Safari Peregrine falcon, item no 100094 from 2018.

This model is ever so delightful, and the more I look at it, the mode I love it  

The way it "flies",and brakes with the tail and wings just before it grabs its pray with the sharp talons,  is beautyful.
But the real stroke of genius is, that it just touches the grass with the tail, which in our model world gives it a solid base even though it is still flying.
For good measure neither bird nor base look completely in ballance, which gives it an illusion of speed and action    

Uhh, hard to express in English, - why don't y'all speak Danish ??  

Here are a few photos.
Perhaps they show it a little better than my words    
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With the Peregrine falcon from CollectA.
A more quiet model, but it is still a nice bird .
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With the Peregrine falcon from Papo.
This could be a pair, as the female of the Peregrine falcon is up to 30% larger than the male
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With the gorgeous, old Peregrine falcon from Schleich.
Here the Safari bird would have  to be the male, though  
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And with the newer Peregrine falcon from Schleich.
I had to separate them, as they started fighting  
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And that's all for now, because they flew away  
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Very interesting, and nice. Its not flying to my shelves any time soon. Its needed on the TAI

It's beautiful! Actually I like all of them, except the papo maybe.
The trick with the base is really cool, but there's just one thing that sets me off in this figure.. The feet and the nails... I think it's so obvious I don't have to explain why.

Fantastic photo-story as always Susanne!

Advicot wrote:

...... Its needed on the TAI

I saw that, - don't know why . But it will be there in 15 minutes

spacelab wrote:

It's beautiful! Actually I like all of them, except the papo maybe.
The trick with the base is really cool, but there's just one thing that sets me off in this figure.. The feet and the nails... I think it's so obvious I don't have to explain why.

Fantastic photo-story as always Susanne!

Thanks a lot

Well those feet and nails are on almost all Safari birds ( except the webbed ones, of course ), I just don't see it any more

And afterthought : This IS a toy !
It should be suitable for children down to 3 years of age, so they can not make those like the sharp, dealy weapons they really are

With those photos, I think that this is other good bird to my collection.

Thanks for sharing.

I am disappointed with the paint job on my CollectA figure; I might replace it someday and this Safari figure is a good option.

Adam, Susanne will post it for sure, Susanne is one of the most effective TAW editors.
It is again another spectacular figure from the Wings of the World series!
I agree it is genial the way they used the tail with the base to allow such an exciting pose . though, it would work much better for a goshhawk, for instance.
Peregrine falcons are adapted for speed and they hunt other birds during the flight. Obviously I don't mean it is not plausible, just more adjusted if it was a goshhawk once they tend to hunt creatures on land.
The pose reminds the Bullyland great grey owl that does not use a base.
The level of detail is magnificent, it is especially from the back where we can see the parachute effect the bird uses to reduce the speed while approaching to the ground. Beautiful tail!
You almost guessed I wanted a lot to see this walk around. I really disliked the last Schleich falcon and I never got the old one that I like despite its snob look. Fortunately I have the CollectA as a worthy representative.
Many thanks for opening this topic, it is fantastic!

Roger wrote:

especially from the back where we can see the parachute effect the bird uses to reduce the speed while approaching to the ground.

That's the best part of the model, they made it perfect! I still wonder though, they put so much effort to make it look so realistic, why the feet have to be like yellow tubes?

spacelab wrote:

...... I still wonder though, they put so much effort to make it look so realistic, why the feet have to be like yellow tubes?

They are not all yellow

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What is happening, Susanne?

spacelab wrote:

Roger wrote:

especially from the back where we can see the parachute effect the bird uses to reduce the speed while approaching to the ground.

That's the best part of the model, they made it perfect! I still wonder though, they put so much effort to make it look so realistic, why the feet have to be like yellow tubes?

Feet are often the less appealing point on Safari birds . If they did it better both in proportions and more realistic colors, their recent birds could easily be compared with the best Japanese renditions.

Oh yes, I was also waiting for a walk around of this model ...
and here it is ! Perfectly made it by Susanne
Now, I like this Peregrine falcon more and I will get it too :)

Jason did one very clever thing for the Southlands Replicas - Eastern Grey Kangaroo,
where you can put the model on base, but also you can remove it ...
And I taught that this model can be done olso like that :)

The last photo is just crazy .. hahha

SUSANNE wrote:

spacelab wrote:

...... I still wonder though, they put so much effort to make it look so realistic, why the feet have to be like yellow tubes?

They are not all yellow

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That was so funny! Now I know what you meant. Never seen it before. Thanks for the laugh Susanne!

As I have all these birds in my collection, I like the parrots and cockatoo feet. That's probably because I like to put them in the trees for photos, and they work so well

Advicot wrote:

As I have all these birds in my collection, I like the parrots and cockatoo feet. That's probably because I like to put them in the trees for photos, and they work so well

Good point

There is only one wings of the world figure that still needs to fly to my collection, and its not easy to find

Advicot wrote:

There is only one wings of the world figure that still needs to fly to my collection, and its not easy to find

What a cliffhanger  

Is it the brown pelican ?

Susanne, what a wonderful Walkaround and review.

Just love your photographs and really like the way you bring in its friends from CollectA, Papo and Schleich.

These also show the size relationships between this Safari model and other examples from your collection. This aspect is a most useful one as most STS members ask about size and scale between companies.

Perhaps more of us should learn to speak Danish but it is amazing that you can bring in a sense of humour in English.

I certainly smiled lots when reading this post.

And I agree these are toys first and foremost so we must learn to forgive areas in detail which collectors hope for and aspire to.

A most enjoyable and entertaining post Susanne. Thank you.

Ohhh, Chris, that is really nothing , or so Danes usually say, but it is not true :  I drink your praise like hot chocolate    

Thankyou very, very much

Oh , I see now why you love so much chocolate

costicuba wrote:

Oh , I see now why you love so much chocolate