when Safari was sold by Plastoy in Europe but the tag shows clearly that it was the European version of the product. Interesting to see Danish in it, Denmark seems to be a strategic point to USA toys industry, remember that Wild Republic Europe is based in your country. Greenland, Lego, whatever is the reason behind it, it is interesting for such a small country.

Yes, I heard that Denmark is often used as a test market, because it is a small country, and so utterly normal
But it seems we failed.
Apart from some zoos, we never see Safari here. And they only have very old stock
Schleich is much too strong a brand, and children only want Schleich
Also, FætterBR/ToysRus more or less have monopoly, - Schleich again

All Europe failed with Safari. The clever solution to Safari is to make a partnership with Maia & Borges and have some of their range produced in Portugal. M&B has a manufacturing quality that matches perfectly the European taste. They could also start an Eurasian Woodland series once the North American wildlife collection won't work here. They already have a red deer, a wild boar, etc. Safari is more interesting to thematic parks than Schleich so they could restart with that strategy. Who knows they use Denmark to test it again.

Roger wrote:

All Europe failed with Safari. The clever solution to Safari is to make a partnership with Maia & Borges and have some of their range produced in Portugal. M&B has a manufacturing quality that matches perfectly the European taste. They could also start an Eurasian Woodland series once the North American wildlife collection won't work here. They already have a red deer, a wild boar, etc. Safari is more interesting to thematic parks than Schleich so they could restart with that strategy. Who knows they use Denmark to test it again.

..... and have Roger as the marketing director

What a great idea

The Papo Velociraptor's cowboy stance always makes me smile.
Personally, I think the latest repaint is the prettiest.
I like purple.

Wow, what a wonderful Velociraptor band you have now Susanne
The new purple one looks great. And they all look realy different with all these personal colors.
Great band :)
And I realy like this Fethered Velociraptor.
Is it possible , when you have time, to show us him, with one of yours wonderful walkarounds ?
Congratulatons !

hawkins_zh wrote:

I love VelociRaptor team~~~ Especially for golden one. It's very rare now and the price is unbelievable high.

Really
But he is not for sale

Bloodrayne wrote:

The Papo Velociraptor's cowboy stance always makes me smile.
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costicuba wrote:

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And I realy like this Fethered Velociraptor.
Is it possible , when you have time, to show us him, with one of yours wonderful walkarounds ?
Congratulatons !

Thankyou, Kosta
I can try to see if I can make him stand still long enough He is full of tricks, that little charmer

SUSANNE wrote:

costicuba wrote:

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And I realy like this Fethered Velociraptor.
Is it possible , when you have time, to show us him, with one of yours wonderful walkarounds ?
Congratulatons !

Thankyou, Kosta
I can try to see if I can make him stand still long enough He is full of tricks, that little charmer

Haha
I hope, he will try to be a good boy, to stay still and to pose for your camera :)

SUSANNE wrote:

Roger wrote:

All Europe failed with Safari. The clever solution to Safari is to make a partnership with Maia & Borges and have some of their range produced in Portugal. M&B has a manufacturing quality that matches perfectly the European taste. They could also start an Eurasian Woodland series once the North American wildlife collection won't work here. They already have a red deer, a wild boar, etc. Safari is more interesting to thematic parks than Schleich so they could restart with that strategy. Who knows they use Denmark to test it again.

..... and have Roger as the marketing director

What a great idea

This week I got two wonderful parcels from lovely ladies    

For ages I have been looking for the donkey from Nayab, and guess what ? Anna sent me hers  
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Here he is joining a small party on the piano  
The donkeys are almost all there thanks to wonderful STS-friends  
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And from Yvette again  
The cheetah from Sol90 !!! I din't even know it existed, so I didn't even know how very much I wished to have her here
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Again Yvette has up-dated my collection o the Bayala magazines with SE models
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Meet Raja, das Sternen-Fohlen
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Thankyou very, very much dear Anna and dear Yvette

The donkey is unbelievably cute, I love it!

Thankyou, Anne

Pleasing each other, the favorite sports of STS. I am glad that you have the Nayab donkey in your collection. Ana surely knows how much you love donkeys and surely found your piano a perfect place to make it happy. Cheetah is also very nice as well as that feathered creature.

Congratulations Susanne :)

So nice to see the Nayab donkey joined other donkeys on your piano, Susanne I'm glad I could help

Very nice cheetah too and the magic unicorn foal

Congratulations!

Thankyou, dear friends

I never knew Sol90 had a cheetah! Lovely additions!

Great newcomers, Susanne! I am also very happy about my "Sol90 catch" and hope, I can get
soon the rhino and some other animals by this brand.

Hey ! Yvette ! What is that now in your avatar ? Beauuutyful bird

HURRAAAAY !!! I got them      

The little appaloosa horse family from Safari, made from 1994 - 1998  
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They have a little plastic and glue on their feet, because the have been used for a railway diorama - but never mind ! That is just part of their history  

The fiery stallion :
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The calm mare :
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And the lovely, lively filly :
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I have been looking for them for a very, very long time, but they seem to be extremely rare.

And then Tygress25 suddenly contacted the forum [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] !!!
I bid on Ebay, and it was very hard to sleep that night, because the auction ended in the middle of the night here  
In the morning I could almost not wait for the computer to turn on . And YESS !!!!  My bid was JUST enough  
Thankyou for these lovely horses, Tygress.

Now I am only missing ONE safari horse ( as far as I know) : The palomino colt .
But with the help from Paige, he is on the way to me from USA
So I cross my fingers : Please, please post-creature : Treat the parcel kindly    

The little plastic and glue on their feet wouldn't bother me either as long as the can stand up by themselves.

Congratulations Susanne!      
I'm so happy for you!
This hunt is over!