caracal's collection

Another great batch! The wrinkley ones in the last photo are my favorites.

This thread has made me realize that oh no, I REALLY like the Starlux! That golden brown okapi, wow. I think I will find them difficult to get my hands on in the US. You have a really beautiful collection with so many incredible vintage pieces. I love them!

rogerpgvg wrote:

Caracal wrote:

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Are the grey boars earlier Starlux? I have never seen them. They are also missing on TAW, I think. I think. They look better to me than the later boars.

 As explained upper, they are Starlux big and little models I had customised a long time ago to make them more realistic.. but with a poor result. Mr Massat, the main sculptor from Sarlux animals, explained once that they found some of their models in fable or fairy books by lack of good pictures and it could explain why some models look so caricatural! :)

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Another great batch! The wrinkley ones in the last photo are my favorites.

 I love too this Plaho brand! These are phacocheres, not very accurate but so beautifuly vintage! :)

Jill wrote:

This thread has made me realize that oh no, I REALLY like the Starlux! That golden brown okapi, wow. I think I will find them difficult to get my hands on in the US. You have a really beautiful collection with so many incredible vintage pieces. I love them!

 Thank you Jill! :)

 Starlux models are easy to find on french ebay and not too expensive but you'll have to add the shiping coast..

This is an amazing collection of Suiformes! I love those vintage models, so rare and special! And it must be so fun to be able to see them where you live!

Thank you Bonnie! :)

the variety of Starlux boars is wonderful! as always you have an amazing collection Alain:)

and for once I can say that I also have the family with the 2 little striped piglets. I think their detailing is superb and the poses are really cute for the babies

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Your colletion has beautiful figure and these Starlux are very nice.

Many thanks Annette and Fernando!

I've played with the Britains one so many hours in the 70s.. Such a delight to see it again! I think mine was darker though. I still like it very much and I was about to buy it again, but I thought I shouldn't be nostalgic in this hobby or I will end up with all my childhood toys again....

why not Constantin?!..

I can't afford two kids in the family...

Caracal wrote:

rogerpgvg wrote:

Caracal wrote:

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Are the grey boars earlier Starlux? I have never seen them. They are also missing on TAW, I think. I think. They look better to me than the later boars.

 As explained upper, they are Starlux big and little models I had customised a long time ago to make them more realistic.. but with a poor result. Mr Massat, the main sculptor from Sarlux animals, explained once that they found some of their models in fable or fairy books by lack of good pictures and it could explain why some models look so caricatural! :)

Sorry, I misunderstood you. Your repaints certainly look more realistic than the original Starlux. The fairy book story is very funny; it does indeed explain why some figures look like characters from a fairy story.

here my 3 old breeds from Papo (with 2 newcomers: Zebu and camargue):

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Different generations but work great together! I have the 2 old and I've told myself "enough with bulls".

When you began showing your collection, I was a bit out and now I have so much to look at
I will come back very soon

On the pic, the repainded wild boar isn't a BF, it looks more like a CBG.

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spacelab wrote:

Different generations but work great together! I have the 2 old and I've told myself "enough with bulls".

 I ususally don't collect domestic animals except some  "almost wild"! In fact, these bulls help me to wait a true auroch.. I know it's a dream but some become real (Papo cave bear)

here with a "Bos" from the coldness:

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Three lovely Papo models, I love all their different poses!

Kikimalou wrote:

When you began showing your collection, I was a bit out and now I have so much to look at
I will come back very soon

On the pic, the repainded wild boar isn't a BF, it looks more like a CBG.

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 It's possible, as you know, I am not a lead spaecialist! :)

Very nice cattle models.

Nice bulls again

 Many thanks to you three Bonnie, Paige and Andreas!

Daeodons:

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 from CollectA and Mojo fun

Hippopotamus:

 big scales I expose:

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 behind from Schleich and Papo, in front from CollectA


 more little scales branded ones:

Plaho-Marolin and Britains:

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 behind: 3 Starlux, 1 Jim, 2 Omo, in front: 1..?, 1 Singapore, 3 Prior:


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.. and with unbranded chinese:

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 monochromatic models:

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 behind, 1 unbranded copy of Starlux, 1 Manurba-Heinerle, 1 Dinamização, in front, 1 Feral, 1.. ?, 1 copy of.. ?


 by herds:

 Starlux (and 1 Jim):

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 Omo (one repaint):

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Singapore:


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Prior:

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 unbranded chinese:

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