Schleich retiring 2020

Wave goodbye to:

Wild Life
Sloth Bear 14779
American Bison 14714  
Rattlesnake 14740  
Tiger Shark 14765
Octopus 14768
Giant Tortoise 14601
Snowy Owl 14671

Horse Club
Frisian Stallion 13792
Frisian Mare 13749
Arabian Mare 13761
Arabian Mare with blanket 41447
Arab Stallion 13811
Trakehner Stallion 13756
Knabstrupper Mare 13769

Bayala
Denaja 70540  
Surah's Feathered Foal
Femaja's butterfly foal 70549
Venuja's pearl foal 70550

Dinosaurs
Kentrosaurus 14583
Psittacosaurus 15004
Tawa 15005
Spinosaurus and T-rex, small 41455
T-Rex and Velociraptor, small 42216


NOTE: I didn't add to the list items that retired mid-2019 like the Forest Dwellers, Mountain Animals etc... I used info from Animal Kingdoms NZ so I'm not 100% sure that this is a complete and accurate list. I have to say though that is rather weird to see that there are no Farm World items retiring and that the previous Giant Tortoise is not on the list..
..well, until the official Schleich Collectors Catalogue will be online.

Thanks, it already gives a good overview of what is being discontinued. I am glad I have the sloth bear already.
Quite surprising to see the tawa and psittacosaurus being retired, these are quite recent and decent. I wasn't even able of seeing the psittacosaurus in a local shop.

I'm glad I bought finally the sloth bear not so long ago, after years of doubting! Next year it will become impossible to find in local shops :)

The sloth bear lasted only 3 years in Schleich's line-up. An excellent but obscure figure, that is more appealing to collectors than kids. It's one of the few animal figures that were always in stock at the big toy-stores here in Athens. I guess it didn't sell well and it might very possibly be on Schleich's sale list next year, this is what happened with the Giant Pangolin (selling now for 2.99 Euro).

I'm quite unhappy that the European Forest set was retired earlier this year and I missed the Red Deer, that is for me the best deer figure Schleich has made the last decade. It should be out on its own. Anyway..

Hi everyone,
Sue here from Animal Kingdoms.

I just wanted to confirm that the list on [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
which spacelab has used, was given to me through official channels and should be accurate. It is possible more are going to be retired, but so far this is the official list.

Regarding the Giant Tortoise, he is only the 2019 list for Schleich being retired. (A previous blog of ours). Which is why he is not on the 2020 list.

Any questions please don't hesitate to ask, I spend a lot of time building these blogs and really appreciate that everyone enjoys them

AnimalKingdoms wrote:

Regarding the Giant Tortoise, he is only the 2019 list for Schleich being retired. (A previous blog of ours). Which is why he is not on the 2020 list.

Yeah, I've seen that, but it proved that the previous Tortoise did not retire in 2019. Just like the Moose, Red & Arctic Foxes, Snowy owl and Wild Boar. All of these are on the 2019 retire list but it turned out that they stay on production with Schleich all through the year (they were still on the second 2019 brand catalog).
That's why I'm skeptic with the first lists companies send.

Keep up with the great work you're doing!

snowoil and big turtle are also going out

Zoodirektor wrote:

snowoil and big turtle are also going out

Yeah, I also saw that. I edited the first post adding those two.
They both need to be corrected on TAW, as discontinued date there states 2018 (giant turtle) and 2019 (snowy owl). If Roger or another editor reads..

So, the Giant Turtle stayed on production for eleven years, a small record for the current wild life range, but way far behind the 1996 male Hippo that still holds the record for most years on production. 17 years that is!
Also, since the turtle and the owl are gone in 2020, the oldest figure on the current wild life range is the male Grizzly Bear, 8 years and counting. For statistic freaks..

spacelab wrote:

Zoodirektor wrote:

snowoil and big turtle are also going out

Yeah, I also saw that. I edited the first post adding those two.
They both need to be corrected on TAW, as discontinued date there states 2018 (giant turtle) and 2019 (snowy owl). If Roger or another editor reads..

So, the Giant Turtle stayed on production for eleven years, a small record for the current wild life range, but way far behind the 1996 male Hippo that still holds the record for most years on production. 17 years that is!
Also, since the turtle and the owl are gone in 2020, the oldest figure on the current wild life range is the male Grizzly Bear, 8 years and counting. For statistic freaks..

I updated the wiki with all the retirements in this post. However, there was the snowy owl as retired in 2019 and the turtle in 2018. I don't have catalogues to check. Are you sure they are only being retired in 2020?

Yes, I have all the 2019 catalogs, snowy owl and giant turtle are still there.

About the sets now,
41456 North American forest dwellers
41457 Forest animal babies
41458 European forest dwellers
41459 Mountain animals
42428 Indian Rhinoceros baby

All these are gone from July 2019, meaning they are present on the first 2019 catalogue. I don't know what year you choose for their retirement in this case. 2019 or 2020?

spacelab wrote:

About the sets now,
41456 North American forest dwellers
41457 Forest animal babies
41458 European forest dwellers
41459 Mountain animals
42428 Indian Rhinoceros baby

All these are gone from July 2019, meaning they are present on the first 2019 catalogue. I don't know what year you choose for their retirement in this case. 2019 or 2020?

Thanks for the information about the owl and turtle.
The retirement year was always corresponding to the first catalogue the figure couldn't be found.
As Schleich now works with six monthly catalogues. The retirement year in this case is mid 2019, or July 2019, never 2020 in my opinion.

Nice! Another one I just noticed, 14738 Eagle Owl, retired in 2019.

spacelab wrote:

Nice! Another one I just noticed, 14738 Eagle Owl, retired in 2019.

Thanks, I also fixed it already. Please let us know if you find more.

Roger wrote:

spacelab wrote:

Nice! Another one I just noticed, 14738 Eagle Owl, retired in 2019.

Thanks, I also fixed it already. Please let us know if you find more.

As you correctly suggested, I moved our conversation to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] :)

Glad I have the trakhener stallion and the knappstrupper mare. The 2019 retires were really sad because they retired the 13800,13796,16835,13823. They are my favourite figurines and i don't know why they retired them.The 13823 was only made for 2 years while the longest produced schleich figurine,the donkey was made for 21 years.

TM Schleich wrote:

Glad I have the trakhener stallion and the knappstrupper mare. The 2019 retires were really sad because they retired the 13800,13796,16835,13823. They are my favourite figurines and i don't know why they retired them.The 13823 was only made for 2 years while the longest produced schleich figurine,the donkey was made for 21 years.

Welcome on forum! Some Schleich figures have really a short life and it is good to get them if we like before they get retired and hard to pay.
I think I never noticed that duck, it is a different duck from what we are used. Is there any special reason why it is your favourite?

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the duck is one of my favourites because it is a swimming duck and it is the only one like that.(I know the 2013 drake is also swimming but it is a duck.)It is also starting to be rare and obsolete.

TM Schleich wrote:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the duck is one of my favourites because it is a swimming duck and it is the only one like that.(I know the 2013 drake is also swimming but it is a duck.)It is also starting to be rare and obsolete.

Welcome here

TM Schleich wrote:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] the duck is one of my favourites because it is a swimming duck and it is the only one like that.(I know the 2013 drake is also swimming but it is a duck.)It is also starting to be rare and obsolete.

I agree and it is wonderful when the females of certain species, are released even if their corresponding males are more attractive to the gneral public.