2022 Papo Wolf Walkaround With Comparisons

Today I received 2 more of Papo's 2022 models: The wolf & great tit!

Here is the wolf:

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While its not my favorite wolf model, I did like the reddish coloration, its something new. I do like the model overall though, its a nice addition to my fairly large wolf pack.

Here are a few comparisons with some of my other wolves:

With the pup from this year:

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With Schleich:

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With Papo's howling wolf:

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With Safari's newest wolf:

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And then all 4:

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A nice wolf from Papo, I'll add it to my European Alps display

Nice pics of a nice wolf

I think thats a really nice sculpt with a nice red coat but poor execution... but I am a canine critic. AND with that being said I will be getting them both anyhow. Perhaps in years to come there may be some lighter highlights added. Congrats on her addition!

It is a luck for all of us that you get your figures so early and that you present them on forum with great pictures and comparisons.
This is still not the perfect wolf but there are some very positive things on it. First, it adopts a different color from all other wolf figures what turns it special for someone building a pack. It has also a very animated pose contrarily to the great Safari model which is very good but quite square in shape what turns it somewhat boring. There's a strong Papo signature on this model, I think we can see clearly it is a Papo. It is not easy to get correctly the features of each subspecies but European wolves are larger and have a good number of differences when compared with the American subspecies. One of them is that they don't ahve Eskimo Dog like faces and they may look unusual to people used with the American specimens.
I will surely revisit this topic several times because this model is being cogitated.

OUCH! The color and the quality of the finishes looked very different in the promotional photos!
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Don't let me down Papo, I have all my hopes on you...  

Lovely photos, I love the colour too and there is something very powerful and wild about this model which I really like!

Wow, so different to that promo photo, you're right - much less contrast and no face markings at all. It could probably be made to match with some custom painting over the factory paint, but we shouldn't have to be doing that.

You are right George! it miss the facial markings  that  is its main flaw but I would add its too dark brown winter coat too. I think I'll have to do something about that but  I must insist on its qualities: a good european wolf-like shape:

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 .. quite different from the american-like previous model and more little..

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 .. a beautiful face..

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 ..and a large skull associated with a narrow muzzle! Here comparison with the last more dog-like Schleich model.



 That's why I bought two pieces yesterday! :)



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Wow! the promo photo is no difference from cheating.

Damn, the promo image got me hyped. I had to look twice to make sure the real thing wasn’t a knock off.

A little paint goes a long way with this model. I repainted one for my personal collection to resemble the stock photo and totally repainted another into a black phase wolf. It is a wonderful sculpt, just the factory paint work is lacking.

WhiteLightning Wolf wrote:

A little paint goes a long way with this model. I repainted one for my personal collection to resemble the stock photo and totally repainted another into a black phase wolf. It is a wonderful sculpt, just the factory paint work is lacking.

Painting is just an equally important part of QC.
Most of consumers buying are based on the official promo picture without seeing them in advance.

That's a lovely collection of wolves, I have the grey howling variety and the loping posed one and love them both dearly. :)

Brandubh94 wrote:

That's a lovely collection of wolves, I have the grey howling variety and the loping posed one and love them both dearly. :)

Welcome here

Thanks Widukind! ^^

Brandubh94 wrote:

That's a lovely collection of wolves, I have the grey howling variety and the loping posed one and love them both dearly. :)

Welcome on forum!

Thanks Roger! :)