Some Tiptoi models - walkarounds and comparisons

Hi everybody,
I got some wonderful Tiptoi models , with a big help from our so kind and generous friend - Yvette
and I would like to show it to you.

But I am making this topic also, because I would like to share some interesting information with you.

When I asked Yvette to help me with getting some of these models , actually this became a hard job for her,
because she found out , that the shops in Munich, which normaly sels Tiptopi models, doesn`t have them anymore.
Then Yvette got the information, that actually Ravensburger has stoped with producing Tiptoi models.

When exactly this happened, we don`t know ... Maybe this year, maybe last one..
But one is sure now, Tiptoi line is retired.

But, as we know Yvette, when she says, that she will find something, she is doing it !  
And yes, she found for me all models, which were in my wish list  
She got most of them from different sellers on german auctions and the good thing is,
that also she found some models for her collection too  

Ok, now back to the models in my collection.

Some of them are missing on TAW, so I made also a special photos.
So please TAW editors, be welcome to use it  :)

Let`s start with the African elephants :



Here is the male :





and the lovely calf :







And some comparisons of both models :

The Tiptoi male, together with Papo :



and with older Bullyland :



the Tiptoi calf, together with Bullyland and Re-Ment :



also with Papo and the beautiful PNSO :



Now, let`s see the Asian Elephant :



I like this one a lot. It is very charming, but also it has a very nice sculpted, and painted details.
It look`s to me, like young, not fully grown elephant ..







Some comparisons of it, together with Papo :



and Bully :



Here are the Giraffes :





I like both of them very much.

here is the adult :



But I like especially the calf. It has great proportions :



The Tiptoi adult Giraffe, together with Mojo and Papo :



and the calf, together with Papo and Schleich :



I have also this lovely Impala .
We have it on TAW already, but I used the Lego block, just to show here the size :





Comparison with Papo :



and also with Thomson's gazelles by Shcleich and Nayab :



But my absolutelly favorite from all of them, are these so beautiful donkeys :



The mom is very charming :







And this so adorable and lovely foal :







Let`s see the mom, together with another, also very charming one by Papo :



They look very similar in poses... Look, even the ears hear the same noise  

And two lovely foals, meat each other for the photo..
Tiptoi and Mojo, made by Anna :) :



These are all Tiptoi models, which I got thank`s to Yvette  
Thank you very much my dear friend !

And I will share two more, which I already have from before, because of the good help from Andreas :)

Tiptoi male Gorilla :



together with Schleich :



And a nice Black rhino :



with papo :



Thank`s for watching  

Fantastic topic to celebrate the end of an animal themed series.
You are lucky of knowing a lady from Munich with a magic wand that can resuscitate what doesnt exist anymore. You're right, Tiptoi models are more than decent to join our teams of models from most famous brands. They have also their own design what turns them far from being boring.
Some interesting aspects, the way they painted the giraffe with the spots covering almost entirely their legs. Spots are too much regular but the painting scheme is interesting. Donkeys are lovely, I also like them a lot. For a last note, , although you already owned it, the black rhino is a very interesting model, the high posture, short head, all features correctly represented to the species.
I will take care of your Lego photos for TAW.

Never heard of the brand, but they are very beautiful. I especially like the elephant calf and the donkeys. Why do they have a large "droplet" on their hips?

Beautyful photos, and such nice models !
I have never seen the elephants before, and they are a great surprise
I have the donkeys, of course, and also the antelope, which fits really well with the models

Thankyou very much, dear Kosta !!!

When they were launced, I got an agreement with Ravensburger that they would mail me when they had new models, so I could up-date TAW, but now I see that I have not heard from them since 2017
And here you tell us the reason .....
Still I can see that TAW is not up-dated, for insrtance the Elephant calves are not there.

rogerpgvg wrote:

Never heard of the brand, but they are very beautiful. I especially like the elephant calf and the donkeys. Why do they have a large "droplet" on their hips?

The orange "drop" is a kind of app. You need a special pen, and when you touch it to the spot, you can hear something about the animal.
I am not sure it was a very good idea, because most people find it ruins the model.

Also, I am sure the idea was too late.
Perhaps 20 -30 years ago children would have found it exiting, but these days they have everything on their phone,
Also, the pen was quite expensive, and the speak was in German, which limits the market a lot.

Interesting idea, but yes, they could have made the spot a bit less obvious. Do the animals or the pen speak?

Wow, what a great presentation of the Tiptoi animals!
The photos are beautiful, especially the light shading on the outer edge is very nice.

First a presentation of each model and then together with models from other companies.

Kosta, you were surprised, that the Tiptoi animals could not be ordered online on the official homepage by Ravensburger although other tiptoi products like games or puzzles could be ordered there.

Ravensburger shows the animal models, but writes that they are only available in stores:

https://www.ravensburger.de/produkte/tiptoi/tiptoi-spielfiguren/tiptoi-afrikanischer-elefantenbulle-00356/index.html

OK, so I thought, the problem is easy to solve. I will buy them from a shop in the city next time.
So far for years they have been available in toy shops, a large bookstore and various department stores. They were available everywhere, just like the Schleich figures.

First I visited the biggest toy store in Munich: They have a big range of Tiptoi articles, but no more animal figures. The seller said, they were taken out of the assortment. Why, he doesn't know it.

Now I became curious and asked in two other department stores. But also with the same result. They lhave a large assortment of Tiptoi items from Ravensburger - but no more animal figures. The same in the bookstore. Everywhere the sellers said the same thing.

I found the Tiptoi figures on Ebay and various online flea markets. When they arrived at my home and waited for shipping, they were standing on my shelves next to figures of different brands. So I notiiced, that they fit very well together. This is also shown by Kosta's comparison pictures very well! The orange dot is not really disturbing. I also bought some figures for my own collection. Kosta's pictures show very impressively, how beautifully the figures are modeled, the quality is very good. Interesting is, the sellers in the different shops could not say - or maybe did not want it - who is the manufacturer of the Tiptoi figures. Some sellers suspected, that Schleich produced the animals for Ravensburger. But, that was a "trade secret" at Ravensburger.
That was the story for hunting the Tiptoi figures with some intresting results.
Many thanks Kosta for these interesting topic with all the very nice pictures!

Very nice photos, KOsta.

And interesting hunt by Ivette.

rogerpgvg wrote:

Interesting idea, but yes, they could have made the spot a bit less obvious. Do the animals or the pen speak?

Roger, the Tiptoi digital pen contains a sensor. If you move this pen over the orange dot, a code is read. An audio file is then played back in the pen via loudspeaker. The pen works with AAA batteries. This is how the pen speaks. Tiptoi is an artificial word, made up of the German word "Tippen /antippen (to touch)" and the English word "toy" for the German word "Spielzeug" (toy).

Some more informations:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiptoi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMPYoqVeutU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GldzwKMBuuc

Love those donkeys!

Thank you very much everybody for your nice comments :)

Yes, Roger (Portugal) , you noticed very well ( and I was sure that you will do that ), that hte legs of the  giraffes are painted very well . Especially on the calf, which is actually a very small model, with very thin legs, the spots are a lot ...all over.. and the model look`s very good.
Alo I like very much the black rhino. The body and these long legs are just perfect. Roger, you pointed that the short head is tipical for a black rhino... I only think that on this model , the head is too short...
Actually we had discuss this model with Kiki ,you and me in the past... somewere on other topic.

Thank you Susanne and Yvette for answering the Roger`s question about the orange "drop" on the models ... I was too late :) But you explained the reason and the technology,much better than me :)

Yvette, I want to thank you again for all the work and time, you have put , to find these models for me :)
Also if you want and when you have time, maybe you can also show some of your models here.. and to make this topic bigger  

Congratulations

Some lovely models there,congrats!!

75senta75 wrote:

Roger, the Tiptoi digital pen contains a sensor. If you move this pen over the orange dot, a code is read. An audio file is then played back in the pen via loudspeaker. The pen works with AAA batteries. This is how the pen speaks. Tiptoi is an artificial word, made up of the German word "Tippen /antippen (to touch)" and the English word "toy" for the German word "Spielzeug" (toy).

Nice idea. I suppose it would have been better if the animals themselves could speak, but then each animal would need to have a loudspeaker, which would make them too expensive.

All pictures are now at the Toy Animal Wiki. :)

costicuba wrote:

Thank you very much everybody for your nice comments :)

Yes, Roger (Portugal) , you noticed very well ( and I was sure that you will do that ), that hte legs of the  giraffes are painted very well . Especially on the calf, which is actually a very small model, with very thin legs, the spots are a lot ...all over.. and the model look`s very good.
Alo I like very much the black rhino. The body and these long legs are just perfect. Roger, you pointed that the short head is tipical for a black rhino... I only think that on this model , the head is too short...
Actually we had discuss this model with Kiki ,you and me in the past... somewere on other topic.

Yes, you're right. One of the differences between black and white rhinos is that the former have shorter heads but surely not as small as the Tiptoi model. However, it turns the figure quite recognizable for the featured species.

Why black rhino of papo is shining?
is it oily? or that's original color

molla.nasreddin wrote:

Why black rhino of papo is shining?
is it oily? or that's original color

It is original color. Papo black rhino has a fine texture, almost smooth and the painting results somewhat glossy. I don't know how it is with newer samples but it usually doesn't have a matte finish.