Karin's Blog: New entry up on 06-01-18!

Great blog entry, as always! Congratulations on your new additions!

awesome additions!

Your blog is amazing. Congrats!

Thank you ALL so much! Reading the feedback means so much to me! <3
After a year, this blog really became a part of me.
So reading you accept the blog and even like it is... so wonderful!

your blog is a work of love and passion.

At least I was able of reading your last blog entries! So many and great additions and all with nice stories to tell.
I've read so much that I forgot a lot of things I'd ask. I have to read it back again. Though, in my mind there is the fact that you mention that the Papo mandarin is even nicer than the Safari mandarin. That's fabulous, I have the Safari one and I thought I'd never expect a better one from a non Japanese brand. It shows that Papo figure may be a masterpiece indeed. Another strange thing I remember is the pirarucu figure, it is magnificent. Well, I remember also that the world is somewhat Schleich-ified love the neologism and that your blog completed 1 year!

sauroid wrote:

your blog is a work of love and passion.

You are just the sweetest

Roger wrote:

At least I was able of reading your last blog entries! So many and great additions and all with nice stories to tell.
I've read so much that I forgot a lot of things I'd ask. I have to read it back again. Though, in my mind there is the fact that you mention that the Papo mandarin is even nicer than the Safari mandarin. That's fabulous, I have the Safari one and I thought I'd never expect a better one from a non Japanese brand. It shows that Papo figure may be a masterpiece indeed. Another strange thing I remember is the pirarucu figure, it is magnificent. Well, I remember also that the world is somewhat Schleich-ified love the neologism and that your blog completed 1 year!

Roger! Thank you so much for reading my blog-entries <3
It warms my heart to know that, how busy you are, you still read my blog :3
Yes! And I still stay with that sentence, Papo Mandarin duck one is better IMHO :3
Hehehe, Schleich-ified *hides* Well, scheich sure is around these days, even on busy Instagram it is a hype now... Somewhat negative I am afraid

Had to look up Neologism on Wikipedia, learn something new today

Up to two years

Karin, What a nice group of figures.
Is the platypus really from the same series of the red wolf cub? I didn't know it, only the hollow cast from Polybag series. Could you tell what is marked on it? I suppose the scientific name is marked. I love that retired Safari warthog. The Schleich version, which I own, is very beautiful and very well finished, the Safari version doesn't show the same manufacturing quality but the pose gives to it a very realistic expression.

Roger wrote:

Karin, What a nice group of figures.
Is the platypus really from the same series of the red wolf cub? I didn't know it, only the hollow cast from Polybag series. Could you tell what is marked on it? I suppose the scientific name is marked. I love that retired Safari warthog. The Schleich version, which I own, is very beautiful and very well finished, the Safari version doesn't show the same manufacturing quality but the pose gives to it a very realistic expression.

It is marked K&M and with the name of the animal, platypus. It is an K&M
It is not hollow, but sturdy and heavy. I had never seen it also, it is not even on TAI yet, if I remember correctly. :)

NightLioness wrote:

Roger wrote:

Karin, What a nice group of figures.
Is the platypus really from the same series of the red wolf cub? I didn't know it, only the hollow cast from Polybag series. Could you tell what is marked on it? I suppose the scientific name is marked. I love that retired Safari warthog. The Schleich version, which I own, is very beautiful and very well finished, the Safari version doesn't show the same manufacturing quality but the pose gives to it a very realistic expression.

It is marked K&M and with the name of the animal, platypus. It is an K&M
It is not hollow, but sturdy and heavy. I had never seen it also, it is not even on TAI yet, if I remember correctly. :)

Thanks Karin! So, you've found, defintively, a rarity. I don't know a single collector that owns it, besides you. Some devoted K&M collectors will get surely surprised.
I opened a link to it on TAI If you want, I use your picture and do the work. After your holidays, that I hope you enjoy a lot, We'd surely love a walk around of it. :Bounce:

Roger wrote:

NightLioness wrote:

Roger wrote:

Karin, What a nice group of figures.
Is the platypus really from the same series of the red wolf cub? I didn't know it, only the hollow cast from Polybag series. Could you tell what is marked on it? I suppose the scientific name is marked. I love that retired Safari warthog. The Schleich version, which I own, is very beautiful and very well finished, the Safari version doesn't show the same manufacturing quality but the pose gives to it a very realistic expression.

It is marked K&M and with the name of the animal, platypus. It is an K&M
It is not hollow, but sturdy and heavy. I had never seen it also, it is not even on TAI yet, if I remember correctly. :)

Thanks Karin! So, you've found, defintively, a rarity. I don't know a single collector that owns it, besides you. Some devoted K&M collectors will get surely surprised.
I opened a link to it on TAI  If you want, I use your picture and do the work. After your holidays, that I hope you enjoy a lot, We'd surely love a walk around of it. :Bounce:

I do? Ohmygoodness! <3
I am home now and I have the platypus in my hand, this is what it officially says on its belly:
DUCKBILLPLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
CHINA
(copyright) K&M INT

Of course you may use my blog photo for TAI.
I shall make a walkaround when I am back home, or when I have time tomorrow :)

Big congratulation Karin

First for the whole batch

Then for the smilodon

For the Kangaroo too of course

And a special congratulation for this incredible finding, this platypus is the first I ever see what was a bad deal on Instagram is now a miraculous catch

I wish you fantastic holidays, Valkenburg seems very beautiful, I would love to visit it. I discovered it has an Hundertwasser building, another good reason for me to make the trip.

I second Rogério, for the walkaround

Roger wrote:

NightLioness wrote:

Roger wrote:

Karin, What a nice group of figures.
Is the platypus really from the same series of the red wolf cub? I didn't know it, only the hollow cast from Polybag series. Could you tell what is marked on it? I suppose the scientific name is marked. I love that retired Safari warthog. The Schleich version, which I own, is very beautiful and very well finished, the Safari version doesn't show the same manufacturing quality but the pose gives to it a very realistic expression.

It is marked K&M and with the name of the animal, platypus. It is an K&M
It is not hollow, but sturdy and heavy. I had never seen it also, it is not even on TAI yet, if I remember correctly. :)

Thanks Karin! So, you've found, defintively, a rarity. I don't know a single collector that owns it, besides you. Some devoted K&M collectors will get surely surprised.
I opened a link to it on TAI  If you want, I use your picture and do the work. After your holidays, that I hope you enjoy a lot, We'd surely love a walk around of it. :Bounce:

I said it often in the past. I think K&M will be have some more unknown surprises for us :)

Placed a little walkaround of the K&M platypus: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Karin, who would guess that your platypus is the 24th entered on TAI? So, Yes, Noah's Pals are a pair. ... and I thought that collecting platypuses could be a flat task.
I agree with Andreas, once I really worked hardly on K&M and PV sections on TAI. I can tell that PV is close to completion. It may exist a few more sets we don't know but surely only a few. On the other hand, K&M has still a lot of surprises reserved to us. The only way is to keep collecting and hsaring as you did.

Beautiful additions Karin! Congratulations! The kangaroo is incredibly good and they are all very nice!

Roger wrote:

Karin, who would guess that your platypus is the 24th entered on TAI? So, Yes, Noah's Pals are a pair. ... and I thought that collecting platypuses could be a flat task.
I agree with Andreas, once I really worked hardly on K&M and PV sections on TAI. I can tell that PV is close to completion. It may exist a few more sets we don't know but surely only a few. On the other hand, K&M has still a lot of surprises reserved to us. The only way is to keep collecting and hsaring as you did.

A few more PV sets????

Many, many, many great new additions! The K&M platypus is a great find!

widukind wrote:

Roger wrote:

Karin, who would guess that your platypus is the 24th entered on TAI? So, Yes, Noah's Pals are a pair. ... and I thought that collecting platypuses could be a flat task.
I agree with Andreas, once I really worked hardly on K&M and PV sections on TAI. I can tell that PV is close to completion. It may exist a few more sets we don't know but surely only a few. On the other hand, K&M has still a lot of surprises reserved to us. The only way is to keep collecting and hsaring as you did.

A few more PV sets????

Yes, but not many. I believe that two or three more National Park sets may exist, even if I don't have any clear evidence. There is also this leopard that we could never find a set to introduce it.

Roger wrote:

Karin, who would guess that your platypus is the 24th entered on TAI? So, Yes, Noah's Pals are a pair. ... and I thought that collecting platypuses could be a flat task.
I agree with Andreas, once I really worked hardly on K&M and PV sections on TAI. I can tell that PV is close to completion. It may exist a few more sets we don't know but surely only a few. On the other hand, K&M has still a lot of surprises reserved to us. The only way is to keep collecting and hsaring as you did.

That is fantastic
K&M and Play Vision are surely two brands that still have surprises for us!
Like the K&M bouncing balls for example

Ana wrote:

Beautiful additions Karin! Congratulations! The kangaroo is incredibly good and they are all very nice!

Thank you dear Anna Southlands Replica's is hot and booming! Hope they will continue this line of work <3

WhiteLightning Wolf wrote:

Many, many, many great new additions! The K&M platypus is a great find!

Thank you dear Fallon! Never knew this platypus would be such a find XD

Great lot of figures to your collection and glad to know you are recovering from your cold.
Was I able of visiting a place like Aachen without forgeting about animal figures? Well, maybe not but I could risk it. Really collector blood, everywhere you go you always try to spot something for your collection.