caracal's collection

If I was not a crocodile, I'd love to be a hippo.
Many great figures. I know you are a fan of the Papo hippo, I also love it a lot but, if you only know the newer CollectA hippo from pictures, you must check it in real. It is in my opinion one of the most perfect figures of ever, I almost can't believe we can get it for less than 10 Euros.

You right Rogério but it's hard to check in real since CollectA models are very difficult to find in France and that's why I only have the Papo one available everywhere here!

Did you see? I added some monochromatic hippos! :)

Caracal wrote:

Hippopotamus:

 behind: 4 Starlux, 2 Omo, in front: 1?, 1 Singapore, 3 Prior:


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Behind: I see three Starlux, one Jim and two OMO. 

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

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How do you like the Camargue? Good likeness for its breed? I toyed with the idea of getting it.

Kikimalou wrote:

Caracal wrote:

Hippopotamus:

 behind: 4 Starlux, 2 Omo, in front: 1?, 1 Singapore, 3 Prior:


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Behind: I see three Starlux, one Jim and two OMO. 

 Oups! you're right, I don't know well the old Starlux I don't collect and I didn' check! :)

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Caracal wrote:

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

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How do you like the Camargue? Good likeness for its breed? I toyed with the idea of getting it.

As I already wrote, it's an accurate model and I have 2! :)

I really enjoy your collection photos with all those small figures in lines, much different than what I'm used to. It also takes me back in time and unlike Christophe I'm a nostalgic guy.

.. me too!   thank you Constantin! :)

Many nice hippos. The unmarked chinese figures are especially interesting

Thank you Andreas, I agree, they could pass for pigmy hippos! :)

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 by herds:

 Starlux (and 1 Jim):

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 Omo (one repaint):

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this has to be my favourite part - the Herds!! how exciting and wonderful to see them together
I love the beautiful elegant Starlux hippos, and the OMO is also rather beautiful

as always Alain, your collections are very impressive :) I am very impressed

It is fun that you collect a lot of things from modern to Singapore and not the Starlux 53. It is a mystery for me 

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Caracal wrote:

 by herds:

 Starlux (and 1 Jim):

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 Omo (one repaint):

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this has to be my favourite part - the Herds!! how exciting and wonderful to see them together
I love the beautiful elegant Starlux hippos, and the OMO is also rather beautiful

as always Alain, your collections are very impressive :) I am very impressed

 Thank you Annette, Like you I enjoy the "mass effect" of herds and you're right, these Omo models are good and far more realistic than the other models of the range!


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 just to compare with the indian rhino en the left!.. :)

Kikimalou wrote:

It is fun that you collect a lot of things from modern to Singapore and not the Starlux 53. It is a mystery for me 

  for me too!.. maybe because I never played with when I was a child.. When I discovered the 1953 Starlux production later, I never was tempted to get them and prefered to get Clairet ones they hardly tried to imitate!

 The Singapore ones are rather bad too, but I played with.. It's also the story of a collection: at the beginning, only Starlux of the great period!.. then I discovered some foreign brands productions like Elasto or Britains, then, by nostalgy, I found back old Singapore, Omo or Prior but it's right that I never had the desire to get first Starlux or other old french brands except for models I juge beautiful or of interesting (for me!) species.. But even if not collected, I am interested by, for they leak sometimes wonderful models!..  :)

Wonderful array of hippos!

Great to see these hippo comparisons. The Singapore hippos look like copies of Timpo. It's interesting that the East Asian companies didn't copy the Britains hippo, or at least I don't remember to ever have seen a copy.

Caracal wrote:

sunny wrote:

Caracal wrote:

 by herds:

 Starlux (and 1 Jim):

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 Omo (one repaint):

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this has to be my favourite part - the Herds!! how exciting and wonderful to see them together
I love the beautiful elegant Starlux hippos, and the OMO is also rather beautiful

as always Alain, your collections are very impressive :) I am very impressed

 Thank you Annette, Like you I enjoy the "mass effect" of herds and you're right, these Omo models are good and far more realistic than the other models of the range!


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 just to compare with the indian rhino en the left!.. :)

that thin rhino needs to start eating breakfast and dinner

that's quite a difference, but smart production measures if the cost of plastic is taken into consideration

Caracal wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

It is fun that you collect a lot of things from modern to Singapore and not the Starlux 53. It is a mystery for me 

  for me too!.. maybe because I never played with when I was a child.. When I discovered the 1953 Starlux production later, I never was tempted to get them and prefered to get Clairet ones they hardly tried to imitate!

 The Singapore ones are rather bad too, but I played with.. It's also the story of a collection: at the beginning, only Starlux of the great period!.. then I discovered some foreign brands productions like Elasto or Britains, then, by nostalgy, I found back old Singapore, Omo or Prior but it's right that I never had the desire to get first Starlux or other old french brands except for models I juge beautiful or of interesting (for me!) species.. But even if not collected, I am interested by, for they leak sometimes wonderful models!..  :)

this is intriguing ?! what are these 53 models ? I'm curious ?

Sorry Annette, I just have few models of these Starlux models produiced in 1953 but I shall try to post a catalog picture! :)

Many thanks to you both too Taos and Roger!

.. and now rhinoceroses:

big scales:

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 first raw ahead: Chap Mei, CollectA
 second raw: Schleich, Papo, Safari ltd, Procon (CollectA)
 third raw: unbranded chinese, Papo, Bullyland,
 fourth raw: CollectA, Papo, Safari ltd,Bullyland


more little scales:

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 first raw: Plaho:marolin, Starlux, Timpo, Starlux, Starlux
 second raw: Britains, Britains


 unbranded little scale chinese:


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 black rhinos:

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 first raw: Plaho/Marolin, Starlux, Timpo, 2 SH chinese, behind: Britains


 White rhinos:

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New ray, Starlux, Comansi

Big whooly:

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 geoworld:

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Wild Republic:

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Starlux:

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 Starlux:

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 Starlux (to put Kiki's mind at rest! ):

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 Starlux:

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the three Britains:

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 Britains (maybe the best indian ones!):

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 Britains with little model:

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Britains little model with Prior and Singapore:

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 Timpo:

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 and with Starlux, they fit rather well together:

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 Prior:

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 Singapore:

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 Omo:

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and some family pictures:

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Amazing rhinos!

Really amazing herd! I love to see all the different generations and scales together!

Marvellous photos, rhinos y rhinos......