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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35835
| Subject: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 May 2021 - 15:11 | |
| Since Paige posted a Funrise pronghorn antelope i didn't know at all and due to the relative success finding new pictures of Funrise Horses, especially thanks to @Jill, I searched a little and there is a 2nd Zoo series from this company. You can see all models on the back side of a blistercard picture I borrowed online. Credits go to the owner. Let's see if we can gather a few pictures of this friendly series to put on TAW with the help of all and see if these figures do not get forgotten. I believe these figures are all marked Funrise, 1988 and probably a letter. Other Zoo series is also far from being complete, you can see a list of the figures in this page. Or below. Those already listed on TAW are: Baby giraffe Brown bear Lion Mountain goat it is how the brand called it... Tiger |
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 45745
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 May 2021 - 16:34 | |
| Nice figures, but i think i have none _________________ www.spielzeugtiere.com STS members can merge Andreas |
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George
Country/State : England Age : 41 Joined : 2021-04-05 Posts : 1599
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 May 2021 - 17:56 | |
| I have that bear! I remember buying it with my pocket money in a small discount department shop in town, intending to go back and collect lots more animals one at a time, but by the time I'd saved up enough for a second one and went back in the shop, they'd all gone. Never stocked toy animals before or after that, just the one batch. In 1988, I'd only have been six, but I suspect that kind of shop got them a year or two after the original release - being around eight feels more like how clearly I remember it, and that I was being given regular pocket money by then (20p every second thursday! ) _________________ |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12056
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 May 2021 - 18:06 | |
| Glad my little new pronghorn could spur a discovery! I don't have any more but have seen that goat around before. I hope to see what everyone has and flesh out this mystery! I will provide TAW photos soon of the pronghorn. _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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Bonnie
Country/State : UK Age : 19 Joined : 2020-10-14 Posts : 5584
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 May 2021 - 18:19 | |
| This is such an interesting topic, and it looks as though this brand has made some wonderful animals! I really hope that someone may have more models by this brand! |
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Jill
Country/State : USA Age : 39 Joined : 2021-04-13 Posts : 2349
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 May 2021 - 23:15 | |
| I have a leopard that looks like that and says Funrise 1988 on it, but it seems so much smaller than the tiger and lion? Maybe I am not thinking about the lego bricks correctly. I also think his spots are different (groups of three instead of one), but then, I know from the horses that the paint job advertised is very very different from the actual paint job! This one is very hard plastic, not very pliable at all. |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35835
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Thu 6 May 2021 - 9:57 | |
| Thanks @Jill, the size looks correct to me, Susanne's Lego brick is a small 2x1 piece while yours is larger. The painting is really different from the one we can see in that card but that's somewhat normal as you pointed. Funrise also re-released a few of their series later. It looks a factory painting, so I added your leopard on TAW. Do you mean the plastic is different from that of the horses? |
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Jill
Country/State : USA Age : 39 Joined : 2021-04-13 Posts : 2349
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Thu 6 May 2021 - 18:49 | |
| Yes, I've noticed with the horses there is a broad range of how they feel. I have some that are very soft and pliable and some that are very hard, like this leopard. I don't think it's super important, but I don't know if it has anything to do with how and when they were released.
And yes, thank you, I see that they are the same size now! I also found a photo on ebay of all three of them next to each other, and that helped. That leopard had the same kind of spots. |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35835
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Thu 6 May 2021 - 23:26 | |
| I also don't know if there is a reason to explain why the material is different. I know only that a few were re-released. That leopard is also from the set we know for a long time, Paige's pronghorn really brought to our knowledge a set that seems quite rare. |
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Saarlooswolfhound Moderator
Country/State : USA Age : 28 Joined : 2012-06-16 Posts : 12056
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Thu 6 May 2021 - 23:54 | |
| Here is my pronghorn finally. _________________ -"I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves."-August Strindberg (However, anyone who knows me knows I love dogs ) -“We can try to kill all that is native, string it up by its hind legs for all to see, but spirit howls and wildness endures.”-Anonymous |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35835
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Fri 7 May 2021 - 0:16 | |
| Thanks Paige, I added your pronghorn on TAW. Curiously it is only the 9th figure of this species and Mojö Fun is the only non North American brand that released a pronghorn. |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35835
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 30 Jun 2021 - 10:41 | |
| Kelly found another figure from this rarer set and I am posting here her picture. As this llama is marked 1989 and all the models of the other Zoo set are marked 1988, probably Paige's pronghorn is marked 1989 too. Here is the llama and a giant panda being sold and also marked 1989. https://www.ebay.com/itm/151698629517?hash=item2351f1638d:g:V~0AAOSwl8NVam6B Here's Kelly's llama for reference. |
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Farmerguy19
Country/State : Usa Age : 38 Joined : 2020-11-26 Posts : 2
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 Oct 2022 - 8:26 | |
| One of these days I'll pull out and post what I have of this set. At one time I'd like to say I had 3/4 of them, most of the horse collection but that was as a child. I've since recollected a few via random lots. I have most of the farm lot still though. |
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 45745
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 Oct 2022 - 18:19 | |
| _________________ www.spielzeugtiere.com STS members can merge Andreas |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35835
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Wed 5 Oct 2022 - 23:49 | |
| - Farmerguy19 wrote:
- One of these days I'll pull out and post what I have of this set. At one time I'd like to say I had 3/4 of them, most of the horse collection but that was as a child. I've since recollected a few via random lots. I have most of the farm lot still though.
Very interesting! I'm looking forward to see what you will show to us. Welcome on forum! |
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pipsxlch
Country/State : US/Florida Age : 56 Joined : 2015-03-13 Posts : 2849
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Sun 8 Jan 2023 - 2:53 | |
| I found the 1988 Bactrian camel in my stuff, I will try to get a picture tomorrow. |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35835
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Sun 8 Jan 2023 - 14:26 | |
| - pipsxlch wrote:
- I found the 1988 Bactrian camel in my stuff, I will try to get a picture tomorrow.
Your camel is already on TAW. From the first series we miss the baby elephant, gorilla, hippo and zebra. |
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pipsxlch
Country/State : US/Florida Age : 56 Joined : 2015-03-13 Posts : 2849
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Sun 8 Jan 2023 - 22:34 | |
| Lol that is what I wanted to check on TAW when I couldn't get on. I couldn't remember if I'd photographed it. |
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Kikimalou Admin
Country/State : Lille, FRANCE Age : 60 Joined : 2010-04-01 Posts : 21171
| Subject: Re: Funrise Zoo Animal Collection, who has these? Mon 9 Jan 2023 - 8:48 | |
| I'm glad we finaly find an official pic of my mysterious Rhino |
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Roger Admin
Country/State : Portugal Age : 50 Joined : 2010-08-20 Posts : 35835
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