Chap Mei Mandrill and Striped Hyena

Chap Mei are a class of their own, - they do not pretend to be accurate, - they make the spirit of the animal, - and not always the nicest part of the spirit  

Of course they were never sold in Denmark. And to find them on Ebay is very hard because the name of the brand is written with tiny letters, so sellers rarely know what they are, only write "made of plastic" or something like that .

But this year I have succeeded to get two  

Today the mailman brought me the mandrill, - he is...hmmm    is awesome the word  

Some time ago I was lucky to score the Hyena from Torben`s collection, - here they are, my new wild and mad little friends  

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It obviously takes some time for these two to find the pecking order here
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But after a while I dared to let the `drill meet his new tribe
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From left to right : Bullyland, Chap Mei, Safari and Papo  

Bullyland has made (at least ?) one more mandrill, with a banana in his hand.
Unfortunately I have never seen him for sale, - but I am still hoping  

Congratulation!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations Susanne! Is it your first striped hyena???
Fortunately these two fierce boys inhabit different parts of Africa!

The Hyena has scary eyes Congratulations on finding both figurines I like the picture of all the mandrills together

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The Hyena has scary eyes Congratulations on finding both figurines I like the picture of all the mandrills together

Me too, mainly the last one where the Chap mei says to little Bully that he needs to grow!

Very nice

Thankyou, friends

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Congratulations Susanne! Is it your first striped hyena???
Fortunately these two fierce boys inhabit different parts of Africa!

Here they have to live together, just like dogs and cats

I do have a striped hyena more, - only he lost an ear. Maybe he came too close to a mandrill
He looks very happy to have forund his big cousin, doesn`t he ?

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Thankyou, friends

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Congratulations Susanne! Is it your first striped hyena???
Fortunately these two fierce boys inhabit different parts of Africa!

Here they have to live together, just like dogs and cats

I do have a striped hyena more, - only he lost an ear. Maybe he came too close to a mandrill
He looks very happy to have forund his big cousin, doesn`t he ?

Thanks for the picture Susanne!
Yes, he looks very happy, maybe the new cousin will help him to keep the other ear!
But... which brand is it?

I THINK the little hyena is lineol...

My knowledge if these wonderful old ones is almost non-existent

yes hopefully his new chap ( ha, ha) will defend his last ear

Thanks for the pics Susanne! First of all I like this hyena and have it! And this very impressive mandrill will could be "oldest brother" for my Papo,s mandrill!

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I THINK the little hyena is lineol...

My knowledge if these wonderful old ones is almost non-existent

yes hopefully his new chap ( ha, ha) will defend his last ear

Wow! Here is the Lineol from KIKI!

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Great new addition Susanne!
I do have that agressive looking mandrill to, and he does scare the other mandrills in the collection, because he is not only fearsome, but big to...
But i still miss this striped hyena, so i must work on that....

Your mandrill family is nice to see, almost like mine...
They seem to sit on different kinds of soil, as their bottoms have different colours, or maybe the Safari one got spanked or so, haha.

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They seem to sit on different kinds of soil, as their bottoms have different colours, or maybe the Safari one got spanked or so, haha.

Perhaps he has been to georgia ? He should look here :

Remove red clay

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I THINK the little hyena is lineol...

My knowledge if these wonderful old ones is almost non-existent

yes hopefully his new chap ( ha, ha) will defend his last ear

Wow! Here is the Lineol from KIKI!

This one di-oesn't need anyone to protect her

She sure looks like she could fight an elefant...or a crocodile
What do you feed her, Christoph

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She sure looks like she could fight an elefant...or a crocodile
What do you feed her, Christoph

Come on! I'm prepared to fight!

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She sure looks like she could fight an elefant...or a crocodile
What do you feed her, Christoph

... Crocs

... And one more striped hyena from PV...

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Go get`im, Crocbert

Ohhhhh, Sergey, - 4 of my favourite animals in one picture !

Congratulations Susanne fantastic pictures and wonderful addition.
Beautiful colection of Mandrill and a nice striped Hynes

Still no picture of you Crocobert?!
Very disappointing untill now!

I really like the Chap Mei concept of their playsets(Jungle Trek, Jungle Adventure etc.). With some repainting/customizing they could be even better. But for what they are, they're just cool, I don't know what it is?

Thankyou very much, Luc

Willy, perhaps Roger really IS green

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I really like the Chap Mei concept of their playsets(Jungle Trek, Jungle Adventure etc.). With some repainting/customizing they could be even better. But for what they are, they're just cool, I don't know what it is?

Yes, I think Cool is what they are
But it would be a shame to repaint them, then they would not be Chap Mei any more
Plenty of others for repainting, I think . Some that aren`t so hard to get hold of, - or is it only in Denmark, they are rare ?

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Still no picture of you Crocobert?!
Very disappointing untill now!

Sorry Willy! !
You told me to stop with croc pictures! I'll post a picture of real Crocobert with Nicole in near future! I have a green heart! You will be not disappointed because Nicole is beautiful!

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Still no picture of you Crocobert?!
Very disappointing untill now!

Sorry Willy! !
You told me to stop with croc pictures! I'll post a picture of real Crocobert with Nicole in near future!

look forward to seeing that picture Roger