Collection Review: Papo Wolves

Figure Brand: Papo

Figure Name(s): Wolf (50171)
Grey Wolf (53012)
Papo Wolf (50283)

Sex:   Wolf- female
Grey Wolf- female
Papo Wolf- male

Name: Wolf- Athena
Grey Wolf- Freya
Papo Wolf- Ruan- Irish for ‘red’

Year Made: Wolf - 2015
Grey Wolf- 2010
Papo Wolf- 2022

Observations/Thoughts:
I love these wolves from Papo, I love wolves as creatures in general, but I do think Papo sculpted these ones excellently, they’re definitely my favourite figures of wolves, even over Schleich. Especially the different coat colour for the reddish tinted one Ruan.

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The first one, Athena has a typical howling wolf pose, standing erect with all four paws on the ground and her head raised, mouth open, obviously howling. I do like the pose of her, as it’s nice to see a wolf in a typical pose. She could easily be placed on a rock with a very powerful pose like that and she’s also a hefty chunky model with a light grey colour, with light bands on her legs and paws and somewhat darker shading on her neck and back, she is overall a very nice model of a wolf.

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The other wolf from Papo, Freya adopts a far more dynamic running or loping pose and could be
possibly chasing a deer with her pack- she could be posed like that in a story scenario!
I think she’s my favourite wolf as her pose is so well done, it feels very fluid, like she’s genuinely stalking or hunting prey, especially with her elongated foreleg and downward trailing tail. Again, she’s an overall average grey colour with lighter legs and muzzle and a darker back and tail.

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The last wolf from Papo is Ruan, and what’s most unusual about him is the strange russet red colouration of his coat, though it seems to be spilt evenly with white legs and belly and darker red to brown colours on his back.
It’s not clear if he’s supposed to be a red wolf or not though as he’s not listed as one…
I find this a slightly…strange colour choice for a wolf, especially if he’s not listed as a red wolf or anything, but because there are many Celtic myths about red coloured wolves, I decided to name him Ruan.
He’s an interesting addition to the pack amongst the grey and charcoal wolves I already have. He’s also less smooth to the touch than the others as his coat is made to be all the more curly or shaggy and because of that he feels bumpy? Rough? I’m not sure if I like that detail about him…
He does have a nice pose, maybe a stalking one with the foreleg bending outwards slightly, intently hunting probably, but I find his tail might be a bit too short?

Rating: Athena the Wolf – 4/5
Freya- the Grey Wolf- 5/5
Ruan the Papo Wolf- 3/5

I like Papo wolves although Safari's have been my favorite ones. I must check the reddish wolf locally to see if I like him enough to buy it. I enjoy the fact Papo have chosen a different color to it.

Thank Roger, I haven't looked into Safari Ltd wolves at all but you saying that makes me want to.

Thanks Widukind