Ideas for Safari 2022

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Blue Sea Dragon (Glaucus atlanticus)

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When will the 2022 news revealed? Last years Safari was the first.

Tupolew Tu-154 wrote:

When will the 2022 news revealed? Last years Safari was the first.

I think they usually reveal their stuff in November then have stuff released on their site by Christmas. At least that’s how I got their figures the past few years, not sure if this year will be different.

Joliezac wrote:

Tupolew Tu-154 wrote:

When will the 2022 news revealed? Last years Safari was the first.

I think they usually reveal their stuff in November then have stuff released on their site by Christmas. At least that’s how I got their figures the past few years, not sure if this year will be different.

They usually reveal in September/October and release some stuff around November/December. That’s how it was pre-pandemic.

Ok thanks :) I couldn't remember when they revealed their figures exactly before the pandemic

Seems, that Safari is hurt much more by the pandemic, as Schleich.

Dear Santa I want a Wildlife Wonders Indian or Javan rhino and an Incredible creature Pink fairy armadillo... Please

Kikimalou wrote:

Dear Santa I want a Wildlife Wonders Indian or Javan rhino and an Incredible creature Pink fairy armadillo... Please

Indian giant squirrel

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Dear Sts Friends:

Hey guys, I too am wondering about the safari 2022 releases. At this point, they are i think coming out with stuff but I have no idea what any of it is. So your guess is as good as mine. Anyway, for those of you who need a bit of reassurance, the new releases are indeed coming, but nobody knows when. And basically that's all I know.

Aschuck


P.S. Hey, whoever suggested that indian giant squirrel, that would be so cool if they made it. Great idea!

aschuck wrote:

Dear Sts Friends:

Hey guys, I too am wondering about the safari 2022 releases.  At this point, they are i think coming out  with stuff but I have no  idea what any of it is.  So your guess is as good as mine. Anyway, for those of you who need a bit of reassurance, the new releases are indeed coming, but nobody knows when.  And basically that's all I know.

Aschuck


P.S. Hey, whoever suggested that indian giant squirrel, that would be so cool if they made it.  Great idea!

Here is my COMPLETE wishlist for Safari releases:

Great Migrations TOOB:
Amur Falcon
Arctic Tern
Bar-tailed Godwit
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue Wildebeest
Caribou
Chinook Salmon
Gray Whale
Monarch Butterfly
Sooty Shearwater

Caribbean TOOB:
Bananaquit
Bonefish (alternatively Atlantic Tarpon or Great Barracuda)
Caribbean Reef Shark
Desmarest’s Hutia
Hogfish
Imperial Parrot/Imperial Amazon/Sisserou
Mountain Chicken/Giant Ditch Frog
Rainbow Parrotfish (alternatively Stoplight Parrotfish)
Queen Angelfish
Solenodon (either species)
(West Indian) Manatee

Hawaii TOOB:
Akiapolaau/ʻAkiapōlāʻau
Akohekohe/ʻĀkohekohe
Green Sea Turtle
(Hawaii) Akepa/ʻAkepa
Hawaiian Crow/Alala/ʻAlalā
Hawaiian Goose/Nene/Nēnē
Hawaiian Hoary Bat
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaiian Short-eared Owl/Pueo/Hawaiian Owl/Short-eared Owl
Iiwi/ʻIʻiwi
Maui Parrotbill/Kiwikiu

Madagascar TOOB:
Aye-aye
Cuckoo-roller (alternatively any species of mesite)
Fossa
Leaf-tailed Gecko (any species, or alternatively Madagascar Giant Day Gecko)
Lowland Streaked Tenrec (or any tenrec)
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Mouse Lemur (any species, or alternatively any Eulemur)
Parson’s Chameleon (or any Malagasy chameleon)
Ploughshare/Angonoka Tortoise (alternatively Radiated Tortoise)
Red Ruffed Lemur
Ring-tailed Lemur (an updated version of the original from the Monkeys and Apes TOOB)
Tomato Frog (alternatively False Tomato Frog)

An updated Backyard Birds TOOB:
The current Backyard Birds TOOB, being an Eastern-centric set, should be renamed Eastern Backyard Birds TOOB and should have an equivalent for Western North America (see below). The set contains only 8 figures, less than the usual number of 10-12, so add Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Wren, and Tufted Titmouse figures into the set. Preferably, the plain paint jobs of the existing figures should be updated.

Western Backyard Birds TOOB:
Acorn Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
Black-billed Magpie
Black-capped Chickadee
(California) Scrub-Jay
House Finch
Mountain Bluebird
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Steller’s Jay
Townsend’s Warbler
Western Tamager

Warblers TOOB:
American Redstart
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Golden-winged Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Kirtland’s Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler (updated version)

Sparrows TOOB:
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
House Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow

Wild Safari Wildlife:
Alpine Ibex
Banteng
Bontebok/Blesbok
Red Hartebeest
Spectacled Bear
Vicuña/Vicuna

Wild Safari North American Wildlife:
Dall Sheep
Fisher
Gray Fox
Mule Deer
Muskrat
Red Wolf

Wings of the World:
Any shorebirds
Common Loon
Gray Parrot/Grey Parrot/African Grey Parrot
Great Blue Heron
Hoatzin
Osprey
Philippine Eagle
Sandhill or Whooping Crane

aschuck wrote:

Dear Sts Friends:  

Well, today, I was ordering from Safari, and I asked them, on behalf of us collectors, if they were indeed doing new products for 2022.  They said yes, they were, and that they didn't know what the products were, but that they were working on ideas for 2022.  And that's about the only info I can give you all right now, because I have no idea what they (Safari, I mean), are up to.  Oh well, in the meantime, we can still dream.  Anyway, I'm so glad somebody opened this topic.  I mean, now we get to dream about news for 2022.  That's wonderful, in my opinion.  And it's good that Safari has made it through this whole pandemic thingy too.  It just goes to show that not all these things have turned out bad.  That of course depends on how you view this pandemic.  Oh well, think what you want, but as for me, Safari doing things in 2022 is great news.  

Now here is my wishlist:

Prehistoric World: Dodo, More prehistoric Mammals, and other prehistoric things.

Mythical realms: Female bigfoot, Female Yeti, Dwarves, Sasquatch or bigfoot baby.

Toobs: Mushrooms, Dwarves designer toob, Another musical instruments toob, Mermaid family toob, Rocks and minerals toob.

Wildlife Wonders: Red Kangaroo, ostrich, Fennec Fox, Koala, Platypus, Llama.

Incredible Creatures: Darwin's moth, Mole, Swallowtail Butterfly.

Sea Life: Elephant seal, Seahorse baby trio. Parrotfish, Angelfish, Electric eel, Narwhal, Lobster.

And that's the list that I have.  I really do hope that they consider these suggestions, because a fennec fox for Wildlife Wonders would be such a cool figure.  Also, I almost forgot, for wildlife Wonders, a bactrian and or Dromedary camel, Babirusa, Muskox, and Emu.  Anyway, let me know if you hear anything about the things for 2022.  I'll be waiting here on the forum, so please keep me posted.

Anyway, thanks in advance,

Aschuck

Wildlife wonders should make
Komodo dragon
Cape buffalo
African leopard
Eland

Wildlife
Kinkajou
Coati
Anteater
Baboon
Topi
Impala
Gemsbok

bmathison1972 wrote:

I don't normally engage in these 'wish lists' but I have been looking at my Synoptic Collection and thinking about what I'd like to see from Safari, even if few to several years from now. Five for each category; I tried to pick things reasonable but still interesting for us.

North American Wildlife:
grey fox
mule deer
turkey vulture
cottontail rabbit (desert or eastern)
snowshoe hare

Wildlife:
bald uakari
bonobo
coatimundi
giant armadillo
spectacled (Andean) bear

Wings of the World:
Andean cock-of-the-rock
great hornbill
Musckovy duck
rhea
superb lyrebird

Prehistoric World:
any new species of ceratopsian
Mastodonsaurus
Hipparion (or other prehistoric equid)
Megalania
Quetzalcoatlus (standing, not flying)

Sealife:
Dall's porpoise
southern elephant seal
goliath grouper
pajama shark
a new species of ray/skate

Incredible Creatures (invertebrate-centric, I know):
bed bug
medicinal leech
mantis shrimp
stick insect
hard tick (any common, important species)

Ceratopsian like Centrosaurus Zuniceratops or Chasmosaurus Pentaceratops

Birdsage wrote:

Here is my COMPLETE wishlist for Safari releases:

Great Migrations TOOB:
Amur Falcon
Arctic Tern
Bar-tailed Godwit
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue Wildebeest
Caribou
Chinook Salmon
Gray Whale
Monarch Butterfly
Sooty Shearwater

Caribbean TOOB:
Bananaquit
Bonefish (alternatively Atlantic Tarpon or Great Barracuda)
Caribbean Reef Shark
Desmarest’s Hutia
Hogfish
Imperial Parrot/Imperial Amazon/Sisserou
Mountain Chicken/Giant Ditch Frog
Rainbow Parrotfish (alternatively Stoplight Parrotfish)
Queen Angelfish
Solenodon (either species)
(West Indian) Manatee

Hawaii TOOB:
Akiapolaau/ʻAkiapōlāʻau
Akohekohe/ʻĀkohekohe
Green Sea Turtle
(Hawaii) Akepa/ʻAkepa
Hawaiian Crow/Alala/ʻAlalā
Hawaiian Goose/Nene/Nēnē
Hawaiian Hoary Bat
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Hawaiian Short-eared Owl/Pueo/Hawaiian Owl/Short-eared Owl
Iiwi/ʻIʻiwi
Maui Parrotbill/Kiwikiu

Madagascar TOOB:
Aye-aye
Cuckoo-roller (alternatively any species of mesite)
Fossa
Leaf-tailed Gecko (any species, or alternatively Madagascar Giant Day Gecko)
Lowland Streaked Tenrec (or any tenrec)
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Mouse Lemur (any species, or alternatively any Eulemur)
Parson’s Chameleon (or any Malagasy chameleon)
Ploughshare/Angonoka Tortoise (alternatively Radiated Tortoise)
Red Ruffed Lemur
Ring-tailed Lemur (an updated version of the original from the Monkeys and Apes TOOB)
Tomato Frog (alternatively False Tomato Frog)

An updated Backyard Birds TOOB:
The current Backyard Birds TOOB, being an Eastern-centric set, should be renamed Eastern Backyard Birds TOOB and should have an equivalent for Western North America (see below). The set contains only 8 figures, less than the usual number of 10-12, so add Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Wren, and Tufted Titmouse figures into the set. Preferably, the plain paint jobs of the existing figures should be updated.

Western Backyard Birds TOOB:
Acorn Woodpecker
American Goldfinch
Black-billed Magpie
Black-capped Chickadee
(California) Scrub-Jay
House Finch
Mountain Bluebird
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Steller’s Jay
Townsend’s Warbler
Western Tamager

Warblers TOOB:
American Redstart
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Golden-winged Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Kirtland’s Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler (updated version)

Sparrows TOOB:
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
House Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow

Wild Safari Wildlife:
Alpine Ibex
Banteng
Bontebok/Blesbok
Red Hartebeest
Spectacled Bear
Vicuña/Vicuna

Wild Safari North American Wildlife:
Dall Sheep
Fisher
Gray Fox
Mule Deer
Muskrat
Red Wolf

Wings of the World:
Any shorebirds
Common Loon
Gray Parrot/Grey Parrot/African Grey Parrot
Great Blue Heron
Hoatzin
Osprey
Philippine Eagle
Sandhill or Whooping Crane

WoW
Black kite
Andean condor
African crowned crane
Crowned eagle

Dear Sts Friends:

Well, all I can say is: for those of you who are still hoping for news from safari, no news yet.

Aschuck

I really would like a small mammals TOOB. I don't have a specific list of animals I would want, but some unique species like mongooses, squirrel species, moles, small mustelids, small bats, hyraxes, small primates, etc. I think safari could be really creative with this idea and bring us some animals we've never seen in toy form before.

Also a Congo rainforest toob with these
Okapi
Duiker
Pangolin
Forest elephant
Water chevrotain
Potto
Busbaby.
Genet
Forest buffalo
Crowned eagle
Leopard

Dear Sts Friends:

Here's some ideas for Safari:

Wildlife Wonders: Platypus armadillo raccoon sloth snow leopard emu

And more prehistoric mammal babies.

Aschuck

Wildlife
Saiga antelope
Numbat
Giant forest hog
Red river hog
Nyasa wildebeest
Giant Armadillo
Gunanco
Ocelot
Margay
Pudu
Duiker

At this point, Safari is weeks away from revealing their 2022 lineup. Anything new posted here won’t be a remote possibility until 2023.

QuollMate wrote:

At this point, Safari is weeks away from revealing their 2022 lineup. Anything new posted here won’t be a remote possibility until 2023.

Most of the things in this thread are a remote possibility period.

bmathison1972 wrote:

QuollMate wrote:

At this point, Safari is weeks away from revealing their 2022 lineup. Anything new posted here won’t be a remote possibility until 2023.

Most of the things in this thread are a remote possibility period.

Given the current state of things regarding animal replicas, I'd say most of the things in this thread aren't even a remote possibility - even in our wildest dreams.  One glance at Amazon, eBay, or any other similar site, and you are bombarded with bootlegs and cheap knockoff figures like never before.  Some of the bootlegs are even on par with (or better!) than the quality of the official figure.  Some offer more realistic colors or different species; regardless, at the rate the official figures are being bootlegged, it will not take long for all of our beloved companies to shift their focus to other ventures or go out of business.  Further, look in almost any zoo or aquarium gift shop and you can see that there is not a lot of love for high quality replicas.  Plush/stuffed/cartoony toys, cheap novelties, and cars & trucks dominate the children's areas of gift shops.  Gone are the amazing displays of replicas.... or even the cheap animal toys that were staples in the past.

Safari has moved more and more into distribution this past year over production of new figures.  They are opening up a new, brick-and-mortar store in their new home city.  Their focus appears to be on other ventures than producing bootleggers' next big sellers.