The AAA Hippo was not their best...

The AAA Hippo was not their best...who agrees?

Do you mean these ?

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I my opinion they are wonderful

They were made at least 20 years ago, and were sold also by Bullyland.
I love both the figueres and consider them "half-classic", almost ready to come in the "older figueres" category

I think AAA has also made some "cute" hippoes, - and probably more ( and more detailed) since then.
Do you have them ?

Does anybody have pictures of other AAA-hippos ?

SUSANNE wrote:

Do you mean these ?

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I my opinion they are wonderful

They were made at least 20 years ago, and were sold also by Bullyland.
I love both the figueres and consider them "half-classic", almost ready to come in the "older figueres" category

I think AAA has also made some "cute" hippoes, - and probably more ( and more detailed) since then.
Do you have them ?

Does anybody have pictures of other AAA-hippos ?

i do mean those. i do not have either one and i was referring to the aullt hippo. my sister once had the baby hippo in your picture. i just think that the hippo is not nearly as impressive as the ones by Schleich or Safari

The ones from Schleich were not that detailed then either.

Here Schleich Classics ( 1980`s)

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And the "ordinary" Schleich that was made in `91

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I don`t know about safari. We could never buy them here in Denmark, and I do not have Safari catalogues that old

Lance, I don't have the AAA hippo, but seeing from pictures it looks a regular quality figure! I think Schleich hippos are also not impressive. From my knowledge the most interesting is this one you can find clicking in the link below
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I don't have it but people in the forum also loves the Safari WW hippo but is a large figure while :) I'd loved to see closer pictures from your Safari hippo with closed mouth!

I have both those hippos and also this one

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Rio wrote:

I have both those hippos and also this one

it seems to be a copy of the BRITAINS hippo

Kikimalou wrote:

Rio wrote:

I have both those hippos and also this one

it seems to be a copy of the BRITAINS hippo

Yes it does doesn't it Is it bigger though? I think there's another AAA hippo

It remembers the Britains, anyway from the 3 here posted this is the one I think is more interesting!

Roger wrote:

Lance, I don't have the AAA hippo, but seeing from pictures it looks a regular quality figure! I think Schleich hippos are also not impressive. From my knowledge the most interesting is this one you can find clicking in the link below
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I don't have it but people in the forum also loves the Safari WW hippo but is a large figure while :) I'd loved to see closer pictures from your Safari hippo with closed mouth!

Here is the Safari and Papo Hippos, sorry for the Poor picture quality, my camera is not great.
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weaselfan93 wrote:

Roger wrote:

Lance, I don't have the AAA hippo, but seeing from pictures it looks a regular quality figure! I think Schleich hippos are also not impressive. From my knowledge the most interesting is this one you can find clicking in the link below
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I don't have it but people in the forum also loves the Safari WW hippo but is a large figure while :) I'd loved to see closer pictures from your Safari hippo with closed mouth!

Here is the Safari and Papo Hippos, sorry for the Poor picture quality, my camera is not great.

Thanks Lance! You have the retired Papo hippo! You will love the new one!
I am one of the persons in this forum that like hippos with mouth closed! :)

Congratulations with your lovely ( if that is the word ) hippoes, Lance

I like the old Papo-hippo very much, even if his younger friend is more accurate

HKHollinstone wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

Rio wrote:

I have both those hippos and also this one

it seems to be a copy of the BRITAINS hippo

Yes it does doesn't it Is it bigger though? I think there's another AAA hippo

Yep, this one is bigger and by AAA. There is another hippo, I believe, but I haven't bid on it because I do not like the colour. I have the calf to go with it, ebay seller sent the wrong one, and it's pink with like a marble effect almost.

The old AAA/ELC hippo's, made for Bullyland are not good in their shape indeed, but the old Safari and Papo are not much better either, haha.
Same for the old male hippo with mouth open made by Schleich.
The one with the mouth closed is much better already.
The old Britains, from which is a copy shown here before indeed, is a very good model, and is actually a very old mould, even made in metall before.
The best today is the newest Papo model IMHO.(yes Baltimore! )

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

The old AAA/ELC hippo's, made for Bullyland are not good in their shape indeed, but the old Safari and Papo are not much better either, haha.
Same for the old male hippo with mouth open made by Schleich.
The one with the mouth closed is much better already.
The old Britains, from which is a copy shown here before indeed, is a very good model, and is actually a very old mould, even made in metall before.
The best today is the newest Papo model IMHO.(yes Baltimore! )

The Lineol looks fantastic, maybe in real it is not so good!

Does all animals have that AAA somewhere?

I have exactly same kind of hippo family like what was in a first picture up, but they don't have AAA anywhere... They are something really heavy material...

There are many copies of AAAs. But they are never exactly the same, I think
Sometimes the AAA is hard to see, - inside the leg or such .
Or do they have another brand name, perhaps ? AAA has made models for ELC, with the ELC-bran on.
Many AAAs were also sold by Schleich and Bullyland , but with the AAA-logo only.
(Sorry if you know this already It is not to be a busybody )

Thank you for info! :) I have been collecting only schleich so I dont know anything about these others! :) I think those are maybe copies then... I do have two real AAA's also, baby zebra, found from second-hand shop and baby lion what I have from my childhood. Same set had mother and another baby too but had lost them

I'm lousy with computer's but I'll try to take photos of them some day :)

am happy if it was of a little help

Don`t be nervous about inserting pictures, - I am probably the worst on earth with computers, and after a while I can insert pictures very easily

Only...I think you have to have been a member for a week, before the system will allow you to insert pictures

This is probably to avoid "Trolls", - people who have nothing better to do than to annoy others

Have you seen how to do it ?
There are several ways, you can see some here :
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weaselfan93 wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Do you mean these ?

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I my opinion they are wonderful

They were made at least 20 years ago, and were sold also by Bullyland.
I love both the figueres and consider them "half-classic", almost ready to come in the "older figueres" category

I think AAA has also made some "cute" hippoes, - and probably more ( and more detailed) since then.
Do you have them ?

Does anybody have pictures of other AAA-hippos ?

i do mean those. i do not have either one and i was referring to the aullt hippo. my sister once had the baby hippo in your picture. i just think that the hippo is not nearly as impressive as the ones by Schleich or Safari

That is because the nose is not in the same angle as the forehead, the eyes and the ears; it'sa just like if there was an articulation between the nose and the eyes. That is the reason why you think it looks so strange.

Impressive hippos for me are Papo, Mojo, Britains and Lineol!