Southland Replicas and the major brands size comparison

Hi,

I am creating this topic to compare Southland Replicas figures with others from the 5 major brands since I noticed it had not been done before.

I don't own any Southland Replicas figure yet so I will let you show me what you have as a profiteer

Great idea

I'll take a couple as soon as I have time

It is fair that we open this topic. I was thinking in it for a while.
It is important to notice that Southlands Replicas is one of the rare brands that work effectively at a certain scale. Figures are in 1:15 scale as always as possible.
There isn't such thing like they are too small or too large, they work together much better than any other major company.
I've found these pictures browsing the forum but I also can add a few more once I have almost the whole collection.
Though, it is wonderful that Susanne is contributing once my pictures are painful and don't give justice to these brilliant figures.

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Grey kangaroo: Schleich (red), Southlands and Bullyland (red) by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Tasmanian devil: Southlands and CollectA by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Thylacine: Southlands, Mojö Fun, CollectA and Joan's homemade by [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
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Great, Roger

I just made a couple more of my beloved thylacine

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Lot of singing here, eh ?

PS : It could be fun, if we all could agree on a couple of models that we all have  

Thanks for these first bunches Roger and Susanne.

I have already seen the Emu next to Mojo one but I also would like to see it next to an ostrich or cassowary if you have them.

I also would like to see pics with the echidna, the wombat, the quoll, the possum, the tree kangaroo (if possible next to the other species from Safari) and the dingo which, as you may expect, I am most interested in.

Dingo, - perhaps somebody can make better pictures ?
The light is almost non-existing here on such a rainy day  

But aren't they cute ?  
The wolf wants to go Hoooooooome !

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From left : Safari, S&N large, Southland, S&N small, Safari TOOB, and a Schleich wolf just for comparison

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Thank you for these useful pictures! :)

Haha, thanks Susanne !

As far as the dingo is concerned, it will be Southland for me !

RtasVadumee wrote:

Haha, thanks Susanne !

As far as the dingo is concerned, it will be Southland for me !

Yes ! I think he is ever so wonderful

Here are some more comparison pictures.
Don't use them to judge the quality of the Southlands figures, there are a few great walk arounds on forum. They're just to check their sizes.
I will take a few more pictures later.

Southlands and Safari Ltd Southern hairy-nosed wombats
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Schleich Quokka, Southlands Lumholz's tree kangaroo and Safari Ltd Red-necked wallaby
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I don't have yet the Safari tree-kangaroo.

Papo, Southlands and Schleich Koalas, the Southlands is a Northern koala female
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Roger wrote:

Figures are in 1:15 scale as always as possible.

Oh! Really?????
I always tought that the red kangaroo is at bigger scale than the grey kangaroo, since it's bigger. Maybe I'm confused by the scientific name (giganteus)? Are really grey kangaroos smaller than red kangaroos?

Of course that many of the figures discussed here belongs to my future purchase list since years ago, namely the dingo, tree kangaroo, quoll and much more recently (this same year) I've added the koala. While the platypus is already in my shelves since little time ago, and the echidna since long time ago :)

Well, I read on Wikipedia that Matschie's tree-kangaroo are longer and a bit heavier than Lumholz's. And it seems to me that Safari Matschie's is just the same height as the wallaby (5 cm). Thus, the two tree kangaroo may be in proportion with one another.

I don't know if I prefer the Southland or the Safari wombat. When I look at some pictures of real hairy-nosed wombats, it seems to me that the Southland is more realistic, but on other pictures, the Safari looks more accurate...

The koala is really cute and fits very well with Schleich's. I may order a second wife for my Schleich male (I already have the one with joey).

Pardofelis wrote:

While the platypus is already in my shelves since little time ago, and the echidna since long time ago :)

Don't hesitate to add pictures to this topic !

Here are three tree kangaroo species by PNSO, Safari, Southlands Replicas:

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Well, that's acceptable.

Gosh ! That PNSO-kangaroo is so beautyful

But ...the paintwork, that Safari granted their beautyful model does certainly not do it justice

Now monotremes! These two are in 1:12 scale or they would result too small but they work nicely with all other Southlands figures.
Schleich never made a monotreme and there is no echidna among all other major comapnies so I am using a rodent.

Papo and Southlands platypuses
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Southlands short-beaked echidna and Schleich Indian crested porcupine
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Beautyful pictures !!!
That is the best photo I have ever seen of that lovely  echidna, and the porcy too !!!!!!

Roger, you certainly are a super-photographer

Do I understand it right...a paorcupine and an echidna, isn't that covergent evolution ?

Wow, that echidna is so well made despite being so small : that is certainly a meticulous job and a must have !

I really love my Papo platypus, I don't think I would be able to replace it. I have never seen a platypus in real (there may not even be any out of Australia) and I did not know it was so tiny.

Would it be possible to see the echidna next to a marsupial ? Or a Schleich hedgehog ?

SUSANNE wrote:

Gosh ! That PNSO-kangaroo is so beautyful

But ...the paintwork, that Safari granted their beautyful model does certainly not do it justice :Crying:

I don't find the paintwork so bad on Safari tree-kangaroo, it's even pretty good.

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Would it be possible to see the echidna next to a marsupial ? Or a Schleich hedgehog ?

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I know that the quokka is a bit oversized, but I can accept it. It's not soooo exaggeratedly oversized as the Papo platypus

P. S. I think Susanne is talking about the PNSO's tree kangaroo paintjob, not the Safari's. She mean that the Safari one is so good that the PNSO's doesn't make it justice..

Pardofelis wrote:

I know that the quokka is a bit oversized, but I can accept it. It's not soooo exaggeratedly oversized as the Papo platypus :Wink:

The quokka's oversizing is most shocking next to Safari wallaby.

Pardofelis wrote:

P. S. I think Susanne is talking about the PNSO's tree kangaroo paintjob, not the Safari's. She mean that the Safari one is so good that the PNSO's doesn't make it justice..

Then, I agree with that.

Anyway, that echidna is marvellous, I definitely need it.

RtasVadumee wrote:

Would it be possible to see the echidna next to a marsupial ? Or a Schleich hedgehog ?......

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Rather too big, aren't they ?

Hm, one of the three pups separated from the common base could work as an adult European hedgehog. But I prefair to wait for the 2020 Safari LTD Good Luck Minis hedgehog that will be of adequate size for a four-toed.

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Hm, one of the three pups separated from the common base could work as an adult European hedgehog. But I prefair to wait for the 2020 Safari LTD Good Luck Minis hedgehog that will be of adequate size for a four-toed.

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Well, now that I was invited to celebrate some weddings. Here goes a weird picture comparing the Papo female red kangaroo with the macho by Southlands! They are not so imcompatible as it looks when they are conventionally displayed.

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Respect for the mothers
Wonderful  

Perfect picture on International Women's day          

You are right ! Those male kangoos really are huge