Papo 2018 News!

A nice wee bat! Anyone know what species of bat it us? I love the otter, and the rattlesnake will will most definitely find a welcome on my North American desert collection!

Gulogulo76 wrote:

A nice wee bat! Anyone know what species of bat it us?  

Papo calls it just a bat in their catalog.
Kikimalou narrowed it down to a long-eared bat.

Fossa wrote:

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im not sure of what im seeing in that bear;

the fur can be both just a hideous mess or a wonderful job on representing it all wet, like coming back from fishing in the river.

i like its face, those tiny eyes emphasize the width of the head and the snout looks so nice. i dont like the pose on the right foreleg.

I am glad it is something else then a grizzly.

VASILIS wrote:

I like the inuit...

Me too!

The bat is the most interesting figure :)

So, I've looked again, the models, which are not in the new catalog, is a little more, sorry
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], you were right, the beautiful anteater (50152) and the hippo female (50155) are no longer there. They are also retired:

- playing Baby Panda (50134),
- playing Polar Bear Cub (50143),
- Racoon (53016),
- Arakanga (50158, is now a Ararauna ),
- Tiger Baby with raised paw (50184),
- Leopard (50017),
- Indian Rhino and Calf (50147 & 50148),
- African buffalo (50114),
- Sperm Whale (56021),
- White Poodle (54016),
- "Black" Hanoverian Horse (51554, is now brown),
- Falabella (51542),
- Trendy Rider with Horse (52003 & 51546),
- lying Simmental Cow (51151),
- Black and White Piglet (51139),
- Acrocanthosaurus (55062, now with new paint),
- Blue Velociraptor (55053),
- "normal" Oviraptor (55018),
- brown Baby T-Rex (55029),
- Pachyrhinosaurus (55019)
- little Baby Mammoth (55026)

If the snake can be put in different poses then it becomes even more interesting.

When will Papo release their 2018 catalog online?

Yurumi wrote:

So, I've looked again, the models, which are not in the new catalog, is a little more, sorry

Thanks a lot Ralf! Some surprises here!
I wasn't expecting the pachy, leopard, buffalo, rhinos. On the owhter hand, anteaters and hippos with closed mouth are always poor sellers, unfortunately.
They could recycle these rhinos to make Javan rhinoceros. They will need a leopard, remastering the jaguar sculpt could be enough. I believe they will release a new generation for the African buffalo. Their beast is impressive but not very true to the real thing. Expect a new recycled ceratopsian next year and I hope the exclusion of the anteater open doors to a pangolin or aardvark.

I found an online catalogue for 2018:

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Thanks Simone! I enjoyed flipping through it.

Thanks Simone, the figures that were announced as retired seems to be confirmed. I am surprised with the retirement of the Indian rhinoceros and the hippo cow.

Thanks Simone!

Thanks Simone!

The M&B Sperm Whale is also already gone...

I really hope they print out more booklets than this year!

Tha farm animals are very nice and those special breeds are on my wishlist now.
But I´m very curious about the chameleon...never noticed it? When was it released? And those someone have a comparison photo with other modern company reptiles? Thanks

Here you have a comparison with the CollectA and the Schleich Chameleon:

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And it was released in 2015.

I think it represents a Panther Chameleon.

Hi Everybody,

Hey, I just read the posts about the two-man band, and I found them extremely funny, since I'm a musician myself, and a pioneer in the field of electronic music. Anyway, the papo baby spinosaurus might want to join in on guitar, if he wanted to. I'm just kidding, of course, but still ... it's just so fun thinking of all this. It's almost as funny as the quote from the Voyage of the Dawn Treader when King Caspian has come to visit Governor Gumpus, and somebody says, "The Governor is in the king's chair. Remove him!" And then the Governor says: "What?" I myself have read that book, and that little part is so funny too. Well, I better stop writing for now, otherwise I might crack up at all this funny stuff. See you all later.

Anna

Thank you very much :) It seems that it´s to big for me

Here is a review from JurassicCollectables channel of the new 2018 Papo Amargasaurus :

Amarga looks a little small and a little bland to me.
It's still a nice figure with lots of detail.
And it looks happy! That smile is for free!

Yurumi wrote:

So, I've looked again, the models, which are not in the new catalog, is a little more, sorry
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], you were right, the beautiful anteater (50152) and the hippo female (50155) are no longer there. They are also retired:

- playing Baby Panda (50134),
- playing Polar Bear Cub (50143),
- Racoon (53016),
- Arakanga (50158, is now a Ararauna ),
- Tiger Baby with raised paw (50184),
- Leopard (50017),
- Indian Rhino and Calf (50147 & 50148),
- African buffalo (50114),
- Sperm Whale (56021),
- White Poodle (54016),
- "Black" Hanoverian Horse (51554, is now brown),
- Falabella (51542),
- Trendy Rider with Horse (52003 & 51546),
- lying Simmental Cow (51151),
- Black and White Piglet (51139),
- Acrocanthosaurus (55062, now with new paint),
- Blue Velociraptor (55053),
- "normal" Oviraptor (55018),
- brown Baby T-Rex (55029),
- Pachyrhinosaurus (55019)
- little Baby Mammoth (55026)

The Okapi (50077) is also not listed anymore.

Also
50213 Bush veterinarian
52005 Horse groom
are missing (but they certainly don't count)

The 50099 Display Box 3 Meerkats is also not listed anymore.
TAI lists them as dicontinued in 2013 (but they appeared in catalogues till 2017).