Caracal's finds

Wolves from Marx:


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for sure the models of the little unidentified chinese ones:

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very beautiful Marx wolves Alain! I can see their sharp little pointy teeth
funny, because I always had in mind that this model style was a fox, and I used to think that it was always such a Large fox

Lovely wolves.

Thank you Annette and Andreas!

Annette, here with the Marx fox:

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This figure was so widely used that it served as a fox too although it is a wolf. That's the reason why I have it in my collection too. :)

Do you have this fox from Marx?


here a comparison picture with the Starlux and Hausser ones:

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They all have a common vintage look, maybe leaking the rarety of pictures of wolves by these times.. They seem as they were from a fairy book! :)

Good to see the Hausser Elastolin wolf, I haven't seen it before. Now you say it, yes they look like fairy tale wolves.

Caracal wrote:

Do you have this fox from Marx?


here a comparison picture with the Starlux and Hausser ones:

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They all have a common vintage look, maybe leaking the rarety of pictures of wolves by these times.. They seem as they were from a fairy book! :)

Nice comparison pic Alain The Starlux is really inspired by the Hausser.

I think also! :)

Caracal wrote:

Do you have this fox from Marx?

I have the Marx in this color.

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Oh yes I hesitated to get this white one! :)

In the middle of this summer I had the joy to receive from our friend Yvette, this Oryx from Lineol, one of the monuments in the world  of animals figurines, at a very very broken price, a gift price!


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But he did not come alone for, fairy Yvette, added other free models to be a little restored or repainted:

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the best fox for ever:
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and some others in a perfect condition!:


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with this brown bear maybe the best extant model:

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I shall do my best to fill the litlle cracks of some with my WePAM paste, and to lightly repaint others, to give back to each of them its past splendor!

During a long time, I thought these mass/compo models were not for me because of their rarety and prices but thanks to some friends like Yvette, Rogério and Jean-Louis from a french forum, I have now a wonderful collection! A big thank to each and particulary to Yvette who made my Christmast in July!  

That's a unbelievable batch of rare, old and beautiful figures!
Fairy Yvette has special powers, as I often say, we are very blessed of having Yvette in our community. Most of these figures would be prohibitive to us if it was not her help. Your orix looks really in great shape as well as many others in this lot. Your fox is the Lineol IV generation, right?

Oh yes Roger, fairy Yvette has the wonderful power to make other people happy, she is a very generous and precious person!

.. and to answer to your question, yes, it is the wonderful 4th generation fox!

Congrats,they are superb classic models!

Many beautieful oldies

How superb Alain! and how truly wonderful of Yvette to brighten your summer!
I just love how beautiful these models really are. That oryx is perfect ofcourse
And the little fox is a beauty. I've never seen it before. The bears are amazing, and I really like their little ribbons!
The black galloping horse is such a spectacular model! Again, I've never seen it before. I love the way it is made. And the icing on the cake is that superb zebra foal. What a beautiful gem! Perfect in every way.

How exciting for you to have these in your collection Alain :)
I look forward to hearing about your conservation repairs of them.

Many thanks to you three Taylor, Andreas and Annette!

Yes Annette, I am impatient to restore all these gems as soon as possible but I am yet busy with my camping site..

Caracal wrote:

Oh yes Roger, fairy Yvette has the wonderful power to make other people happy, she is a very generous and precious person!

.. and to answer to your question, yes, it is the wonderful 4th generation fox!

Thanks Alain! I have this fox too and it is the most beautiful of the whole series of Lineol foxes. It is a pity the previous generations are so hard to find.

The Oryx looks very good. I also have the Copper pheasant. It truly is a wonderful model.

Megaptera wrote:

The Oryx looks very good. I also have the Copper pheasant. It truly is a wonderful model.

I agree! Just have to elongate a bit its broken beak!

Well, there's no doubt about it, the man from the Causses is now completely infected and will probably never recover!
Good for him!

I am afraid you are right!

black & white dingo?

 found on a flea market:


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 it looks like the Nayab dingo but it is smaller, black and white, its tail is a little different, its muzzle shorter and its mouth more widely opened..