Figures by Franklin Mint "Die Tierwelt Alaskas"

By chance I recently discovered several animal figures by Franklin Mint.

They were designed by Chris Denigh.

They were offered in Germany in the 90s under the name "Die Tierwelt Alaskas." English meaning so about "the wildlife of Alaska"

Figures were not available in the German shops, you have ordered directly only by post.

That means, Franklin Mint sent the collector every month one figure.  You can´t buy one, you have take them all.

To the series belonged 12 figures - so you needed one year to get them all. Material is made by a kind of resin and a little bit of porcelain.

All animals are sitting on a socle/mounting made of a kind of "crystal glass"

Here you can see eight of them, they fit well to figures by Papo, Schleich and other brands.


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Together with Papo and Elastolin hartplastic.

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Together with figures by Schleich.

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Together wit figures by Schleich and Papo.
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Together with friends by Papo and Schleich.
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Together with figure by Schleich.
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Together with Schleich.
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With Schleich and Papo.
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Beautieful figurines!! What is the material? Resin?

They are gorgeous All of them

Thankyou very much for the beautyful walkarounds, comparisons and collages

You also have the most magnificent view from your terasse, -  I can see that the wind is not very strong in München today, since you dare to put them on the rail    

Thanks for sharing, splendid set of pictures.

I like much the caribou and brown bear.

They are all very nice.
Very good detail in fur and appearance and colour.
The size is nice as well.
Real gems!

I am glad you're sharing these beautiful figures on forum!
I like the idea of a series narrowed to a smaller geographic area.
They're all very beautiful and I am thrilled knowing that you're sharing your luck with me!

Will any more figures be released?

Nice series Yvette I'm not too much on the christal thing but the animals are really interresting and as Rogério said, it is good to see geographic limited series.

Thanks you all for your comments.

Widukind wrote:

What is the material? Resin?

Yes, it´s a kind of Resin.

Susanne wrote:

I can see that the wind is not very strong in München today, since you dare to put them on the rail

Yes, although no wind - you never know...

Roger wrote:

They're all very beautiful and I am thrilled knowing that you're sharing your luck with me!

Where should be a better place to live for an fox as in Portugal ?

Bowhead Whale wrote:

Will any more figures be released?

Not this series - but company has made also other series with animal figures too - Franklin Mint stopped selling figures in Germany round about 15 years ago.
But you can find animal figures on Ebay here in Germany.

Kikimalou wrote:

I'm not too much on the christal thing.....

I agree with you, Christophe. I also would prefer the figure with no cristal botton.
But it also has it´s advantages. On the shelf, the Franklin Mint animals are standing in the background.
Because with the crystal they are higher as the the other animals. With other figures in the fron, you don´t see the crystal.

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Thanks

75senta75 wrote:

Roger wrote:

They're all very beautiful and I am thrilled knowing that you're sharing your luck with me!

Where should be a better place to live for an fox as in Portugal ?

I Googled, Googled, visited the closest Library, asked a zoologist and I haven't found a better place to a fox live... though, suddenly, I've seen your shelves!