Papo 2019 releases with official pictures!

For those of you living in the United States, Happy Hen Toys has some 2019 Papo figures available, including the hedgehog, manatee, kingfisher, dove, leopard seal, and a few others. I just ordered the manatee and kingfisher.

Good to know that the manatee in my wishlist finally starts to be available! I hope it soon arrive to European shops too :)

Has anyone seen this before?
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A special edition/Limited Spinosaurus

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Has anyone seen this before?
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A special edition/Limited Spinosaurus

It is discussed on page 2 but I am not sure we were aware it is a special edition. It is confirmed that it will be an expensive figure but it looks terriffic!

I thought I saw its picture pop up on sts before but didn't find a separate topic. I didn't realize it was a special edition, in the US it's quite expensive. But I love spinosaurids so if I can I'll have to get it.

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

I thought I saw its picture pop up on sts before but didn't find a separate topic. I didn't realize it was a special edition, in the US it's quite expensive. But I love spinosaurids so if I can I'll have to get it.

If I was a collector of dinosaurs, I'd surely dream with this figure every night and I would surely not get my entire sanity back as long as I couldn't get it. The official picture doesn't show half of what we can see on videos. I wonder how it will look in real.

I found a real picture of the new Spotted Hyena. It looks a bit better in reality. What do you think?

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I just can't wait to get that hyena

Thankyou for sharing

I still think the fur effect is strange but overall it looks like a decent spotted hyena in person.

I'd love to see it from the front. At least to see the shape of the ears. Not saying it is a bad figure but not exciting either. Thanks!

yes, the paint still doesn't seem to match the head/ear morphology...

I hope Papo will not follow the Collecta way with special painting for specimen of presentation and bad painting for specimens to sell (Grevy zebra, Amour leopard..)

Now, the biggest default is not the quality of the painting but the choice of its pattern: this beast is morphologicaly a stripped hyena with its sharp ears, too long muzzle, too short neck and big mane all the long of its back (covered with spots!) As stripped hyena, it's a rather good replica (once repainted with strippes of course!) and its why I'll by it as soon it will be possible, but according to me, it's a bad spotted hyena..

The paint job of Papo is getting worse and worse in recent years. The ocelot, lynx and running cheetah in last two years, this year the lioness, the hyena shown here and especially the zebra is speechlessly terrible, very disappointed.

The photos below gotten from website of China

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What an ugly zebra! Looks like painted by a child

it seems Papo has a big problem with Zebras since the beginning!..

Megaptera wrote:

I found a real picture of the new Spotted Hyena. It looks a bit better in reality. What do you think?

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I think the figure is the worst Papo animal for 2019. Especially the legs are very unnatural... Old Safari or Mojo spotted hyenas are much better in every aspect. Step back for Papo, similar as the smilodon figure for the previous year.

I am not so strict to the new Papo zebra. The paint is average but do you remember the Papo zorse paint (strips)? I agree, zebras are not the strongest point for Papo but I think the new one is step forward for Papo (Safari and CollectA has much better zebras in the current range of course).

I think the spotted hyena is a cross of a spotted and striped hyena--body looks like a striped as it goes up in the front, long thicker neck and the face and ears.

I just buy the Alpaca this afternoon, I don't know if it's really that great or if it's my love for this animal but I find the figure perfect ^^

Neptune wrote:

I just buy the Alpaca this afternoon, I don't know if it's really that great or if it's my love for this animal but I find the figure perfect ^^

It would be great if you could show us photos. I'd be very interested.

No problem, i'll do that tomorrow ;-) ( In the "walkarounds and reviews"? I'm still trying to find all the right places for everything in this forum )

Neptune wrote:

I just buy the Alpaca this afternoon, I don't know if it's really that great or if it's my love for this animal but I find the figure perfect ^^

good to know; when I specialized in camels earlier this year I specifically held out for the Papo alpaca!

Pardofelis wrote:

What an ugly zebra! Looks like painted by a child

gosh ! Before I read this,  I was just thinking : What a lovely zebra foal ....Hmmm, eyes of the beholder  

Neptune wrote:

No problem, i'll do that tomorrow ;-) ( In the "walkarounds and reviews"? I'm still trying to find all the right places for everything in this forum )

Don't worry, - lots of us had/have that problem now and then

I can't wait to see your picture

I recently bought Papo's new horned lizard online and I am very disappointed about the model's painting. I did not receive what the company's presentation picture promised. The painting of the received model is so bad compared to the model presented i catalogs and pictures in internet shops. Another thing: The model I received is not marked with Papo and production year etc. only batch number under one feet, and it also has the usual Papo tag.
I would like to know if anyone else have the same model, and do it have Papo's mark on its body somewhere?

I continue disliking the hyena. The ears at least are not as triangular as I thought. Though legs are quite unnatural as mentioned, the body do not drop as it happens in a spotted hyena and snout is clearly not strong enough.

Tove wrote:

I recently bought Papo's new horned lizard online and I am very disappointed about the model's painting. I did not receive what the company's presentation picture promised. The painting of the received model is so bad compared to the model presented i catalogs and pictures in internet shops. Another thing: The model I received is not marked with Papo and production year etc. only batch number under one feet, and it also has the usual Papo tag.
I would like to know if anyone else have the same model, and do it have Papo's mark on its body somewhere?

Not even where it was made? That's quite strange, I hope someone with another horned lizard can confirm it or maybe do you have a guy that escaped from quality control.