Roger's 2020 Arrivals - 19th October update with two new Papo models!

The sable antelope is indeed magnificent, congratulations!

Wonderful additions especially the Lineol Sable!

Roger, I am so happy, that the figures have arrived safely in Portugal.

And of course I'm glad you didn't miss the postman.

Our hobby wouldn't be so exciting, if there weren't these figures on our wish list, which seem unreachable for various reasons. But from my own experience I can say, that one day, suddenly the opportunity arrives to get it for a short moment, often it is a coincidence. - often when you don't think about it.

The rare sable antelope is certainly one of Lineol's most beautiful and elegant animal figures.

For the IV. generation Lineol has released 4 tiger models, two adult tigers and two very young tiger babies. As far as I know, you already have the two adult models, now only the second sitting tiger baby is missing.

Caracal wrote:

I had never seen this wonderful sable antelope, what a piece!

Caracal, here in the "old meets young" topic you can see the sable antelope by Lineol together with modern ones.

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Thanks Fernando, Paige, Tim, Susanne, Adam, Alain, Anna, Roger, Taylor and Yvette!

[quote="75senta75"]Roger, I am so happy, that the figures have arrived safely in Portugal.  

And of course I'm glad you didn't miss the postman.  

Our hobby wouldn't be so exciting, if there weren't these figures on our wish list, which seem unreachable for various reasons. But from my own experience I can say, that one day, suddenly the opportunity arrives to get it for a short moment, often it is a coincidence. - often when you don't think about it.  

The rare sable antelope is certainly one of Lineol's most beautiful and elegant animal figures.

For the IV. generation Lineol has released 4 tiger models, two adult tigers and two very young tiger babies. As far as I know, you already have the two adult models, now only the second sitting tiger baby is missing.

Yvette, I must check it better but I believe i don't have the hunting tiger. Though, i don't have my entire collection with me and I may forgeting anything. Surely I will dedicate some time to catalogue my collection as soon as I have it together again.
I see the tiger cub you gave me is missing on TAW, do you know its catalogue number? Is it 315?

Roger wrote:

I see the tiger cub you gave me is missing on TAW, do you know its catalogue number? Is it 315?

The Lineol tiger cub I gave you has the catalogue number 518.



Lineol has made four tigers for generation IV. (1940-1960). Two adult tigers and two tiger cubs.

Here are the numbers from Lineol tigers generation IV.

Tiger schreitend -  tiger striding/walking - catalogue number 511

Tiger angreifend -  tiger attacking - catalogue number 513

Junger Tiger sitzend -  tiger cub sitting -catalogue  number 517

Junger Tiger schleichend - tiger cub creeping -  catalogue number 518




Tiger attacking (513)  with young baby tiger sitting (517) on the right and  young baby tiger creeping (518) on the left.

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Lineol tiger striding/walking (511).

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Tiger attacking - catalogue number 513.

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Roger, congratulations first for your new Collecta models ( I was missing some days..) They are all great.
And now to the amazing parcel from Yvette...
I will repeat Paige and Susanne : Wow Wow Wow
Welcome to the happy owenrs club, of this Safari orangutans family
That Lineol Sable antelope ... ahhh .... like Alain said : ''what a piece!''
Every time I am watching it, I am amaized how the sculptor captured so well the magnificent look of this animal.
I am so happy that now you have it in your collection ! It is also my ''secret wish'' from Lineol models ... maybe one day I will be also a happy owner of it ..  
And the other models are wonderful. This so old Elastolin Lynx in a great condition.
The Elastolin tiger also look`s really nice ... and I love the pose of the Lineol  tiger cub :)
Big hurray for our wonderful Yvette !
And big congratulations to you

So many beautiful models! Congrats Roger, I'm also glad you're having decent relationships with the postmen of this world again!
I agree with all that this Lineol sable antelope is the star of your recent models! Also the Safari birds remind me that I have to check more carefully this company's wings of the world theme, they look really nice! And maybe the Matchie's tree kangaroo and that Caiman too, I hope he's in scale with my hungry jaguar.

What I can't understand is the vanishing wild Orangutans thing, it seems it's some kind of fetish for the experienced collectors that I don't get... I mean they are charming and cute but...

Like Susanne, I'm also waiting for your king cheetah deeper thoughts.    

Wow! I have not seen a Lineol antelope in such amazing condition! A wonderful addition to your amazing collection Roger!

Thanks Fernando, Paige, Tim, Susanne, Adam, Alain, Anna, Kosta, Kostas and Isabella!

costicuba wrote:

Roger, congratulations first for your new Collecta models ( I was missing some days..) They are all great.
And now to the amazing parcel from Yvette...
I will repeat Paige and Susanne : Wow Wow Wow
Welcome to the happy owenrs club, of this Safari orangutans family
That Lineol Sable antelope ... ahhh .... like Alain said : ''what a piece!''
Every time I am watching it, I am amaized how the sculptor captured so well the magnificent look of this animal.
I am so happy that now you have it in your collection ! It is also my ''secret wish'' from Lineol models ... maybe one day I will be also a happy owner of it ..  
And the other models are wonderful. This so old Elastolin Lynx in a great condition.
The Elastolin tiger also look`s really nice ... and I love the pose of the Lineol  tiger cub :)
Big hurray for our wonderful Yvette !
And big congratulations to you

Thanks for your kind words Kosta! You are surely one of these persons that deserve a Lineol sable in its collection. I know you can see the elegance of this sculpture.I really hope you can get it someday. Christophe waited decades and I waited a little less but soon or later one of these will pop for you.

spacelab wrote:

What I can't understand is the vanishing wild Orangutans thing, it seems it's some kind of fetish for the experienced collectors that I don't get... I mean they are charming and cute but...

Like Susanne, I'm also waiting for your king cheetah deeper thoughts.    

I couldn't agree more with you about the fetish thing and I ruled my collecting method almost always imune to these instincts. Though, I learned lots of tricks to break my collecting rules. Maybe now I am an experient collector.
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Roger wrote:

Thanks for your kind words Kosta! You are surely one of these persons that deserve a Lineol sable in its collection. I know you can see the elegance of this sculpture.I really hope you can get it someday. Christophe waited decades and I waited a little less but soon or later one of these will pop for you.

Thank you very much Roger.
And I am very happy to inform, that one Lineol Sable found me ! ... almost ...
Ahh, it was so fast
Actually it is waiting for me in Germany .... and it is even not necessary to ask you guessing who found it for me ..
Of course it is our wonderful german fairy

Kosta, I am so happy for you and obviously i thought it was Yvette with her magic wand since you started talking about the sable. You will get crazy as soon as you receive it, just magnificent model.
It is also great to see you're finding time again to the forum.

75senta75 wrote:

Roger wrote:

I see the tiger cub you gave me is missing on TAW, do you know its catalogue number? Is it 315?

The Lineol tiger cub I gave you has the catalogue number 518.



Lineol has made four tigers for generation IV. (1940-1960). Two adult tigers and two tiger cubs.

Here are the numbers from Lineol tigers generation IV.

Tiger schreitend -  tiger striding/walking - catalogue number 511

Tiger angreifend -  tiger attacking - catalogue number 513

Junger Tiger sitzend -  tiger cub sitting -catalogue  number 517

Junger Tiger schleichend - tiger cub creeping -  catalogue number 518

Tiger attacking (513)  with young baby tiger sitting (517) on the right and  young baby tiger creeping (518) on the left.

Lineol tiger striding/walking (511).

Tiger attacking - catalogue number 513.

Yvette, thanks for all this useful information. Numbers were wrong at the Wiki and I fixed it thanks to you.

That little tiger cub is so precious! Congrats on all!

Roger wrote:

Yvette, thanks for all this useful information. Numbers were wrong at the Wiki and I fixed it thanks to you. flower

You are welcome, Roger!

Roger wrote:

Kosta, I am so happy for you and obviously i thought it was Yvette with her magic wand since you started talking about the sable. You will get crazy as soon as you receive it, just magnificent model.
It is also great to see you're finding time again to the forum.

Here a little update with two Papo figures I bought locally. Actually, I ordered it immediately as these figures were anounced by Papo because these are two species I knew I wanted.
However, as these shops never get what I ask, I confess I forgot about them. Luckily they called me and I needed to get them, of course.
I hesitated about the jackal, after the fabulous [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
The "Authentics" style of these eyes are really demotivating but fortunately it in real is not as absurd as in these close ups. The model is small, almost fox sized and it is actually a nice figure. I am glad I got it.
The cormorant also joined my collection. It is relatively small, a new tendency of Papo with birds but that's again a nice figure and a very interesting species.
I also received a few Nayab from Sue and Lesley but I have to show next time once these pictures represent the end of life of my camera. It got definitively useless and I cannot use it anymore. I will need to find a way to manage my mobile phone camera next time.

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Two fantastic figures, big congrats! I think the jackal continues to divide collectors, but I think it will also add a few varieties of unique to our shelves.

Very nice Papo models. congrats Roger.

Thank you so much for sharing, it's so useful to see the Papo Jackal in real life! I see what you mean about the eyes, but since it is a canid I hope to add it to my collection at some point !
And the cormorant is a lovely unusual species!

I see that your main focus for Papo 2020 were the same as mine. I also recommend you the mole.

More and more people get this jackal - I am still planning on it! However, the more I see the cormorant, the less enthusiastic I am about it, especially since I have one by Kaiyodo (they are however, different subspecies probably).

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: Regarding the cormorant - I had the same meaning when I saw some photos showing the figure with malformed beak - but I got one in perfect shape and I am very satisfied (I have the Kaiyodo too)...

I was sure, that you will like seeing this jackal on real, Roger
It is really nice sculpted model. And when a small figure like this one, is on our hands, it looks much better, than on close up photos.
Congratulations for both models .
I am also waiting this cormorant ... it has to come today

jarda wrote:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: Regarding the cormorant - I had the same meaning when I saw some photos showing the figure with malformed beak - but I got one in perfect shape and I am very satisfied (I have the Kaiyodo too)...

Thanks Jarda!

Thanks everyone, I am glad you like my two models.

RtasVadumee wrote:

I see that your main focus for Papo 2020 were the same as mine. I also recommend you the mole.

Thanks, after seeing pictures of the mole on forum, I am sure I will add it to my collection. :)

bmathison1972 wrote:

More and more people get this jackal - I am still planning on it! However, the more I see the cormorant, the less enthusiastic I am about it, especially since I have one by Kaiyodo (they are however, different subspecies probably).

I will use my model as an European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) - Cormoran huppé - in French, until someone find a more convincing identification.
It is black, with black legs, yellow on the base of the bill, small crest, blue eyes and honestly I count 12 tail feathers what is correct for this species, great cormorants have 14 tail feathers. However, it is hard to count and you should never trust in my eys.
The small size also helps because this species is smaller than a great cormorant but that's just a convenience.
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costicuba wrote:

I was sure, that you will like seeing this jackal on real, Roger
It is really nice sculpted model. And when a small figure like this one, is on our hands, it looks much better, than on close up photos.
Congratulations for both models .
I am also waiting this cormorant ... it has to come today

You were surely right. As Christophe used to say, very sharp close-up pictures are often cruel and your pictures are so good that the same is valid for you. I hope your cormorant arrives soon.