help with an owl

Subject: help with an owl Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:53 pm

Found this owl among my models-he's marked Safari ltd and Horned Owl.He is quite small so am assuming he may be from a tube?
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Subject: Re: help with an owl Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:19 pm

I know this model as a K&M tube figure...
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Subject: Re: help with an owl Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:36 pm

I would agree with Paige, as I only know it from the K&M tube

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Subject: Re: help with an owl Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:59 pm

Well observed, Paige! Very Happy

I have a theory, just a theory. The early Wild Republic Tubes have figures that are not marked K&M Int and show a lower quality. These tubes are surely composed of figures made by some Chinese maker as it happens these days. Not long after, when their range suffered an important consolidation, these tubes were replaced with new better figures marked K&M Int of Their own production. I truly believe that Safari sold a toob dedicated to North American wildlife before the one released in 2006 that is still in catalogue. It won't surprise me that Safari used a similar strategy and used figures of the same maker but marking them with Safari. Don't you have any other figure equal to these Wild Republic Paige linked but also marked Safari?
Unfortunately , the older Safari catalogue I have pictures is the 2006 version.

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Subject: Re: help with an owl Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:19 pm

Roger wrote:: Well observed, Paige!
I have a theory, just a theory. The early Wild Republic Tubes have figures that are not marked K&M Int and show a lower quality. These tubes are surely composed of figures made by some Chinese maker as it happens these days. Not long after, when their range suffered an important consolidation, these tubes were replaced with new better figures marked K&M Int of Their own production. I truly believe that Safari sold a toob dedicated to North American wildlife before the one released in 2006 that is still in catalogue. It won't surprise me that Safari used a similar strategy and used figures of the same maker but marking them with Safari. Don't you have any other figure equal to these Wild Republic Paige linked but also marked Safari?
Unfortunately , the older Safari catalogue I have pictures is the 2006 version.

The golden lion tamarin for example :)

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Subject: Re: help with an owl Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:27 pm

Thanks for all your help with this.He's certainly got Safari ltd on the bottom as I have checked again and maybe Roger is correct and there was on overlap with some figures!

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