COLLECTA 2017: WILDLIFE - Bongo Antelope (88809)

So here it is folks!  Many of you have wanted this model for a long time and CollectA have listened.  I am proud to announce the final model for 2017 which is this impressive male Bongo antelope!

CollectA actually planned to make this four years ago but other models took over......many of you continued to request this on the forum and so finally we now have the first Bongo made by a modern current western brand.

We were lucky enough to buy beautiful sculpts made by fellow sculptor and collector Ana who made a beautiful walking Bongo and so with that in mind I felt it important to create a simple standing Bongo that is looking straight ahead.  The image was based on a small photo of a male standing in a forest clearing surrounded by all his females.  The image quality was not the best BUT it was a photo of a super impressive male.  Another fellow collector and sculptor, Noemi has recently announced plans to make a Bongo and gave us the choice of selecting the pose.  The first choice was the same photo that I found online a year ago!  So of course I watched her poll in anticipation and with worry in the hope that the same pose would not be chosen and it was not phew!  Now Noemi is going to make one in another wonderful pose which I think is great because now we can have a collection of Bongo's in different poses

The CollectA pose is simple yet elegant as far as I am concerned and I do hope that at least some of you agree!

The CollectA Bongo has taken some time to sculpt, it was started back in May and there were many changes but I am glad with the result and I was keen to see it finally make it by their deadlines and not see it pushed for next year.

Bongo's are big animals and so the prototype is big (I have a copy of it) and it is similar to the CollectA Eland model.

I hope you like it!

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Here are more images of the prototype alongside Ana's lovely Bongo sculpt (a male and female pair?  ).  CollectA Bongo paint colouration will be enhanced slightly and the model will also shrink a little once it goes into production (by 5% approx):

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Bongo Bongo Bongo

Bongooooooooooooooo
Thank you CollectA
And Thank you very much Numaan

So finaly we have it! And it's a very handsome bull. Can't wait to see the prototype.

Excellent!

Too bad another bull,...But let's wait. Appears to be very fat and slender-legged on that picture?

Very bad news for me. By the way, it is a really nice model.

Finally

Not the first but with the best Bongo as figurine :)

CollectA !! Bongo it is !!!

Beautiful figure! I had never heard of a Bongo before, but I have seen that so many wanted a figure of it on here, so I guess I'll just pretend I know what I'm talking about and join in the excitement : Bongo!!

It's a beautiful model! And a long awaited species The paintwork looks great too!

But is it as big as the CollectA Eland? My bongo will look quite small in comparison, I'm afraid.

WOW !!! And a BONGO

And not just A bongo, but a big, strong, powerful male, full of self-confidence and charm

CollectA, what an amazing, great brand you are

A bongo and a saiga, I guessed Numaan, why have you deleted my post?
This year there's a short number of releases but very well balanced between top sellers and unsusual creatures. I am very happy a bongo was released. This year I only think CollectA was a little defensive about poses, very simple actually, though, it is not any kind of criticism, I always commented that unusual animals don't need unusual poses to be appealing. Seems a very massive bull but surely the extra volume won't remove our interest in that figure.

Roger wrote:

A bongo and a saiga, I guessed Numaan, why have you deleted my post?  

Hi Roger

I deleted all the previous posts so as to make way for comments based on the info I have provided.  All others were just guesses whilst I had yet to complete my posting, apologies

excellent! Looking forward to having a small herd of Bongos!

Bongo!! Gorgeous

SeanieP wrote:

excellent! Looking forward to having a small herd of Bongos!

And I look forward to see your wonderful photos

Numaan wrote:

Roger wrote:

A bongo and a saiga, I guessed Numaan, why have you deleted my post?  

Hi Roger

I deleted all the previous posts so as to make way for comments based on the info I have provided.  All others were just guesses whilst I had yet to complete my posting, apologies

Apologies are not needed Numaan. You have moderation tools for CollectA forum and it is because we know you can take the best decisions. Your work with CollectA is being brilliant and it is fantastic to know that our wishes have echo on CollectA studios through you. Just keep the great work!

Also here, thanks for the prototype-pictures and it's indeed very big. Will this one get shrunk too?

arafan wrote:

Will this one get shrunk too?

Hi Byan, yes it will shrink by about 5% but remember Bongo's are very big and so within the series of current antelopes it will fit well...they are big beasts, I was surprised when I saw one for the first time in a zoo many years ago....

Thank you very much CollectA for making a very happy Bongo!
Such a beautiful antelope, so much wish by many members of STS and never Bongo Finally 2017 is the click.
I began to think of a best-seller year of Bogomania ... like what happened several years ago with Sable antelope

Numaan wrote:

arafan wrote:

Will this one get shrunk too?

Hi Byan, yes it will shrink by about 5% but remember Bongo's are very big and so within the series of current antelopes it will fit well...they are big beasts, I was surprised when I saw one for the first time in a zoo many years ago....

Yes, they look so fragile with the fine legs and delicate colouring, - but they are huge !
In Wikipedia they write :

"Adult height is about 1.1 to 1.3 m (3.6 to 4.3 ft) at the shoulder and length is 2.15 to 3.15 m (7.1 to 10.3 ft), including a tail of 45–65 cm (18–26 in). Females weigh around 150–235 kg (331–518 lb), while males weigh about 220–405 kg (485–893 lb). Its large size puts it as the third-largest in the Bovidae tribe of Strepsicerotini, behind both the common and greater elands by about 300 kg (660 lb), and above the greater kudu by about 40 kg (88 lb)."

I hope we get a partner and calf for this Bongo in years to come

SUSANNE wrote:

Numaan wrote:

arafan wrote:

Will this one get shrunk too?

Hi Byan, yes it will shrink by about 5% but remember Bongo's are very big and so within the series of current antelopes it will fit well...they are big beasts, I was surprised when I saw one for the first time in a zoo many years ago....

Yes, they look so fragile with the fine legs and delicate colouring, - but they are huge !
In Wikipedia they write :

"Adult height is about 1.1 to 1.3 m (3.6 to 4.3 ft) at the shoulder and length is 2.15 to 3.15 m (7.1 to 10.3 ft), including a tail of 45–65 cm (18–26 in). Females weigh around 150–235 kg (331–518 lb), while males weigh about 220–405 kg (485–893 lb). Its large size puts it as the third-largest in the Bovidae tribe of Strepsicerotini, behind both the common and greater elands by about 300 kg (660 lb), and above the greater kudu by about 40 kg (88 lb)."

Thanks for you reply Numaan! Every time I read you writing this I just wonder, how do they resize a model? It that done with an scanner and a 3D printer?
And yes they are huge animals, but compared to Giant Elands they are tiny , which can stand 1.80 m at the shoulder. And you know that Hirolas can have a simmilar shoulder height.