Papo Mammoth 55017

Those who have the Papo mammoth - could you tell me please if its tusks are hard or soft?

Gabe wrote:

Those who have the Papo mammoth - could you tell me please if its tusks are hard or soft?

...Soft! There are old and new models Papo,s mammoth. I have two old models, because I don,t like new model (the eyes are located on the forehead and in general model is "rough made")

...old model Papo,s mammoth (left and right of herd)

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..and pics by Ikessauro...

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...and new model...

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Thanks Sergey :) I was considering either to buy Schleich or Papo, but Schleich mammoth has ugly eyes and hair on the trunk!

Ok, I've just decided to buy the Carnegie (Safari) mammoth! :)
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Gabe wrote:

Ok, I've just decided to buy the Carnegie (Safari) mammoth! :)
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Congratulations for your first mammoth!!

Congratulations Gab, is it the start of buying prehistoric figures? Nice choice!!!

Thanks Ken and Roger!
Yes, Roger, this mammoth is the pioneer of my prehistoric collection!

Gabe wrote:

Those who have the Papo mammoth - could you tell me please if its tusks are hard or soft?

The tusks of the new one are soft... as the Carnegie's mammoth tusks

Congratulation Gabe, the Carnegie mammoth is a great choice

Thanks, Christophe. Well, the hardness of the tusks wasn't the main concern... I was just curious.
Thanks for the pix, too!

Congrats Gabe!!

I wich you good luck

Eventually... Papo won in the competition.
I just ordered it online - the perfect Christmas gift!
The superiority of the Papo sculpt and its "dramatic" appearance won my heart.
I like figures with artistic touch on them...

Congrats Gabe, great choice!

I'm sure you'll like it a lot Gabe. Both Papo's are amazing. The new one WAS my favorite, but then I finally got the old one and... I don't think I need to say more :)

Kikimalou wrote:

Congratulation Gabe, the Carnegie mammoth is a great choice

...By the way my friends... There are many species of mammoth (this gorgeous animals). Look at the pictures! But unfortunatly all brands makes only one - "tundra mammoth" (Mammuthus primigenius)... So I think we can use different models by different brands as "different species" (because they have different scale and image)!

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That's a fantastic picture Sergey, thanks for posting!

Wow, so many species!

haha, everyone likes mammoths

what is the name of the book, that has this great picture of proboscids in it, Sergey?? though it's written in kyrillic, i would so eagerly see more pictures ^^ do you know if there is a translation of this book in english or even german??
thanks

diversity wrote:

haha, everyone likes mammoths

what is the name of the book, that has this great picture of proboscids in it, Sergey?? though it's written in kyrillic, i would so eagerly see more pictures ^^ do you know if there is a translation of this book in english or even german??
thanks

... Hi Frederik! Privet! Quite the contrary it,s translation to Russian from English! And the original book is:

ZOOBOOKS: Elephants by John Bonnett Wexo.- Published by Wildlife Education, Ltd (1996)

There are many issues of this series (ZOOBOOKS from 1996) about different species of animals (bears, lions, hippos, gorillas and etc.)

Two weeks ago I saw this Papo Mammoth at the local store here in Singapore and I was amazed and bought it without any doubt. Initially, I thought the Schleich's counterpart was better. Until I went home in the Philippines last week and have a look at them together. Papo is actually is better, bigger and taller in size. The tusks are soft and bendable and the body is not as hard as the Schleich's.

Here are some of the pictures that I took just now:


Papo Mammoth 55017:


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Together with the Schleich Mammoth:

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My next target would be the CollectA and the Safari Ltd's Mammoths.

Congratulations on your mammoth, Ron. I also have the Papo one and am always enjoying looking at him whenever I pass by.

Thank you Ron for the pics.

So I'm not alone . The Papo mammoth is indeed far better than the Schleich, it is even better than the commercial pics of... The Papo mammoth

I like the good, old Schleich, of course, but must admit he looks like that : Good old and tired ganddad beside the Papo one .

Great pictures of great figures

The Schleich Mammoth looks like the Snuffleupagos(Sesame Street)...
Actually I prefer the Safari LTD Mammoth!