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Pepi Banned
Country/State : Madrid Age : 64 Joined : 2020-08-27 Posts : 137
| Subject: Schleich seal as grey seal? Tue Sep 29, 2020 4:34 pm | |
| Dear collectors, I have recently started to catalogue my collection and have arrived to the old retired Schleich seal (14702). I wanted to know if, in your wise opinion, it could be used as grey seal, so that I can use the more recent (14801) as harbour seal. I have been looking to photographs, and I think that maybe the snout is not correct, since the real animal have a more "dog" style... but I'm not sure. What do you think? This is the model I'm talking about. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 45638
| Subject: Re: Schleich seal as grey seal? Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:54 pm | |
| It is a harbor seal i think |
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Megaptera
Country/State : Germany Age : 34 Joined : 2017-11-11 Posts : 1944
| Subject: Re: Schleich seal as grey seal? Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:00 pm | |
| Yes, it's designed to be the Eurasian Harbour Seal, which can also be found in Germany. |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Schleich seal as grey seal? Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:05 pm | |
| You are right, the grey seal has a more dog-like face. Even if this one is exaggerted cute, the harbour seals have a sweeter look, I think |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35786
| Subject: Re: Schleich seal as grey seal? Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:58 pm | |
| Let me tell you that this figure already had some debat in the past and that was my fault. I decided to list it as a grey seal because it has a lanugo as a pup. These white seals pups do not ocur with harbour seals bso... Though, this figure was described by the brand as (Phoca vitulina) and it is actually a harbour seal. That picture is enough to see it. Notice the concave head profile of this seal completely different from the straight head profile of a grey seal. Another way is watching the nostrils that are V shaped on harbour seals while they are paralel on grey seals. If you want a grey seal, use the Mojö Fun grey seal it works nicely with the Schleich models. |
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Pepi Banned
Country/State : Madrid Age : 64 Joined : 2020-08-27 Posts : 137
| Subject: Re: Schleich seal as grey seal? Tue Sep 29, 2020 11:30 pm | |
| Thank you all! Honestly :) |
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bmathison1972
Country/State : Salt Lake City, UT Age : 52 Joined : 2010-04-13 Posts : 6684
| Subject: Re: Schleich seal as grey seal? Wed Sep 30, 2020 1:25 am | |
| I have it in my collection as a harbor seal, too.
EDIT: mine is the 2018 model, actually |
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Pardofelis
Country/State : Spain Age : 40 Joined : 2019-01-12 Posts : 2144
| Subject: Re: Schleich seal as grey seal? Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:54 am | |
| This topic already has been discussed before. Somebody have the link to the previous one? I'm lazy for search it haha Maybe is a good idea to merge both. _________________ My collection:- (Details):
Homemade: 106 CollectA: 54 Colorata: 31 Safari LTD: 29 Schleich: 20 Papo: 16 Kaiyodo: 13 Mojo Fun: 8 Ikimon/Kitan Club: 6 Southland Replicas: 6 Bullyland: 4 PNSO: 3 CBIOV: 2 Eikoh: 2 Yujin: 2 Takara Tomy:1 Nayab: 1 Happy Kin: 1 Natural History: 1 Science & Nature: 1
Total: 307 |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35786
| Subject: Re: Schleich seal as grey seal? Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:18 pm | |
| - Pardofelis wrote:
- This topic already has been discussed before. Somebody have the link to the previous one? I'm lazy for search it haha
Maybe is a good idea to merge both. I think there isn't a topic about this subject but we already discussed it in several other topics, namely the thread about Benjamin's additions. We all now agree, it is a harbour seal with a pup wrongly painted in white color. It is more correct than when I listed it as a grey seal just because of the pup color. |
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